The Perfecting Church

We live in a world that constantly tells us we never have enough—more money, more success, more security, more stuff. Excess isn’t just present in our culture; it’s the goal in our culture. But the Kingdom of God calls us to live by a different economy: not accumulation, but generosity; not ownership, but stewardship; not “what can I keep,” but “what can I release for the good of others.” As followers of Jesus, we are called not to...

oin us this Mother’s Day as we honor and celebrate the women who have nurtured, shaped, and inspired us in many different ways. We also recognize that this day carries a range of emotions and experiences, and we want you to know there is space for you here.

Come expectant for worship and a prophetic, life-giving Word that speaks into every season—whether you are a mother, grandmother, spiritual mother, a man honoring the women in y...

Loving Our Enemy in a Culture of Enemies confronts the ways our culture conditions us to label others as adversaries and invites believers into the uncomfortable yet transformative calling of Christlike love. Jesus reframes the nature of our fight, teaching that true victory is not found in overpowering opponents, but in refusing to imitate their behavior and instead responding with love and prayer. We are being called to a mature,...

Life is filled with firsts—moments we don’t feel ready for, yet God calls us into them anyway. These are the moments that shape us—conversations we didn’t script, decisions we can’t delay and pressures that stretch us beyond our capacity. In John 16, Jesus doesn’t prepare His disciples for easy moments, but for defining ones—calling them beyond comfort into calling. And He anchors them in this promise: when the moment comes, you wi...

We live in a world obsessed with comfort. Comfortable lifestyles. Comfortable truths. We even want a comfortable Jesus. Not just a Savior, but a Savior who never challenges us and keeps us from challenge. But Jesus never promised that kind of life. In fact, in His final moments with His first disciples, He does the exact opposite. He prepares them, not for comfort, but for pressure. And then He makes a promise: I will send you a Co...

There are moments that inform us and then there are moments that redefine reality. The resurrection is an encounter that redefines reality — personally, experientially and eternally. Because the power of the gospel is not only that Jesus rose from the grave, but that He is still alive revealing Himself today. The resurrection isn’t merely the story of an empty tomb; it’s the story of a living Savior who steps into real places, meet...

Following Jesus is not about our convenience, comfort, self-advancement or even self-improvement. Following Jesus is radical, risky and life-altering. When Jesus says, “follow me” we often hear it in the key of our own theme music — anticipating the outcomes, status, success and results we want. But Jesus flips the script with two encounters in Matthew 8, exposing the true cost of discipleship — sacrificial surrender and reordered ...

Most of us don’t struggle with believing Jesus has power. We struggle with giving up our power. We pray — but we still build contingency plans. We call Him Lord but we still try to negotiate our terms. Control feels safe. Surrender feels foolish. But the Kingdom of Heaven does not advance through our power — it advances through our surrender. And in Matthew 8, Jesus meets a man who understands something many church-going people mis...

We’re living in days where vision is blurred, compassion is thin and fear-filled, divisiveness passes for wisdom. The darkness of our times isn’t only moral — it’s perceptual. We are losing the ability to see one another as God does. But glory was never meant to remain on the mountain or in the sanctuary — it was meant to move through the streets. Matthew 8 shows us what happens when a surrendered life carries the glory of God into...

God’s glory is more than moments we remember—it’s also encounters that keep returning to form us. Each time His holy presence meets us at the edge of our ordinary lives, it exposes what we’ve settled for and reorients us toward who He truly is. Glory doesn’t merely confront us; it consecrates us—shaping a people set apart for God’s purposes. And every genuine encounter with His glory sends us back into the world, not changed and co...

Glory is one of the most familiar words in our faith and one of the most misunderstood. We imagine glory as something distant, displayed through power or spectacle. But glory is not just something to admire; it is something we encounter— drawing us near and working within.There was a time when God’s glory stood outside of us, revealing truth and exposing what was broken. That glory was real, but it wasn’t the final word. The glory ...

A people of holiness, formed for and from Himself, has been God’s idea all along. Eons before men made plans for the building of nations, the heart of God imagined not just a person or a family, but a people—a nation-- who would bear His image and His likeness, living in ways that demonstrate His great Love, great care, and great Glory in all of His creation. The Church is that people and our shared eternal and divine assignment is...