Not That Kind of Christian
For Us
More than half of the Nicene Creed is about Jesus. That’s no accident. The nature of Jesus was the question that brought the bishops to Nicaea in the year 325, and it’s a question people are still asking today. In this message, Pastor Brent walks through what the creed says about the Son and why the church held so firmly to it. We look at the fight with Arius, who taught that Jesus was a created being, and at how…
One Lord Jesus Christ
Who do you say Jesus is? This week, guest speaker Mike Harder invites us to consider the question Jesus asked his disciples—and still asks us today. Drawing from John 17 and Colossians 1:15–20, Mike explores Jesus as the visible image of the invisible God, the one who holds all creation together and brings reconciliation through the cross. As we continue exploring the Nicene Creed, this message reminds us how shared practices keep our faith alive and center our lives on…
One God
It’s easy to remake God in our own image. Pastor Brent walks through the opening line of the Nicene Creed to ask who God actually says he is — Center, Control, Creative, and Care.
We Believe In
In a culture full of competing claims about what “real” Christianity looks like, we’re going back to the ancient words the whole church has confessed for 1,700 years. This week: unpacking the first three words of the Nicene Creed — We. Believe. In. — and why the shape of that phrase might matter as much as anything that follows it.