Our Lead Pastor Nate Ray kicks off our new teaching series, “Christmas Interrupted.” We take a look at Joseph, a character in the Christmas story whose dreams and expectations for his life are violently interrupted by two words: “I’m pregnant.” What do we do when our dreams and expectations for Read more…
Do you ever feel “ungrounded?” Do you feel like life is moving too fast and getting your bearings seems to be an impossibility? What if this holiday season could be an opportunity to (re)discover practices that ground you? This week, our Lead Pastor Nate shares about an encounter with Jesus, Read more…
This week The Front Church has a guest speaker. Listen and be encouraged as Bo Corbin, our very own Pastoral Resident, gives the message, “After God’s Own Heart.” November 20, 2022 Did you like the message? Share it – tell people what you liked – and join us in inviting Read more…
This week, our Lead Pastor Nate wraps up our teaching series, “The Good Life,” by looking at Jesus’ most perplexing words in His happiness manifesto: “Happy are the persecuted” (Mt 5:10). How could this possibly be? Could it be we’ve so squeezed out any element of suffering from our definition Read more…
Our Lead Pastor Nate continues teaching through our series, “The Good Life,” by looking at Jesus’ words, “Happy are the peacemakers, for they will be called children of God.” In this message, Nate explores a common place of tension – the workplace – and what it might mean to be Read more…
Our Lead Pastor Nate continues teaching through our series, “The Good Life.” In the middle of Jesus’ head-scratching happiness manifesto, Jesus says, “Happy are the pure in heart, for they will see God.” It’s important that we realize *how* this works. If we don’t realize how it works to be Read more…
Mercy is not the currency of our culture; shame and unforgiveness are. Shame and unforgiveness are used as the tools to effect change for those not in our “tribe,” whether that be a political tribe, a religious tribe, or any sort of idealogical tribe. We get away with our use Read more…
How can it be that those who hunger and thirst for God’s justice will be satisfied (Matthew 5:6)? A simple look at our world – its injustices, suffering, and brokenness – would seem to indicate those longing for God’s justice would be dissatisfied. Where are You God? In fact, some Read more…
Misplaced confidence can be a dangerous thing. It can take you places… the wrong places. In Matthew 5:5, Jesus says, “Happy are the humble.” To be humble doesn’t mean to lack confidence; to be humble means to properly place your confidence. Our Lead Pastor Nate takes a look at the Read more…
“Blessed are those who mourn, for they will be comforted.” What could Jesus have meant by these words in his strange happiness manifesto? In this message, our Lead Pastor Nate explores some possibilities and takes a look at a few reasons God’s people should mourn. Could it be the first Read more…