Better Together

You were not created for yourself. You were also not created to be by yourself. The purpose behind your existence, along with every other human being in history, is for you to know and be known by both God and others. Relationality forms the very essence of what it means to be created in the image of the Triune God. Indeed, to even truly be is to be in relationship.

Better Together is a sermon series that explores the value of Christian community by looking beneath the surface at the most fundamental human relationships from a biblical perspective. What is the meaning of marriage and family? What is the value of friendship? Why is it important to belong to a local Christian fellowship? The answers to these questions will provide clarity and motivation to both think and live rightly in a dark and confusing time.

Series Playlist

Better Together
Better Together
Marriage
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  • Marriage

    Marriage

    Aug 1, 2021 • 40:55

    Honoring Christ as preeminent in all things means honoring marriage by rightly defining it, keeping holy for it, and looking to where it points. Speaker: Sean Scribner Series: Better Together Scripture: Hebrews 13:4

  • Family

    Family

    Aug 8, 2021 • 47:35

    The purpose and goal of earthly families is to point beyond themselves to the divine family that Jesus has come to invite and make a way for us into. Speaker: Sean Scribner Series: Better Together Scripture: Matthew 12:46-50

  • Friendship

    Friendship

    Aug 15, 2021 • 46:26

    The all-powerful God of the universe desires friendship you. Everyone else in your life might let you down, but there is One who is a true friend who has covenantally bound himself to you, who will forever stick closer than a brother. Speaker: Sean Scribner Series: Better Together Scripture: Proverbs 18:24

  • Partnership

    Partnership

    Aug 22, 2021 • 48:03

    Jesus calls his people to work out what he has begun and will complete–persevering as co-partners to spread, defend, and confirm the truth of the Gospel. Speaker: Sean Scribner Series: Better Together Scripture: Philippians 1:3-7

  • Discipleship

    Discipleship

    Aug 29, 2021 • 42:58

    Speaker: Aaron Meservey Series: Better Together Scripture: Hebrews 10:23-25

A Tale of Two Cities

In 2004, the Boston Red Sox won their first World Series in 86 years. While the players on the field and management of the team were the central heroes, the narrative around the event was nearly always captured within a narrative about the city itself: its the woes and disappointments, the 86 year drought, and the breaking of the “curse”. Yes, the players were lauded as heroes, but their stories were folded into the ongoing saga of the city itself.

Cities and regions have stories, not just individuals. Within the Scriptures, we are shown histories not just of people or even people groups, but of cities. Because we’re often disconnected from the geography of the Bible, we often have a hard time seeing the work of God in particular places.

In this short sermon series, we’ll be unfolding the tales of two cities: Jericho and Bethel, tracking their narrative arch through the Old Testament, finding God’s Word speaking to us through them. We are invited to see ourselves within these stories, receiving both encouragement and warnings.

Series Playlist

A Tale of Two Cities
A Tale of Two Cities
Jericho
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  • Jericho

    Jericho

    Jul 18, 2021 • 33:23

    Speaker: Aaron Meservey Series: A Tale of Two Cities Scripture: Joshua 6:24-26; 1 Kings 16:32-34; and 2 Kings 2:19-22

  • Bethel

    Bethel

    Jul 25, 2021 • 41:21

    Speaker: Aaron Meservey Series: A Tale of Two Cities Scripture: Genesis 28:10-19; 1 Kings 12:26-33,13:5; and 2 Kings 23:15-16

This is the Way

So you have decided to follow Jesus. Great! But what does that really mean for a Christian in 2021? Our world seems to be spinning out of control as 2020 has left us broken from our normal patterns and grasping for control. In order to move forward, we need to look back to when the church was first established.

Please join us for a 5-message revival series entitled “This is the Way.” As we look at the book of Acts, we shall see how the early church reveals to the current church where to go. Learn how a daily walk with Jesus is the only answer to true peace, hope, joy, and purpose no matter the circumstances, political climate, or culture.

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This is the Way
This is the Way
Receive This
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  • Receive This

    Receive This

    Jul 11, 2021 • 46:52

    God asks nothing of us when we enter into relationship with him but to receive what he offers. This is the foundation of life in Christ. Speaker: Nathan Williamson Series: This is the Way Scripture: Acts 1:1-10

  • A New Me

    A New Me

    Jul 11, 2021 • 43:58

    Because of the work of Jesus Christ, you can be saved today. Because of the work of the Holy Spirit, you can be whole today. All of your actions and behaviors and usefulness to God as his followers come as a result of being made new in Him. Speaker: Nathan…

