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Pastor Jonathan Eckberg shares our Easter message. Last Easter we were unable to meet together. The following 12 months brought more than their share of disappointment, frustration, and division. This Easter we remember God’s restorative power. We see how our tears over our greatest sorrows and apparent defeats are turned into dances of joy by the resurrection of Jesus Christ.
Pastor Jonathan Eckberg starts our year with a special message from Jeremiah 29:4-7 on the purpose and mission that God has in store for His church and for our lives in the coming year.
Pastor Jonathan Eckberg teaches week 3 of our Advent series, “The Thrill of Hope.” We all have times where we feel that the efforts in our lives – whether from our job, our relationships, our worship, or anything else – feel aimless, even purposeless. We get stuck in the monotony of routine and the battles of what we have to …
Pastor Jonathan Eckberg teaches the next message in our series, “Hold the Line” as we dive into the letter of 1 Thessalonians. The Thessalonians encountered a massive shift when they left the pluralistic religions of their culture for the beautiful truths of the Gospel. In 1 Thessalonians 1:2-10, Paul encourages the church by highlighting this shift and showing us how …
Pastor Ron Eckberg concludes our mini-series on the blank page God has set before us. In his book, Epic, John Eldridge writes, “Life, you’ll notice, is a story.” As we have seen over the past two weeks this life we have been given is a blank page, a story waiting to be written. The question that must be answered is …
Listen in to a special message from Pastor Ron Eckberg on the call for the church in our present circumstances.
Pastor Jonathan Eckberg begins our new series on tackling the mission that God sets before us called, “New Horizon.” We often admire those who have a mission – a purpose in their lives which they pursue with great persistence. We wish we had that kind of clarity and focus. But the truth is, by faith in Jesus Christ, we are …
Pastor Jonathan Eckberg teaches from Genesis 2:4-17. We all know that life is hard. Contrary to what we may wish, it was never meant to be easy. But, it was meant to be good. In the account of God’s creation and commissioning of the first man we find the beauty in our design and the joy and excitement of hard …
Pastor Jonathan Eckberg continues our advent series, “Sing to the King,” by walking us through the song of Zechariah in Luke 1:67-79. The Christmas season (rightfully) bombards us with the miraculous birth of Jesus, the son of God, our great deliverer entering into humanity to save us. In this week’s passage we see how this long-awaited arrival should shape our …
Pastor Ron Eckberg teaches from Mark 12:18-27 on how, from time to time, we all find ourselves trying to answer questions that we soon realize are pointless and misguided. Jesus certainly had his share. As we continue our series in the Gospel of Mark we find Jesus once again being tested by the Jewish leaders, this time the Sadducees, whose …
