Jen Armstrong talks this week about Giving Our Everything to Gain Everything. Through the stories of Mary washing Jesus’ feet and Abraham bringing his only son to be sacrificed, she discussed 4 Characteristics of what it means to bring worship as a sacrifice.

Luke 14 records Jesus telling two parables about a wedding and a great banquet that reveal powerful truth about what it means to follow Jesus and count the cost in our lives. Are we willing to count the cost of discipleship in our lives? What does it mean to live fully surrendered to the way of Jesus?

Within ourselves we have a longing to be authentic; we want consistency between our inner and outer lives. This is the challenge that we all face within ourselves. But is harmony with our inner and outer self the pinnacle of authenticity? Does this satisfy our desire for true authenticity? We look at these questions through the lense of Romans 14 as we seek to follow the way of Jesus.

Doug and Jan have been serving in Mexico for many years. This week they came to LCF to share about how Jesus wastes nothing. How He uses what you have in your hands to feed the 5000 and then still has enough to supply all of your needs as well.

Matt Vogt joined us this week. His message was based around Our Affection for the Lord and what makes our hearts come alive.

Sermon Tidbit: The Holy Spirit’s job is to give us the very best part of God. We have a million little vices trying to fill our needs, but God wants to satisfy every one of our needs.

Hannah Frishbutter spoke this week. She took us through Ecclesiastes and took a survey of what The Biblical Reality of Our Lives looks like.

In Jesus' last I AM statements in John he speaks of being the vine, a metaphor rich with history for the nation of Israel. It reveals God's heart for his people and what we were created for. We conclude this series by looking at the implications for our lives as followers of Jesus.

What is the way for our lives? How do I find peace, fulfillment, meaning, and purpose? Jesus’ claim "I am the way, the truth, and the life" offers us incredible hope amidst our hearts being troubled. How do we respond to such an audacious claim? Listen as we continue our series " I AM" from John's Gospel.

The church in Philadelphia is one of the two churches not to receive a rebuke from Jesus; instead they receive exhortation and encouragement to patient endurance and to hold on to what they have. How does one do this? That's the focus on this podcast.

What are we looking to for satisfaction? Are we caught up looking at others and finding ourselves in discontentment? Using Psalm 73, Matt looks at what it means for God's people to be satisfied with His goodness.

Are we content with reputation rather than relationship when it comes to Jesus? We continue looking at the letters to the churches in Revelation, focusing on Sardis, seeking to hear what the Spirit is speaking to the churches in our days.

Jesus doesn’t claim to have resurrection and life, he doesn’t just claim power over it. Jesus claims that HE IS the resurrection and life. He is the very embodiment of it. What does this claim mean for our lives? We dig into these questions as we continue our I AM series.

We continue our series "I AM" from John's Gospel, looking at Jesus' claim of being the good shepherd and how it speaks to our longing to find contentment and a life of abundance.

The church in Thyatira looks pretty good on the outside, even healthy and growing in some respects. But Jesus says they are tolerating things that cannot be ignored any longer. How do we apply this to the church today? We continue looking at the letters to the churches in Revelation.

Jesus' claim that he is the light of the world is utter hubris, shocking arrogance, or its staggering truth. What did Jesus mean by this claim? What is he revealing to us? And what questions does it leave us with? We continue our series I AM ______ from John's Gospel.

Does it matter if we remain true to the name of Jesus in a culture full of idolatry and immorality? Or is compromise and deconstruction a normative process of an advanced society? What can we learn from a letter to a church in the 1st century? We look at this in the letter to the church in Pergamum.

This week Pastor Paul started a new series on the 7 “I am” statements from the gospel of John. Jesus tells us who He is. He is the very essence of existence and today we discussed how He’s The Bread of Life. We are Satisfied, Nourished and Sustain by Jesus.

We continue with looking at the letters written to the churches in Revelation, seeking to hear what Jesus is speaking to us amidst these days. In this episode we look at the letter to the church in Smyrna and the call to be faithful amidst suffering.

A letter to the church that the Apostle John pastored at one time; a church marked by love and zeal. What do Jesus' words to them reveal for us as the church today? We begin our study looking at Ephesus in the letters to the churches from Revelation.

On this mother’s day sunday we talked about the goodness of God and parenting. What is biblical parenthood? How do we live out biblical parenting? The answer is simple; show them the goodness of God. Listen to hear more.