22-0227: Worship centers God’s people on Jesus to serve His mission that produces more glory through worship. When the exiles returned they found that rebuilding was going to be hard. Fear of the people was real. So they began rebuilding by centering their lives on worship. Their practice reveals powerful impact on and importance...
Praise calibrates our prayer to flow from relationship with God through Jesus Christ....
18-0401: Jesus makes every person a fool, that either lives for self-glory or God’s glory. The Bible draws a sharp contrast between the person who lives for self and the one who lives for God’s glory by the term fool and folly. The tension that this contrast creates reveals the very point the Bible...
18-0218: The Christian life is defined by love; to live as we’ve been loved in Jesus Christ so the world can know God’s love. In this message, Pastor Lane points to the one priority of the Christian life, to love one another. Christians do not love like the world loves, but as Jesus has loved...
18-0121: Jesus is the light and word of life for all who believe in Him. John records a moment that turned Jesus toward the Father’s purpose for why he sent him to earth. Jesus turns to his disciples and the crowd to exhort them to believe for life, while the light is with them....
17-1105: Jesus works with resurrection power for eternal life to all who believe in Him. Jesus’ dear friend Lazarus is sick and his family has called for him to come. But Jesus is focused on the Father’s glory and knows the purpose for this illness that will lead to death. He is intentional to use this...
17-0827: Humility shapes the heart to posture our life to receive God’s saving grace. Jesus confronts the self-righteousness of some standing in the crowd listening to him teach. He tells a story drawn from real life that contrasts the prayer of a Pharisee and the prayer of a tax collector. He reveals that proud heart...
17-0514: Jesus is the Christ, God’s Savior, who is worthy of worship and glory. Jesus is confronted by the Jews who ask him for a straight answer on whether or not He is the Christ. When He answers their question the accuse Him of blasphemy and want to stone Him. Jesus shows how His...
17_0122: Jesus is the love of God who gives life to all who believe in Him. Jesus’s miracle on the Sabbath creates a confrontation with the religious people. They were seeking to kill him for the work he was doing. Jesus addresses them to validate his work by His being. He shows that He...