This week we will be starting the third chapter of Colossians. Typical of Paul’s letters is that the first half of the letter tends to focus on what Christ has done for you… now chapters 3 and 4 will look at how we are to live in light of that. In this text, we will look at the one thing which must be engaged in order to live a consistent Christ-centered life... the mind! I look forward to being with you and seeing how God’s Spirit will show us how to live and think in a Christ-honoring way.

Greetings, this week we will be looking at the attempts to intimidate the Colossians. We have spoken about the false teaching in the church, and our passage this week, Col. 2:16-23, helps us identify just what those are. More important than the intimidation techniques, is the power in Christ. He is the one who is greater than any false teaching and the One who is our substance, our prize and our power to change.

This week—we will be looking at a great text speaking about the full confidence we have In Christ. We have so many reasons to be confident as Christians, but this text is specifically going to show us how we can live confidently in Christ, while also unpacking the many blessings that are ours because of our relationship with Christ.

This coming week we will continue looking at Jesus Christ—specifically His authority over His Church. We will look at why Christ is worthy of being over the church and the great hope that we as Christians have for our future, if, we will continue to hold onto him.

We often talk about attributes of God that center around love, mercy, and grace. And rightfully so! These are important attributes that are central to our faith and help us understand the loving and gracious nature of Jesus Christ. But there’s other attributes that aren’t always preached. In Paul’s letter to the Colossians, we see some deeper theological terms that deserve attention. Join us this Sunday as we dive into some of the deeper theological attributes of Christ: His preeminence, His sovereignty, and His aseity.

This Sunday we are starting a new 12 week series through the book of Colossians called "All We Need." We live in a world where there are many new ways of life that promise freedom, new power, success, an ability to grow… yet they all tend to be devoid of the true source of change—Christ Himself! The Book of Colossians is aimed at one thing: Revealing that in Christ we see God in his fullness, and now that Christ is in us, we have all we need to experience a transformed life, transformed relationships, marriages, friendships, and more.

This week we get to celebrate the greatest event in our faith—the very thing with which our faith is built on! Because He is risen, we can have confidence in the truth of our faith, joy in our present life, and hope for where Christ is taking us.

This year for Good Friday we had a special “Service of Darkness.” It was a candlelit service where Pastor Erik went through the life of Jesus and focused on the week leading up to His crucifixion. 

This week, we are going to be looking at a well-known section of Scripture in Luke’s Gospel—the account of Jesus and Zacchaeus. Here we see a picture of our Savior’s love in seeking out the Lost and the way that the love of Christ motivated Zacchaeus to respond with praise and joy. It is my hope that this Sunday, we too would experience the motivating power of Jesus’s love. See you soon.

We often talk in church about giving our praise and worship to Jesus. And rightfully so! Jesus is certainly worthy of our praise. But sometimes it becomes automatic, or “routine”, to praise Him on Sunday during a worship service. What about the rest of the week? What about when things aren’t going that great? Or what about when God answers a simple request such as, “God, help me find my keys!” Do we stop and give praise to God when we find them? Jesus is worthy of our praise in all sorts of times. Join us Sunday as we explore the mercy of Jesus, how He heals in many ways, and the praise He deserves because of all these things.

This week, we will be looking at a parable told by Jesus. There has been much confusion and speculation over what this parable actually means, but despite that challenge, its message is as important as ever.

This week we come to one of the great passages of the Bible—the parable of the Lost Sons. This great parable has two other parables with it all pointing to God’s heart for people who are lost and found. My prayer is that as we sit under this great and familiar text, we will come to appreciate our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ and his work of seeking and saving the lost.

As we continue in Luke, we come across two well-known accounts of our Savior: The Good Samaritan, and Jesus at the home of Martha and Mary. In looking at these two narratives, Luke helps us see where eternal life is really found—in loving your neighbor and in God Himself. Yet, in both of these accounts, there are assumptions made that obscure people from seeing the life-giving work of mercy and the life-giving time spent worshipping Him. I am looking forward to looking at this well-known text together and hearing God’s Spirit speak through His Word.

As we continue in Luke, we come across two well-known accounts of our Savior: The Good Samaritan, and Jesus at the home of Martha and Mary. In looking at these two narratives, Luke helps us see where eternal life is really found—in loving your neighbor and in God Himself. Yet, in both of these accounts, there are assumptions made that obscure people from seeing the life-giving work of mercy and the life-giving time spent worshipping Him. I am looking forward to looking at this well-known text together and hearing God’s Spirit speak through His Word.

Greetings – This week I want to continue our discussion on Spiritual Warfare. We took a look at it from the lens of Luke—and the authority that Jesus Christ has over the demonic—yet I want to look at what that means for us! Perhaps one of the most overlooked aspects of Spiritual Warfare is the warfare that goes on in the mind and the heart. Lies can be like strongholds, or weeds that spread and infiltrate—destroying from within. Is there any protection? Yes! In 2 Corinthians 10, Paul deals with a church who has believed lies and fights back, not with the weapons of the world, but with the weapon of truth. Let us do the same.