We close out Come Holy Spirit in Galatians 5:22-23, asking what it actually takes to grow real, lasting fruit — love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control. Pastor Ellis shows that the conditions for fruit aren’t mysterious or dramatic: prayer, Scripture, and community, lived out over time, abiding in the vine. The […]
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Are spiritual gifts a reward for the super-spiritual? Only for a select few? Just for you? Pastor Ellis tackles three common misconceptions about spiritual gifts in 1 Corinthians 12:4-7, week four of our Come Holy Spirit series. You’ll walk away seeing why the gifts aren’t earned, aren’t reserved for a spiritual elite, and aren’t ultimately […]
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A balloon can be full — and still be filled more. That’s the picture Pastor Ellis uses in week three of Come Holy Spirit to unpack Ephesians 5:18-21 and Paul’s command to “be filled with the Spirit.” Every believer has the Spirit. But being filled is different — it’s an ongoing rhythm, not a one-time […]
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The Holy Spirit’s greatest miracle isn’t tongues, healing, or prophecy — it’s bringing spiritually dead people to life. Pastor Ellis continues our Come Holy Spirit series with the story of Nicodemus in John 3, showing what it means to be “born again” and why that changes everything about how we understand our own transformation. If […]
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Is the Holy Spirit a mysterious force to tap into, or a person to actually know? Pastor Ellis opens our new series, Come Holy Spirit, by looking at John 14 and Acts 5 to answer the most foundational question of all: who is he? We discover five things about the Holy Spirit — he is […]
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Most of us will never commit murder. But Jesus says that’s not really the point. Because long before hands destroy people, hearts diminish them. In this message, Pastor Ellis opens with a story from a playground fight at age nine and walks through what Jesus actually says about anger in the Sermon on the Mount, […]
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How do you honor your parents when honoring them isn’t easy? When they’ve hurt you, failed you, or are difficult to respect? That’s the real question underneath one of the most straightforward-sounding commandments in the Bible. In this Father’s Day message, Pastor Ellis opens with a story from his own childhood and walks through what […]
Have you ever pushed yourself so hard that your body finally said no? Maybe not a panic attack, but a season where the exhaustion just caught up with you. If so, this message is for you. In this message, Pastor Ellis shares his own story of burnout and walks through what the fourth commandment, the […]
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Ever felt dismissed or not taken seriously? Most of us have — and it stings. But this week Pastor Ellis White flips the question: are we taking God seriously, or have we quietly reduced him to something we can ignore when it’s convenient? It’s a more honest question than it might first appear. This sermon […]
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Most of us don’t realize we’ve been relating to a version of God we’ve quietly shaped around our own expectations — and it’s leaving us frustrated, distant, and missing out. This message explores what it actually looks like to know God as he really is, not as we’ve imagined him to be. The good news? […]
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