Dreaming
Sermon Series

“For we are God’s masterpiece. He has created us anew in Christ Jesus, so we can do the good things he planned for us long ago.” (Ephesians 2:10)

We all look forward to something. The next season of a favorite TV show. A visit from a loved one. Christmas presents. The start (or end!) of a school year. A trip to the mountains or beach.

God created humans to be future-oriented beings whose hopes are rooted in the prospect of a better tomorrow.

God created us to dream.

No, not dream as in what your mind subconsciously thinks about while you sleep, but rather the ability to imagine a future that has not yet arrived, to exercise a Spirit-filled imagination of better days. Indeed, he wants us to see what tomorrow might be and then join him in giving it shape.

Before there was time, God had a plan for our lives. His future is meant to be discovered. He wants his dreams to become our dreams, and once they do the wonder of tomorrow will enliven every moment of today.

You and I are prisoners of time, inexorably captive to the present. Our memories keep alive the past, but our dreams give life to the future. Let’s dream God’s dreams and join him in bringing them into being.

Series Playlist

Dreaming
Dreaming
Created to Dream
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  • Created to Dream

    Created to Dream

    Jan 20, 2019 • 42:04

    Before there was time, God had a plan for your life. His future is meant to be discovered. He wants his dreams to become your dreams, and once they do the wonder of tomorrow will enliven every moment of today. Speaker: Sean ScribnerSeries: DreamingScripture: Genesis 1:26-28

  • God's Group Project

    God's Group Project

    Jan 27, 2019 • 34:02

    Speaker: Aaron Meservey Series: Dreaming Scripture: Ezekiel 36

  • The Place I Will Show You

    The Place I Will Show You

    Feb 3, 2019 • 48:04

    The destination of God’s calling is not to a “where” but to a “who.” Speaker: Sean Scribner Series: Dreaming Scripture: Genesis 12:1-9

  • Seeing Beyond Our Sight

    Seeing Beyond Our Sight

    Feb 10, 2019 • 38:36

    Dreaming is how you and I can love people beyond the limits of our own lifetime; how our desires and prayers and endeavors can go further than we could ever see or travel. Speaker: Sean Scribner Series: Dreaming Scripture: Genesis 22:1-18

  • A Crisis of Belief

    A Crisis of Belief

    Feb 17, 2019 • 50:55

    As you prepare to take the next big step in your journey with God, will your actions align with your beliefs? This is where the rubber meets the road for faith. Speaker: Sean Scribner Series: Dreaming Scripture: Joshua 1:1-9

  • His Better Ways

    His Better Ways

    Feb 24, 2019 • 48:09

    Those who choose to remain with Jesus must face some tough facts about his purposes and ways. Speaker: Sean Scribner Series: Dreaming Scripture: Matthew 14:13-21

  • When God Says No

    When God Says No

    Mar 3, 2019 • 34:49

    There is a huge difference between doing something for Jesus and doing something with Jesus. To follow him we must trust the avenues he both opens and closes. Speaker: Sean Scribner Series: Dreaming Scripture: Acts 16:6-10

The Magnificat
Sermon Series

“Oh, how my soul praises the Lord. How my spirit rejoices in God my Savior!” (Luke 1:46-47)

Take a moment and stop. Close the tab opened to Amazon. Put down the Walmart gift guide. Set aside the gift inventories and shopping lists, just for a moment. Ask yourself this question: What have I turned Christmas into?

It’s a tough question to answer, isn’t it? There is no intent to induce guilt here, just a sincere invitation to reflect and evaluate the status of things. Christmas, the season for giving, is right around the corner, but judging by the commercials and billboards and advertisements, one would think it’s a season for getting. On purpose or not, we have turned Christmas into that annual time to justify spending money we don’t have, eating food we don’t need, or lining our pockets with profits.

What if instead of a season for getting we treated Christmas as a season for receiving? What if instead of a season for getting stuffed we treated Christmas as a season for being filled? What would Christmas become then?

During the four weeks of Advent, we will ask these questions in light of the example we see in Mary, the mother of Jesus. We’ll see that when Christmas is about receiving and being filled that, by necessity, it becomes for the faithful a season of responding. Mary’s response to the news of the incarnation recorded in the Gospel of Luke is a model for what all responsive Christian faith should look like.

Perhaps this year Advent will allow us to not only evaluate what we have turned Christmas into, but also consider all that God desires Christmas to turn us into.

