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Live Like You Will Live Forever, Part 2: Live Knowing Life Only Gets Better - Pastor Pete
“It will get better.” We say that to try to comfort someone who is having a bad day (or maybe a whole string of bad days). Perhaps tomorrow will be better. But perhaps...
Live Like You Will Live Forever, Part 1: Live a Life of Fearless Witness - Pastor Nate
Jesus repeatedly told his followers that living as his disciples would bring hardship. Living life according to God’s Law is going to make one appear odd in the eyes o...
World Gone Mad, Part 4: Suffering - Pastor Pete
Modern believers are in dire need of the biblical call to suffer well. With modern medicine, pain relief options, and even in some places the option of euthanasia, we ...
World Gone Mad, Part 3: Be Humble in Victory - Pastor Nate
The gripping story of a ghostly handwriting on the king’s wall is God’s reminder of his sovereignty over us all. Those who humble themselves will be exalted, but thos...
World Gone Mad, Part 3: Be Humble in Victory - Pastor Kuehl
The gripping story of a ghostly handwriting on the king’s wall is God’s reminder of his sovereignty over us all. Those who humble themselves will be exalted, but thos...
World Gone Mad, Part 2: Be Humble In a Prideful World - Pastor Nate
This week our message series delves into the theme of humility in a prideful world, drawing lessons from biblical stories about Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego, King Ne...
World Gone Mad, Part 1: Be Countercultural - Pastor Pete
Daniel and his friends were in a foreign land filled with pagan gods, sinful customs, and unbiblical values. Did they cower and hide? No. Did they compromise their fai...
The Need for Followership, Part 4: Followers Have Powerful Allies - Pastor Pete
Green Berets. Rangers. SEALs. Delta Force. These special forces groups are part of the United States military. They are elite: highly trained with unique skill sets. M...
The Need for Followership, Part 3: Followers Know How to Love Their Families - Pastor Kuehl
Love can cause harm. Consider the wife whose husband wants little to do with church. She loves him and does not want to upset him. So, when her husband wants her and t...
The Need for Followership, Part 3: Followers Know How to Love Their Families - Pastor Pete
Love can cause harm. Consider the wife whose husband wants little to do with church. She loves him and does not want to upset him. So, when her husband wants her and t...
The Need for Followership, Part 2: Followers Are Servants - Pastor Kuehl
Humility and pride are polar opposites. Pride exalts self at the expense of God and others. Humility exalts God and others at the expense of self. Pride is the essenti...
The Need for Followership, Part 2: Followers Are Servants - Pastor Nate
Humility and pride are polar opposites. Pride exalts self at the expense of God and others. Humility exalts God and others at the expense of self. Pride is the essenti...
The Need for Followership, Part 1: Followers Trust the Impossible - Dave Panitzke
So often it may seem that all is lost. A cancer diagnosis, a relapse into addiction, the revelation of the unfaithfulness of a spouse, just the nightly news of the hor...
The Need for Followership, Part 1: Followers Trust the Impossible - Pastor Pete
So often it may seem that all is lost. A cancer diagnosis, a relapse into addiction, the revelation of the unfaithfulness of a spouse, just the nightly news of the hor...
Unraveling the Mysteries, Part 12: Finishing Well - Pastor Nate
When the fires of the trials of life burn hard and long, our strength, our patience, our ability to endure, even our motivation begins to fade. Arrogance and pride can...
Unraveling the Mysteries, Part 11: Godliness and Contentment - Pastor Pete
Godliness is a God-centered life. It grows, not through the pursuit of a process, but through the presence of a person. Jesus Christ is the mystery of godliness (1 Tim...
Unraveling the Mysteries, Part 10: Live to God’s Glory - Pastor Pete
What do you live for? God wants us to think big. Do we live for ourselves? Our desires? Our ambitions? Do we live for our career? Our relationships? Our family? Our fr...
Unraveling the Mysteries, Part 10: Live to God’s Glory - Dave Panitzke
What do you live for? God wants us to think big. Do we live for ourselves? Our desires? Our ambitions? Do we live for our career? Our relationships? Our family? Our fr...
Unraveling the Mysteries, Part 9: Care for the Care Givers - Pastor Nate
Being in a place of leadership—even in the church--is challenging. A congregation is made up of diverse people: different backgrounds, personalities, preferences--diff...
Unraveling the Mysteries, Part 8: Treat Each Person as a Precious Individual - Pastor Pete
In his second letter to Timothy Paul writes: “All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness, so that the...
Unraveling the Mysteries, Part 7: Establish Your Training Regime - Pastor Nate
A 5k, a marathon, a Tough Mudder, tryouts for your school team—we recognize the importance of preparing well for these types of events. In many cases it can be a “do o...
Unraveling the Mysteries, Part 7: Establish Your Training Regime - Pastor Kuehl
A 5k, a marathon, a Tough Mudder, tryouts for your school team—we recognize the importance of preparing well for these types of events. In many cases it can be a “do o...
Pressure Reveals Truth - Dave Panitzke
It’s easy to hide weaknesses when everything is going well. But what about when the pressure is on? When we experience the pressure that life can bring, what truth wil...
Unraveling the Mysteries, Part 6: Aspire to Greater Service - Pastor Pete
Our church body and many others are wrestling right now with a shortage of ministry workers to meet the needs of the local church. Why are there fewer men and women go...
Unraveling the Mysteries, Part 5: Explain “Church Rules” - Pastor Kuehl
The household of faith is built on the reality that God has designed the members of his household be complementarily diverse. That’s a mouthful. It means that God crea...
Unraveling the Mysteries, Part 5: Explain “Church Rules” - Pastor Pete
The household of faith is built on the reality that God has designed the members of his household be complementarily diverse. That’s a mouthful. It means that God crea...
Unraveling the Mysteries, Part 4: Don’t Let Politics Get in the Way - Pastor Pete
As the presidential election draws closer, people’s fear is tangible. Some of this fear is rational. Much of this fear is not. Our future does not rest in the hands of...
Unraveling the Mysteries, Part 3: Build a Positive Self Image - Pastor Pete
What do you see when you look in the mirror. A vast majority of people do not like what they see. And we are not talking first and foremost about appearance. We are ta...
Unraveling the Mysteries, Part 2: Remember Your Goal – Proper Use of the Law - Pastor Pete
Many of us grew up with a healthy amount of fear when it came to our fathers or other male leaders, principals and police officers, for example. Certainly, there was b...
