It is a misunderstanding of Christianity to think it is stuck in the past or a call downward, beating ourselves up with guilt. Normal Christianity is a call to wholeness and holiness, but must begin with leaving our past behind. In this message, Pastor John looks at how the apostle Paul learned to leave behind what was in his past as he moved towards His goal in Christ.

It's easy to be blown away by what is happening in the world around us and complain. But a different kind of response overflows from gospel-hearts. In this message, Pastor John looks at four examples of Christlike obedience as a way for us to avoid grumbling.

The Spirit often uses examples in the lives of other people to bring about transformation in our lives. In this message, we will see how gospel of Jesus we have an example to transform our lives to bring about empathy, unity, and humility.

It's said that in life you can choose your friends, but you can't choose your frenemies. We have all faced the stabbing pain of betrayal and hurt, even by someone close to us. In this message, Pastor John looks at the example of a persecuted Christian to see how he learned to cope with his enemies and frenemies.

We live in a free-fall world of anxiety and insecurity. For followers of Christ, a lack of confidence can lead to problems with joy, prayer, and evangelism. In this message, Pastor John looks at how confidence in God's faithfulness to hold His people secure is central to the gospel.

Sometimes we want to move off to the next place when God gives us a "yellow light" and says, "Slow down." In today's message you'll see how you can love where you're at and who you're with more. This is the first message in our "I Second that Emotion!" series.

In today's message we see that scripture is often an example of what not to do. The message is spoiled because a spoiled young man becomes an evil abusive adult. A kings daughter innocence is spoiled by the sexual assault of her brother. The bright future of kingdom is spoiled by all this and taking the life of two of the King's son. We learn that the grace of God is the only thing that can take away the disgrace caused by our sinful lust.

Warning - This is a real story of the redemption of the family of Judah. It is messy and sexually explicit. But It shows the power of the gospel to redeem any life.

What do you hope to do with the time you have remaining on earth? Doesn't it make sense to do here, with whatever time you have left, what you won't be able to do in heaven? As Jesus winds up His charge to His followers, He gives us three sobering conclusions for our series of weekend messages Kingdom Come, Kingdom Go.

When Jesus sends us out to bear witness to Him in the world, His aim is for us to endure in the face of opposition. In this message, we will see how Jesus describes the costs of our witness for Him, the blessings that come from our witness for Him, and the strategies for our witness for Him.