Series Playlist

The Magnificat
The Magnificat
Measured Incredulity
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  • Measured Incredulity

    Measured Incredulity

    Dec 2, 2018 • 34:04

    Doubt is not the opposite of faith. Rather, it provides an opportunity to move beyond trusting yourself in order to obediently give all of your life to God. Speaker: Sean Scribner Series: The Magnificat Scripture: Luke 1:26-38  

  • Faith From the Heart

    Faith From the Heart

    Dec 9, 2018 • 32:56

    Through Mary’s example we are encouraged to both express our faith out of duty to God’s call but also find our delight in it. Speaker: Aaron Meservey Series: The Magnificat Scripture: Luke 1:46-47

  • Lost in Wonder, Love, and Praise

    Lost in Wonder, Love, and Praise

    Dec 16, 2018 • 38:02

    God takes notice of the lowly and invites them to become a part of his redemptive purposes for the world. How could their response be anything other than surprise and surrender Speaker: Sean Scribner Series: The Magnificat Scripture: Luke 1:46-55

  • All of Me for You

    All of Me for You

    Dec 23, 2018 • 42:35

    Faced with the realities of her circumstances, Mary’s faith in a trustworthy God is expressed through wholehearted devotion. Speaker: Sean ScribnerSeries: The MagnificatScripture: Luke 1:46-55

  • The Foolishness of Christmas

    The Foolishness of Christmas

    Dec 30, 2018 • 41:24

    Speaker: Jeff WortmanSeries: The MagnificatScripture: I Corinthians 1:20-25

Dear Church,
Sermon Series

“God blesses the one who reads the words of this prophecy to the church, and he blesses all who listen to its message and obey what it says, for the time is near.” (Revelation 1:3)

The book of Revelation is as perplexing as it is intriguing. For many Christians, its complex, symbolic imagery makes it almost impossible to understand, let alone apply to their daily lives. It’s easier to treat it as simply a message for the future. Yet that was not its intended purpose. It is a book for the people of God in the present.

How will the church conduct itself in an ungodly world? This is a critical question for every church of every age. The people of God are always faced with the temptation to compromise in some form or another. The revelation given to John runs counter to the world and demands people change their perspective or face judgement. John perceives there is a real danger that the churches will conform to what are considered the “normal” values of the world-system rather than to God’s transcendent truth.

Over the next several weeks, we will see the heart of Jesus for his church exposed. Through the apostle John he exhorts believers to remain faithful in spite of present sufferings. This heavenly vision has motivated suffering Christians of all ages to hold to the glorious promises of God and not to fall away.

The path to ultimate victory is in one’s willingness to suffer for Christ. “Look, I am coming soon! Blessed are those who obey the words of prophecy written in this book.” (Revelation 22:7)

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Dear Church,
Dear Church,
The Battle Cry of Victory
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  • The Battle Cry of Victory

    The Battle Cry of Victory

    Oct 14, 2018 • 36:22

    The book of Revelation was not given as a chronological forecast of world events – something we can place on our calendar in order to master the future. It is an invitation to come know and submit to the God of all history. Speaker: Sean Scribner Series: Dear Church, Scripture: Revelation…

  • The Two Witnesses

    The Two Witnesses

    Oct 21, 2018 • 42:35

    God’s protection and provision ensure that the church’s prophetic witness will endure despite the persecution it encounters in the world. Speaker: Sean Scribner Series: Dear Church, Scripture: Revelation 1:1-3

  • The Unholy Trinity

    The Unholy Trinity

    Oct 28, 2018 • 47:18

    The evil kingdoms with their political, economic, and religious institutions demand the people of God must submit or face the consequences. In the present age, Christians will be faced with the decision to stand up for the one, true God, or bow to the world-system. Speaker: Sean Scribner Series: Dear Church,…

  • The Wedding Cloak

    The Wedding Cloak

    Nov 4, 2018 • 35:46

    Those who persevere in their faithfulness to Christ will be rewarded at the end of time, and their reward will be nothing less than nuptial union with Christ himself. Speaker: Sean Scribner Series: Dear Church, Scripture: Revelation 19:6-10

  • On Earth as it is in Heaven

    On Earth as it is in Heaven

    Nov 11, 2018 • 40:24

    The snapshot of heaven serves to show us not only that God is gloriously sovereign and deserving of submission, but that he desires to manifest his glory throughout the world through the lives of those yielded to him. Speaker: Sean Scribner Series: Dear Church, Scripture: Revelation 4

  • A New Heaven and Earth

    A New Heaven and Earth

    Nov 18, 2018 • 42:25

    The work that God has begun will one day be completed. The power of Christ’s resurrection is at work in you, and its pattern will define all of eternity. Speaker: Sean Scribner Series: Dear Church, Scripture: Revelation 21:1-8

  • The Rider on the White Horse

    The Rider on the White Horse

    Nov 25, 2018 • 36:08

    The one who will finish what he started in revealing God’s salvation and judgement will make known the fullness of who he is then to those who seek him now. Speaker: Sean Scribner Series: Dear Church, Scripture: Revelation 19:11-16

Mega Mystery
Sermon Series

“This is a great mystery, but it is an illustration of the way Christ and the church are one.” (Ephesians 5:32)

We live in a confusing time. A time in which marriage has been in steady decline, assaulted by redefinition, wariness, and pessimism. A time in which the radical consequences of the sexual revolution are being felt. A time in which the very essence of what it means to be a man, a woman – a human being – is subjected to preference and whim. Yes, these are confusing times, but they need not be.

