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We all have wells we return to...relationships, success, approval...hoping they’ll finally satisfy. So why do we keep finding ourselves thirsty?

In this message, Pastor Jon Richards explores Jesus’ encounter with the woman at the well and the living water He offers. Jesus knows our deepest thirst, knows our whole story, and still invites us to receive the gift of new life. Discover the grace that brings our sin into the light, restores our relationship with God, and sends us to invite one more: “Come and see.”

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What does a life shaped by grace actually look like?

As we conclude our series through Galatians, Paul reminds us that the Gospel + Nothing doesn’t produce nothing. The same gospel that frees us from trying to earn righteousness gives us the Holy Spirit, who begins producing a new kind of life in us. We walk by the Spirit, carry one another’s burdens, and boast in nothing except the cross of Jesus Christ.

The Christian life isn’t about adding our performance to what Jesus has done. Christ has done everything necessary to make us His...

What does gospel freedom actually look like?

In Galatians 5, Paul shows us that faith does more than receive salvation—it begins to reshape the way we love. Grace gives. Faith receives. Freedom results. And love overflows.

When we know that our acceptance, identity, belonging, and worth are secure in Christ, we no longer have to demand those things from the people around us. We are free to serve, forgive, celebrate, sacrifice, and love—even when there is nothing in it for us.

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We are all being formed by something. In Galatians 4, Paul reminds us that the goal of the Christian life is not simply knowing more about Jesus, but becoming more like Him.

Formation requires truth, surrender, and people who keep pointing us back to Christ.

Grace saves you. Grace keeps you. Grace forms you.

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Jesus didn’t just come to forgive us; He came to set us free. But even after Christ breaks the chains, old patterns of bondage can keep calling us back. In Galatians 4:1–11, Pastor Jon shows us how to remember who we are in Christ, recognize what pulls us backward, cut off the road back to slavery, and begin practicing the life of a free person.

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Why did God give the Law if it could never save us?

In Galatians 3:15–29, Paul shows us that the Law exposes our sin, but only Christ can give us life. Through faith in Jesus, we are brought into God’s family, clothed with Christ, and made heirs of the promise.

The Gospel is Jesus + Nothing.

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What are you relying on to make you right with God? In Galatians 3:10–14, Paul reminds us that our obedience can never save us. Christ took the curse we deserved so that, through faith, we could receive the blessing we could never earn.

The Gospel + Nothing. Christ is enough.

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The Gospel + Nothing | Galatians 3:1–9

Is the Christian life sustained by your effort; or by God's Spirit?

Many of us believe we're saved by grace, yet slowly begin living as though God's approval rises and falls with our spiritual performance. In Galatians 3:1–9, Paul confronts that dangerous drift and reminds us that the same Spirit who began God's work in us is the One who will faithfully complete it.

If you've ever felt like you have to earn God's smile or prove your worth through spiritual performance, this message will point you back to the free...

The gospel is worth protecting because it's the only message that can save.

In Galatians 2:1–10, Paul refuses to compromise the truth of the gospel; even under pressure from influential leaders. Though the apostles affirm his ministry, false brothers attempt to add human works to God's grace. Paul's response is unwavering.

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The greatest threats to the gospel don't always come from false teachers. Sometimes they come from believers whose lives contradict the message they profess.

In Galatians 2, the Apostle Paul publicly confronts Peter; not because Peter preached a false gospel, but because his behavior denied the implications of the true one. Peter believed salvation was by grace through faith alone, yet fear led him to act as though some Christians were more acceptable to God than others.

In this message, Pastor Jon walks through Galatians 2:11–21, showing that:

The gospel is good news because Jesus has already done what we never could.

In the opening message of our new Galatians series, The Gospel + Nothing, we explore why the moment we add anything to the finished work of Christ...our performance, morality, religion, or good intentions...we don't improve the gospel...we destroy it.

In Galatians 1:1–10, the Apostle Paul sounds the alarm against every counterfeit gospel and calls the church back to the only message that saves: salvation by grace alone, through faith alone, in Christ alone.

