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  • The Prophets: Courageous and Compassionate Faith Haggai

    The Prophets: Courageous and Compassionate Faith Haggai
    Jun 15 2025
    Join us this Father’s Day as we give thanks for the fathers and men of our congregation and our community. We are grateful for their influence and passionate faith! This Sunday we continue our study of the prophets by turning to the book of Haggai. Haggai was a prophet during the time of Judah’s return to the land after the exile. During this time the people were hesitant to rebuild the temple. The apathy they experienced from their suffering and loss led them to focus on themselves and not God. God speaks through Haggai to encourage them to do what they thought was pointless – rebuild the temple. Join us this week as we explore obedience in the face of apathy. -Pastor Nate Roschen
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    29 min
  • The Prophets: Courageous and Compassionate Faith: Obadiah

    The Prophets: Courageous and Compassionate Faith: Obadiah
    Jun 8 2025
    Since the Fall – there has been conflict and tension on this earth. Struggles that don’t seem to ever resolve. These kinds of tensions leave us with a sense of Us vs. Them. Like the Hatfield’s and McCoy’s – these ongoing conflicts leave us in a lurch. The book of Obadiah speaks into one of these conflicts, a sore spot for the nation of Israel, its ongoing feud with Edom. Obadiah is the shortest book in the Old Testament, and like the prophetic book of Nahum, it is dedicated to the judgment of one nation – Edom. Edom had betrayed Israel, preyed on her, and took advantage of her when she was weak. And as we have seen in the other prophets – we are left to wait and watch – for what God will do. Join us this week as we study together! -Pastor Nate Roschen
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    21 min
  • The Prophets: Courageous and Compassionate Faith: Daniel

    The Prophets: Courageous and Compassionate Faith: Daniel
    Jun 1 2025
    If you have ever known devastating loss, a grief that you didn’t know how you’d ever get past – then Daniel is your book. Daniel was just a young man when he was led into Babylonian exile. 90% of Judah was killed in this time, so in a sense, Daniel was one of the “lucky ones.” As we’ll see this week, Daniel lost not only his past and his present life, but also much of his future on earth was taken from him as well. These are all of the earthly conditions. These are the human concerns. The book of Daniel is about what God will do in the midst of them. Join us this Sunday as we see God show up in the life of Daniel and his friends and they cope with their grief. Join us as we explore this book and the heart of God put on display within. -Pastor Nate Roschen
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    26 min
  • What is Christian? Galatians 1

    What is Christian? Galatians 1
    May 25 2025
    In Galatians Chapter 1, we will explore Paul's passionate message to the church. He highlights the importance of faith in Christ over adherence to the works of the law and expresses his astonishment at the Galatians' transition to a distorted version of the gospel. The chapter emphasizes the necessity for believers to understand God's true plan for salvation—the Gospel of Jesus Christ. -Ken Klepper
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    38 min
  • Luke 4:14-30

    Luke 4:14-30
    May 18 2025
    The unearned freedom, flourishing, and favor of God is not only endlessly enjoyed in Christ, but graciously extended through His Spirit-filled Church. As Christians, we can struggle to remember that God’s grace towards us doesn’t end with us. God has given us the gift of extending His grace to those around us. Enjoying the jubilee of knowing, and being known by Christ, compels us to love those who we might not naturally be drawn to. Jesus challenges our hearts which often desire to build our own kingdom, instead of laboring with God in growing His kingdom. Luke 4 is a beautiful reminder of the gift we have extending the grace we’ve received to those in need. -Michael TenBarge
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    36 min
  • Mother’s Day Hannah – 1 Samuel 1-2

    Mother’s Day Hannah – 1 Samuel 1-2
    May 11 2025
    Join us this Mother’s Day as we come together to thank God for the inspiring and godly women in our lives. This Mother’s Day we give thanks for the women who have been instrumental in the growth of the Christian faith, for the women in our own lives who nurtured our understanding and poured into us, and for the ways Christ elevated women and gave them a voice during His time on earth and ever since. This Sunday we will be focusing in on the story of Hannah from 1 Samuel. In Hannah I see the kind of unwavering faith and persistence that defines the women of faith that I have learned and benefitted from. Please join us as we recognize the women and mothers in our lives this Sunday! -Pastor Nate Roschen
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    24 min
  • Habakkuk

    Habakkuk
    May 4 2025
    It is around 587 B.C. and the Babylonians are storming Judah in all directions – destroying, murdering, and deporting the Jews from their land, the land that God gave them! What will happen to the faithful remnant? Why is God allowing the faithful to suffer with the sinners? How can a God who hates evil allow evil to come upon Judah and Jerusalem, his sacred city. Habakkuk seems to stand before God with his arms crossed and says, “God, I am waiting for an answer.” And God says I will give you an answer and you will not believe it. God is using Babylon as an instrument of judgment and ALL people – whether faithful or not – will be judged. God says to the righteous that you must live by faith! I will bring good where you see evil. Your perseverance and your waiting will glorify God, refine your faith, and ultimately lead to your salvation. Knowing this, the faithful must live through judgment rejoicing in their God and Savior, and leaning on the strength of their sovereign Lord. This is our future and this is our hope. Professor Jim Greenberg
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    32 min
  • The Prophets: Courageous and Compassionate Faith - Micah

    The Prophets: Courageous and Compassionate Faith - Micah
    Apr 27 2025
    The prophet Micah speaks to us out of his own humble beginnings. Micah was from Moresheth, a small village in Southwest Judah. As he grew up he was a witness to the greed, excess, and corruption of the privileged classes. But it was not just the sinfulness of the people that Micah confronts – he confronts their worship. More so than other prophets, Micah asks the question, “What does God truly want from us?” Micah boldly confronts the worship of his fellow Hebrews who worship God with “hands full of blood” and “sins like scarlet.” We cannot worship God and remain silent about the needs of the world around us. Worship is meant to nurture the people of God. Then we can become a people of peace, a people of commitment. Join us as we explore this beautiful and timeless book together. -Pastor Nate Roschen
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    26 min