Our series continues with an examination of the second commandment ("Love your neighbor as yourself.") in the context of the greatest commandment. Pastor Shane explains how our love for others springs from our love for God and provides a practical application of loving other in the example of Deuteronomy and the launch of Hope Homes.

In this special Father's Day 2024 message, Pastor Shane addresses the desire for greatness that either motivates or plagues men (and many women) throughout their lives, leading to depression and midlife crises. At the heart of the matter is a distortion of God's purpose for our lives, particularly the definition of greatness. Learn the true definition of greatness and how you can find instant purpose and meaning no matter where you are in life.

When we've been wronged, it's easy to seek justice on our own, but Pastor Shane teaches that when we do that, we limit our ability to love the Lord with all of our heart, soul, mind, and strength. Join us as we unpack what's really going on inside of each of us when we've been offended, and discover how seeking revenge is really a lack of faith in God's love for us.

In Mark 12:30, Jesus answers the question posed to him about which commandment is the greatest. He recalls Deuteronomy 6:5, that we should love the Lord with all our heart, soul, and strength. But Pastor Shane warns of barriers to loving with all, using instructions for battle from Deuteronomy to highlight ways we might be halfhearted instead of wholehearted.

What role does work have in the Kingdom of God? How are we to understand grace, especially in contrast to striving? And what does this have to do with love God with our all? Pastor Shane continues The Greatest Commandment series by drawing largely on the writings of Paul to show how a proper understanding of grace can change our approach to faith and works.

In this message, we're diving into why having the Holy Spirit in our lives is crucial for truly loving the Lord with all our soul. Explore how the power and presence of God are directly connected to His purpose for us. Plus, Shane discusses the importance of not brushing off God's word, as it's essentially rejecting God Himself. Join us as we unpack what it means to embrace the Holy Spirit and pursue all aspects of God in our lives.

Today's Mother's Day message is a tribute to mothers everywhere as Pastor Wendy uses Psalm 23 to recenter busy moms (and dads... and people in general!) to rely more on our Good Shepherd than on our own strength. This is a message of encouragement and a call to action to people of all ages.

Jesus reminded us that there are four ways that we're commanded to love God (Mark 12:30). In today's message, Pastor Shane draws attention our soul, the often misunderstood and therefore often neglected part of who we are, helping us understand how the soul functions in relationship to the other parts of us (heart, mind, strength) and how we can strengthen our souls to love God fully.

Jesus commanded us to first love God with our heart, soul, mind, and strength, but how can we do that practically? Pastor Moses shares one of the key practices to maintaining complete dependence on God by examining the lives of Samson and David and helping us utilize the secret place of prayer to bring the Kingdom to earth... beginning in our hearts.

Pastor Shane continues our examination of Caleb's lifelong, wholehearted devotion to God by sharing the roles that humility and purpose play in preserving our love. We take a fresh look at Jesus' temptation in the wilderness to see how His commitment to His purpose helped sustain His love for the Father despite temptations to self-reliance, self-righteousness, and self-preservation.

When Caleb returned from spying in Canaan, Israel rejected his report of milk and honey, opting instead to wander in the desert for forty years.  When the nation finally crossed the Jordan, we find Caleb's strength and devotion to God unaffected by time and age.  But how?  Pastor Shane shares two vital characteristics of a heart that perseveres in the face of obstacles and reminds us of the importance of finishing strong in our day.

Every encounter with the miraculous is an opportunity for us to respond, but one response will stifle future miracles, while the other actually increases the likelihood of more. In today's continuation of The Greatest Commandment series, Pastor Shane reveals how we can love God with all of our minds by fostering a sense of awe in what He does.

We're commanded to love God with all of our minds, but what if we're not doing that? Are we open to correction? Pastor Shane shares the process of correcting faulty thinking and how being comfortable can be a barrier to a mind fully devoted to God.

While pursuing knowledge is admirable, it's possible that our knowledge can actually be a stumbling block when we desire to love God with all our minds. Pastor Shane reveals an underemphasized but vital element of our awareness of God, His word, and His kingdom and shares simple but powerful ways to increase our understanding.

Today's message returns our focus to "with all your mind" from what Jesus said was "the greatest commandment" (Mark 12:30). Pastor Shane reveals two competing mindsets that dominate our decision making and challenges us to once and for all choose to think in a way that makes Him our first love.

Our examination on the "with all your heart" part of The Greatest Commandment wraps up with a message about what quenches the fire of our hearts. Pastor Shane offers a deeper look at the story of the prodigal son (Luke 15:11-32) to reveal what was flawed about both brothers' understanding of their father's love and how that kept them from truly loving him.

In part five of the series, we return to the two men on the road to Emmaus and examine their hearts before they burned from their interaction with Jesus. Pastor Shane highlights key points of the spiritual journey that paralleled their physical journey from Jerusalem and reveals the battle that's constantly waging for the fire in our hearts... and how we can keep them burning bright.

In part four of The Greatest Commandment series, Pastor Amy brings us to the second component of loving God with all we are: our minds.

After Jesus left the disciples on the road to Emmaus, they asked each other, "Were not our hearts burning within us while He was speaking to us on the road, while He was explaining the Scriptures to us?" (Luke 24:32). In part three of The Greatest Commandment series, Pastor Shane shares the keys to keeping our hearts burning with the presence of God.

The second message of The Greatest Commandment series is also part 2 of "All Your Heart". Pastor Shane shares the five steps of a heart that drifts from loving God fully. Learn how Judas, Pharaoh, Ananias, and others unwittingly began a path that ultimately turned away from God... and how we can avoid drifting away from our First Love.