Before the world existed, God had already chosen you. Most of us treat Easter as a history lesson, but Ephesians 1 frames it as something far more personal. In this Easter Sunday message, Brad Kirby opens a treasure chest of six gifts that belong to everyone who trusts Christ, from adoption into God's family to a forgiveness that has been carried as far as the east is from the west. By the end, the question isn't whether Easter happened. It's whether you know what it means for you.
Read MoreIn a garden outside Jerusalem, Jesus falls to His face and prays the same prayer three times while His closest friends fall asleep. He knows exactly what is coming — and He chooses it anyway. In this Good Friday message from Matthew 26, Brad Kirby traces the hours before the cross through betrayal, a final meal, and a cup poured out for many. Before Sunday comes, this is the moment worth sitting with.
Read MoreAfter forty years of wilderness, Israel finally sets foot in the Promised Land with victory within reach. But instead of advancing into battle, God stops everything to deal with something more fundamental than strategy. In Joshua 5:1–12, Brad Kirby shows why God insists on identity before activity and what it costs when His people forget whose they are. The challenge is as current as it is ancient: you will never truly engage the world around you if you've become indistinguishable from it.
Read MoreIsrael has just walked through the Jordan on dry ground, and God won't let them take another step without stopping first. Twelve stones, one from each tribe, pulled from the riverbed and stacked where everyone can see them. In Joshua 4, Josh Fortney unpacks why God commands His people to remember and how those stones were meant to start conversations that would carry faith to the next generation. The memorial points backward to what God did, but it also points forward to who He's calling His people to become.
Read MoreAfter forty years in the wilderness, Israel finally reaches the edge of the Promised Land — and a flooded river stands in the way. In Joshua 3, Brad Kirby shows how God rarely clears the path before calling His people to walk it. When the priests step into the rushing water, the river stops — but not a moment before their feet are already wet.
Read MoreIn this message from Mark 6:1–6, Brad Kirby shows how even good familiarity with Jesus can dull our sense of wonder. As Jesus returns to His hometown, the people struggle to see Him clearly. It’s a reminder that Christmas stays meaningful when we keep our hearts open to who Jesus truly is.
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