Sermon Text: Nehemiah 1 Ezra and Nehemiah are one book capturing a singular idea: the reestablishment of God’s people in God’s place. The people of Israel were sent into exile as an act of God’s judgment for their disobedience, and now they have been brought back and the kingdom…

Sermon Text: Ezra 9-10 We have finally arrived at the end of Ezra - and we took a very roundabout road to this point! Two weeks ago we didn’t meet and Dan put together an excellent video walking us through Ezra 8. Last week was supposed to be Ezra 9, but because of illness and…

Sermon Text: Ezra 7 God talks in a way that you and I can understand. He gave us a book that we can know, and its language is not to, lofty for us. It is not as though he speaks to us as if he is the expert, always using terms that we cannot fully understand. And one of the ways…

How do you feel about taking risks? Perhaps the first area that comes to mind is finances and investing. Or maybe it’s the risk of asking someone out on a date. Or the risk of starting a home remodeling project that will challenge your skills… or playing a sport for the first…

Verses like John 3:16 tell us what the gospel is: “For God so loved the world that he gave his only son that whoever believes in him should have eternal life.” Now we might find ourselves asking, “…but how, Jesus?” How does this salvation come to us? We don’t have a perfect…

To be an American is to be, in some way or another, defined by our uniqueness, separateness, our individualism. But, to be a follower of Christ is, in a very real way, to emphasize instead our connectedness, our inextricable linkage, and our unity with Jesus Christ. As His…