Restoration Church

Restoried:Origins | Settling For Less Than God (Exodus 32)

After witnessing incredible displays of the power of God, the Israelites give into their fears and turned to worshiping an idol. We, too, are prone to idolatry, creating stand-ins for God to appease our need for convenience and control. (Exodus 32:1-14)

Deeper Look: Exodus 32 | A Golden Calf, Political Idolatry, And The Faithfulness of God

This week, Kaleb and Justin look closer at Exodus 32:1-14, where the Israelites forget their covenant promise to come and turn to idol worship. We, too, are prone to idolatry... but what might it look like today? 

Restoried:Origins | Behold The Lamb Of God

Passover serves as one of the central stories in the biblical narrative, not only telling us of the freedom God brings to the enslaved and oppressed, but pointing forward to Jesus, the Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world. (Exodus 12-13)

Deeper Look: Exodus 12-13 | Passover, Deliverance, Justice, And Jesus

Each week, we take our weekend passages and go deeper than we'd normally have time to in a weekend gathering. This week, Kaleb and Justin unpack Passover, a central event in the story of God that points directly to Jesus and the deliverance He brings. Is this deliverance just from personal sin, or is God calling us to "free the captives" who are under oppression in the world around us? Listen in! 

Deeper Look: Joseph, Family Brokenness, Loving Our Enemies, And Breaking The Cycle

Kaleb and Justin look at the story of Joseph in Genesis 37-50 - a story about family, the scars they leave, and the healing power of forgiveness. 

Restoried:Origins | Famines, Families, And Forgiveness

In this week's message, we meet Joseph, the great grandson of Abraham and a product of generations of disfunction and sin in his family. But Joseph's story doesn't continue the cycle, instead moving to hope in God's sovereign work for our good. (Genesis 37:3-34, 50:15-21)

Deeper Look: Genesis 15:1-6: Faith In The Waiting, Questioning God, And Blessing All Nations

Kaleb and Justin dive deeper into our passage this week from the Narrative Lectionary: Genesis 15:1-6. We meet Abram 10 years after God's first promise to him, struggling to believe and move forward. How do we have faith between the promise and the fulfillment? 

Restoried: Origins | God of the Promise

In Genesis 15, we meet Abram, a man living in the space between the promise and the fulfillment, where faith grows through embodied acts of trust. (Genesis 15:1-6)

Deeper Look: Genesis 2-3: Creation vs. Science, The Imago Dei, Sin, And The Truest Thing About Us

Each week, Justin Rhorer, Kaleb Heitzman, and other voices from Restoration will go deeper into the passages from our Sunday gatherings, asking questions and having conversations we don't have time for in a gathering. This week, we unpack the important implications of Genesis 2-3 and what it means for how we understand who we are. 

Restoried | Origins: Creation And Fall (Genesis 2:1-3:8)

Our origin story begins with a declaration about who God is, and who we - his image-bearers - are in light of Him. And the implications of this for our story could not be more important. (Genesis 2:1-3:8)