Have Your Cake and Lisa Too (May 30, 2022)

What are our motives as we “protect” things we care about? Is it to do what is right or to watch out for our own interests?

The Heater With No Heart (May 29, 2022)

We’re good at looking pure—saying the right things, following the right rules, putting on the kind of life that earns approving nods—and that’s precisely the trap Jesus names in Matthew 5:8 when he calls the pure *in heart* blessed, not the pure in appearance.

From Here to There (May 29, 2022)

Pastor Nikomas begins a new series helping us think about unleashing the love of God in our own community.

Songs for Our Temple (Week 22: Ps. 64-66)

Uncertain times are a perfect time to turn to our latest Psalms — 64, 65 and 66 — which remind us of a God who is righteous, in control and faithful.

I Thought This Was Just a Tram (May 23, 2022)

As we move to the New Testament, we look at the story of Felix. He invites conversation with Paul, yet with significant barriers he erects. How do we do the same?

Mercy When You're Dented (May 22, 2022)

Blessed are the merciful—it sounds really good when we are the ones receiving mercy. That call suddenly sounds a lot worse when we’re the ones called to _show_ mercy. Jesus calls us to that mercy, against our natural inclination for payback.

Why Do People Suffer? (May 22, 2022)

We struggle to get our heads around why God allows suffering. How do we make sense of what happens in our world?

Why is Grace Essential for the Christian Home? (May 22, 2022)

As we think about what the Christian home is called to be, why is grace an essential part of that?

Jonah's Turning Point

What does Jonah do with the opportunity that God gives him?

Songs for Our Temple (Week 21: Ps. 61-63)

Where do we place our hope? How do we think of those who would seem to have the upper hand as they do things displeasing to God? Let’s turn with Pastor Tim to the next three Psalms, Ps. 61-63, to find out!