Messages

"I went away full, and the Lord has brought me back empty." These words from Naomi echo the heart of the human experience—the seasons of loss, famine, and bitterness that leave us feeling hollow. But the Book of Ruth is the story of the God who does not leave His people in the void. Join us as we trace a journey from the "emptiness" of a graveyard in Moab to the "fullness" of a harvest in Bethlehem. Through the providential kindness of Boaz—our "Kinsman-Redeemer"—we see a stunning preview of Jesus Christ, the one who enters our spiritual poverty to pay our debts and fill our lives by His grace. From loss to legacy. From famine to feast. From empty to full. Come discover how God works through every "bitter" providence to bring about a restoration in Christ that is full and lacks nothing.

How can something so beautiful emerge from immense pressure, heat, and confinement? Deep within the earth, carbon atoms are pressed and heated until they form diamonds—locked into a strength and beauty that would never exist without the pressure. Scripture tells a similar story. The Christian life is often shaped under pressure, heat, and limits we did not choose. Writing to believers scattered across Asia Minor, Peter addresses a church living under the strain of persecution because of their faith in Jesus. Rather than minimizing their suffering, he points them to a living, eternal hope—one they possess now and will one day experience in full. Join us Sundays at 4pm as we continue our series in 1 Peter. Discover how God forms a resilient and beautiful hope within us as we learn to live faithfully to Christ amid the pressures of this life.

Elation and pain. Longing and guilt. Hope and tears in all kinds of circumstances. Few writings reflect the rhythms of life and the expressions of the heart like the Psalms. In many ways, the Psalms are prayers and songs from the deepest parts of the soul. They often express what we cannot put into words while we face a world that leaves us bewildered. From the Heart is a sermon series that explores the depths of the Psalms and examines a different way to express ourselves to God. In the Psalms, we learn to pray and sing like the saints of old - and like Jesus himself. We learn how to seek God in a renewed prayer life even as family, career, and church take unexpected turns. In a world that lives from compulsivity and from the culture, the psalms call us to live for God From the Heart.