Following Jesus

Pastor Ron Merrell · Sep 29, 2025

Pastor Ron Merrell teaches that the private practices God has given us — reading the Bible, prayer, fasting, Sabbath, solitude — are not mere disciplines to make us better Christians but the very means by which we develop and deepen an actual friendship with Jesus. Drawing on John 15, Psalm 1, Proverbs 4, and Luke 10, he calls believers to still themselves in God's Word, communicate with God without ceasing or censoring, and continually align their hearts with His, so that their walk with Christ moves from sporadic religious duty to an intimate, life-shaping friendship.

Pastor Bill Bush · May 17, 2022

The human heart, corrupted by sin, deceives us into believing that following our desires is the path to authentic identity. But Scripture reveals that any path built on the longings of a broken heart — whether expressed through sexuality, career, relationships, or any created thing — ends in emptiness. True identity is not something we discover by looking inward; it is something recovered by turning to Jesus, who is the Way, the Truth, and the Life. As we delight in Him, our hearts are transformed and our desires begin to align with His, producing the life we were always made for.

Pastor Daniel Goulding · Apr 17, 2019

Failure is an inevitable part of the human experience, but it does not have to be fatal. Through the story of Peter's denial and restoration in John 21, Pastor Daniel shows that Jesus does not dismiss our shortcomings or disqualify us because of them. Instead, He pursues us in our moments of greatest weakness, recreates the scene of our calling, and — rather than offering condemnation — prepares a meal, addresses our shame directly, and sends us back to the mission. The grace that saves us is the same grace that sustains and restores us.

Pastor Linn Winters · Jun 4, 2018

Pastor Linn Winters draws from Luke 5 to press a crucial distinction: being a Christian (a label) versus being a follower of Jesus Christ (a direction and a commitment). Using the story of Simon Peter's miraculous catch of fish, he shows that following Jesus will always feel like fishing in the middle of the day — risky, sacrificial, and counterintuitive. True followers are those who, having seen Jesus' faithfulness, respond to His invitations not because they fully understand them, but because of who He is. The sermon calls every believer to move past selective obedience and endless wrestling with God, and to say: 'If anybody else were asking, I wouldn't do it — but because it's You, I'm in.'