Geoff Bradford expounds on Paul's concept of 'truthing in love' from Ephesians 4, arguing that authentic truth-telling begins inwardly—replacing the lies we tell ourselves with gospel identity in Christ. He then moves outward, calling the church community to speak truth to one another with the right tone, motives, and timing, rather than defaulting to either harsh truth-without-love or enabling love-without-truth. Bradford uses the Pinocchio story to contrast the gospel: unlike Pinocchio who must earn his reality by being good, Christians are made real by Christ despite their falsehoods.

James Sutton preaches from Philippians 2:1-4, arguing that honoring others is rooted in remembering the gospel and the value God places on his image-bearers. He calls listeners to put down selfish ambition and vainglory, and to pick up humility, esteem, and attentiveness toward others. Sutton concludes that genuinely honoring one another is an act of worship that cannot be outsourced to technology or artificial intelligence.

Geoff Bradford preaches on the repeated New Testament command to 'greet one another with a holy kiss,' arguing it calls the church to a radical, countercultural welcome that crosses ethnic, class, and gender lines. He identifies common barriers to genuine greeting—from only connecting with similar people to insider-talk and wallflower syndrome—and challenges the congregation to see an alone person as an emergency. Bradford grounds the call to warm welcome in the father's lavish, repeated kissing of the returning prodigal son, presenting this as a picture of how God delights in his children and how believers should reflect that love to others.

Geoff Bradford preaches on burden bearing from Galatians 5:22-6:5, distinguishing between crushing burdens (baros) that require communal support and lighter loads (fortion) each person must carry themselves. He challenges the congregation to a spiritual 'fit check' rooted in gospel humility rather than comparison, urging them to move toward one another in struggle rather than superiority or avoidance. The sermon culminates in a practical exercise where congregants anonymously share their burdens on cards, redistribute them, and commit to praying for one another.

Geoff Bradford preaches from Romans 12:16-21, arguing that peacemaking requires humility, a refusal to retaliate, and actively overcoming evil with good. He emphasizes that while Christians are responsible for pursuing peace, they cannot force reconciliation from others, and must trust God with what is beyond their control. Bradford closes by drawing on the film Blood Diamond to illustrate how the gospel calls us to lay down our weapons and remember our identity as beloved children of God.

Corey Jackson examines Matthew 20:17-34 to contrast false and true leadership in God's kingdom, using the ambition of James and John and the desperation of blind Bartimaeus as foils. He argues that gospel leadership is not about grasping power or status but about being continually broken and formed by Christ, like a baseball glove shaped by its owner's hand. The key call is to encounter Jesus honestly and regularly, allowing his love to transform and send us outward in humble service.

Geoff Bradford preaches on James 4:11-12, describing gossip, slander, and criticism as an invisible poison in Christian community that turns siblings into judges and implicitly sets itself above God's law. He argues that the gospel transforms judges back into siblings by pointing to Jesus, who absorbed all slander and mockery silently on the cross. Bradford closes with practical questions to help listeners evaluate whether to share information and how to diffuse speaking-against when they encounter it.

Geoff Bradford preaches that spiritual maturity cannot be achieved through individual content consumption but only through active participation in the body of Christ. Drawing on Ephesians 4, he argues that Christians are organically united through the Holy Spirit like body parts, and that maturing happens collectively as believers pursue unity, give and receive gifts, and speak truth in love. Bradford challenges the congregation to move from mere attendance to genuine attachment, replacing critique with contribution and pushing through the awkwardness of real community.

Geoff Bradford preaches from Hebrews 13:1-3, calling the church to three forms of practical love: love for suffering strangers, love for unknown strangers through hospitality, and love for spiritual siblings in deep community. He argues that these acts of love are not optional but are a rehearsal of the gospel itself, reminding believers that they were once the outsider whom Christ welcomed in. Bradford challenges both the spiritually sick and the spiritually hurting to lean into practical love rather than withdraw.

James Sutton concludes a sermon series on prophecy by examining Revelation 5, where the slaughtered Lamb is found worthy to take the scroll representing authority over all creation. He explores how John's weeping reflects a holy longing for Christ's return and the full consummation of God's promises, arguing that New Testament believers are called to prophetically proclaim not only Christ's death and resurrection but his coming again. The sermon ends with a vision drawn from Revelation 19-22, calling the congregation to fix their eyes on the future renewal of all things.

