Restoration Church

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)

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)

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. 

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)

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)

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)

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 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)

There’s a type of faith that engages our heads… but never stirs our hearts. In 2 Corinthians 3, Paul reminds us that the Gospel we believe isn’t just good and true - it’s beautiful. And we are changed to the degree that we turn our lives towards this glory we see in Jesus. (2 Corinthians 3:4-18)

In Luke 6, Jesus calls a people living under the hand of oppression to do something radical - to love those who disadvantage them and refuse to stand over others in moral superiority. In a world where the religious landscape is constantly shifting, we need the wisdom of these commands more than ever. (Luke 6:27-38)