Giving bad news is a heavy burden, one that shatters a person's world into a "before and after." But it is sometimes the most essential message we can receive.

This week, we confront the raw, uncomfortable message of the prophet Ezekiel. Empowered by God's Spirit, Ezekiel had to deliver a terrifying, undeniable diagnosis to Israel: their wickedness was the source of their pain, and judgment was at their door.

Join us as we explore the extremes God used to get their attention, including:

• The Bizarre Sign Acts: Lying immobile for over a year, a terrifying recipe for bread, and a public haircut that was an instant call to the police.

• The Shocking Parable: A close look at the "R-rated" allegory of Ezekiel 16, which depicts God's people as an abandoned infant rescued by love, who then descends into unspeakable betrayal and moral cancer.

• The Mirror of Judgment: We confront the hard truth of Ezekiel 16:49, which reveals Sodom's core sins—pride, excess, and neglect of the poor—and asks how our modern world compares.

Ezekiel shows us that denying the bad news only makes things worse. This is a challenging message that holds nothing back, but only when we truly understand the severity of our condition can we be brought, like the prodigal son, to our senses—and to the speechless grace God offers on the other side.

Press play if you’re ready to hear the truth that leads to life.

Scripture Focus: Ezekiel 3–16

Where does God hang out? (Hint: Not just church.) Who does he hang out with? (Hint: Not just "church people.") What does he really look like? (Hint: Not Gandalf.)

Many of our ideas about God are too small, too safe, and just plain wrong.

This Sunday, we're letting Ezekiel 1 be a "wrecking ball" to our bad theology. Join us as we kick off a new sermon series on the majorly weird (and majorly important) prophet, Ezekiel.

What do joining the military, becoming a citizen, and starting a new job all have in common? They all have an "initiation ritual"—a swearing-in ceremony.

Following Jesus is no different. We call it baptism.

While it's easy to get lost in arguments about how, when, or why it's done, this message reminds us of the one thing every Christian group agrees on: it's the powerful, beautiful, and essential step of belonging. Discover how baptism is a story that didn't start in the New Testament, but at the dawn of creation, and what it means to "put on Christ" and walk in newness of life.

Listen to move past the arguments, rediscover the biblical power of baptism as a symbol of unity and new life, and find grace-filled answers to practical questions like, "Do I have to be perfect?" and "What if I'm not sure I 'did it right'?"