Three Ways Of Fathering This Sunday is Father’s Day. This week’s message will be about three kinds of fathering. Families are complicated and can be so different. The expectations we put on parents and fathers can be crushing and discouraging. The pressure fathers feel can create practices that hurt relationships and Godly influence. This weekend’s […]

The Three Perils of Parenting (Father’s Edition) Pastor Joe shares some of the struggles we can have as parents raising kids and what the Bible says about how our relationship with God and dependence on Him can help us to be better parents. Pastor Joe Martin

Re-Learning Church: “Church As A Kingdom Of Priests.” Do you see yourself as a Priest? When you are a follower of Jesus, God sees you as His priest. The church of Jesus is a kingdom of Priests. You are to live lives offering spiritual sacrifices to God through Christ. What kind of spiritual sacrifices can […]

The Priesthood of All Believers Pastor Joe helps us to understand what it means to be a part of a “Holy Priesthood” as a follower of Jesus. Pastor Joe Martin

Re-Learning Church: Church As A Spiritual Temple This weekend’s message is on you knowing your place in God’s temple. God calls us living stones in his spiritual temple. With all the problems and stresses coming nonstop these days a lot of people are simply trying to escape reality one way or another. Jesus however calls us […]

Living Stones Pastor Joe gives us a preview of this weekend’s message as he shares what the Bible says about being “living stones” in the world we live in. Pastor Joe Martin

Re-Learning Church: Church As A Spiritual Temple God calls us living stones in his spiritual temple. With all the problems and stresses coming nonstop these days a lot of people are simple trying to escape reality one way or another. Jesus however calls us to do something different. We are to be living stones not […]

Good Seed and Bad Seed This week, Pastor Joe reminds us of the Good Seed of the Gospel. While there is often bad seed mixed in with the good, the Good Seed of the gospel will always overcome and bring a powerful harvest that never disappoints. We have a role to play in bringing forth […]

Re-Learning Church: Church As Fellowship Pastor Joe Martin Fellowship is a word that is used a lot in church circles. It is often used as a replacement for the word church. Fellowship is routinely used as a code word for free pie and ice cream. People complain sometimes about how much they need some “fellowship.” […]

Are You a Commoner? Jesus chose to live a common life. As we chose to follow Him, we must learn to live a common life of fellowship together. Pastor Joe encourages us to see the example of Jesus in scripture as we look to live in the way Jesus lived. Pastor Joe Martin