Jul 5, 2026

Continuing the summer series on the Beatitudes, Pastor Scott Engebretson returns to examine Matthew 5:7: "Blessed are the merciful, for they shall receive mercy." Scott explores how our ability to extend compassion and forgiveness to others is directly tied to our own experience of God’s grace. He explains that if we...

Jun 28, 2026

Continuing the summer series on the Beatitudes, Sam Stephens walks through the fourth beatitude in Matthew 5:6: "Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they shall be filled." Sam contrasts the cultural obsession with chasing superficial appetites—like scrolling through social media—with the...

Jun 21, 2026

Guest speaker Emily Crider steps into the "Flourishing" series to examine the third beatitude: "Blessed are the meek, for they shall inherit the earth." Drawing from her extensive ministry work with university graduate students, Emily breaks down our modern discomfort with the word "meekness," which is often...

Jun 14, 2026

In this installment of the "Flourishing" series, Pastor Scott Engebretson addresses our cultural aversion to grief and the rising phenomenon of emotional "dryness." Looking at the second beatitude in Matthew 5:4, "Blessed are those who mourn, for they shall be comforted," Scott challenges the American standard of...

Jun 7, 2026

Continuing the summer series on the Beatitudes, Pastor Scott Engebretson tackles our tendency to make false assumptions about life, work, and faith. Zooming in on Matthew 5:3, Scott unpacks the countercultural definition of what it means to be "poor in spirit." He explains that kingdom flourishing doesn't come from...