Pastor Steve continues with part 4 of his series Freedom From the Religious Spirit. In today’s sermon, Pastor Steve talks about the power of forgiveness, which comes down to making our hearts more available to love. If you’ve ever struggled to forgive or be forgiven, consider that forgiveness is not something we do, but an outcome of what we have …
9/29/2024 | Freedom From the Religious Spirit – Part 3 | Sunday Service
When we replace relationship with rules, we’re not only eating from the wrong tree, but becoming something worse: Pharisees. In this week’s sermon, Pastor Steve talks about the symptoms of a religious spirit, with a goal of not just identification of the religious spirit, but of complete eradication.
9/22/2024 | Freedom From the Religious Spirit – Part 2 | Sunday Service
In Part 2 of “Freedom From the Religious Spirit”, Pastor Steve teaches more on the religious spirit – how it operates and what it does to our relationship with God. Most importantly, Pastor Steve shares the beautiful nature of the Gospel, which is the good news of freedom from the religious spirit, and a restoration of relationship with the Father …
9/15/2024 | Freedom From The Religious Spirit – Part 1: The Religious Spirit Ruins Everything | Sunday Service
Pastor Steve takes us into the book of Genesis as he starts a series on Freedom From The Religious Spirit. In this message, we learn about the spirit of religion: -It questions God, and it seeks to undermine His words. -It adds more burdens and more commands to what God has said -It makes us work for something we get …
YQA: Making Jesus My Daily Bread
In this week’s episode of Your Questions Answered, Pastor Steve and Todd talk about pot roasts and talk about some of the tough words of Jesus. We also talk about the practice of receiving Jesus each day as our daily bread, and Pastor Steve shares some resources for make it a habit. Resources He Mentions: Morning and Evening by Charles …
9/8/2024 | Daily Bread Renews The Mind | Sunday Service
Pastor Steve shares about the importance of DAILY renewing our mind, and it involves receiving the daily bread – the presence of Jesus!
9/1/2024 | Renewed Minds Make All Things New
We are already made in the image of God, and we are – right now – being restored to the Likeness of God. To be restored to God’s likeness requires a transformation, and Romans 12:2 tells us we are transformed by the renewing of our minds. How do we do that? Listen to this week’s sermon from Pastor Steve as …
8/25/2024 | Embrace The New Things | Sunday Service
In this week’s message, Pastor Steve shares a picture of how the gospel is like a trapeze artist about to make a jump. In order for the trapeze artist to jump successfully, he or she has to let go of the swing they are on to successfully embrace the new swing they are moving towards. In the same way, we …
8/18/2024 | There’s Only One Way To Learn Obedience | Sunday Service
Is it surprising to you that Jesus had to learn obedience (from Hebrews 5:8)? Though Jesus was fully God, he was also fully human, which means he experienced everything humans experienced, but without sin. Even without sin, he learned obedience through the connection he had with his Father. We are able to follow the lead of Jesus in this way …
8/11/2024 | The Awe of God – Stephanie Thorn | Sunday Service
God is an incredible creator – creating the heavens, the earth, insects, and each one of us. Though He is all-powerful, He also desires relationship with us. Much like relationships with our parents, friends or spouses, our relationship with God requires our participation. Join Stephanie – Hillside’s Director of Counseling Ministries – as she shares about God’s desire to be …