Sermon by Ant Frederick on May 4, 2025.
Key scripture: Luke 24:13–35
What if the Savior you're hoping for isn't the one you expected... but is actually far better? This week, we walk the road to Emmaus and discover how Jesus meets us even in our confusion.
Sermon by Ant Frederick on April 27, 2025.
Key scripture: John 21:1-19 & Luke 22:59-62
Because of Jesus' resurrection, everything has changed.
In our previous sermon series, we unpacked the significance of Jesus' atoning death on the Cross. For this series, we're shifting our focus to a short period immediately after Jesus' death and resurrection, and all that entails for us as we grow in following Jesus together.
Sermon by Ant Frederick on April 20, 2025.
Christ has risen and ascended to the right hand of the Father where He reigns and intercedes for us as our Great High Priest!
Sermon by Ant Frederick on April 13, 2025.
Key scripture: Galations 4:4-7
All of us long to belong. This week, we explore how, through Jesus' work on the Cross, we are brought into the family of God and what that means for us now.
Sermon by Ant Frederick on April 6, 2025.
Key scripture: Colossians 1:13-14
What does freedom look like when following Jesus? What happens when you see the life Scripture calls you to, but it feels disconnected from your reality? In the third week of our series, we’ll unpack what it means that Jesus is our redemption - that He’s come to free us from slavery to sin and to lead us into life to the fullest.
Sermon by Devin Coleman on March 30, 2025.
Key scripture: Psalm 69:1-36
In the second week of our Cross of Christ series, we’ll dive into how the cross deals with our shame.
Sermon by Ant Frederick on March 23, 2025.
Key scripture: Galatians 3:13-14
It has been said that atonement is like a multi-faceted diamond. What Christ accomplished on the cross is massive, and its window into the heart of God is grand. In this series, we study the many things Jesus’ death and resurrection achieved as we prepare our hearts and minds for Good Friday and Resurrection Sunday.
Sermon by Ant Frederick on March 16, 2025.
Key scripture: James 5:7-20
In chapter 5, James wraps up everything he’s said and offers practical wisdom: How can we know we have true faith? How can we make it for the long haul? How can we walk faithfully with Jesus and others no matter what life throws at us?
Sermon by Jon Ludovina on March 9, 2025.
Key scripture: James 4:13-5:6
In chapters 4 and 5, James shows how brief life is and how that ought to influence how we live.
Sermon by Ant Frederick on March 2, 2025.
Key scripture: James 4:1-12
In chapter 4, James shows us the true sinful source of our relational conflicts and how to deal with it.
Sermon by Ant Frederick on February 23, 2025.
Key scripture: James 3:1-18
This week in James 3, we’ll dive into practically one of the most challenging areas to live in as a follower of Jesus. The Scriptures will call at times a source of healing and blessing and at other times a “raging fire” and a “restless evil” — our words.
Sermon by Ant Frederick on February 16, 2025.
Key scripture: James 3:1-18
This week in James 3, we’ll dive into practically one of the most challenging areas to live in as a follower of Jesus. The Scriptures will call at times a source of healing and blessing and at other times a “raging fire” and a “restless evil” — our words.
Sermon by Ant Frederick on February 9, 2025.
Key scripture: James 1:22-2:13
This week, James warns us of the danger of learning things about God without doing what God says, particularly when it comes to showing partiality.
Sermon by Ant Frederick on February 2, 2025.
Key scripture: James 1:13-18
This week, James will help us fight sin in our lives by showing us the nature of sin and the perspective to resist it.
Sermon by Ant Frederick on January 26, 2025.
Key scripture: James 1:1-12
To faithfully follow Jesus, our faith must be marked by action. Our belief should lead us into good works and obedience. In the book of James, we are challenged by the brother of Jesus to examine the authenticity of our faith and to ensure that it fills each area of our everyday lives.
Sermon by Ant Frederick on January 19, 2025.
Key scripture: 2 Corinthians 5:14-20
As we wrap our series, we look at the last piece of our vision as a church: to know and love our neighbors. This week, we look at how loving God and our church family moves us to go out, build friendships, invite others in, and tell them about Jesus.
Sermon by Ant Frederick on January 12, 2025.
Key scripture: 1 John 4:7-12
Last week, we explored the most important thing about us: our vertical relationship with God. This week, we look into how that impacts our horizontal relationships with others and what challenges we often face, as followers of Jesus, from experiencing meaningful community.
Sermon by Ant Frederick on January 5, 2025.
“Known and loved.” That’s a powerful phrase.
At some level, all of us are looking for places in life where we feel known and loved. Some of us have that, and some of us don’t. Others of us are looking for that in family, romance, friendships, or any number of things - and have felt hurt or betrayed in the process.
And yet, the beauty of Scripture says this is what Jesus offers us when we follow Him.
For this series, we’ll spend three weeks looking at how Scripture calls us to be known and loved by God, known and loved by each other, and making Jesus’ love known to our neighbors.
Timestamps:
0:38 - Looking back, why did we want to do this year-long initiative?
1:48 - What have been your highlights for the year?
7:15 - What’s our hope for our church moving forward?
9:46 - Practically what does that look like?
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Sermon by Ant Frederick on December 22, 2024.
As we end our Advent series and Year of Biblical Literacy, we look at the final chapters of Revelation and the ultimate hope that’s given for those in Christ.
The Bible is one of the most influential books ever written. It’s the most studied, most scrutinized, most debated, and, for many, the most life-changing book the world has ever known.
But…it’s complex.
So we’re taking an entire year to grow our ability to read and understand the message of the whole Bible.
We’re calling it a “Year of Biblical Literacy.”