Weekend Message

Being a Christian means more than going to church and trying to live a moral life. God has entrusted us with His wealth and He expects a return on His investment. We explore what it looks like to develop what God has given us to make an impact in our families, community, and world.

Satan is a real enemy who simply wants to lure us into our demise. Here’s the good news. Jesus Christ gives us power and authority over this enemy. We can learn from the master of defeating temptation, Jesus, on how to resist serious temptations in our lives.

Satan is the father of lies. His strategy is to attach the mind with lies, because believing a lie has the power to keep us captive. God’s desire is for us to be free, but to be free we must learn to fight against the lies and trust God’s Word.

We don’t like talking about Satan. If we acknowledge his existence, then we must also acknowledge that there is a spiritual force in the world which is working against us. The unfortunate reality is that Satan is real, but we have hope. Learn how we can expose our enemy, reveal his tactics and strategy, and be equipped with God’s truth to defeat him.

Life​ ​is​ ​short,​ ​and​ ​your​ ​marriage​ ​can​ ​be​ ​too​ ​​if​ ​we​ ​follow​ ​the​ ​culture​ ​we​ ​live​ ​in.​ Our culture wants to play hot potato with the bomb of sexual sin and when it explodes, the consequences are real. We see this played out in David’s affair with Bathsheba. We’re exposed to the devastating consequences of his actions, but we also find hope in the restoration God provides.

Have you ever had a problem with a person in authority over you? We can just assume the answer is “yes.” Is your response to authority guided by respect or resentment? As we look at the lives of Saul and Absalom, we learn your attitude toward authority will either move you forward or hold you back.

We face my types of giants in our lives. Obstacles that seem too big for us to take on alone. The reality is, they are. But there is hope. David was a giant killer, and if we look at his life we can see how God equips to face our giants through His power.

We all face struggles in our lives. Figurative giants that seem to be standing in the way our full potential. As we look at the circumstances surrounding David’s battle with Goliath, we see that our limitations are set by what we choose to believe about ourselves and God.

God calls us all to obedience, but full obedience is hard. There's a real cost that happens when we leave the way God has made us unique to put on the uniform of culture. In week 1 of Empire, we look at how Saul's disobedience and downfall set David up to be king.

After a difficult and stressful week, Pastor Craig and Pastor Matt team up to talk about what we can learn from life after the storm.