Geoff Bradford preaches from Hebrews 13:4-6 on the poison of discontentment, addressing how people grasp for more in their relational station and financial status. He argues that the answer is neither wanting less (Buddhism/Stoicism) nor a quick Jesus-formula fix, but a fought-for, cultivated delight in God as the true helper and ever-present companion. Bradford calls listeners to make room for God's presence in their daily lives, describing contentment as a fight rather than a formula.

Chuck, a campus minister and long-time church member, preaches from Hebrews 12 on the contrast between Mount Sinai and Mount Zion as two ways of approaching God's presence. He argues that Jesus as mediator transforms the consuming fire of God's holiness from something terrifying into something welcoming, because Christ took the darkness and judgment upon himself. Listeners are called to endure in faith and draw near to God in worship, trusting in an unshakable kingdom rather than trading Jesus for temporary comforts.

Geoff Bradford preaches from Hebrews 12 on how God uses pain to train believers for spiritual growth, reframing 'discipline' as 'training' in the sense of intentional formation. He distinguishes between punishment, training, and natural consequences, arguing that Christ paid the full penalty for sin so God's hardships in a believer's life are coaching toward Christlikeness, not payback. Bradford closes with the story of Ben Sasse's terminal cancer diagnosis as a vivid example of joy and faith forged through suffering.

Geoff Bradford preaches from Hebrews 12:1-3, arguing that the Christian life is not primarily about straining harder but about being captivated by Jesus, who endured the cross 'for the joy set before him'—that joy being you. Bradford calls listeners to make Jesus their joy, explaining that when Jesus truly becomes our joy, it changes what we let go of, where we look, and how we run the race of faith.

Geoff Bradford preaches from Hebrews 13 on the significance of Jesus suffering 'outside the camp,' connecting it to the two goats of Yom Kippur in Leviticus 16 — one as a sin offering satisfying divine wrath, and one as the scapegoat taking away sin. Bradford calls Christians to embrace a non-camp identity, defecting from the world's systems of belonging to follow a rejected king. He closes by urging the congregation to feast on Jesus through the Lord's Supper as the only sustaining power for living as outside-the-camp people.

Geoff Bradford preaches from Hebrews 13 on why church leadership is a gift despite widespread distrust, arguing that trust in leaders should be provisional, prayerful, and productive rather than blind, absolute, or individual. He emphasizes that Jesus as the great shepherd is the true foundation of trust, with human leaders serving as temporary under-shepherds accountable to him. Bradford also addresses recovering from spiritual abuse, offering practical steps including taking it slow, naming the harm, creating safety, and rebuilding one's inner world.

The sermon explores Amos 7, highlighting God's use of unlikely messengers—like the dirt farmer Amos—to confront false worship and injustice in the Northern Kingdom under Jeroboam II. The preacher draws a contrast between the false religion of political convenience exemplified by Amaziah and the authentic, costly calling of Amos, who interceded for the people before boldly declaring judgment. Jesus is presented as the true and ultimate prophet—the plumb line—who alone can bring salvation, and all believers are called to echo that message as prophets in their own spheres.

In the concluding sermon of the 'Facing Death by Faith' series, the preacher explores Hebrews 11:32–12:1 to show that God makes no distinction between those who receive miraculous deliverance and those who suffer difficult deaths, as all who trust in Christ are approved through faith and await a better resurrection. The sermon presents three practical responses to the hope of resurrection: advocating for loved ones in difficult medical decisions, finding comfort in being surrounded by a 'cloud of witnesses,' and actively witnessing to others about the hope found in Christ. Drawing on the illustration of his own father's mental decline, the preacher concludes that no matter how one dies, it is 'nothing that a good general resurrection can't fix.'

In part four of the series 'Facing Death by Faith,' the preacher explores Hebrews 11:8-19 to reframe how Christians understand death and dying through the lens of Abraham's pilgrim journey. The sermon argues that the gospel does not promise the death we want but promises a true home in God's presence, freeing believers from the need to control the circumstances of their dying. Practical applications include advance end-of-life planning, releasing loved ones from impossible pressure, and finding courage by locating one's own death in the death of Jesus.

