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Steph kicks off our series, Living The Future.
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Guest speaker Robb Morgan shares about the importance of new wineskins for new wine, the way we need to adopt new ways for the new works God is inviting us into.
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Who is God? What does he want? Who are we? What do we want? How can we both get what we want? John shares about how this plays out in practice in the Exodus story.
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Michael shares about the way God invites everyone to experience his beauty and mercy and how it can lead to amazing generosity in our lives.
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In this message, Michael explores the third movement of Exodus, showing how God was recreating a way to be present with his people and the way he continues to invite us into his presence today.
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Casey and Rachel help us start out 2023 with an imaginative prayer exercise about what we desire from Jesus.
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In this message, we celebrate the birth of Christ and look at the nativity story together through the eyes of the the Innkeeper, a Wise Man, and a Shepherd.
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Michael and Brian lead us through an imaginative prayer exercise that helps us picture ourselves in the story of the nativity.
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Michael shares on the 10 commandments as an amazing gift that reveals a dimension of freedom and flourishing made possible by those ten specific boundaries.
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John contrasts two stories, one about Jesus’s birth and the other about Moses’ and Jethro, to show what God teaches us through letting someone really different from us help us.
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God has lessons to teach us that can only be learned in liminal spaces. Michael shares about the Israelites entering the wilderness and the sorts of questions they were working out while in that liminal space.
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God tested the Israelites because he wanted to develop their relationship with him. Steph and Brian share how the tests they faced many centuries ago are the same kinds of tests that we face in our lives today.
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Michael shares on the final plague, showing how God was working to free his people, those who put their trust in him, and how that exact same freedom is available for you and I.
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In this message, Michael leads us through another look at the 10 plagues. This time, we look through the lens of idolatry, the way God is confronting the idolatry of the Egyptians, and, honestly, of all of us.
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Of all the ways God could have saved his people from slavey in Egypt, why 10 plagues? John shares on what the 10 plagues teach us about who God is.
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God is on a mission to reveal his name and character. Eventually, everyone will know who he is and what he is like. But, how does God make himself known? In this message, Brian shares on two key ways God reveals himself to his people.
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The entire exodus event is like a monument that constantly reminds us who God is and what he’s like and it reminds us what our lives are to be like—who and what we serve, whose we are, what it means to be the people of God in our current moment in history. Michael digs into…
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As followers of Christ, we are invited into a very different way of life, a life connected to a creator who deeply loves us and who is inviting us into an adventure of becoming more like him. The book of Exodus is crammed full of extremely helpful pointers about how to live this new way…
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In this message, John goes back to Exodus 3 to help us take another look at the burning bush story. This time we explore from Moses’ perspective to see what it teaches us about us as people and what God is calling us to.
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In Exodus, we see that God’s on a mission to reveal his name, his character, and his purpose to his chosen people, and then through those chosen people to reveal his name and reputation to all the nations, to everyone. In this message, John focuses in on God’s name and how his character is revealed in…
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In the biblical book of Exodus, God makes himself known and shows the humans what it’s like to live as his people on the earth. In this message, Michael teaches on the ability of the Exodus story to remind us how God has worked in the past and how meditation on it can help to…
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In the Old Testament book of Exodus, we see God revealing himself to his people—he’s teaching them about himself and who he is. Michael begins our brand new series in Exodus sharing from Chapter 1 on how God shows them (and us) how to live as a people who bear his name.
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Brian finishes up our series on Questions Jesus Asked by digging into the question: what kind of person do you want to be?
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John is back from Sabbatical and in this message he shares about what he learned from each of the main aspects of a sabbatical: rest, reevaluation and revisioning.
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It’s surprising how often Jesus was challenged by the religious leaders about his eating habits. In this message, Michael continues our series on Questions Jesus Asked, looking at Luke 6 and sharing on the dangers of snacking on the Sabbath.
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Jesus’ questions can be comforting and they can be confrontational. Brian continues our series on Questions Jesus Asked by looking at 3 more ways Jesus’ questions can help us experience flourishing in our lives.
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A big part of following Jesus is about learning to pay attention to what you love, what you desire, and allowing God to reorient your loves and your priorities. Michael shares on this by diving into the story of the rich young ruler from Mark 10.
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Michael shares from Mark 4 about the way Jesus constantly invites us to continue to develop increasing trust, faith, and confidence in him and in his way of life.
