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Our Love Your Neighborhood journey has finally begun! This past Sunday, we launched our series by asking the same question that the religious experts asked Jesus: who is my neighbor? His answer, given through the Good Samaritan Story, challenges and upends our...

This past Sunday, we finished out our "Simple Gospel" series in Galatians by talking about 2 opposing forces - the flesh and the Spirit. These aren't competing physical and spiritual realities for Paul, but rather competing sources of life and guidance. Only when we...

This past Sunday, we continued in our 'Simple Gospel" series by talking about freedom. In our American life, we have a very clear understanding of freedom that centers on us - our wants, our rights, our desires. But Galatians tells us that the freedom we have in...

This past Sunday, we continued our "Simple Gospel" series by looking in Galatians 4 and the End of Religion. Do all religions lead to God? It's popular to make this assertion, but our believe might shock you: no religions lead to God, even the "Christian" ones....

This past Sunday, our Simple Gospel series continued by looking at Galatians 3, where Paul continues his argument against the empty, performance-driven religion that plagued the Galatian Church. They had been taught that being right with God meant obeying all of the...

This past Sunday, we continued our "Simple Gospel" series by looking at the story of Paul's strong confrontation with Paul in Galatians 2. We all have gaps between what we believe and the life we live - even Peter. Even after decades of powerful sermons, miracles, and...

This week, I've had two conversations with people in our congregation about politics. Both of these folks are highly active in our church, serve faithfully, and love Jesus deeply. Yet these two people had dramatically differing political views. In the same church,...

This past Sunday, we started a new series on the book of Galatians called "Simple Gospel." Galatians is a book all about seeing the message of Jesus clearly in the fog of empty religion. Paul was adamant about the Galatian Church leaving behind the religious...

This past Sunday, we celebrated Father's Day by looking at what it means to be a man. There's a ton of toxic, unhealthy versions of manhood we're presented with every day. But Jesus serves as our picture of authentic manhood, living lives defined not by climbing the...

This past Sunday, we closed out our Friended series by talking about what holds all of our relationships together - love. But not the kind of love we see in the world. This love is a steadfast, faithful love that sticks around no matter the circumstances. We see this...