Work is a gift—but it makes a terrible god. This week in Prepare Him Room, we reflected on how achievement and productivity can quietly replace Jesus as the source of our worth. Ecclesiastes reminds us that true joy isn’t found in what we build...

We’re all chasing something to make life feel full, but Ecclesiastes 2 reminds us that pleasure makes a terrible god. Solomon tested every form of enjoyment, success, comfort, and indulgence to see if anything under the sun could hold the weigh...

Ecclesiastes 1:12–18 reminds us that even the greatest wisdom and knowledge can’t satisfy the deepest longings of our hearts. Solomon discovered that chasing understanding apart from God only leads to frustration, pride, and grief. This Advent,...

Bartimaeus may have been physically blind, but he saw Jesus more clearly than anyone else. In Mark 10:46–52, he cries out for mercy, Jesus stops for him, heals him, and he immediately follows. Spiritual blindness creeps in when we cling to prid...

Jesus shows that true greatness isn’t found in status but in service. In Mark 10:32–45, He leads His disciples toward the cross and teaches that the Son of Man came not to be served, but to serve—and to give His life as a ransom for many.

In Mark 10, Jesus teaches that only those who receive the kingdom of God like a child will enter it. The rich young man reveals how self-righteousness and self-reliance keep us from fully depending on God, while the disciples show us the beauty...

In Mark 10:1–12, Jesus lifts our eyes to see marriage the way God intended—from a man-centered contract to a God-ordained covenant. While the Pharisees treated marriage and divorce casually, Jesus points back to creation, reminding us that God ...

In light of what Jesus accomplished on the cross, we’re called to orient our lives around Him. That means choosing serving over status, Christ over credit, and exchanging pride for purpose. The greatest human to ever walk the earth became the l...

As we continued our series in Mark this week, we were reminded that God is with us both in the mountain-top moments of life and in seasons of deep grief and desperation. May we remember to stay near to the Father in both seasons and find fullne...

Even as believers, we’re prone to spiritual amnesia. When we forget Jesus’ past faithfulness, it can distort how we see His character—especially when life feels out of control. That’s why one of the most repeated commands in Scripture is to rem...

This week, College Ministry Resident Trent Marshall continued our series in the Gospel of Mark, teaching from Mark 8:1–26. In this passage, we see Jesus heal a little girl oppressed by a demon, reminding us that our deepest needs are His highes...

In Mark 7:1–23, Jesus exposes the futility of man-made religion. The Pharisees clung to rituals, believing they could make them clean, but Jesus makes clear the true problem isn’t dirty hands—it’s a defiled heart. No amount of scrubbing, no tra...

In Mark 6:30–56, Jesus feeds thousands with just five loaves and two fish and later walks on water, revealing Himself as the great “I AM.” The disciples had nothing close to enough, but Jesus took what little they offered and multiplied it unti...

This past weekend, Alex Leyva continued our sermon series in the Gospel of Mark. Sharing the good news can sometimes feel overwhelming, or like something we’re not qualified to do. But we were reminded that the gospel is more powerful than our ...

On the final week of our Core Values series, Doug Johnston walked us through our value of Out. We were reminded that God's call to join Him in spreading the good news of the gospel isn’t just a divine invitation—it’s imperative. God didn’t resc...

This week we explored our core value of In. As God's chosen people, we are made to live in gospel community that flows out of our identity in Christ. But what does that look like? It looks a lot like Jesus—showing compassion, walking in humilit...

This past Sunday, Alex Leyva continued our Core Values series by focusing on our value of Up: Spiritual Formation. So what exactly does spiritual formation mean? At its heart, it’s the transforming truth of the gospel that changes us and allows...

This past weekend, Ricky kicked off our Core Values sermon series. This series takes a look at our core values of Down, Up, In and Out as a church. We looked at the core value of Down and how God pours into our lives. The foundation of our life...

When life gets hard, who will you cling to? When it feels like he delays to answer a desperate prayer, how do you respond? We are reminded that God's delays are by divine design—they are never careless! Jesus is near to the broken hearted. Ther...

Not only does Jesus have authority over darkness and the things that chain us, He has the power to redeem those stories into beautiful testimonies of His power and goodness. Evil is strong, but Jesus is stronger. 🙌

This week, Elder Jason Hietbrink continued our series in the Gospel of Mark by looking at the disciples’ response to Jesus sleeping in the boat during a fierce storm. Like them, we can easily lose sight of who’s with us when life feels out of c...

Are we humbly and eagerly listening to God's word? Are we patiently and confidently sharing the Word of God? These are some of the questions Elder Eric Knoll asked as continued through our series in the Gospel of Mark. We are so encouraged and ...

Just as the sun that melts wax can harden clay, everyone responds to Jesus differently. This week in Mark, Ricky walked us through the parable of the sower, where the seed—God’s Word—falls on different types of soil. Some hearts are hard, some ...

As we continue in Mark chapter 3, we take a look at various groups of people and their different responses to Jesus. Some are curious, others are critical, and some completely closed off. The committed few sit at His feet just to be close to Hi...