The Truth About Freedom

Power, Grace, & Fear

Power, Grace, & Fear Scripture Text: Acts 4:32-5:11 Date: June 21, 2026 AI-Generated Summary: We gather as a church built not by our own strength but by the power of God, who continues to draw hearts to Christ through the simple proclamation of the gospel. We experience grace together, and that grace moves us to hold nothing too tightly—we open our hands in generosity because we've first received generosity from God. Yet we also recognize the danger lurking within us: when we pretend to be more righteous than we are, we corrode the very community grace builds. So we choose to drop the mask, confess honestly, and walk in the light together.

No Other Name

No Other Name Scripture Text: Acts 4:1-22 Date: June 14, 2026 AI-Generated Summary: We live in a culture that increasingly views evangelism as offensive or even wrong, but we cannot stay silent about the saving name of Jesus Christ. We recognize that religious pluralism — the idea that all paths lead to God — sounds humble, but actually claims a knowledge no one apart from Christ truly possesses. We believe that God came down the mountain to us in Jesus, because we could never reach Him on our own. Therefore, we must go to our neighbors and to the nations, empowered by the Holy Spirit, proclaiming that there is no other name by which we can be saved.

The Message in the Miracle

The Message in the Miracle Scripture Text: Acts 3:1-26 Date: June 7, 2026 AI-Generated Summary: We are all like the lame man sitting outside the temple — spiritually helpless, begging for just enough to get by, unaware of our deepest need. We look to silver and gold, to comfort and circumstance, when what we truly need is healing at the soul level. Through the name of Jesus Christ, we find forgiveness for our past, refreshing peace in our present, and the hope of full restoration in our future. We no longer have to sit outside begging — in Christ, we can walk, leap, and go all the way in.

4 Polaroid Pictures of a Healthy Church

4 Polaroid Pictures of a Healthy Church Scripture Text: Acts 2:41-47 Date: May 31, 2026 AI-Generated Summary: We are called to be a church that gives itself fully to four things: learning together from the Apostles' teaching, sharing our lives and resources generously with one another, worshipping God together through communion and prayer, and welcoming all people with radical hospitality. Like the early church in Acts 2, we devote ourselves not to a building or an event, but to a living community. As we do, we become a powerful witness to a lonely world that desperately needs a place to belong.

Wind & Fire & Tongues, Oh My!

Wind & Fire & Tongues, Oh My! Scripture Text: Acts 2:1-41 Date: May 24, 2026 AI-Generated Summary: On Pentecost Sunday, we turn to Acts 2 and ask the same questions the crowd asked: what does this mean, and what should we do? We see that the rushing wind, fire, and tongues mark the redemption of Babel—where God now unites diverse peoples under Jesus rather than erasing their cultures—and the pouring out of the Spirit promised through Joel, made possible by Jesus ascending to David's throne. As we receive this Spirit, we repent, are baptized, and strongly urge others toward the life Jesus gives.