Shame is deeply corrosive. How can we release shame so that it no longer has a hold on us?โดย Rev. Christian Hong

Hurts are real, and need healing. Injustice is real, and should be set right. Resentment does not lead to healing nor to justice. Resentment just holds on to the hurt so we are living in it. How can we let go?โดย Rev. Dr. Barnabas Sprinkle

We live so much of our lives for ourselves—our careers, our family, our schedule, ourselves. God invites us to let go of ourselves to take hold of something bigger.โดย Rev. Dr. Barnabas Sprinkle

Fear can be healthy when it is a reasonable response to a real danger. Fear is unhealthy when it is an unreasonable response, or a response to an unreal danger. Fear can paralyze us. How can we let go of unhealthy fear so that we are not controlled by it?โดย Rev. Dr. Barnabas Sprinkle

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What comes first in your life? What is truly most important to you? How can we find space for God?โดย Rev. Dr. Barnabas Sprinkle

Good things take intentionality over time. Very few people are accidentally successful, accidentally educated, accidentally Olympic athletes. These things take effort and practice. It takes effort and practice to grow spiritually--intentionality over time.โดย Rev. Dr. Barnabas Sprinkle

Are we listening? Do we recognize God's voice in our lives?โดย Rev. Joseph Kang

What does your life tell the world about God?โดย Rev. Dr. Barnabas Sprinkle

On our bad days, even our worst days, how can we look past the problems? The problems are real. Some things are annoying and others truly grieve our spirits…but can we also look past the issue to see the beauty?โดย Rev. Dr. Barnabas Sprinkle

If you are in any friendship, any family, any business, any church—where two or more are gathered, long enough, there will be disagreements. In this message, we look at the early church's first major conflict and learn how to resolve conflict in our own lives.โดย Rev. Dr. Barnabas Sprinkle

When the people of God are aligned with the grace of God, it always propels them outward, further toward those who do not yet know this incredibly Good News.โดย Rev. Dr. Mike Fleischmann

Our personal values, history, experiences, and past hurts become the lens through which we see the world, like a pair of contacts over our eyes. From time to time our prescription might be off, more like cataracts than contacts, and we need to look twice.โดย Rev. Dr. Barnabas Sprinkle

What is your story of coming to faith? Your story may be less dramatic than Saul's story -- no blinding light, or the voice of Jesus--but every story matters.โดย Rev. Dr. Barnabas Sprinkle

What are you truly seeking? What are you holding on to or chasing after?โดย Rev. Dr. Barnabas Sprinkle

Some people disbelieve in or basically ignore the spiritual realm, but here’s the thing: the spiritual realm can affect us whether or not we believe in it.โดย Rev. Dr. Barnabas Sprinkle

People suffer. Christians suffer. Following God does not take away our suffering—look at Jesus, look at Paul, look at, well, anyone. Everyone suffers…but we believers suffer differently.

What emotions does the word "help" evoke? Some are reluctant to help, others are reluctant to ask for help, and some are very willing to help.โดย Rev. Dr. Barnabas Sprinkle

Jesus invites us into relationship, and abundant life. How do we share the good news with others?โดย Rev. Dr. Barnabas Sprinkle

Can you remember a time when the church was at its very best?โดย Rev. Dr. Mike Fleischmann

The Bible has a book about how Christians act, called Acts. We sometimes read this as a set of miracles by the Holy Spirit, but this series will look at Acts as a manual for what Christians do. The acts of the believers were to celebrate God, in a way that invited response.โดย Rev. Dr. Barnabas Sprinkle

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ECO Synod Executive Rev. Dr. Dana Allin shares a message for Liberty Corner Church as we work through the Breakthrough Cohort.โดย Rev. Dr. Dana Allin

Why do we gather for worship each Sunday? We gather in worship to grow, step by step, into the people we were made to be, in the image of Jesus Christ. We were made to be butterflies, but we live as caterpillars.โดย Rev. Dr. Barnabas Sprinkle

What are we doing here? Why do we gather each week? One thing we are doing here is in our mission statement: "inspiring people to find and follow Jesus."โดย Rev. Dr. Barnabas Sprinkle

Church attendance across the nation has decreased significantly in the last two decades, and the largest part of that decrease is that the average Christian attends worship less frequently. What is important about weekly worship? What are we doing here?โดย Rev. Dr. Barnabas Sprinkle

