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Rich! Part 1: Rich Young and Lost
A young ruler came to Jesus asking what he needed to do to inherit eternal life. By every visible measure, he was successful. He was moral, influential, financially secure, and still young enough to believe his best years were ahead of him. But...
Summer Psalms Mixtape Vol. 5 | Track 4: Don’t Stop Believin’
Some songs can only be sung by people who remember what it felt like to weep. Psalm 126 looks back on a season when God restored His people’s fortunes and filled their mouths with laughter. But it also looks forward with longing, asking God to ...
Summer Psalms Mixtape Vol. 5 | Track 3: Ain’t No Mountain High Enough
The road ahead can be beautiful, but it can also be dangerous. Psalm 121 was a song for pilgrims making their way toward Jerusalem, lifting their eyes to the hills and asking where their help would come from. The answer was not found in the hil...
Summer Psalms Mixtape Vol. 5 | Track 2: I Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking For
Every heart is thirsty for something. We chase satisfaction through success, comfort, approval, pleasure, and control, only to find that none of them can satisfy the soul’s deepest thirst. Psalm 63 was written in the wilderness, yet David’s gre...
Summer Psalms Mixtape Vol. 5 | Track 1: Help!
There are seasons when prayer feels less like a song and more like a cry for help. “How long, O Lord?” is the sound of a weary soul that still believes God is there, even when He feels absent. Psalm 13 teaches us that biblical faith does not de...
The Table | Part 6: The Table of Unity
When Peter was invited to share a meal with a Roman officer named Cornelius, he faced a cultural barrier he had never crossed before. Through that experience, God showed him that the gospel was not limited to one group of people—the invitation ...
The Table | Part 5: The Table of Humility
At a dinner hosted by a Pharisee, Jesus noticed that everyone was competing for the best seats at the table. In response, He taught that God’s kingdom operates differently — those who elevate themselves will be humbled, and those who humble the...
The Table | Part 4: The Table of the Church
The earliest followers of Jesus dedicated themselves not only to teaching and prayer but also to sharing meals together. Day after day, they gathered in homes, breaking bread and celebrating God’s goodness with glad and generous hearts. Their r...
The Table | Part 3: The Table of Jesus
Throughout the Gospels, Jesus is often seen at a table—eating with tax collectors, sinners, and people others avoided. When Levi hosted a dinner for Jesus, it became a powerful picture of grace: the kingdom of God welcoming those who knew they ...
The Table | Part 2: The Table of God’s Presence
In the tabernacle, God told Israel to build a special table and place bread on it as a sign of His presence among them. Centuries later, Jesus fed thousands and called Himself the Bread of Life — the One who truly satisfies the hunger of the hu...
The Table | Part 1: The Table of Redemption
On the night God delivered Israel from slavery in Egypt, He didn’t tell His people to pack their bags first — He told them to prepare a meal. The Passover table became the place where God’s people remembered His saving work and passed the story...
Home Work | Part 7 - Final Exam: The Process of Becoming
Life doesn’t unfold the way we expect. At some point, the life we envisioned gives way to the life we're actually living. In that moment, many people assume something has gone wrong —but what if that moment is actually an invitation? In the fin...
Home Work | Part 6 - Make-up Work: Repairing What’s Been Broken
Everyone gets hurt — but not everyone heals. Bitterness imprisons families for generations, while forgiveness opens the door to freedom, peace, and restoration. In this powerful message from Matthew 18, we discover that forgiveness is not ignor...
Home Work | Part 5 - Family Rhythms
Our daily habits shape who we become — not only as individuals, but as families. The traditions and routines of a family can shape our children and future generations for years to come. The routines we practice — whether it’s watching college f...
Home Work | Part 4 - Sex Ed: God’s Design vs. Cultural Narrative
Since the sexual revolution of the 1960s and 1970s, it may seem that our society has become increasingly sexually promiscuous. However, we’ve probably just become more open about the promiscuity that has always existed. The early church faced a...
Home Work | Part 3 - Study Buddies: How Marriage Points to God
The most intimate of all human relationships is the bond between a husband and wife. That makes marriage the most fulfilling, and potentially the most damaging, of all relationships. When God created man in His image, He said it was not good fo...
Home Work | Part 2 - Passing the Test: The Beauty in Blessing
Families share more than DNA; they share traditions, habits, and patterns — some good, some not. The way we view and live our lives is often shaped by our families. What if we were intentional in building rhythms of blessing, planting seeds of ...
Home Work | Part 1 - Family Systems 101: Breaking the Cycle
Families share more than DNA; they also share traditions, habits, and patterns—some good, some not. The way we think about sex, money, marriage, work, and many other things has been shaped by our families of origin. Patterns of abuse, addiction...
Easter Sunday | So What?
Easter is more than just a tradition or a sentimental story — it is based on the bold claim that Jesus Christ was raised from the dead. If that claim is false, Christianity collapses; but if it is true, it changes everything. In So What?, we’ll...
The Servant Songs | Song 4: Wounded for Us
What if the moment that looked like defeat was actually the greatest victory in history? In the final Servant Song, Isaiah describes a figure so disfigured that He is barely recognizable — yet through His wounds, many are healed. Rejected, crus...
The Servant Songs | Song 3: Like Flint
What does the Servant of the Lord do when obedience brings opposition and faithfulness brings suffering? In the third Servant Song, Isaiah presents a Messiah who listens humbly, suffers willingly, and remains unshaken in the face of injustice. ...
The Servant Songs | Song 2: Mothers and Tattoos
What do you do when you believe God’s promises but still feel forgotten? In the second Servant Song, Isaiah reveals a salvation so vast it reaches the ends of the earth. Yet in the middle of that promise, God’s people cry out, “The Lord has for...
The Servant Songs | Song 1: Behold My Servant
What kind of king brings justice without force, power without coercion, and victory through suffering? In the first of Isaiah’s Servant Songs, God introduces a ruler unlike any the world has known -- a servant who restores what is broken not by...
More | Patrick Coats
Paul’s doxology reminds us that God does more than we ask, think, or imagine ... not because of who we are, but because of who He is.
The Digital Dilemma | Part 4: The Digital Rule of Life
As the Digital Fast nears its end, the question is no longer what we will give up but what we will carry forward. In this message from 1 Peter 5, we are reminded that the Christian life is lived amid a spiritual battle -- and distraction is one...