A profound experience with God changed Abraham’s life forever. A profound experience with God set Abraham on the path of trust that carried him through the most difficult journey he ever would have to face. Speaker: Jeff Mikels :: Passage: Genesis 15 …
Share Your Milestone Story
What are your milestone moments? We all have those moments in our past when we just knew that something bigger was going on. You’ve seen a child’s first step, or watched someone learn to drive a car. You know what milestones look like, so what about your own life? What about your …
080-04Born This Way Part 04
Our flesh and our gender are intertwined. That’s obvious. What isn’t so obvious is how strong the power of the flesh can be in our lives. In this message, Pastor Jeff tackles the issue of those temptations that are specifically related to gender and relationship issues. We also used a …
080-03Born This Way Part 03
The image of God is beautifully expressed through the harmony of boy and girl and it is vividly seen in marriage, but there is still a great privilege to being single. Jesus was single, he said that those who could accept singleness should accept it, and Paul affirmed the freedom singleness brings …
080-02Born This Way Part 02
Marriage was designed by God for harmony, cooperation, vulnerability, and procreation / family. But more than that, marriage is a unique representation of the image of God. The POINT of marriage is to represent God, the result of doing so is joy! How do you represent God? It’s a one-sided, …
A Blessing for Women
I read this over the women to close out my message on Feb. 12, 2012. Sister, you are so beautiful. The light of the heavens shines in your gentle eyes. God made you from the rib of another so that you would always know the depth of need for love, connection, and wholeness. And you are whole. …
A Blessing for Men
I read this over the men to close out my message on Feb. 12, 2012. Brother, you are strong. You were made by God himself, fashioned from the earth and wired to be both responsible and capable. You are the recipient of the highest respect from God himself who didn’t demand your allegiance …
080-01Born This Way Part 01
In this message, Pastor Jeff takes on the challenge of starting a new series to address gender differences from a biblical point of view. From a humorous beginning to a poignant and tear-stained conclusion, this message is a race through some of the most difficult Scripture passages on gender …
079-04Simplify Part 04
If God has given me victory or success in any of these things to any degree, I should pass it on to others. Being part of Jesus’ disciple-making process means to start simply with what he has done for me and who he has made me to be. From that, I can begin to bless others. In this Family …
079-03Simplify Part 03
To assume that we can love God and love others without actually having to endure personal change is naive at best. Sin has caused us all to think of ourselves first, but the sister lie to pride is that we should ignore ourselves altogether. No, true humility is understanding the ways to invest in …
079-02Simplify Part 02
The second greatest command of all time, according to Jesus, is to love your neighbor as yourself. Of course, the problem with that command is that it bases my love not only on my understanding of who my neighbor might be but also on what it means to love “as myself.” In this message, …
079-01Simplify Part 01
But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well.—Matthew 6:33 There’s an order to life. There is an inherent priority to the way the world has been designed. Our problem is that we try to live by our own priorities and then wonder why …
Video from Christmas Eve Service
In our Christmas Eve Service, we played this video of the Christmas story produced by the kids of LCC’s Kidopolis program. …
078-03He Came Part 03
We didn’t know we needed a son. You wouldn’t be able to figure that one out on your own, but we needed a son. One like us who stands in the place of God for us. More than prophet, a SON who comes representing the Father. More than a priest, a SON who is God in Flesh standing before us. …
078-02He Came Part 02
God wanted direct personal relationship with his people, but his holiness and their sinfulness made it so that a mediator was needed. Moses was the prophet. Aaron was the priest. Moses died and the priesthood was corrupted. Moses prophesied that there would be another prophet, but what about the …
078-01He Came Part 01
Moses said that God would raise up a prophet like him, and indeed there were many prophets, but none fit the bill as well as Jesus. Throughout the Bible, there is a recurring theme of a prophet who fulfills part of the prophecy but not all. Also, men like David and Isaiah seem intent on pointing to …