When Following Costs You Something confronts the reality that while following Jesus is free, it is not comfortable. Rooted in Luke 9:21–27, this message challenges us to stop chasing comfort, control, and approval, and instead choose surrender, obedience, and real life in Christ. In a culture obsessed with happiness and self-preservation, Jesus calls us to lay down our way, let go of what is slowly killing us, and follow Him without shame. This message invites us to move beyond shallow faith and step into the freedom and life only Jesus can give. #TheRealThing

“Idols of a Nice Jesus” confronts the tendency to reshape Jesus into a version that feels safe, comfortable, and non-confrontational. Rather than rejecting Jesus outright, many of us unknowingly edit Him, keeping what comforts us and removing what challenges us. Anchored in Colossians 1:15–20, this message lifts our eyes to the real Jesus revealed in Scripture: fully God, Creator of all things, Sustainer of life, and Redeemer through the cross. A “nice” Jesus cannot transform us, but the supreme Christ can. This message calls us to surrender our false versions of Jesus and encounter the One who truly has the power to change our lives.

In Week 1 of The Real Thing, we confront the reality that Jesus was never meant to be a label we wear or an accessory we add to our lives. Using John 14:6, we see that Jesus does not simply show us a path. He is the way, the truth, and the life. Our culture encourages us to follow our own way, define our own truth, and search for life everywhere except God, but those paths always leave us empty. Real transformation begins when we stop treating Jesus as optional and start building our lives on Him. This message calls us to move from religious association to daily relationship by choosing Jesus as our foundation.

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