Trever Rook

“They were fighting the powers of might with the servanthood of love."

“I don't want a God that just says, ‘That makes me angry.' I want a God that's Wrathful.” 

"Great and amazing are your deeds."

Do our sacrifices reflect God's love?

This can look scary on the surface, but when we dig a little deeper...  

Do your actions reflect who you follow?

Hope can come when we share how we feel.

"In the first century, it would not have been scary at all. In fact, it may have even had a humorous side."

How we endure.

“We have tried to use imagery, like ‘a Devil, a Satan, a Serpent, a Dragon...'  Where we have trouble is with words like ‘Deceiver or Accuser.'”

Planting gardens of love in this vast wilderness.

Kingdoms or Kingdom?

"They could put him away, they could remove him from society, but they could not silence him."

The core of what they live and breathe, is knowing God is Love.

“Our focus as a church is not meant to just be here.“

"It's not about who you love, it's about who you hate."

They understood the severity

In the silence 

God loves them.  Can we?

Sometimes we just want the quick, short term fix. But can we trust God to see us through the long term?

Sometimes you have to bring up the uncomfortable in order to deal with it.

Even the ones on the highway, telling me I was number one."  

He heard a lion, but saw a lamb. The journey through Revelation continues.

The difference was in the word, “for.”

Sometimes we hear the music without realizing just how close the musician is.

Sarcasm, Jesus style.

From the outside, they looked insignificant. But Jesus was with them.  

The life of a church hinges on its members genuinely embodying their Christian faith.

Throughout history, men have used this name, both out of context, and as a weapon.

Some were leaving the church to join the cult.

May we never abandon Love.

Which one is your Jesus?

Pastor Trever begins a new series through the book of Revelation. This first message invites us into an introduction of the book and what the first churches were experiencing. They were weary.

“No one should feel like they have to go to the well alone."  

What is our commandment?

Pastor Trever talks the passages that make us uncomfortable are the ones we should be talking about more.

Why did Jesus go to the cross? And how does this connect with the "Day of Judgement?"  

You've just been hired as a disciple of Jesus. What are your duties? What if you mess it up?  

Can we be "Nebraska Nice" and still tell the truth?

God is always working, whether we are awake or asleep.

Pastor Trever talks about God in flesh.

Fighting the Beasts and loving God, ourselves and our neighbors.

Who do we look up to?  Who do we follow?  Who are the heroes?      

My first year in ministry left me asking, "Where are you God?" Pastor Trever shares his personal attachment to Psalm 13.

Pastor Trever shares from Psalm 19.

This week pastor Trever talks a little politics as he shares the story from 1 Samuel 8.

God is big enough to handle our honest selves, the pretty and the ugly. So is the church.  

“First book in the Bible, we're just a couple of pages in and we have already found things to argue about for centuries.” Pastor Trever takes a look at the Story of Creation in part one of the series, 15 TEXTS FROM THE BIBLE.  

Today we wrap up Paul's letter to the Galatians and share prayers and well wishes for a member of the family.

Bearing each other's burdens.

The sins of the flesh and the fruit of the spirit