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Posted: 21 Oct, 2018 | Author: Steve Nelson

But the path of the righteous is like the light of dawn, which shines brighter and brighter until full day. The way of the wicked is like deep darkness; they do not know over what they stumble. Proverbs 4:18-19 ESV In our early 20s, a friend and I explored Spring Cave in northwestern Colorado. Within a […]

Posted: 24 Jun, 2018 | Author: Dove Cranson

The words that come out of our mouths have the potential to bring good to someone else’s life or the potential to bring harm.  Sometimes things are hard to say but we should say them.  In those situations, how can we speak the truth with love? Download Handout

Posted: 11 Feb, 2018 | Author: Steve Nelson

It is important to keep our mission ever before us. As a church, we want to help people connect to the source, God, experience life, and to have that life flow through us and into the world. In this message, Steve explains how the prophet’s vision in Ezekiel 47 relates to our church name and […]

Posted: 14 May, 2017 | Author: Dove Cranson

What would it be like to host Jesus and some of his friends for dinner? What preparations would you make?  During dinner would you be busy doing things or would you just sit there and listen to Jesus?  This is the situation of Martha and Mary who hosted Jesus many years ago.  Mary “sat at […]

Posted: 06 Nov, 2016 | Author: Dove Cranson

Each of us lives in a situation that is not always easy.  In fact life is often extremely challenging, and it is easy to think that if we were only in a different situation then we would be happy and fulfilled.  If only I had a spouse, or if I didn’t have one but could […]

Posted: 23 Oct, 2016 | Author: Dove Cranson

It is the reality of life that each person gets to enjoy pleasures and happiness.   Also each human being experiences loss and sadness.   Through this adventure of learning to trust God we are called to a bigger perspective.   We can learn to be content with what we have been given and trust […]

Posted: 16 Oct, 2016 | Author: Steve Nelson

How can the church be a hospital for broken and sinful people and also hope to have a standard of behavior that reflects our higher calling? Is it possible to be loving and compassionate and yet draw a line in the sand and say that certain behaviors are not acceptable among God’s people? In this […]

Posted: 29 May, 2016 | Author: Steve Nelson

It’s one thing to follow God when God asks something easy of us, but it is another thing to follow God when we have a completely different plan that we think is easier or better. To help us make good choices in these situations it is helpful to understand how we think. We need to […]

Posted: 23 Aug, 2015 | Author: John Houser

“I have learned to be content whatever the circumstances. I know what it is to be in need, and I know what it is to have plenty. I have learned the secret of being content in any and every situation, whether well fed or hungry, whether living in plenty or in want. I can do […]

Posted: 27 Oct, 2019 | Author: Steve Nelson

Perhaps nothing is better at motivating us to pray than realizing that we are in complete despair.

Posted: 24 Nov, 2019 | Author: Steve Nelson

When we call evil good it is not loving. Rather it muddles lines—lines that God drew to bring us good.

Posted: 01 Mar, 2020 | Author: Steve Nelson

God’s Word is not everything that I want to hear from God, but it is enough to meet my deepest needs.

Posted: 03 May, 2020 | Author: Steve Nelson

Darkness will be vanquished by light, we will leave suffering behind as we begin a new life, and God will eternally embrace us in love.

Posted: 31 May, 2020 | Author: Steve Nelson

What do we do with the George Floyd situation? God’s Word has answers for today and hope for a better future.

Posted: 21 Jun, 2020 | Author: Dove Cranson

Posted: 27 Dec, 2020 | Author: Steve Nelson

Christ died for sins once for all-one time for all time! He was the perfect sacrificed lamb to pay the penalty of our past, present, and future sins.

Posted: 16 Jan, 2022 | Author: Dove Cranson

Before we can walk, we must sit in the finished work of Christ!

In this sermon, Dove begins our series called "Sit Walk Stand." It is a study through the book of Ephesians which is complimented by the book "Sit Walk Stand" by Watchman Nee. 

Posted: 23 Jan, 2022 | Author: Steve Nelson

To do well in the Christian life, you have to believe, in faith, in what God has done for you. And you must sit in the finished work of God.

Posted: 30 Jan, 2022 | Author: Steve Nelson

God's incomparably great power is available for us, but we must come to the end of ourselves and trust in him.

Posted: 06 Feb, 2022 | Author: Steve Nelson

Those who have faith in him are examples of the wealth of his mercy, grace, and kindness for all future ages. 

Posted: 20 Feb, 2022 | Author: Steve Nelson

We are God's chosen and special people. We've gone from being swithout hope to being members of his household, citizens, and recipients of his promises.

Posted: 27 Feb, 2022 | Author: Dove Cranson

What does it mean to be "in him"?

Posted: 06 Mar, 2022 | Author: Steve Nelson

God has done amazing things for us and in us, and now he wants to do things through us. It is time to walk!

Posted: 13 Mar, 2022 | Author: Kevin Quinn

In Ephesians 4:17-32, we learn to change our lives by changing our thinking, our "clothes", and by acting according to who we are in Christ.

Posted: 20 Mar, 2022 | Author: Dove Cranson

Loving others is not just a matter of mustering up more strength to love, but rather, to allow God to love you, and then to love through you.

Posted: 27 Mar, 2022 | Author: Steve Nelson

We are children of the light and can live according to the change God has done in us!

Posted: 03 Apr, 2022 | Author: Steve Nelson

Sit Walk Stand part 11: How can we walk wisely in this dark world?

Posted: 10 Apr, 2022 | Author: Steve Nelson

The key to walking in relationship with broken, sinful, and dysfunctional people, is to respond to Christ instead of to them. 

Posted: 24 Apr, 2022 | Author: Steve Nelson

Sit Walk Stand part 13. What is spiritual battle and how can we stand strong in it?

Posted: 01 May, 2022 | Author: Steve Nelson

Putting on the armor of God is not hard or mysterious. It is resting in what Christ has done for us and living accordingly.