At the beginning of a new year resolutions abound! When we create New Year’s resolutions we aim to become the best version of ourselves, but sometimes our goals for self love aren’t actually edifying or God-honoring. So, how exactly are we called to love God and others? In the first message of 2019, Pastor Ben […]
On the last Sunday of the year, Bishop Palomo encourages us to hide ourselves in the Lord, seek His mercy, and start fresh in the new year.
Over the course of our lives, we often have ‘a-ha’ or ‘eureka’ moments. We encounter an idea, it becomes clear to us, and we ultimately make a decision about how it will affect us moving forward. Will this change me? Will it change how I think, what I feel, and what I do? Teaching from […]
Christians often have an affinity for jargon. Special words that refer to actions, places, or even people that are particular to our lives as we follow Jesus. Discipleship is a word not often found outside of the Church. In this message, Pastor Ben defines discipleship as, “the process of being transformed from another worldview and […]
Whether serious or playful, there are things we experience in life that are mutually exclusive. You either believe in God or you don’t. You’re a fan of one sports team or another. You drink Coke or Pepsi. Not all that we deal with is a question of one or the other. Some of what we […]
Fishing is a pastime that’s not widespread these days, but in the time that Jesus was on the Earth, it was a viable profession and an analogy for the way the Lord wanted to reach people. Teaching from Luke 5, Pastor Ben teaches on how important it is to fight our insecurity, so we can […]
In life, there’s good, bad, and ugly and we get to choose what we meditate on. What we think determines what we believe, and what we believe determines how we live & function in the world. Paul’s letter to the Philippians, he challenges us to think continually on whatever is true, honorable, right, pure, lovely, […]
Bold colors, bold designs, bold drinks. Bold is a word we use to describe a variety of things we want people to engage in life. We also hear about boldness in the Word, in some cases it refers to what we say and how we say it. In a time when sharing the Gospel is a […]
When we join a club or group, membership often comes with rights, responsibilities, and perks that are reserved exclusively for members. Exclusivity, in & of ;itself, can feel like a perk. Before Jesus came to Earth as a man, relationship with God was exclusive to His chosen people. Even being in the presence of God […]
Prayer can be a hard habit to stick with. It can feel all the more difficult when you consider all of the personal and global challenges to tackle in prayer. In this short devotion at this year’s church picnic, Pastor Ben exhorts the church to recognize the power of prayer & the value of intercession […]