If you've ever wondered:

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Jesus warns that received great revelation yet refused to repent, reveals the Father to the humble, and invites weary sinners to find rest in Him. In this message, Pastor Jon explores greater accountability, the dangers of self-sufficiency, and the soul-rest that is found in Christ alone.

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In this sermon, we examine Jesus’ defense of John the Baptist, the nature of true repentance, and the danger of resisting Christ because He does not fit our preferences.

Jesus shows that the kingdom advances through faithful conviction, forces a response, and exposes the excuses of hard hearts. Even in suffering, doubt, and opposition,

King Jesus remains vindicated by His works and still invites sinners to come to Him in repentance and faith.

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What do you do when Jesus doesn’t meet your expectations?

In Week 1 of our new series Come to Me, we walk through Matthew 11:1–6 and encounter a surprising moment: John the Baptist — the bold prophet who prepared the way for Jesus — now sits in prison wrestling with confusion and disappointment.

From unanswered prayers to lingering suffering, this message explores what happens when faith collides with reality… and how Jesus responds to struggling people with truth, compassion, and invitation.

If you’ve ever wondered:

It’s possible to associate with Jesus, without ever truly aligning with Him.

In this message from Matthew 10:32–39, we come face-to-face with a reality we often try to avoid: following Jesus isn’t casual, private, or cost-free. There is no neutral ground. No middle space. Jesus calls us to openly acknowledge Him, to stand with Him, and to reorder our entire lives around Him.

That kind of allegiance will cost you.

It may cost approval. It may cost comfort. It may even create tension in your closest relationships. But Jesus makes it clear—He doesn...

Why do we stay silent when it matters most?

In this message from Matthew 10:26–31, we explore how the fear of man quietly shrinks our witness—keeping us from living boldly for Jesus. But Jesus doesn’t call us to be fearless…He calls us to fear rightly.

When the fear of God outweighs every other voice, everything changes. Our obedience, our boldness, and our freedom all begin to take shape.

And here’s the good news: The One we are called to fear…is also the Father who sees you, knows you, and gave His Son...

Does following Jesus lead to comfort & favor in this life?

In this message from Matthew 10, Jesus prepares His disciples for the reality of the sent life: opposition, pressure, and the cost of being identified with Him. If you’ve ever wondered why faithfulness can feel hard; why standing for truth creates tension; this passage gives clarity—and hope.

Because the sent life is also the shared life.

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In this message from Gospel of Matthew 10:1–15, we see that following Jesus isn’t just about what happens to you; it’s about what happens through you. Before the disciples are sent, they are called to be with Jesus. And from that relationship flows everything: their authority, their message, their dependence, and their responsibility.

This sermon walks through four defining marks of the sent life:

• Called to Him

• Sent with His message

• Dependent on His provision

• Responsible for their response

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What if Christianity isn’t about improving your life—but replacing it altogether?

In this Easter message, we explore the powerful truth of Romans 6:4: that through Jesus’ death and resurrection, your old life isn’t fixed...it’s buried. And in its place, God offers something entirely new.

This isn’t behavior modification. It’s resurrection.

Whether you feel stuck in cycles you can’t break, weighed down by guilt and shame, or simply going through the motions, this message is an invitation: you don’t need a better version of your life—you need a new one...

What if the biggest factor in your spiritual growth isn’t just your habits… but your people?

In this message from Hebrews 10, we see that God never intended for you to follow Jesus alone. You are being shaped—right now—by the relationships around you. The question is: are they helping you drift… or helping you grow?

We explore what it means to “consider one another” and how real, gospel-centered community requires both encouragement and provocation. Not just support—but truth. Not just comfort—but calling.

Because Christ has secured your access to God, He now uses H...

In this message, we explore God’s design for life together through confession, forgiveness, and healing. Because of what Christ has done, we don’t have to hide, pretend, or keep score. Instead, we can live in a rhythm of grace; confessing humbly, forgiving freely, and experiencing real healing in community.

This is how the gospel transforms not just our hearts… but our relationships.

Join us as we learn what it looks like to live in The Grace Cycle.

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The gospel doesn’t just reconcile us to God—it reshapes how we relate to one another.

