It's very easy to reduce the message of the cross to being about me and my sin. But Scripture calls us to a bigger story. Key to understanding the incredible victory and freedom that came through the Cross is understanding Passover and the Exodus story. Because Jesus was about to launch Exodus 2.0.

Imagine an alien seeing the devastation of our planet asks, What went wrong? How we answer that question is vital to understanding what followers of Jesus claim is the ultimate solution: The Cross. 

How would you define success? And what would you do to achieve it? Dave invites us to let Jesus to shed some light on these perennial questions. (Apologies for the scratchy audio)

It's Valentines Day. In the church calendar it's also Transfiguration Sunday. That day when Jesus took his close friends up a mountain so they could see him in a newer brighter light. Jesus still leads his friends to mountain tops to places of solitude to meet with him, so we can walk back down the mountain into the valley filled with people he loves that need him. 

We get practical. We explore the intersection of what we love and God's mission and how God loves creating with dust. 

January is almost over. The new year is here. Really. In this talk we dive right into the presence of God to hear what he has to say to us as a church. The message is clear. We need to swim free into his particular purposes for Viva and get the net off our neck. Paul gives us four ways to do just that. 

For David the beauty of a sunrise and the beauty of God's Word go hand in hand. Did David know something I don't?

God became an embryo. That's the Christmas story. It's wilder than any fiction. What god does that and why? 

The wisemen noticed the star and followed. Paul noticed an altar to an Unknown God and asked questions. God is revealing himself in remarkable ways across millennia and culture. Are we noticing?

Life hurts. Our hearts get old and sore. Is faith and wonder only for the young like Mary? Can faith and wonder be restored to old sore hearts like Zechariah's and mine? If so, how?