In Week 2 of our series Second Altars, Pastor Alex Moore explores what we do when God reveals a potential idol in our hearts. Using the story of Dagon in 1 Samuel 5, we discover that idols cannot save us, cannot stand alongside God, and will ultimately fall.

Second Altars begins with a simple realization...the idols in our lives aren't always bad things; they're often good things we've allowed to become ultimate things. In this first message, we'll examine the human heart and discover how our deepest desires, fears, and loves can reveal the things we've placed alongside God.

Augustine of Hippo helped the early Church put words around some of Christianity's biggest questions...from evil and human brokenness to grace, salvation, and the restless human heart. As Rome declined, Augustine reminded Christians not to confuse the success of an earthly city with the Kingdom of God...a reminder that challenges us today to examine where we place our identity, hope, security, and ultimate allegiance.

Meet Basil the Great, one of the most influential leaders in the early church. But what makes his story so fascinating isn’t just what Basil accomplished...it’s the people who helped shape him along the way. As we head into a new school year, we’ll talk about the influence the people around us have on who we’re becoming...and the responsibility we have to recognize that we’re shaping someone else, too.

What happens when the culture around you pressures you to redefine what Christianity has always taught? In this message, we look at Athanasius, the early church leader who stood against Arius and defended the full deity of Jesus. His story reminds us that truth isn't determined by popularity...and following Jesus means having the courage to stand on Scripture with conviction, humility, and love.

In this message we meet Irenaeus, one of the early Church Fathers who stood against Gnosticism and fought to preserve the truth about Jesus. Discover how Irenaeus understood the story of Scripture through four movements...Creation, Fall, Redemption, and Restoration...and why Jesus didn't come to help us escape our humanity, but to redeem it.

Before Justin Martyr became one of the early church's greatest defenders of Christianity, he was simply a man searching for truth. In this opening message of Origin Stories, discover how one conversation changed his life...and how God can use one conversation through you to change someone else's.

Every day we are faced with a choice: God's way or our own. In this message from Deuteronomy 30, discover why Moses' call to "choose life" still matters today, how our daily decisions shape who we become, and how Jesus did what we never could...reconciling us to God.

Every generation is surrounded by competing voices claiming to offer truth, wisdom, and direction. In this message we explore how God warns His people against counterfeit voices, points them to the ultimate Prophet (Jesus Christ) and shows us how to discern God's voice in a noisy world.