The right perspective on all these issues can be found in God’s word. The Creator of the universe is also the Creator of the body and sex. He alone defines and determines what makes us human; he alone is who ultimately defines our identity and gives meaning to all our relationships. Marriage was his idea, not ours, established with particular ends in mind that involve much greater realities than the happiness of the espoused.

Referring to God’s design for marriage, the Apostle Paul calls it a “mega mystery” – an extraordinarily great, wonderful, and profound truth that can only be understood with the help of God’s Spirit. Who we are as human beings and how we relate to one another all point to the nature of God and what his desires are for human history, and marriage only “works” to the degree that it approximates the pattern of God’s self-giving love in Christ.

Join us in our journey to unlock the mystery, to uncover its truths, and to discover the Gospel-shaped meaning of it all.

Series Playlist

Mega Mystery
Mega Mystery
Divine Design
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  • Divine Design

    Divine Design

    Sep 2, 2018 • 35:05

    What does God’s word reveal about the mysteries of God’s intentions for marriage, sex, and identity? How is the church to think and live and relate to the world in response? Speaker: Sean Scribner Series: Mega Mystery Scripture: Matthew 19:4

  • The Sanctuary of Trust

    The Sanctuary of Trust

    Sep 9, 2018 • 33:30

    The covenant of marriage is not how you find your identity and self-fulfillment. Rather, it’s how husbands and wives together point the world to the One who alone fulfills. Speaker: Sean Scribner Series: Mega Mystery Scripture: Matthew 19:5a

  • Covenant Renewal

    Covenant Renewal

    Sep 23, 2018 • 44:21

    What is the meaning and purpose of sex? Hint: It’s not all about you. Speaker: Sean Scribner Series: Mega Mystery Scripture: Matthew 19:5

  • A Deeper Conviction

    A Deeper Conviction

    Sep 30, 2018 • 46:16

    God hates sexual sin and is clear about its consequences. The Gospel, however, offers a message of hope for forgiveness, cleansing, and power to be all God created you to be in Christ Jesus. Speaker: Sean Scribner Series: Mega Mystery Scripture: Matthew 19:6

Fitting In
Sermon Series

“He makes everything work out according to his plan.” (Ephesians 1:11)

Under house arrest and handcuffed to a Roman soldier, the apostle Paul disclosed to the Ephesian Christians his broad, Spirit-led perspective on history, the future, and God’s plan for his people. Though his wrist was chained and his body was confined, his heart and mind inhabited eternity. He peered back before the foundation of the world and on to the fullness of time, and laid hold of what we ought to be here and now in the light of those two eternities.

How puny our vision is compared with his! How small our mind; how narrow our horizons! If only we could discover our present purpose in the light of God’s eternal past and future, we would see that – far more than fitting our shattered lives back together – God is fitting our lives into his great Master Plan.

Fitting In is a 6 week season for discovering our place in it all. He has a plan for all of creation and YOU are an important part of it.

If only we shared the apostle’s perspective, we would also share his praise. Life would become worship, and we would bless God constantly for having blessed us so richly in Christ.

Series Playlist

Fitting In
Fitting In
Summing Up the Whole
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  • Summing Up the Whole

    Summing Up the Whole

    Jul 22, 2018 • 38:33

    The church is central to God’s purposes for all of history. Discover your own present purpose in the light of God’s eternal past and future. Speaker: Sean Scribner Series: Fitting In Scripture: Ephesians 1:9-11

  • Receiving an Unchanging Identity

    Receiving an Unchanging Identity

    Jul 29, 2018 • 26:05

    Discover who you are in light of Whose you are in Christ. Speaker: Sean Scribner Series: Fitting In Scripture: Romans 10:9-10

  • Make Everlasting Investments

    Make Everlasting Investments

    Aug 5, 2018 • 39:21

    The Christian life is to be marked by growth in grace to prevent investing in trivial things or worse. Hear how Peter calls people to continued growth. Speaker: Aaron Meservey Series: Fitting In Scripture: 2 Peter 3:18

  • Join God's Enduring Work

    Join God's Enduring Work

    Aug 12, 2018 • 41:33

    Join God in his work in the world that stands the test of time and endures. Speaker: Sean Scribner Series: Fitting In Scripture: I Corinthians 3:9-17

  • Reap An Eternal Harvest

    Reap An Eternal Harvest

    Aug 19, 2018 • 47:10

    To be a faithful disciple means to be a disciple-maker. Through evangelism and teaching, we continue the work that Jesus began through his life and ministry. Speaker: Aron Meservey Series: Fitting In Scripture: Matt 28:18-20

  • The Ordering of His Puzzle

    The Ordering of His Puzzle

    Aug 26, 2018 • 40:29

    God’s providence is his order and care over all his creation. He is particularly at work in the lives of those who love, trust, and obey him. Speaker: Sean Scribner Series: Fitting In Scripture: Genesis 50:20

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