Geoff Bradford preaches from Hebrews 11:1-7, exploring how faith is a reasoned, personal, and foundational trust in God that shapes both how we live and how we die. Using Abel, Enoch, and Noah as examples, Bradford shows that faith turns death into testimony, transforms death from a cliff into a door, and enables believers to invest in an unseen future. He emphasizes that faith does not eliminate fear but can coexist with it, with fear itself serving as a prompt to turn back toward Christ.

Bradford preaches on the death of Moses as a model for dying well, drawing out two themes: blessing and grieving. He challenges listeners to imagine a future good for those they love without them in it, and to speak words of gospel blessing before it is too late. He also affirms that grief is godly, nonlinear, and made possible to bear through the compassion of Christ who wept at the tomb of Lazarus.

Geoff Bradford launches a five-week series on dying and death by examining Moses' final days in Deuteronomy 31, where Moses faces his own death with honesty and courage rooted in God's presence. Geoff explores how modern culture systematically avoids death and the harmful consequences of that avoidance, drawing on end-of-life care insights. He anchors the series in the truth that God goes before us across every boundary, ultimately fulfilled in Jesus who died and rose again.

James Sutton preaches on Ezekiel 1, exploring three common ways Christians mishandle prophetic visions: seeking personal guidance from them, engaging in speculative interpretation, or dismissing them as irrelevant. Sutton argues that Ezekiel's vision of God's mobile war chariot was meant to assure the exiled Israelites of God's sovereign presence and power, and that this vision finds its ultimate fulfillment in Jesus Christ, who invaded enemy territory and defeated sin, death, and Satan. Sutton challenges believers to catch a vision for the gospel's unstoppable power and to boldly proclaim it as prophets entrusted with the Holy Spirit.

Geoff Bradford preaches from 1 Peter on the nature of the church, arguing that every believer is a living stone being built into a spiritual temple and a priest called to active service. He challenges the common consumer mindset toward church, where a minority carry most of the load, and calls the congregation to embrace their identity as priests and owners of the church rather than spectators. The sermon concludes with a practical call to fill out a spiritual gifts survey and take a symbolic key as a reminder of their ownership and responsibility.

James Sutton preaches from Ezekiel 4, exploring how the prophet's dramatic, embodied performance art—laying siege to a brick, lying bound on his side, and eating rationed food over dung—was a full-bodied proclamation of coming judgment on Israel and Judah. He then traces how each element of Ezekiel's prophetic sign was ultimately fulfilled and transformed by Christ on the cross, who absorbed the judgment Ezekiel foretold and replaced it with a message of reconciliation and love. Sutton calls believers to live as New Testament prophets by embodying that hope through prayer, cruciform love toward individuals, and feasting at the Lord's Table.

The sermon closes a series through Deuteronomy by unpacking Moses' call to 'choose life' in three movements: the insulting simplicity of God's command to love him, the all-encompassing scope of that claim on every area of life, and the deeply personal daily choice each person must make in response. The preacher emphasizes that God's electing love does not eliminate human choice but activates it, and closes with the story of young Nora Wood befriending lonely 82-year-old Dan Peterson as a picture of God's pursuing love for each person.

Geoff Bradford preaches from Deuteronomy 30 to show that Moses anticipated the failure of Israel under the law and pointed forward to a new covenant where God himself transforms the human heart. He argues that neither knowledge of the law nor self-restraint can produce true obedience, and that only God's radical work of regeneration — giving a new heart — makes genuine love and obedience possible. Bradford closes by urging listeners to examine whether they are truly alive spiritually, marked by love for God, a desire to obey, and genuine spiritual growth.

Christopher Cooper preaches from Luke 7:11-17, where Jesus raises the widow of Nain's son, using it to show that Jesus sees us in our deepest grief and responds with compassion rather than indifference. Cooper emphasizes that just as Jesus stopped amid celebration to minister to a grieving widow, he personally attends to each person's pain and loss. The sermon concludes with the assurance that Jesus is Emmanuel—God with us—whose word continues to bring life, healing, and hope even when we cannot feel his physical presence.

Geoff Bradford preaches through Deuteronomy 28, explaining how God's covenant blessings and curses reflect his loving desire for his people to choose life over death. He argues that Israel's failure to keep the covenant points forward to Jesus, who as the true covenant keeper absorbed all the curses so that believers could receive all the blessings. Bradford closes by calling listeners to repent of areas of ongoing sin, reminding them that in Christ they are secure and cannot 'crash the plane.'

