This week, Dennis Allan talked through Jesus as the prototype for what it means to live a Christian life in the world today. We can look to Jesus and see the way He lived, the people He built relationships with, the power structures that He… Read More »Doing What Jesus Did
This week, Dennis Allan talked through how we must learn Jesus’ teachings if we are to become like Him and take on His character and ways. The journey of spiritual formation requires us to be reshaped and reformed until we resemble Jesus in every aspect… Read More »Becoming Like Jesus Together
This week, Pastor Shaq Hager talks through how spiritual formation begins with attachment. We do not become like Jesus through willpower, performance, or isolation—we are formed through relational nearness: to Jesus, and to the people He places around us. Belonging is not about achieving acceptance… Read More »Belonging to Jesus and His People
This week, Dennis Allan starts our new series on Spiritual Formation by discussing the ways each and every one of us is being shaped and formed every day. We tend not to notice, or maybe even convince ourselves that we can listen to whatever we… Read More »We’re All Being Formed
In the final week of our series, Faithful Exiles, Dennis Allan walks through Jesus’ words to His closest followers to go and make disciples of all nations by baptizing and teaching every person who places their faith, hope, and trust in Jesus as their Lord… Read More »The Great Commission
This week, Julia Allan walks through Daniel 12 focusing on the promised inheritance Daniel, and each of us will receive, through our faithful perseverance. In the midst of darkness, struggle, suffering, and injustice we can look ahead to the promise we each have in Jesus—one… Read More »Rest, Rise, and Receive
This week, Carrie Bucker walks through Daniel 9, where we see a picture of what faithful repentance can look like for exiles living in a broken world. Daniel confesses not just his own sins, but the sins of his people — acknowledging the communal and… Read More »Faithful Repentance
This week, Dennis Allan talked through Daniel 7, the beginning of the apocalyptic section of the book. There, Daniel tells about a vision that included four beasts, ten horns, the Ancient of Days, and the Son of Man. It’s a story that provided hope to… Read More »Hope in Exile
What should followers of Jesus do when the government enacts laws that are unjust? In this sermon on Daniel 6, Dennis Allan explores how civil disobedience—like Daniel’s refusal to obey the king’s edict—is not rebellion for rebellion’s sake, but courageous loyalty to God and love… Read More »Faithful (civil) Disobedience
Daniel 5 is a warning to every empire: God sees pride, injustice, and oppression—and He will act. This week, Pastor Shaq Hager demonstrates how Belshazzar’s downfall shows that no ruler is beyond accountability. For those in exile, this is both judgment and hope: God hasn’t… Read More »Faithful Hope