The Word for the Land

Zac Rybak preaches from Ephesians 1:5-6 where we see that we are adopted as children of God. And this adoptions reveals that the God who saves us is the Father who claims us as his own.

Pastor Chris preaches from the book of Judges where we see that God's people have one savior and one king, who is God alone.

Pastor Chris preaches from the book of Joshua where we see what it looks like to be among his promise-receiving people.

Pastor Chris preaches from Philippians 4:10-23 where we see 7 marks of gospel generosity.

Jason preaches from 1 Peter 4:12-19 and shows us that Christians are called to suffer well. And shows what the Bible tells us about the sanctification that comes through suffering.

Pastor Chris preaches from Philippians 4:4-9 where we see that Christians are called to peace, despite our chaotic world. But we often lose our hold of it because we fail to have faithful disposition and faithful contemplation.

Pastor Chris preaches from Philippians 4:1-3 where we see that unity is not just a Christian ideal, but is something that should be actively pursued, even when it's hard.

Ryan Miller preaches from Jeremiah 17:1-18 where we see the importance of trusting in God over trusting in man.

Pastor Chris preaches from Philippians 3:12-21, where Paul is telling us that the Christian life is a difficult journey, and that in order to persevere we need to press on and watch out for perils.

Pastor Chris preaches from Philippians 3:1-11 where Paul is warning against false teachers by demonstrating how everything is worthless in comparison to Christ.

Pastor Chris preaches from Hebrews 12:1-2, where we can see God calling us to persevere through tough circumstances and giving us instructions on how to do so.

Pastor Chris preaches from Philippians 2:19-30 where Paul sets the example for us that the gospel and gospel living requires a gospel team.

Pastor Chris preaches from Philippians 2:12-18 where Paul entreats to us that the Christian community should be characterized by the cooperative cheer in the call to salvation.

Pastor Chris preaches from Philippians 2:1-11 where Paul suggests that the arrogance of division finds its cure in the example of Christ. Paul outlines what he wants to see from the Philippians and why he wants to see it.

Pastor Chris preaches from Philippians 1:27-30 where Paul challenges us to live gospel-shaped lives through our citizenship in Christ.

Pastor Chris preaches from Philippians 1:18b-26, where Paul shows us how rejoicing leads to resolution.

Pastor Chris preaches from Philippians 1:12-18a, where Paul entreats up that the knowledge of Christ, the perception of Christ, is more pertinent than pain or prison. Paul outlines this for us through the success of the gospel and the selflessness of the gospel.

Caleb Weaver preached from 2 Chronicles 33:1-20 which asks and answers the question ‘Does the person who is so far removed from God deserve salvation if they repent?'

Pastor Chris preaches from Daniel 12:5-13 as we finish our series in Daniel. This passage highlights the persistence of pain, the product of pain, perseverance through pain, and the from promise from pain. In light of this pain, we must not give up now.

Pastor Chris preaches from Daniel 11:2-12:4 which is a passage that encourages us, as God's people, to endure in the midst of this worlds chaos and conflicts.

Pastor Chris preaches from Daniel 10:1-11:1, which focuses on the fact that we are in a spiritual battle, but we have the help we need - the exact help we need.

Pastor Chris preaches from Matthew 1:18-25, which points us to how the longing of Christians pushes us to take Christ-centered risks.

Pastor Chris preaches from Matthew 1:6b-11, which shows us through this lineage how despite the wickedness and moral failings, David's line didn't die and Jesus would reign.

Pastor Chris beings our Advent series with Matthew 1:1-6a. This portion of Matthew - the genealogy - especially focused on Abraham, shows how Abraham was the prototype of longing and in Jesus the longings of God's people were answered.

Jason Kinney preaches from Psalm 4, which encourages us to go to God, daily, because we have a God who hears us and knows us. If we come to him, with the right posture, he will give us rest.

Pastor Chris preaches from Daniel 6, which teaches us that persecution as a Christian will happen and how to know what it is, what to expect, and how to prepare.

Ben Most preaches from Psalm 3, teaching us how this Psalm can encourage us to seek the Lord in our trials, to bring them to him first, and to let the Lord be the one who comforts us in these trials.

Pastor Chris preaches from Daniel 1 which tells us that because God is sovereign, we can take him at his word and trust him.

Pastor Chris preaches from Matthew 7:13-20, which contains 2 parables that both indicate that eternal life is reserved for those who walk a hard way.

Pastor Chris preaches from Matthew 25:31-46. This parable points out that eternity rests on our choice of identity.

Jason Kinney preaches from Matthew 25:14-30, highlighting how the parable speaks to how we serve - either for the kingdom or against the kingdom of God.

Pastor Chris preaches from Matthew 22:1-14, which is the third parable pointing us towards what a Christian, who truly belongs to the Kingdom of Heaven, looks like.

Pastor Chris preaches from Matthew 21:33-44 which entreats us to look at what we do with Jesus and his gospel and how we think about Jesus and his gospel, because he can either be our sanctuary or our stumbling block that will crush us.

Pastor Chris preaches from Matthew 21:28-32, encouraging us that our present is not necessarily our prologue, meaning that we are not defined by who we were or who were are, but how to respond to Jesus and his gospel.

Caleb Weaver preaches from Matthew 21:18-21, encouraging us that God wants faith and not a facade, which requires each of us, at times, to be humbly sustained by God with our barren and withered branches.

Pastor Chris preaches from Matthew 18:23-35, encouraging us that though we have an unfathomable debt to God, he has unfathomable mercy for us. We are to live by this example.

Pastor Chris preaches from Matthew 18:10-14 which teaches us that the “little ones” are talking about true disciples, and therefore we should be careful to not despise fellow Christians, even fellow Christians that have been led astray.

Ben Most preaches from Matthew 13:44-46, encouraging us that the Kingdom of Heaven is not about earning but about a valuable tradeoff to be made with joy - to lose everything and yet keep Christ.

Pastor Chris preaches from Matthew 13:24-30, 36-43 where he not only educates us on adapting weeds, but also that the Kingdom of God is built and expanding in the midst of an evil world. We are to remember that the Kingdom is present, there is an enemy at work, and a judgement awaits!

As we get in to the parables, Pastor Chris preaches from Matthew 13:1-23, which is a parable that talks about how God's kingdom is composed of citizens that serve productively.

Pastor Chris introduces us to our new series through the parables in Matthew and why they are important to us as Christians today.

Ryan Miller preaches from John 21:1-24, encouraging us in the steps that come after our belief.