Ever watch a poker tournament on TV? Every game is cautious and calculated. A chip here, a chip there. Then one moment changes the whole game. A player looks at…
As we head into the fall, this is the time when people think about making a fresh start. It’s when we re-think some of our strategies in life. Maybe you’ve…
When you were a toddler, you raised your arms in expectation your dad would pick you up. When you were a teenager caught in a lie you raised your hands…
How loud is your life right now? Not life around, life inside. How noisy is the sound of your mind churning over your crazy-busy schedule and endless to-do list? How…
There’s been a time in your life (maybe right now) when you hit rock bottom. When you felt like you were at the deepest, darkest point of the Mariana Trench…
What’s your mission in life? David spent his life pursuing one mission: building a temple so God would have a house in Jerusalem. But God did something way beyond what…
Quick - what comes to mind when you hear the word blessed? Maybe you picture the promotion. The platform. The post with the family photo in the south of France.…
You know those songs DJ’s play at weddings when it’s getting empty on the dance floor and they want to get everybody back on the dance floor? Psalm 126 was…
It’s shocking how fast our stable, comfortable lives can go sideways. A diagnosis can rearrange your whole world in half a minute. A financial plan that looks fine on Thursday…
Ever feel like you’re completely outgunned, outclassed, and outmaneuvered? Maybe you’re up against a government agency, a corporate bureaucracy, or a hostile group, and you don’t stand a chance. The…
Life with God is a journey. He’s always taking us from death to life, from worldliness to holiness, from the law to grace, from isolation to fellowship, from independence to…
As we close out this sermon series, we’ve been answering many questions about Christianity using the Bible. But what if you’re not sure you can believe the Bible? Isn’t it…
When C.S. Lewis thought about hell, he said, “There is no doctrine which I would more willingly remove from Christianity than this, if it lay in my power.” Many people…
People who only come to church on Easter might think, “Why are they always talking about the same thing? This whole resurrection thing?” It’s because the resurrection of Jesus is…
There’s a brand new public health crisis physicians have identified in the last few years. They’re calling it the loneliness epidemic and it affects more than half of us, especially…
Some people think God the Father is the strict one, God the Son is the nice one, and God the Spirit is the weird one. Other people think the Spirit…
There’s one message every motivational speaker and social media influencer wants to give you: You Are Enough. Life is hard, but you’ve got this. Only problem is, we know that’s…
In life, we all experience unmet expectations, natural suffering, and even human evil. When it happens, we all ask the same question: Why? Why did you let this happen, God?…
In Honolulu, life can feel easygoing, so it’s tempting to just cruise. The weather rarely goes below 65, violent crimes are lower than most major cities, and unless you paddle…
We all have expectations about how life should go, but when reality doesn’t match, frustration hits hard. When we turn our expectations toward Jesus and His return, he brings peace…