Restoration Church

Revelation | The Mosaic Of Heaven

Is a Church of "every tribe, nation, people, and language" possible in such a tribalistic world? Revelation 7 gives us a picture of the beautiful, diverse future that awaits us - and calls us to live that future into the present. 

Revelation Week 2 | The Way Of The Lamb

Power. The churches hearing Revelation for the first time were familiar with a beastly, coercive, violent, corrupt power that stood against them. Revelation 5 reminds us that the Lamb alone is worthy to reign over the unfolding of history, and as his followers, we follow His way in the world until He comes again. (Revelation 5:1-14)

Revelation Week 1 | Unchanging Hope In An Ever-Changing World

It’s that dreaded book at the end of the Bible… Revelation. You might associate it with fire and brimstone preachers, 90’s Christian books, and paranoid warnings about the end of the world. But what if we’ve gotten Revelation completely wrong? And in the process, have miss we missed an incredible encouragement for what it means to follow Jesus today? (Revelation 1:4-8)

Easter | Death In Reverse

He is risen! Today we gather on the most important day of our faith to celebrate the resurrection of Jesus. And in a world filled with sickness, suffering, ear, and pain, we’ll explain why we have a future that’s strong enough to sustain us in the present - all because of the empty tomb.

(1 Corinthians 15:19-26)

Holy Week | The Message Of The Cross

As we enter Holy Week, we turn our attention to the cross of Christ - what it means, what it accomplished, and what it reveals about the Father's heart for us. 

Lent | Pouring Out Our Hearts

Dozens of disciples and friends were in the room with Jesus. But that night, only Mary was *with* Jesus. This Sunday, we look at an act of disruptive worship that gives us permission to let our guard down and pour ourselves out in the presence of a loving God. (John 12:1-8)

Lent | A Reconciling Church

Our lives – both as individuals and as a community – bear a message to the world around us. In a world that disciples us to demonize, diminish, and divide, we’ve been given an identity and calling as reconcilers and bridge builders (2 Corinthians 5:16-21)

Lent | Unlearning Scarcity

Isaiah 55 is written to a weary people, worn down from exile and formed in a world of scarcity. The promise of God is a place at the Table of the King - a world rooted in the abundance of God. (Isaiah 55:1-9)

Lent | The New Exodus

The Transfiguration is a strange, mystical moment in the life of Jesus, full of signs and symbols pointing us to the larger Story of God. And as this Story moves towards to Jesus, Jesus is moving to the cross - the new Exodus of our forgiveness and freedom. (Luke 9:28-36)

Lent | Deserts Of Dependence

Lent begins with the story of Jesus in the desert - a place of isolation, vulnerability, and need. Yet in the face of temptation and hunger, Jesus shows that the desert is the place we learn what we’ve needed all along: dependence. (Luke 4:1-13)