Peter, James, and John saw the glory of Jesus on the mountain. Then the Father told them to listen to His Son.

Pastor Chris Buscher opens the account of the transfiguration in Matthew 17. With the cross ahead, this message calls us to see Jesus clearly, practice discernment, and listen when God speaks.

Scripture: Matthew 17:1 through 8
Series: His Steps, His Story

Mountain Valley Chapel in Gold Bar, Washington. Join us Sundays at 10:30 AM.

Jesus calls us to deny ourselves, take up our cross, and follow Him. Admiration alone will not carry us there.

Pastor Chris Buscher opens Matthew 16 as Jesus tells His disciples about the suffering ahead. This message confronts compromise, disappointment, and the distractions that pull us from Christ, calling us to full surrender.

Scripture: Matthew 16:21 through 28
Series: His Steps, His Story

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Four friends refused to let a crowd keep a paralyzed man from Jesus. They carried him to the roof and lowered him before the One who could help.

From Mark 2, Pastor Chris Buscher teaches on faith, forgiveness, and the authority of Jesus to heal. This message calls the Church to carry the hurting to Christ and to trust His mercy.

Scripture: Mark 2:1 through 12
Series: His Steps, His Story

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Jesus opened Isaiah's scroll in Nazareth and announced its fulfillment. The people who knew His hometown struggled to receive who He really was.

Pastor Chris Buscher walks through Luke 4, from the synagogue's initial response to its rejection of Jesus. This message confronts familiarity without faith and the habit of setting terms with God.

Scripture: Luke 4:16 through 30
Series: His Steps, His Story

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Temptation often comes through pressure, shortcuts, and compromise. In the wilderness, Jesus answered the devil with Scripture.

Pastor Chris Buscher opens Matthew 4 to address temptation, obedience, and surrender. Jesus remained faithful under testing. This message calls us to submit to God, resist the devil, and stop protecting a way back to the things we have surrendered.

Scripture: Matthew 4:1 through 11
Series: His Steps, His Story

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Why would Jesus come to a baptism of repentance when He had no sin to confess?

Pastor Chris Buscher opens Matthew 3, where Jesus tells John that His baptism is fitting to fulfill all righteousness. This message considers the Father's declaration, the descent of the Spirit, and the call to respond to God with obedience.

Scripture: Matthew 3:11 through 17
Series: His Steps, His Story

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What we treasure reveals what we trust. Jesus said we cannot serve both God and money.

Pastor Chris Buscher opens Matthew 6 to address stewardship, allegiance, and the desire to stay in control. This message challenges us to handle what God has entrusted to us with faithfulness and to invest in what lasts.

Scripture: Matthew 6:19 through 24
Series: The Year We Refuse to Settle

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Sardis had a reputation for being alive. Jesus saw the truth beneath it and called the church to wake up.

From Revelation 3, Pastor Chris Buscher confronts spiritual drift, delayed obedience, and dependence on yesterday's reputation. Christ's words call us to remember what we have received, keep it, repent, and strengthen what remains.

Scripture: Revelation 3:1 through 6
Series: The Year We Refuse to Settle

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Forty years of wandering were over. Joshua and the people had to move forward in obedience to God.

Pastor Chris Buscher opens Joshua 1 and confronts the comfort of staying where we have always been. This message addresses honoring the past without living in it, obeying in the presence of fear, and acting on what God has commanded.

Scripture: Joshua 1:1 through 9
Series: The Year We Refuse to Settle

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Real transformation requires turning to the Lord. We cannot keep Him at a distance and expect to be changed by His presence.

Pastor Chris Buscher opens 2 Corinthians 3 and 4 to address the veil, freedom in the Spirit, and the transformation that comes as we behold Christ. This message calls us beyond spiritual noise and passing experiences into repentance, maturity, and endurance.

Scripture: 2 Corinthians 3:16 through 18; 4:1 through 2

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