To be the judge is to carry the weight of being right—and being just. The throne of authority is no casual seat; it demands power, wisdom, and responsibility, especially when decisions impact others. Yet how often do we climb into that seat our...

This Sunday at PFC, we’re grateful to have Bryan Hoke with us. Bryan serves with the Brethren in Christ and provides support for pastors and churches in this region. He’ll be sharing a message about the gift of rest and Jesus’ invitation to tru...

"Do not be anxious about your life." What a crazy thing for Jesus to say! How can I not be anxious about my life, my marriage, my kids, my job, my retirement, my car, my house...? For many people anxiety is an almost constant companion. What is...

In this next part of Jesus' sermon, He addresses our stuff – our money and possessions. Yep, He goes there. This gets super challenging, especially for us as Americans who have so much! Jesus is going to challenge what we truly value, where our...

Jesus teaches that fasting should be done in secret, not for show, as a way to humbly seek God and grow in dependence on Him. Historically, fasting was tied to repentance, seeking God’s help, and spiritual renewal—not performance or ritual. Tru...

Recently PFC welcomed Dave Wiedis to share some insights from his new book The Spiritually Healthy Leader. In his teaching Dave Wiedis talked about the idea of "ruling passions". Every person has a ruling passion. This is part of God's...

Jesus is taking us on a journey to understand and practice what it looks like to live in His upside-down Kingdom. This week we will be looking at both generosity and prayer. How was the culture of the time engaging these and how should we be do...

Perhaps this is a silly question … but do you know some people that don’t like you? That have even hurt you, taken advantage of you, or humiliated you? We all have “enemies”. And this Sunday, Jesus is going to show us a better way to respond to...

We're so excited to have David Wiedis with us at PFC today. Dave will be sharing insights from his brand new book, "The Spiritually Healthy Leader." Dave is the Founder and Executive Director of Serving Leaders Ministries, with decades of minis...

This week, we’ll be exploring a third case study of inward-based righteousness: the power of our words.  We’ll look at the historical significance of oaths and how Jesus takes the law one step deeper. 

The resurrection of Jesus gives us the hope and promise that the new creation is coming! Things won’t always be this way. Jesus physically died and physically came back to life and what God did 2,000 years ago, He will do for the whole world! E...

The "Triumphal Entry" was the public declaration that Jesus viewed himself as the Messiah, and the promised King of kings. He rode into Jerusalem accepting the title of "Son of David" and the shouts of praise, "Hosanna!" He then entered the tem...

 In this section of the Sermon on the Mount, Jesus tackles two uncomfortable topics. He addresses lust and divorce. In every culture, in every place, throughout all human history men have dehumanized women through lust an...

This week we are continuing to look at Jesus’ teaching in Mathew 5. As Pastor Dave shared last week, over the next few weeks we are going to be looking at examples of inward-based righteousness. The first example is anger. Anger is a valid emot...

Get ready! Jesus is raising the bar for those who follow Him. But the good news is that He has done all the heavy lifting! What the first half of the Bible points forward to and the momentum it created, Jesus comes and fulfills. But He is calli...

Did you know that God has flavors and colors that he wants to bring into this world through you? Join us this Sunday as we unpack what Jesus meant by these metaphors of salt and light as we continue learning about the ‘Upside ...

Jesus wraps up the 9 Beatitudes with two corresponding blessings given to those who are persecuted, insulted, and spoken of poorly because of righteousness. Throughout church history God has used persecution to strengthen the Church an...

Biblical peace is not the absence of conflict, but it's also not the seeking of conflict. Peace in the Scriptures is about wholeness and harmony. The compound word used by Jesus in Matthew 5:9 is an active word. Peace is made. We are c...

In the middle of Jesus’ famous Sermon on the Mount, he tells us that if we ask, seek, and knock, we will receive, find, and experience open doors from heaven. How are our lives responding to that invitation? Let’s explore what it looks like to ...

What protects a life from becoming a sham? What provides a life with clearer vision of God? Jesus provides instruction in the 6th beatitude that’s on tap for us this Sunday. Jesus is forming people whose behavior matches their beliefs. People w...

Christians, to the extent that we live out the teachings and example of Jesus, are a sneak preview of eternity. And perhaps, as much as any other Christian trait, mercy is the ultimate sneak peek into the Kingdom of Heaven. One way to understan...

Have you ever been hangry? Have you ever been around someone else who is hangry? Hangry, if you're not familiar with it, is the state of being angry...because you're hungry. It's not just toddlers who get a little grumpy when they have an empty...

“Blessed are the meek.” This Sunday as we take a look at Jesus’ next statement in Matthew 5:5, we’re going to see just how fortunate are those who humbly live outside of centers of power and influence, who are even squashed under the thumb of t...

This week, we are going to look at the second beatitude. Remember, at the start of this teaching, Jesus is talking specifically to his followers and trying to show them what it looks like to be in his Kingdom, which is often “upside down” from ...