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Jesus’ questions get at what’s under the surface. Michael shares about the importance of allowing Jesus to ask us these kinds of questions and the way they lead to a healthier, more flourishing life.
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Isn’t it interesting how Jesus frequently answered questions with more questions? Clint shares from Luke 20 about how Jesus uses these questions to confront where we find our security and our identity.
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As we continue our series on questions Jesus asked, Brian shares from Luke about 3 questions Jesus raises that challenge our pride and our tendencies towards self-righteous judgment.
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Michael begins a new series of messages around the topic of the questions Jesus asked, starting with one of the very first questions Jesus asks his disciples: What do you want?
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We all have needs. Even if you are unaware of them, they are there. And God wants to meet those needs! Jackson shares from Mark 10 about the story of Blind Bartimaeus and what we can learn from him about coming face-to-face with our needs
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We all long for the whole world to be made right, for our lives to be permeated with peace. Yet, though we know that’s where we want to go, the way we get there is often different from how we imagine it. Clint shares from Mark chapter 10 about the way toward that perfect future.
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How we experience key relationships in our lives often influences how we tend to see God. In this message from Father’s Day, Brian shares about how we can more deeply experience God’s love and in turn engage and bless others by putting that love into action each day.
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To follow Jesus means to utterly redefine what it means to be great. Becca shares from Mark 10 about how we can let God show us what matters most and the importance of receiving the kingdom like a child.
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In this message, Michael and Brenda share about Pentecost, when God poured out his Spirit on his people. They dive into how we can begin to notice and embrace the Holy Spirit as a person in our daily lives.
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From risk-takers to the risk adverse, all of us fall somewhere on this continuum somewhere. Yet, God is inviting all of us to step out of our comfort zones! Michael shares from the story of Peter in Matthew 14, reminding us that faith is spelled R-I-S-K.
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As Christians, we follow Jesus as our King. But he is a different kind of king and if we are on mission with him, we are called to live a different kind of life. Steph helps us get clear on this unique life we’re called to live.
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All of us are invited to engage in ministry. This isn’t just something for a select few important people. So, how can we learn to pray like Jesus, heal like Jesus, and cast out the demonic like Jesus? Brian shares what we can learn from Mark 9 to help us answer those questions.
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We are meant to flourish under the care of God! Michael and Becca share from John 10 about the way we can experience a flourishing life and experience the world as a perfectly safe place to be.
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Jesus tells us to take up our cross and follow him. But what does that really mean for our lives? Michael and Casey share on this often misused piece of scripture from Mark 8.
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In this message, Michael dives into Psalm 1, sharing about what it shows us about living a well-rooted, fruitful life and the church’s role in it.
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Michael Gatlin shares on this Resurrection Sunday about the way God works in the fractured areas of our lives, filling our scars with faith, hope, love, and even joy.
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God’s redemptive plan was accomplished in subversive and surprising ways. In this message, Brian shares from Mark 15 about some of Jesus’s final surprising interactions on his journey to the cross.
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Brenda continues our series in the book of Mark, sharing on the way Peter collapses under pressure and disowns Jesus the King, and how we can learn from him to turn to the Father in distress.
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You and I are meant to live fruitful lives, so how do we get there? In this message, Michael takes a pause from our series in Mark to share a special message from John 15 about how we abide in Jesus as the Vine.
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Michael shares about Jesus’s trial before the Jewish leaders and how he finally clearly reveals himself as Israel’s long-awaited Messiah and King.
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In this message, Steph and Michael continue our series in Mark, looking at Jesus’ journey to the cross. In the passage, we find Jesus in the garden of Gethsemane and we’ll dive into how we, like Jesus, have to go through the garden.
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Jesus died so we wouldn’t be stuck in our past or be without hope for the future. Brian shares a vivid picture of why Jesus died, continuing our series on the King’s Journey to the Cross.
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What is our mission at the Vineyard and how are we working to accomplish it together as a community? That’s what Michael is covering in our special annual Vineyard Vision service.
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What does it mean for Jesus to be the king? Michael shares from Mark 8 about what Jesus’ kingship can mean for each one of us personally.
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Michael and Steph share a message from Mark 7 about the ways we can tune our attention to God and see Jesus as the King he really is.
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Michael is joined by guest speaker John Aureli for a conversation about religion, hypocrisy, and being truly led by God towards his mission in the world.
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Ecclesiastes says everything is meaningless. What is that all about? What can we learn from this existential crisis that points us back to Jesus?
