This message explores how the church is designed to carry weight together. Using the picture of a bridge under pressure and the story of the early church in Acts 6, we look at how God’s solution to growth isn’t more burden on a few, but shared responsibility among many. The sermon introduces the heart behind deacons as servants who step in, take ownership, and help the whole body thrive. It’s a call to move from “I’ll handle it” to “we’ll carry it,” so the church can grow beyond the limits it sets for itself.

This message explores what it really means to lead and to follow in the life of the church through the lens of biblical eldership. We reflect on the heart behind spiritual leadership, the weight and responsibility it carries, and the humility it calls for from both elders and the congregation. It’s a reminder that eldership is not about authority for its own sake, but about care, prayer, guidance, and walking closely with the people God has entrusted to the church. Ultimately, this episode points us toward becoming a body where people are known, valued, and spiritually shepherded, not just counted or observed from a distance.

This sermon is a call to realign. It’s about asking a hard but necessary question: who is actually leading the church?

Rather than following emotion, preference, or personal agendas, this sermon centers on Jesus as the true head of the church—and what it looks like when His authority is taken seriously. Drawing from Ephesians 1, the focus is on how Christ’s power, promises, and leadership are not abstract ideas, but are meant to shape the identity, unity, and mission of the church.

Ultimately, this message challenges us to examine our commitment: not just to attending church, but to being part of Christ’s body—moving in step with His will, for His purposes, and for the good of His people.

What is the church—and what does it mean to belong to it?

In this opening message of a new year and a new series, we zoom out to see the big picture of who we are as God’s people. Rather than treating the church as a building, an event, or an organization we occasionally attend, this sermon invites us to see the church as something God is actively building—stone by stone, life by life.

Using the imagery of architecture, history, and Scripture, we explore how God forms ordinary people into something extraordinary: a spiritual house, a holy people, and His treasured possession. This message challenges our individualistic instincts and calls us to rediscover the beauty, purpose, and significance of being part of the church—not as spectators, but as living stones.

If you’ve ever struggled to love the church, questioned its value, or wondered where you fit within it, this episode invites you to slow down, look again, and be captivated by what God is doing through His people.

When help is hard to find and solutions feel impersonal, Christmas offers a different kind of answer.

This Christmas Eve message reflects on the frustration of seeking help in a broken world and points to the truth that God did not respond to human need with distant advice or instructions. Instead, He came in person. Drawing from Isaiah 9:6, the sermon explores the meaning of Jesus being called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, and Prince of Peace.

The message walks through the shared needs of humanity—guidance, strength, restoration, and peace—and shows how each of these is met in Christ. Rather than giving directions from afar, God provided someone to follow. Rather than demanding strength humanity does not have, He supplied His own. Rather than leaving people separated by sin, He made a way to be cleaned, restored, and welcomed home. Rather than offering temporary relief from anxiety, He brings lasting peace rooted in God’s control and promises.

The sermon concludes by focusing on the incarnation as God’s invitation to draw near, and on communion as a reminder that Jesus met human need through His own body and blood. Christmas is presented as a moment to examine our need for help and to recognize that in the child born in the manger, God has already provided what we lack.

What does it really mean to call Jesus the Prince of Peace? In this episode, we explore one of Isaiah’s most hope-filled promises and see how it takes shape in the life and ministry of Jesus. Rather than defining peace as the absence of trouble, Scripture shows us a deeper kind of peace—one that holds steady even in the middle of chaos. By looking at Jesus calming the storm, we see how His authority brings peace not only to circumstances, but to fearful hearts as well. This message invites us to consider where we look for peace, and why lasting peace is found not in control, but in trusting the One who is truly in charge.

In this message from our He Will Be Called series, we explore the name “Everlasting Father” from Isaiah 9:6 and discover what it reveals about Jesus’ heart and His Kingdom. While we often think of Jesus as the Son, Scripture shows Him as a King who rules with the loving, steady care of a perfect Father—one who provides, protects, and lovingly guides His people forever.

Through Jesus’ interaction with children in Mark 10, we’re reminded that the Kingdom of God doesn’t belong to the impressive, the independent, or the self-sufficient. It belongs to the helpless, the dependent, and those willing to receive grace like a child. This episode challenges the idea that our value comes from what we can offer and invites us instead to rest in the truth that we are loved simply because we belong to Him.

As we head into the Christmas season, this sermon also calls us to reflect the heart of our Everlasting Father by opening our arms to the vulnerable—children, widows, and those who may feel forgotten—loving others not for what they bring to the table, but because they matter to God.

What does it mean that the child born to us is also our Mighty God? This week, Pastor Jed turns to the mountain of Transfiguration in Matthew 17, where Jesus’ divine nature shines unmistakably. In this episode, we discover why the divinity of Christ matters for our salvation, our worship, and our everyday confidence. When we see Jesus for who He truly is, everything changes.