Weekend Messages from Jacob's Well

How Shall We Return

In an age of complacency and polluted worship, there is a remnant that fears the LORD and stays faithful by keeping a book of remembrance.

Staying Faithful in Your Waiting

In our waiting, it is important to remember that God is working in ways we do not know, and He will accomplish all that He has promised.

Losing Confidence in His Love

In the Book of Malachi, the new Idolatry was not the worshiping of false gods like Baal, but rather the Idolatry of half-hearted worship of the True God, Yahweh. This Idolatry created complacency and lukewarm devotion to God that was expressed in polluted worship, inadequate sacrifice, glorification of evil, and oppression of the vulnerable. All while expressing ingratitude toward God and blaming him for injustice. In an age of complacency and polluted worship, there is a remnant that fears the ...

Influential Leadership

Leaders have influence over us. Whether we like it or not, we all have or will be considered a leader in some way, big or small. But how do we lead well in a world that has redefined leadership with cultural influence? How do we instead be an influential leader in the name of Jesus, the Good Shepherd?

Model After Jesus

Chosen

Holiness

God's holiness inspires us. Our holiness inspires others.

Becoming Peter

How did Simon become Peter? How did he become the most influential leader in the Christian Church? Jesus saw Peter. Jesus knew his name, and called him to become more. Jesus sees us, knows our name, and calls us to become more. Much like Peter's, our journey of "becoming" starts with being chosen, and– choosing to follow Jesus. There will be times we make great progress, times we hold our ground, and times we backslide. Will we give ourselves the permission, the grace, the space to journey in be...

Great Men

We need great men to be husbands, fathers and leaders. A great man is good, strong and competent. He is defined by service and love. Be a great man.

I Never Knew You

The words i never knew you should stop us all in our tracks. Know and follow Jesus.

A Gate, a Tree and a House and a Rock

The Sermon on the Mount ends with a warning. Ignore Jesus' teaching at your own peril. Jesus repeats this basic warning using three separate illustrations. He also gives a powerful vision of what our lives can mean when we listen and follow his teachings.

The Golden Rule

Spiritually healthy people don't admire the Golden Rule, they live it.

Curiosity Cures Apathy

Week 5 of the Filters Series, on the Sermon on the Mount.

"Moms-to-Moms" 2023 Mother's Day Service

Panel discussion on God's gift of motherhood. Featuring Whitney Berthiaume, Tina Pecor, Marsha Anderson, Terri Markquart, Leah Hulke and Mackenzie Fisk.

Condemnation

Goodness

The cure for Anxiety is Goodness?

The Meaningful Life

Meaning cures materialism.

Deep Fakes

Are you concerned about deep fakes? Time to take off the masks.

Practice What He Preached

Jesus did what he said and practiced what he preached. Live Radical Love, Make Peace with God.

Unloading Relational Baggage

Creative Conflict Series, Week 6 Formation Pastor Brian Faught

Honest

Relationship are difficult with dishonest people. Live with a radical commitment to honesty, integrity, and doing what you said you would do. Live Authentic.

Oppress

We need to feel safe to have healthy relationships. Make your relationships safe.

Love People as People, Not Objects

Connection, intimacy, relationship. We all desire for closeness with people, to know and be known. But tragically, we often trade true, pure love for a form of lust. When we use and abuse people, it numbs us to real connection and intimacy. Jesus wants all of us to experience deep relationships, but if we treat people like objects, we won't be able to connect.

Dehumanize

Fortunate & Wise

“I hate conflict.” Most people would resonate with this comment. But relational conflicts are inevitable. As followers of Jesus, we have his teaching and example to show us how to do healthy conflict. Jesus not only modeled healthy conflict, but he also actually created relational conflict when needed. In this series, we will discover Jesus’ teaching in the sermon on the mount and consider the wisdom of this life. Follow Jesus as he transforms you into a good person from whom good things natural...

A Lament: Ashes, Salt & Bitteroot

This service is a lament. We will take time to lament personally and corporately. As we enter into Lent. Let's draw close to Jesus, the suffering servant.

Ashes, Salt and Bitterroot

There are three metaphors for Lament: Ashes – Loss, Salt – Tears, and Wormwood (bitter root) – Bitterness. When we Lament, we enter a deep grief that expresses loss, pain, bitterness, and often regret. Grief is acknowledging what has been lost and what we had hoped for that we will not receive. The contrast between where we were and where we had hoped to be contrasted with where we find ourselves needs to be acknowledged before it can be accepted.

From Wormwood to Mercy

Many of us don't want to draw near to our pain because we fear we will get trapped in pain and bitterness. Lament opens the door to see and experience the mercy of God. We need to experience and receive God’s mercy, so we do not lose our humanity and become something broken under the terrible weight of bitterness caused by the pain of this world.

Songs of Lament

The Liturgy of Lament

Trauma wants to be seen. Trauma creates a deep need to be felt and understood, while at the same time, a desire to hide in fear, shame and embarrassment.