In the New Testament, the phrase “one another” appears nearly sixty times. These commands describe the kind of community the gospel is meant to create: a people who actively love, serve, encourage, forgive, and carry one another’s burdens.

In this first message of the One Anothering series, we explore Jesus’ command to love one another and Paul’s call to serve one another through love. We also look at the wisdom of Galatians 6, which teaches us how to carry one a...

Our culture tells us that the fully human life is a self-sovereign life; where you define your truth, determine your purpose, and answer to no one but yourself. But the story of Scripture tells a different story.

From the beginning, humanity has chased the throne. Yet in Jesus we see what true humanity actually looks like. Though He possessed all authority, Jesus did not grasp for power, He humbled Himself, took the form of a servant, and gave His life for others.

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In this message, we explore what Scripture means when it calls believers “strangers,” “exiles,” and “citizens of heaven.” What if much of our anxiety, frustration, and spiritual drift comes from forgetting who we really are?

The consumer identity says life is about maximizing comfort, curating experiences, and protecting preferences. The gospel says something different: this world is not your home; it is your assignment.

Through 1 Peter 2 and Philippians 3, we’ll see how identity determines attachment, how desire becomes a battlefield, how citizenship shapes conduct, and how resurrection hope loosens our grip on this age.

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In a culture shaped by Moral Therapeutic Deism, it’s easy to believe God mainly wants us to be nice and feel good. But the Bible reveals something far greater — and far more unsettling: God is holy.

In this message, Nick Rozema explores why God’s holiness is our biggest problem, why heaven is about more Christ (not just more comfort), and why good people don’t go to heaven; justified people do. True holiness isn’t moral effort; it’s deep delight in God.

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We are more connected than ever; and yet loneliness is epidemic. Our culture tells us to find ourselves in isolation or define ourselves against the crowd. But Scripture offers something better: identity formed in Christ, among His people.

In this message, we explore how God shapes us not in private spirituality, but through shared life, gospel-shaped dialogue, and faithful presence in the church. From Acts 2 to Ephesians 4 and Hebrews 10, we see that salvation is personal—but never private. You were not saved into independence. You were saved into a body.

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Our culture tells us that who we really are lives deep inside our feelings and desires; and that the body is something to manage, ignore, or overcome. Scripture tells a very different story.

In this message, we explore the Bible’s vision of the human person as an integrated, embodied being; created by God, corrupted by sin, redeemed by Christ, and destined for bodily resurrection. From Genesis to the resurrection of Jesus, Scripture insists that what we do with our bodies matters because our bodies belong to the Lord.

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Covenant, Not Consent God Governs Reality, Not Individual “Truth”

We live in a world where freedom is defined by choice and truth is treated as something we authorize from the inside out. If I didn’t choose it, it can’t bind me. If it doesn’t align with me, it can’t claim me.

But Scripture tells a very different story.

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Who has the right to define your life?

In a culture that celebrates self-definition and autonomy, Scripture tells a very different story. In this message, we confront the modern assumption that identity is something we create and instead recover the biblical truth that we are created, not constructed.

From Genesis to the cross, the Bible exposes self-constructed identity not as freedom, but as rebellion against the Creator’s rightful authority. What begins as self-rule always ends in fracture; instability, conflict, and exhaustion; because the self was never meant to sit on the throne.

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If our identity in Christ is secure, why does growth still feel slow—and why do old struggles remain?

In this message, we explore how spiritual formation works not as self-improvement, but as learning to live from the identity we’ve already received through union with Christ. From Romans 6 and Ephesians 4, we see that struggle doesn’t mean grace has failed—it means formation is underway. God is faithfully shaping our lives to match what is already true of us in Christ, right in the middle of ordinary life.

You are not working toward an identity...

In this opening message of the True & Better: A Gospel Identity series, we step back and ask a deeper question: What does God say about who we are?

Anchored in Genesis 1–3 and Philippians 3, this sermon explores the biblical story of identity; received in creation, fractured by sin, and restored in Christ. We’ll see why identity cannot bear the weight of performance, success, or self-definition, and why the gospel offers something far better: an identity not achieved, but received through union with Jesus.

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As a new year begins, many of us quietly assume that everything depends on us; our effort, discipline, endurance, and productivity. Rest feels risky. Sabbath can feel impossible.

