Generosity

Pastor Bill Bush · Oct 27, 2025

Just as sharing our personal testimony is a mission rather than a memory, giving the first and best of our income is a testimony of trust rather than a mere financial transaction. Pastor Bill walks from Genesis to the New Testament to show that tithing has always been a voluntary act of worship rooted in the conviction that everything we have belongs to God. He argues that the fear and frustration so many people feel about money is itself the 'curse' that generosity is designed to break, and that genuine faith — choosing to give even when it seems impossible — is the doorway to peace, purpose, and a deeper experience of God's provision.

Pastor Bill Bush · Nov 12, 2024

Drawing from the Parable of the Three Servants in Matthew 25, Pastor Bill challenges believers to move beyond merely believing in Jesus to actually believing Him — surrendering the ownership of their time, talent, and treasure to God and investing those gifts in His kingdom. He argues that fear, self-doubt, and an ownership mentality cause Christians to bury what God has entrusted to them, robbing them of the joy, peace, and eternal impact that come only through faithful, intentional stewardship.

Pastor Daniel Goulding · May 13, 2024

In Matthew 5 and Luke 10, Jesus exposes humanity's tendency to find loopholes in God's commands — loving only those who look, vote, and believe like us — and raises the bar to an impossible standard: love your enemies, be perfect as your Father is perfect. This impossibility is the point. Jesus, the true Good Samaritan, has already paid the ultimate price for broken humanity. Our call is not to be the hero, but to receive what He has given us and steward it faithfully as innkeepers — leveraging our time, treasure, and testimony to care for the people He brings into our lives.

Pastor Bill Bush · Aug 21, 2022

The greatest commandment Jesus gave — to love God with everything you are and to love your neighbor as yourself — is not just a church mission statement but the personal calling of every follower of Christ. These two commands are inseparable: genuine love for God automatically produces love for others. And because love is not merely a feeling but a choice and an action, it always expresses itself in giving — of our time, our resources, our truth, and our very lives — so that others can be pointed to Jesus.