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What holds us back from kingdom ministry, from sharing about Jesus, healing the sick, and casting out demons? Michael shares what we can learn from the story of Jesus feeding the crowd in Mark 6 about being active participants with the King and his kingdom.
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Michael shows us how the stories in Mark 5 are a master class in how Jesus is the king of interruptions and messy faith and how we can embrace it and join in!
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Becca and Brian share out of Mark 6, talking about what we can learn about responding to the challenge of God’s kingdom from the different responses to this kingdom shown in this chapter.
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In this message, we dive back into our study of the gospel of Mark together! Michael shares from Mark 4 & 5 about the adventure of saying yes to Jesus over and over again in our lives.
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Romans 5 says we have been justified through faith. It begs the question, what is this faith that we need? John concludes our Advent series, sharing about how we can press into having faith made new.
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Christmas is an opportunity to not just rehearse and remember the past, it’s an opportunity to welcome afresh the Son of God; to surrender again or for the very first time. That’s the invitation in this message from our celebration of the birth of Christ.
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In our Advent series, we’ve talked about a new kind of hope, a new kind of peace, a new kind of joy, and in this message, Michael shares about a new kind of Love.
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Advent is a season to reflect and to embrace the presence of God available to us through the Holy Spirit. Michael continues our Advent series by talking about how that reality, God with us, brings joy to the deepest parts of our being.
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This theme of peace is a big one at Christmas time. It shows up in Christmas songs and movies and it is at the heart of the Biblical story of Christmas. Peace is something that we long for, and we desperately need more of. So, how can peace be made new through Jesus?
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Michael kicks off our Advent series, sharing on why we struggle with continuing to hope and how to experience a renewed hope.
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The kingdom of God doesn’t work how we expect. So, how does it work? If we’re doing it wrong, what’s the right way to do it?
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Jesus is giving us an invitation into extravagant wastefulness. What’s that all about? Michael shares from the parable of the extravagantly wasteful farmer from Mark 4.
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If we’re honest, we might say that following Jesus leads us into all sorts of pressure, stress, confrontation, spiritual warfare, and misunderstanding. Yes, we can learn so much from Jesus about how the Spirit of God empowers us to walk through it all with patience, grace, and unexplainable peace deep within.
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Michael continues our monthly series on powerful stories from the Old Testament sharing on why the unnamed servant girl from 2 Kings 5 is his hero.
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John continues our series on the King and his Kingdom sharing on the ways Jesus’ words and works confronted and made conflict in the gospel of Mark and how they’re still doing the same for us today.
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At some level, everyone wants to change the world, to bring healing and hope and justice. It’s hardwired in us. So, how do we partner with God to proclaim and demonstrate that hope and healing?
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Many of us think we know who Jesus is, but do we really have it all figured out? John continues our series in Mark by answering the questions, who is the real Jesus and how should we respond to him?
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In this message, Michael begins a new series in the Gospel of Mark, a book that gives us a clear portrait of Jesus as the Jewish Messiah, the Christ, the Son of God, and the suffering servant who is the King of Kings. What does it mean that Jesus is the Servant-Messiah?
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We admire Jesus, but are we ready to embrace his wisdom in our lives? Clint continues our series of messages on old testament stories that point to Jesus, sharing what we can learn from Solomon’s gift of wisdom.
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Michael and Brenda Gatlin share on Brenda’s upcoming transition, highlighting God’s generosity towards us and our expressions of generosity as follow Christ together.
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This message from Vineyardfest covers who we are as the Duluth Vineyard and what we believe God has invited us towards as a church community.
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The truth is we all struggle with putting lesser things at the center of our lives. Brian continues our series on God’s unexpected grace and generosity by sharing on our common problem of idolatry and breaking its power over us.
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Becca shares about the way David’s life and weakness point us to the character of Jesus and what it looks like to become a person after God’s own heart even in the midst of our real, everyday, messy lives.
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In this series, we’re taking time to ask how we can express gracious generosity in the way we treat others and in how we live day to day. In this message, Clint focuses us in on forgiveness as one of the cornerstones of following Jesus.
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Brian continues our series on unexpected grace and generosity, shedding light on seven symptoms of greed to watch out for and seven core principles for biblical giving.
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Jesus’ mission was to give himself away, a mission rooted in generosity. Now, what about us? If we’re followers of Jesus, what’s our mission? How is our mission rooted in generosity?