But the Bible tells a different story.

In this message, we return to the opening pages of Scripture to see that God rested not because He was tired, but because the work was finished. From creation, through Israel’s wilderness journey, and ultimately in the finished work of Christ, Scripture reveals that Sabbath is not about laziness or legalism, it’s about trust.

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The final Sunday of the year invites reflection: what’s changed, what hasn’t, what we hoped would be different by now, and what we’re still waiting on.

In this message from 2 Peter 3, we look beyond the first Advent, when Christ came in humility, to the last Advent, when Christ will return in glory. Peter speaks to believers living in the in-between; between promise fulfilled and promise still coming; addressing doubt, delay, and the question so many still ask: “Where is the promise of His coming?”

What looks like delay is not failure, but mercy. God...

We live in a world driven by effort, performance, and self-improvement. Try harder. Do better. Be more disciplined. But what if the heart of Christianity isn’t about what we do at all?

In Romans 8:1–4, the apostle Paul tells the Christmas story in a surprising way—not as a celebration of human potential, but as an announcement of divine intervention. When the law could not save us, when effort failed, when guilt and inner conflict exposed our limits, God did it.

In this Advent message, we explore:

In this Advent message from 2 Corinthians 8:7–9, Paul frames Christian giving not as obligation or guilt, but as a response to the self-giving grace of Jesus Christ.

This sermon explores why we resist having our love tested, how the incarnation is God’s proof of love, and how grace forms generosity from the inside out. Advent becomes not just a season of sentiment, but a mirror—revealing what we cling to, what we release, and how Christ’s poverty makes us rich in grace, mercy, and new life.

Whether you’re weary, secure, guarded, or simply curious ab...

In this Advent message from Philippians 2:5–11, we explore the descent of Christ—the eternal Son who “emptied Himself” by taking the form of a servant, entering our world in humility, and descending all the way to the cross.

Paul shows us that Advent isn’t just about when Jesus came, but how and why He came: not clinging to His glory, not grasping His divine rights, but pouring Himself out in love to rescue us.

And because He descended, the Father has exalted Him—giving Him the name above every name, before whom every knee will bow and...

This Advent, we’re stepping into the Christmas story through the eyes of the apostle Paul. Instead of shepherds, stars, and mangers, Paul takes us behind the scenes—into the eternal plan of God that stands beneath Bethlehem.

In this message from Galatians 4:4–7, Pastor Jon unpacks four truths about the coming of Christ:

In this message, Pastor Jon walks through one of the most revealing snapshots of Jesus’ heart in the Gospels. When Jesus looks at the crowds, He’s not annoyed, overwhelmed, or indifferent—He is moved with gut-level compassion. But His compassion doesn’t collapse into the modern idea of empathy that simply affirms feelings. Jesus’ compassion is holy, truthful, and redemptive.

Jesus sees the crowds as a harvest—plentiful, ready, and waiting for laborers. And then He gives a prayer that disrupts our comfort: “Ask the Lord of the harvest to send out workers”—a phrase that literally means to...

When the Kingdom of God breaks in, it doesn’t patch the old life — it replaces it with new life. In Matthew 9:18–34, Jesus raises the dead, restores the broken, opens blind eyes, and sets captives free. This message explores how Christ meets us in our shame, desperation, and darkness, and brings the kind of transformation the old way could never offer.

Listen and discover:

• Why the miracles of Jesus aren’t just displays of power, but signs of restoration

• How faith becomes the “new wineskin” that can hold what God wants to pour out

• Wha...

“Breaking In: When the Kingdom Collides With the Old Life”

In this week’s message from Matthew 9:14–17, Pastor Jon Richards unpacks Jesus’ teaching on fasting, joy, and the new wine of the Kingdom. Why were John’s disciples fasting while Jesus’ disciples feasted? What does it mean that Jesus is the Bridegroom? And why can’t the life of the Spirit fit inside old religious containers?

Explore how the Kingdom of God breaks into real lives, stretches old patterns, dismantles self-righteous striving, and fills believers with the joy of the Bridegroom. This sermon calls us from comparison...