New Creation

Pastor Chris Hilken · Aug 19, 2024

Pastor Chris Hilken argues that following Jesus requires far more than a change of outward behavior — it demands a complete renewal of the mind (metanoia). Drawing on 2 Corinthians 5 and Romans 12, he contends that the world trains us to begin every decision with our desires, but that path produces a fragile, fickle identity. In Christ, the process is reversed: we start with the settled identity God gives us, let His Word shape our thinking, and trust Him to change not only what we do but what we want.

Pastor Jeff Moors · May 1, 2022

Because Christ died and rose again, every believer has been made a new creation whose identity is no longer rooted in titles, achievements, or the flesh, but in who God says they are. Pastor Jeff Moors argues from 2 Corinthians 5:14–21 that this rediscovered identity is not merely positional — it reshapes how we see ourselves, how we wield the Spirit's resurrection power, how we view every person around us, and how we carry the ministry of reconciliation into the world as Christ's ambassadors.

Pastor Mark Collins · May 1, 2019

John 20 narrates the unfolding dawn of a new creation: the empty tomb with its undisturbed grave clothes, Mary's tearful encounter with the risen Gardener, the disciples' fearful commissioning, and Thomas's honest doubt resolved by a personal appearance of Jesus. Together these moments reveal that the resurrection is not merely a resuscitation but the launch of a whole new order — one in which Jesus sends His Spirit-empowered people into the world to announce forgiveness and carry the good news to every corner of creation.