When life feels unstable and everything around us is shaking, where do we find the courage to stand firm? Drawing from Hebrews 12, this sermon explores the contrast between Mt. Sinai and Mt. Zion, reminding us that our hope is in God’s unshakable kingdom. This… Read More »Unshakeable Courage
This week, Julia Allan walks through Hebrews 12:1-11 and discusses how we build perseverance. In fact, if we become people who consistently choose the path of least resistance, then we’ll never become people who know how to endure hardship, struggle, frustration, or obstacles. We’ll be… Read More »Developing Endurance
This week, Pastor Shaq Hager talks through Hebrews 10:19-25, focusing on how difficult it can be for us to take hold of the new things Jesus wants to do in the world and in our lives because we keep trying to hold on to old… Read More »Draw Near to Jesus
The people who first read Hebrews were women and men who likely comprised a house church in ancient Rome. Years prior, the entire Christian community had been expelled from Rome. Now, they live in the city subject to ridicule, threats, imprisonment, and poverty. Every day… Read More »Kingdom or Empire?
Jesus is our great high priest who sits at God’s right hand, who understands our weaknesses and frailties, who bears the scars of His own crucifixion in His body, and because of all this we can approach God’s throne in prayer with confidence that we… Read More »Prayer is our Anchor
This week, Pastor Shaq Hager guides us through Hebrews 3. There, the author of Hebrews reminds their audience to hold fast to their faith in Jesus, even in moments of uncertainty and doubt. Doubting Jesus isn’t sinful. It’s not a sign that our faith is… Read More »We Need Community
This week, Pastor Dennis Allan kicks-off our new series, Hold Fast. It’s the new year and so many things are shifting and changing around us. A new president will soon be inaugurated, there are wars raging across the world, and in our own personal lives… Read More »Jesus Alone
This Christmas Eve, Julia talks with the kids about the way God arrives into our world as a baby, born to simple parents in the middle of nowhere. And, not only that, but the first people God told about this baby were a bunch of… Read More »Our King has Arrived
This week, Pastor Shaq discusses the Advent theme of love. Mary’s Magnifcat is a call to every person who has been overlooked, margianlized, exploited, oppressed, or cast aside that the Messiah is coming. He will scatter the proud, bring down rulers from their thrones, lift… Read More »Love
This week, Carrie Buckner continues our Advent series. The crowds are coming to John at the Jordan asking to be baptized. He warns the crowds to bear fruit in keeping with repentance, and when asked what they must do John replies by instructing them to… Read More »Joy