Season 3
As Creator, God made everything GOOD. To experience the fullness of the good life He intends, we must understand that we are created in His image. We are valued, loved, perfectly designed, and able, through redemption, to live a life that honors God. Pastor Keith Cross explains God's plan for gender identity and sexuality and how we can align ourselves with God's plan while showing His compassion and understanding to others.
Does how you vote really matter? Pastor Keith shares a framework for voting most Biblically this election season. He explains how we are called to personally care for our culture and how we must participate carefully so that we can ultimately exalt Jesus.
As followers of Jesus, we are to be Kingdom-focused but we have to learn to engage our culture with compassion. Pastor Sarah kicks off our "Culture Wars" series by looking at how we can live in this current culture moment without compromising our faith.
Are you seeking God's direction in your life? God wants to direct those who desire to do His will, Pastor Keith explains that there are three things we can do to help determine the direction God wants us to go: We must be open to God's direction, we must be submitted to God's direction, and we must be joyfully expectant of God's direction.
Pastor Keith shares the incredible truth that Jesus can look at an impossible situation and speak life over it. Stop seeing the death of a dream, a relationship, or even your reputation as a defeat: sometimes some things have to be removed before there can be a resurrection.
On a recent trip the gym, Pastor Keith shares how he was told "If you aren't fully devoted to it, you won't reap the benefits from it." Being fully devoted to God and to His people are the only way to reap the benefits of a relationship with Him. Moments spark the fire but only devotion fans the flame!
Pastor Sarah leads us through the story of Sarah in the Old Testament and how she had to wait to see God fulfill His promise to her. There is always something happening while we are waiting. We have to watch what happens, stay in community, and live in hope.
Jesus talked about financial stewardship more than any other topic other than the Kingdom of God. Pastor Keith explains that God isn't wanting something from us, He wants something for us. He wants to bless us as we give Him our hearts through financial stewardship. If we can trust His intentions towards us, we become motivated in our giving.
Noah's legacy was "all that God commanded him, so he did." What will our legacy be? If you are going to be faithful to your God-given assignment, it will require hard work. Pastor Keith encourages us that there's no fast lane to faithfulness but it is always worth it.
Suffering is part of our human existence and we are often faced with the ultimate questions of "why?". Pastor Keith explores the essentials necessary for finding purpose in our pain, and how God uses it to develop Godly character in us.