Rankin opens up Exodus 14 and shows us how God led the Israelites down a path that to them seemed like a trap, but actually led to their salvation. He then shows us how we can move from fear to faith and allow God to fight for us.
Rankin talks about who we are as God's missional church in the city. He then shares how this new identity charges us to renew Los Angeles socially, culturally, and spiritually.
Paul talks about how our stories are important and how we can begin to share them with others to communicate the gospel. Then, Erin, a member of our community, shares his testimony of how God has worked in his own life to bring him out of alcoholism and selfishness into a life of love towards others.
Rankin talks about God's judgment on Egypt and whether or not it was only meant for Him to commit such devastating plagues. We are challenged to consider the cost of sacrifice.
Rankin discusses the plagues and how they were carefully chosen to unravel and expose the emptiness of Egypt's religious system. He then reveals how Christ is worth our worship because He alone is King, He is wise, and He is a merciful judge.
Rankin brings light to one of our greatest idols in our culture – love. We find that we do all things for the sake of love, and that sin is simply a distorted form of it.
Rankin continues to talk about Moses and his growing faith, revealing how his bold questions toward God actually reveal his faith in a God that can handle them.
Rankin discusses the vision of Pacific Crossroads and challenges us to begin to align our view of church with God's view of church. A church that isn't a building, but a place that is simply there to serve its members and exists to send out members to love the world.
Rankin continues the series on Moses by explaining how the burning bush represents our unmet expectations that we discover in the midst of the wilderness and times of humbling, and how God uses this time to build our faith in times of fear.
Pastor Paul explores how the Exodus is not just a story about the Israelites being freed from slavery, but a story about the glory of God, and God's people learning to experience His presence and glory.
Rankin begins the sermon series on Moses and the Life of Faith by establishing how fear has become a theme in our culture. He then points us to faith as the antidote of fear, using the story of Moses to bring hope in times of suffering.
Rankin Wilbourne concludes the series on The Eight Deadly Thoughts.
Tim Lien talks about healing, unifying the city, and what church planting has to do with it. He gives a few footholds to guide us by mentioning that your vocation and location matter, that the biggest unifier of a city is offering something big enough to worship, and finally challenging us with the question, 'what if what God wants us to do was contained in what we are already doing?'.