Geoff Bradford walks through Deuteronomy 17's law of the king, exploring the necessity of government, God's radical limits on royal power, and the requirement that the king submit to God's word above all else. He traces how every Israelite king failed this standard, pointing to Jesus as the only true fulfillment of this kingly ideal. Bradford calls Christians to engage politics without idolatry, anchored in the reality that Jesus is king and his is the only kingdom that will last.

Corey Jackson preaches from 1 Kings 19, exploring how God restores the burned-out prophet Elijah as a model for how God meets his people in their lowest moments. Jackson identifies four dimensions of God's restorative movement toward Elijah — physical, spiritual, vocational, and relational — showing that God meets us as whole, embodied souls rather than simply giving us information or content. The sermon grounds this pattern in the gospel, pointing to how Jesus came physically, spiritually, vocationally, and relationally to care for weary people.

Geoff Bradford preaches through Deuteronomy 14-15, arguing that God's fourfold call to generosity—the annual tithe, the triennial storehouse offering, the seven-year debt release, and restoring the poor with resources—is not fundamentally about money but about the condition of the heart. He contrasts the 'truly rich,' who are open-handed and care for neighbors, with the 'truly poor,' who are tight-fisted and hoarding out of fear. Bradford concludes that only the gospel—remembering God's rescuing grace and that all we have is a gift from him—can transform a closed heart into an open one.

Geoff Bradford preaches from Deuteronomy 12 on the call to worship God alone, in the place He commands, together with His people. Using three animal metaphors, Bradford warns against the elephant of pluralism (all religions are equally valid), the anglerfish of syncretism (mixing Jesus with other allegiances like politics or prosperity), and the porcupine of individualism (avoiding the hard work of communal worship). He concludes that gathered worship reorients believers weekly to remember whose they are, who they are, and that they belong to one another.

James Sutton preaches from Isaiah 6 as the launch of a series on the biblical prophets, exploring Isaiah's vision of God's throne, his cleansing by a burning coal, and his commission to preach to unresponsive people. James draws out three themes: the awe-inspiring holiness of God's throne, the painful but gracious process of sanctification, and a 'wild' definition of success that prioritizes faithfulness over results. He challenges the congregation to root their prophetic voice in worship and encounter with God rather than cultural agendas.

Geoff Bradford preaches from Deuteronomy 10, arguing that God's law is not a burden but a treasure that serves four purposes: a billboard revealing God's character, an owner's manual for human flourishing, a thermometer exposing sin and the need for a savior, and railroad tracks guiding the redeemed life. He emphasizes that salvation was never earned by law-keeping but always by faith, and that Jesus fulfilled the law perfectly and was 'cut off' so that believers need not be. The appropriate response for Christians is to say 'as you wish' to Jesus in every area of life.

Andrew Shank preaches on the twin parables of the hidden treasure and pearl of great price in Matthew 13, arguing that humans are primarily loving rather than thinking beings, and that real change comes not through rules or education but through a transformation of what we love. He explores how idolatry works when good things become ultimate things, and challenges listeners to examine their non-negotiables. Andrew then reframes the parables as first being about Jesus himself — the one who gave up everything to make us his own — and argues that seeing Christ's love for us is the most powerful catalyst for growing in love for him.

Geoff Bradford preaches from Deuteronomy 8, exploring two tests God uses to shape his people: the test of adversity and the test of prosperity. He argues that hardship produces character and calls us to daily trust in God, while prosperity carries its own dangers of pride, forgetting God, idolatry, and isolation. Bradford concludes that the gospel is the 'song' that reorients our hearts away from self and toward Christ in both seasons.

The sermon explores the doctrine of election through Deuteronomy 7 and 9, arguing that God's choice of his people is unconditional—not based on merit, righteousness, or any quality in the chosen. The preacher walks through four aspects of God's electing love: it is specific, Trinitarian, unconditional, and transforming, emphasizing that humans are by nature unable—not merely unwilling—to come to God on their own. The central takeaway is that God loves his people because he loves them, full stop, and this grace-rooted security should replace anxiety and spiritual pride.