  • Living with the Spirit

    Living with the Spirit

    Jul 12, 2021 • 53:20

    What does life in the Spirit look like from day to day? Turn to Acts 2 and witness the simplicity of doing life and ministry together. Speaker: Nathan Williamson Series: This is the Way Scripture: Acts 2:42-47

  • Spirit-Led Ministry

    Spirit-Led Ministry

    Jul 13, 2021 • 49:55

    God wants to use you to do his work at the right place and right time. As you are led by the Spirit, he will guide you to join Christ in his mission to save and heal what is lost and broken. Speaker: Nathan Williamson Series: This is the Way Scripture:…

  • Living a Full Life

    Living a Full Life

    Jul 14, 2021 • 44:49

    God wants to us life a life full of his Spirit, that we might speak the truth in love, find blessing in the midst of persecution, and finish the race well. Speaker: Nathan Williamson Series: This is the Way Scripture: Acts 6:8-15

When God Shows Up

In Acts 1, the final command of Jesus to his disciples prior to his ascension was for them to “go and wait.” Those are hardly words one would expect from a great leader with global aspirations for those committed to his movement. Yet that is exactly how Jesus ended his earthly ministry, and on this side of history we can clearly see the things he had in mind for his disciples.

“When God Shows Up” is a sermon series that seeks to answer a very simple question: How should we wait for God? We’re not interested in some sort of formula to make God do something for us. We’re simply looking for some cues that might guide us in waiting for God to show up at the right place and right time.

The disciples’ waiting was not inert, but active. Perhaps God is looking for a similar sort of thing from his people today.

Series Playlist

When God Shows Up
When God Shows Up
Obedience to the Word
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  • Obedience to the Word

    Obedience to the Word

    Jun 20, 2021 • 43:43

    Jesus told his disciples to go and wait before they go out. Maybe he needed to see obedience in the small things before calling them to the big things. Could the same be true of us? Speaker: Sean Scribner Series: When God Shows Up Scripture: Acts 1:1-8

  • Perseverance in Prayer

    Perseverance in Prayer

    Jun 27, 2021 • 50:38

    The expectant belief of the apostles, grounded in the commands and promises of Christ, resulted in prayer that persevered. The expectant people of God pray with persistence, unity, and confidence in Jesus. Speaker: Sean Scribner Series: When God Shows Up Scripture: Acts 1:9-26

  • Unity in Fellowship

    Unity in Fellowship

    Jul 4, 2021 • 41:06

    If the church is at the heart of all God’s plans for human history and the very meaning of the gospel itself, should it not also be central to the lives of those who claim to belong to Jesus Christ? Speaker: Sean Scribner Series: When God Shows Up Scripture: Acts 2:1

Before & After

In the cross of Jesus Christ, mercy is made available to all who would receive it by faith. To the sinner awakened to his deepest needs, it comes as a shock to discover the depths of God’s grace that takes those who were distant to God and brings them near.

But to the newly converted it comes as a shock to discover the depths of his depravity. Sin has touched every part of who we are and there is need for more than mere forgiveness. There is a need for transformation.

Before & After is a sermon series that dives into some of the changes brought about in the believer’s life by the work of the Holy Spirit. This will involve taking a look at some of the characteristics of the Apostle Peter before and after the Holy Spirit took hold of his heart. Before he was cowardly, after he was bold; before he was confused, after he was certain; before he was arrogant, after he was humble. Like all who are touched by the Spirit of God, he was the same person, but different. These differences are evidence that, while God takes us as we are, he doesn’t leave us as he finds us.

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Before & After
Before & After
Understanding
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  • Understanding

    Understanding

    May 16, 2021 • 38:16

    The Spirit of God transforms the life of the believer. He comes not just to illuminate our minds to understand that the Scriptures point to Jesus and that he is the hope of the world, but he comes to unleash our tongues in witness, from Jerusalem to Judea, Samaria, and…

  • Boldness

    Boldness

    May 23, 2021 • 43:34

    The power of God makes mockery of the powers of this world, and his choicest instruments are not the eloquent or the polished or the professional, but simply the available, faithful, and obedient. You and I can boldly be witnesses for Jesus because God equips those he has called, has…

  • Humility

    Humility

    May 30, 2021 • 40:32

    Join the Apostle Peter and marvel that Jesus invites his followers to have a hand in the things he is doing in this messianic age by the power of his Spirit. Speaker: Sean Scribner Series: Before & After Scripture: Matthew 26:31-35, 50-51; Acts 3:1-11

  • Perspective

    Perspective

    Jun 6, 2021 • 44:15

    What is the final piece to the Great Commission puzzle, for the church to finally and fully be the church? Yes, the Holy Spirit provides us with a right understanding of Jesus. Yes, the Holy Spirit produces a supernatural boldness in the face of danger. Yes, the Holy Spirit enables…