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Brian begins our new series Unexpected Grace and Generosity where we’ll be answering questions like, what does it look like to experience God’s grace and goodness in our lives and how can we express that same gracious generosity in how we live day to day?
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This week we pause from our regular sermon series to look at an Old Testament hero. Join us as John dives into the story of Samson.
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As we return to our series on the psalms, we look at how we can intentionally work towards a deeper, and more significant relationship with God – one that affects our lives in true and real ways.
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Where do we go for transcendence, for the thing that will truly satisfy us? John shares a lesson from Psalm 63 on how to stop settling for less and go beyond.
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If our true selves can’t be found in what we love, what we have, what we feel, or what we create ourselves to be, how do we find our identity? Steph shares from Psalm 8 on how to find who we truly are.
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The book of Ruth focuses on the ordinary life of ordinary people. It’s a story of pain, suffering, commitment, obedience, restoration, and redemption. What can we learn from it?
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Why do bad things happen to good people? Where is God in injustice? Join us as Clint continues our series, Lessons from the Psalms.
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We dive into Psalm 110 and Clint continues our discussion in lessons from the Psalms.
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Chronic anxiety is a heart sickness that strikes us all. Yet, we can be free from that kind of anxiety. John shares from Psalm 27 on the cure God offers us.
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Continuing our monthly series on Old Testament heroes that point to Jesus, we look at the life of Deborah from Judges 4-5 to see how God uses godly men and women to lead his people.
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John shares about how real confession allows God to bring real changes in our lives.
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John continues our series of lessons from the psalms by sharing on how to use the Bible to know God personally, to experience his power, his warning, and his great reward.
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As humans, we don’t like waiting. But what if waiting could honestly be a blessing? Clint shares from Psalm 40 about the way waiting can help us grow and flourish.
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Worship is something we do with our bodies and our minds, with our whole lives. Brian shares from Psalm 95 on why and how we worship.
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Abi and Becca continue our monthly series on how the lives of people in the Old Testament point to Jesus by sharing on Rahab, a woman who displayed courage in the face of a high-risk situation and showed us what it looks like to boldly reach out for God’s love.
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How do we know the truth? Who can we trust? In this message, John teaches through Psalm 119, a sappy love song to the truth: the Bible.
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Psalms is the book of the Bible made up of songs crying out to God. We can even think of them as the playlist for the good life. John starts out our new series on the lessons we can learn from the book of Psalms beginning in Chapter 1.
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The gift of Easter is the gift of a whole new reality! Michael shares on how the resurrection gives us a completely different way of looking at and interacting with the world around us.
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How can we find God when we feel like we’ve lost him? John shares from the story of Moses about what to do when we feel disconnected from God.
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We can’t experience healing for the people we’re pretending to be. Michael shares on the way the church is like a hospital, a place of healing and vulnerability, and our place in it as wounded healers.
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In this message, Michael talks about a symbol that has been used and misused by the church at large for the past couple thousand years, the church as the army of God.
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Brian continues our series Why I Love My Church, where we are exploring some of the metaphors used in the New Testament for the church, by sharing on the church as God’s house.
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The Old Testament is full of interesting people that help us see Jesus and understand him. John shares about how Joseph’s story in Genesis points to Jesus.
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If the church is a family, how do we join this family? And what can happen in and through our lives when we are part of God’s family?
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In this message, we look at what it means to be part of God’s family, a place of belonging and a place we experience God’s power and presence together.
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Brenda continues our series on why we love the church by sharing about the ways that the church is the classroom of God and the lessons we learn through it.
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On the last weekend of each month, we are taking time to focus on how key characters from the Old Testament can point us to Jesus and what a vibrant life with God can be like. In this message, we look at how a dynamic encounter with God helped transform Jacob from being a conniving…
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Clint shares about why he loves the church and what we mean when we say the church is the body of Christ.
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Brenda continues our Why I Love my Church series answering questions like, is the church in trouble, and what is the church actually supposed to look like?
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In our new series Why I Love my Church, we’re asking, what is the church and how is it supposed to work? Michael begins by sharing on the church as Ekklesia, a gathering of God’s people.
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Casey begins our once a month series on Old Testament heroes by sharing about how a cynical laughing old lady can help us see Jesus in the midst of our own pain and suffering.
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How can we live more fearlessly in this new year? Abi shares on bringing our fears to God, experiencing his great love, and receiving hope as his Beloved.
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What does it look like to let love lead you? Michael shares on the importance of identity, reality, and trust in being led by love in our lives.
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