Geoff Bradford preaches through Deuteronomy 6, known as the Shema, arguing that Israel's 'one job' — and ours — is to love God with all our heart, soul, and might in every area of life. He emphasizes that this love is not earned obedience but a response to grace, since God rescued Israel before giving the law, just as Christ fulfills the law for us before we are called to follow. Drawing on William Cowper, Spurgeon, and The Princess Bride, Geoff concludes that seeing all Jesus has done on our behalf is what transforms duty into delight.

Paul Deschamps preaches from John 10:22-30, arguing that belonging to Jesus is both a gift and a guarantee. He unpacks four gifts of belonging — God's call, being known, eternal life, and assurance — showing that none are earned but all are freely given. Paul then emphasizes the guarantee of belonging through the image of sheep held simultaneously in the hands of the Son and the Father, a grip that no enemy, failure, or doubt can break.

Danny Yancey preaches from John 10:1-21, using the image of the Good Shepherd to address how believers can discern truth in a world of misinformation. He explores what truth sounds like (the shepherd's intimate, personal call), what truth looks like (the abundant life Jesus consistently produces as fruit), and what truth does (the shepherd laying down his life for his sheep). Danny challenges listeners to check sources and fruit when evaluating spiritual voices, and to root themselves in the voice and character of Jesus as their ultimate standard of truth.

James Sutton preaches from John 9, exploring three perspectives on blindness: the disciples' flawed assumptions about suffering, the Pharisees' pride-driven spiritual blindness, and the healed man's progressive journey from physical sight to worshipful faith. Bradford challenges listeners to reject the impulse to explain away suffering through sin, to guard against pride that blinds us to God's work, and to continually grow in awe of who Jesus is rather than treating salvation as a spiritual graduation. The sermon calls the congregation to approach worship each Sunday with the humble wonder of the formerly blind man who said, 'Lord, I believe,' and worshiped.

Paul Deschamps preaches from John 8:31-38, arguing that true freedom is not found in independence or self-determination but in dependence on Jesus. He contrasts the slavery of sin with the sonship offered through Christ, showing that abiding in Jesus transforms believers from servants trying to earn their place into sons and daughters who belong permanently. Paul calls listeners to daily renewal of faith, urging them to let Jesus' word reshape their hearts, habits, and future rather than living as spiritual interns trying to prove their worth.

Anderson Shore preaches from John 8:12-20, where Jesus declares himself the light of the world and the Pharisees challenge his testimony. Shore draws on three themes — presence, protection, and provision — to show that Jesus has been eternally present, guides his people like the pillar of cloud and fire in the Exodus, and bore our darkness on the cross so we could be brought into his light. He closes with the hope of Christ's return and a future where darkness is abolished forever.

Paul Deschamps preaches from John 7:1-24, exploring how Jesus consistently defied the categories and expectations of those around him — his family, the crowds, and the religious leaders. Drawing on C.S. Lewis's liar-lunatic-or-Lord trilemma, Paul argues that Jesus cannot be reduced to a good moral teacher and demands a response of either rejection or worship. The sermon calls listeners to surrender their domesticated versions of Jesus and follow the real Jesus, who reveals himself fully and comes to redeem, not condemn.

A guest speaker preaches through Jesus' bread of life discourse in John 6, inviting the congregation to see themselves in the crowd of grumblers, seekers, and disciples. The sermon explores how Jesus consistently redirects people's surface-level questions toward deeper questions of trust and surrender. The central call is to move beyond wanting Jesus to be merely 'good' and to embrace him as God — the bread of eternal life, not just daily bread.

Chris Cooper preaches from John 6:16-21, exploring the disciples' stormy night crossing as a picture of the Christian life. He draws three main points: obedience to God does not exempt us from storms, Jesus is present and actively moving toward us in our struggles, and only Jesus can ultimately bring us through to safety. Cooper connects the disciples' deliverance to the gospel, where Christ walks toward sinners drowning in sin and brings them to rest through his death and resurrection.

Jim Hahn preaches from John 6:1-15, exploring the feeding of the five thousand as a revelation of Jesus' character as a compassionate provider. He draws three points from the passage: Jesus listens to our needs, meets us in our hunger and weakness, and provides abundantly beyond what we ask or imagine. Jim challenges listeners to come to Jesus honestly with their needs rather than hiding them, trusting that God's provision is motivated by love and not limited by our worthiness.