Everyone agrees stealing is wrong. But almost everyone also has an “unless.” Unless you count the streaming password you share with five people. Unless you count the self-checkout bags you don’t scan. Unless you count the borrowed thing you never returned. If you have to ask “does that count?” — you probably already know the […]
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What if the commandment “you shall not commit adultery” isn’t primarily about what to avoid, but about what God is protecting? And what if the way to protect your marriage isn’t mainly about willpower, but about something much deeper? In this message, Pastor Julie Hawkins walks through what the seventh commandment actually says about marriage, […]
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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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Most of us aren’t making huge, dramatic mistakes, we’re just drifting in a direction we never chose. Small habits, repeated choices, and unexamined patterns quietly determine where we end up. In this opening message of Finding Your Way, Pastor Ellis shows how the Bible still has the power to reorient your life today. 📖 Exodus […]
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In this final message of the series, Pastor Ellis walks through what Jesus actually means by justice, rooted in one of the most famous stories he ever told. 1. Why the language of justice has gotten tangled up with cultural and political movements, and why that’s making Christians hesitant to move toward people at all […]
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Politics is exhausting. And if you’re honest, it’s probably shaping more of how you see the world than you realize. The question Jesus asks is a harder one: Is your primary identity shaped more by him, or by your politics? In this message, Pastor Ellis walks through what Jesus actually says about politics, and why […]
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