The Forgiveness Cycle - Week 1

Pastor Mike Day kicked off a brand-new sermon series — The Forgiveness Cycle — and this week's conversation digs into the story of Peter and Cornelius in Acts 10. Discipleship Pastor Jennifer Davis and Associate Pastor Melissa Perry join Mike to unpack the cultural and religious context behind Peter's rooftop vision, and why it mattered so much for a devout Jewish man to be told that what he'd always considered unclean was now welcome. The group talks about what it looks like when God disrupts our fixed way of seeing things — and how easy it is to miss what He's doing when we're holding too tightly to the way we think it's supposed to work. 

Mike shares a gripping real-life story of a mother in Iran who was given the legal right to decide whether her son's killer would live or die — and the Christ-like moment that changed the course of that young man's life. The conversation lands on Acts 11:18 and the idea of "repentance that leads to life" — not just eternal life someday, but a real, present quality of life that comes from turning away from guilt, shame, and the need for retribution, and turning toward the grace God has already offered. Whether you've messed up in ways the world notices or in the quieter ways only you carry, this episode is a reminder: forgiveness is for everyone, and it's meant to be lived right now.

If you missed the sermon, watch here.