The Fear Beneath Our Faith
What if faith was rooted in love rather than fear?
In this sermon, Rev. Dr. Luke Lindon explores the difference between a Christianity built around the fear of punishment and one centered on God's unconditional love.
Drawing from Genesis, the writings of Augustine, and 1 John 4, Pastor Luke exa...
Better Ways To Read the Bible | Moralism Lens and Hierarchy Lens
This year’s Fall Growth Series is a study of Better Ways to Read the Bible: Transforming a Weapon of Harm into a Tool of Healing by Zach Lambert.
We have seen the Bible used countless times as something far from the "Good Book.” On a daily basis, the Bible is weaponized to subjugate women, justi...
Grace Levels the Playing Field: Reading the Bible Without the Hierarchy Lens | Better Ways to Read the Bible | Robert Vargas
Some of us learned to read the Bible through a "hierarchy lens" — Scripture as a tool to decide who's in charge, who's righteous, and who gets silenced. Robert Vargas names what that lens costs us and offers a different way in: not obey-or-be-condemned, but grace. God isn't Santa keeping a list; ...
The Bible Was Never Meant to Be Read Flat | Better Ways to Read the Bible | Chad Belew
"The Bible says it, I believe it, that settles it." It sounds confident and faithful, but Chad names what that posture actually does: it shuts down curiosity and conversation. Drawing on Zach Lambert's Better Ways to Read the Bible, this week looks at the literalism lens — the modern habit of fla...
Better Ways To Read the Bible | Jesus Lens and Context Lens
This year’s Fall Growth Series is a study of Better Ways to Read the Bible: Transforming a Weapon of Harm into a Tool of Healing by Zach Lambert.
We have seen the Bible used countless times as something far from the "Good Book.” On a daily basis, the Bible is weaponized to subjugate women, justi...
Better Ways To Read the Bible | Flourishing Lens and Fruitfulness Lens
This year’s Fall Growth Series is a study of Better Ways to Read the Bible: Transforming a Weapon of Harm into a Tool of Healing by Zach Lambert.
We have seen the Bible used countless times as something far from the "Good Book.” On a daily basis, the Bible is weaponized to subjugate women, justi...
Did We REALLY Find Noah's Ark? PLUS The Most Amazing Jesus Discovery with Dr. Jeremiah J. Johnston
Did we REALLY find Noah's Ark or are millions of people being misled by internet hype? Have we REALLY found the burial box of Jesus’s brother, James? And what do jihad and progressive Christianity have to do with America's upcoming midterm elections? Dr. Jeremiah J. Johnston, president and founde...
Better Ways To Read the Bible | Interview with Zach Lambert
This year’s Fall Growth Series is a study of Better Ways to Read the Bible: Transforming a Weapon of Harm into a Tool of Healing by Zach Lambert.
We have seen the Bible used countless times as something far from the "Good Book.” On a daily basis, the Bible is weaponized to subjugate women, justi...
Better Ways to Read the Bible: The Jesus Lens
In this first message of our series Better Ways to Read the Bible, Pastor Evan Duncan explores John 5:39-40 and the story of Jesus healing a man on the Sabbath. The religious leaders knew Scripture, but their interpretation kept them from recognizing the work of God happening right in front of th...
Better Ways to Read The Bible - The Context Lens - Ephesians 5:21-25
What does it mean to read the Bible faithfully? In this second message in our series on how we read Scripture, influenced by Zach Lambert's Better Ways to Read the Bible, we explore the importance of context.
A verse taken out of context can become a weapon. But when we read Scripture through t...
