Restoration Church

Jesus uses a lawyer's question to tell a story that centers on a Samaritan - a cultural outcast with all the wrong theology who nonetheless embodies Jesus' vision for neighborly love. (Luke 10:25-37)

In January of 2017 we planted Restoration with a simple mission statement: "We believe Jesus is restoring people who restore the world. Our mission is to join Him." This week, Justin unpacked what this means for who we are and where we are headed as a Church family!

Jesus is amazed by the faith of a centurion - someone thought to be godless and faithless. But what was different about his faith than the crowds who followed him everywhere? (Luke 7:1-10)

Were the Pharisees all bad? No. But the ones that Jesus encounters in the Gospels display a legalistic heart that valued their traditions more than they valued people. So how do we know when we are doing the same thing? (Luke 6:1-11)

In Luke 4, Jesus returns to his hometown of Nazareth... and almost get's himself thrown off a cliff. Why? He challenged and upended their expectations and called them - and us - to a bigger Gospel. (Luke 4:14-30)

This weekend marks our 4th Anniversary as a Church! And as we look forward to a new year with so many unknowns, Justin shares about being the kind of people who have together have a hope that demands an explanation. (2 Corinthians 4:7-18)

In light of the events in our nation's capitol this past week, Justin shares what this moments means for followers of Jesus, and how we're challenged to live in response. (John 18:28-40)

8 days after his birth, Jesus' parent bring him to a crowded Temple according to tradition. Yet among the thousands who passed them, two older saints recognized saw what so many didn't. How? (Luke 2:22-38)

God enters history in obscurity, through the life of a poor, Galilean teenage girl - marked by astounding faith and a song about a Messiah turning our world upside down. (Luke 1:26-56)

In Isaiah 61, we're promised that God's anointed would come and restore a broken and forgotten people... who would they go be restorers in their world. The same is true for us today.