Living in the post-Easter world, we see the a choice before us -- treading vs swimming. With both, you are exerting energy to stay above water, but the difference is direction.โดย Rev. Christian Hong

Do you have doubts about faith? If you pay attention to the Bible, you'll discover that you are in good company.โดย Rev. Dr. Mike Fleischmann

When we tell the story of Jesus’ death and resurrection, we may accidentally imply that resurrection is primarily about what happens after we die, and that’s not what Jesus offers. Jesus offers eternal life that starts now, and lasts forever.โดย Rev. Dr. Barnabas Sprinkle

The Bible presents the cross and resurrection as God’s decisive victory against darkness.โดย Rev. Dr. Barnabas Sprinkle

These days, social media has given rise to the influencer. Someone people follow, and emulate; the person we want to be like. Jesus is our Influencer.โดย Rev. Dr. Barnabas Sprinkle

Sometimes when we look at this world, it’s tempting to get depressed, to focus on the bad news instead of sharing good news, to give in to fear and anger instead of sharing our hope in Christ. if you ever feel depressed at the state of the world, remember that what we see is not all there is. Do not just focus on the problems; always remember the g…

God is perfectly just. God yearns to eradicate evil. And yet, God is also perfectly loving. What does that mean? How can the Lord lay our sin on Jesus?โดย Rev. Dr. Barnabas Sprinkle

God commissioned Adam, and all humanity, to a role in God's creation, but Adam abdicated the mission by his sin. Another way the Bible talks about atonement is that Jesus came to be a New Adam and complete the mission that God gave humanity.โดย Rev. Dr. Barnabas Sprinkle

Why did Jesus have to die?โดย Rev. Dr. Barnabas Sprinkle

In Jesus' time, they expected the Messiah to be a warrior King. Some in our culture today have similar expectations. Jesus flips this expectation when he describes the kingdom of God.โดย Rev. Dr. Barnabas Sprinkle

What do simple everyday actions of compassion have to do with the kingdom of God?โดย Rev. Dr. Mike Fleischmann

Some Christians seem to feel indifferent toward the world. Others seem to feel fear, anger, or even contempt. Jesus invites us to revolutionary compassion.โดย Rev. Dr. Barnabas Sprinkle

Jesus talks about wealth in a revolutionary way and the key question is this: whose money is it?โดย Rev. Dr. Barnabas Sprinkle

At two points in Matthew’s Gospel, Jesus said that the kingdom of God belongs to children. What does he mean?โดย Rev. Dr. Barnabas Sprinkle

God’s kingdom is a revolutionary treasure. It is not a set of rules to follow. It’s not a set of beliefs to hold. It is a life-changing discovery.โดย Rev. Dr. Barnabas Sprinkle

Many of the things Jesus says about the kingdom are in stories with a deeper meaning called parables. This week we look at the revolutionary story of God's kingdom through the parable of the sower.โดย Rev. Dr. Barnabas Sprinkle

Jesus taught blessings that show how upside-down his revolution is. Is it possible that this upside-down revolution could apply to our daily lives?โดย Rev. Dr. Barnabas Sprinkle

It's common to make a new year's resolution -- to lose weight, make more money, spend more time with family. Our lives need more than a resolution; we need a revolution. That's what Jesus came to bring.โดย Rev. Dr. Barnabas Sprinkle

God is pleased with you. Nothing about you -- who you are, who you have become, the mistakes you've made or those made against you -- nothing changes the measure of the love God has for you.

Micah foretold: the coming King has arrived in Bethlehem. Most of us know these words, as something from a foreign land and a foreign time. To these shepherds, seeing an angel is foreign, but not the message. They had been waiting in this place, for this moment, for generations.โดย Rev. Dr. Barnabas Sprinkle

In the time of the Bible, a person's name was understood to be a declaration of their character and identity. Today we look at Isaiah 9 and the declaration of the names by which we would know God's Messiah.โดย Rev. Dr. Mike Fleischmann

If God has a plan for history, do you believe God has a plan for you?โดย Rev. Dr. Barnabas Sprinkle

What is the vision of the future you are yearning for, praying for, working for, striving for? What is your hope? This advent, we will look at promises of hope— prophecies of Jesus’ coming, prophecies of his birth, and prophecies of his eternal reign. Advent is a time when we remember that the King is Coming.…

Have you ever had to deal with someone who is mad? How can we help someone else with their anger? How can we help the world with all the anger around us?โดย Rev. Dr. Barnabas Sprinkle