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The Parable of the Fig Tree
This week on Cultivate, Charlie and Abigail work through one of the shortest and strangest parables Jesus ever told — the Parable of the Fig Tree in Luke 13. It's only...
Rooted: What It Actually Takes to Stay Grounded
Life doesn't come at you in one big wave. It comes in a relentless series of them — and if you don't have something solid underneath you, you end up somewhere you neve...
The Parable of the Talents
This week on Cultivate, Charlie and Abigail dig into one of the most well-known parables Jesus ever told — and one of the most misunderstood. The Parable of the Talent...
The Gospel Was Always for Everyone
The disciples thought the good news was for their people. Their nation. Their tribe. They had to be pushed — sometimes literally scattered by persecution — before they...
The Parable of the Rich Man and Lazarus
This week on Cultivate, Charlie and Abigail work through one of the most unusual parables Jesus ever told — the Rich Man and Lazarus in Luke 16. It's the only parable ...
A Different Kind of Power
After the resurrection, the disciples still had the wrong question. They wanted to know when Jesus was going to fix the world — when he was going to restore Israel, ri...
Parable of the Shrewd Manager
This week on Cultivate, Charlie and Abigail tackle what might be the most confusing parable in the Gospels — the Parable of the Shrewd Manager in Luke 16. A property m...
You Have Full Access
We say it so often it starts to lose its weight: Jesus died for your sins. But what does that actually mean? And what changed because of it?In week six of Foundations,...
Parable of the Rich Fool
This week on Cultivate, Charlie and Abigail dig into Luke 12 and one of Jesus' most pointed parables — the Rich Fool. It starts with a guy in the crowd interrupting Je...
When God Came Close
For four hundred years, the Jewish people waited in silence for a Messiah — and every expectation pointed to power. A warrior. A political liberator. Someone who would...
Stop Settling for a Distant God
Most of us have a working theory about how God operates: follow the rules, hope you've done enough, and maybe he'll come through. It's functional. It's familiar. And a...
What Jesus Actually Teaches About Prayer
This week on Cultivate, Charlie and Abigail dig into Luke 11 — where the disciples ask Jesus a deceptively simple question: "Lord, teach us to pray." Jesus responds wi...
God Doesn't Have a Favorite. He Has a Family.
Most people have heard that Abraham is the father of the Jewish faith. Fewer people understand why — or what it actually means that God "chose" him.In week three of Fo...
The Parable of the Persistent Widow
This week on Cultivate, Charlie and Abigail dig into the Parable of the Persistent Widow from Luke 18 and what it teaches about prayer, faith, and God's justice. They ...
What the Story of Noah Gets Wrong About God
Most of us grew up with the rainbow and the animals. We missed the harder, richer story underneath.In this week's Foundations sermon, Mark walks through Genesis 6–9 an...
Faith, Forgiveness, and Duty
This week on Cultivate, we explored the themes of sin, faith, and duty as found in Luke 17:1–10. Charlie Loften and Abigail Boone dove into Jesus’ challenging words ab...
Foundations
This week in our Foundations series, we discussed the beginnings of God’s story in Genesis 1–3 and what it means for our lives today. Charlie Loften walked us through ...
The Cost of Being a Disciple
This week on Cultivate, we unpacked the cost of being a disciple and what it truly means to follow Jesus. Charlie Loften and Abigail Boone dove into Luke 14:25–35, whe...
Why We Need Each Other
This week in our Off Ramps series, we discussed the powerful role of friendship and the dangers of loneliness on our walk of faith. Mark led us through Ecclesiastes 4:...
Jesus at a Pharisee’s House
This week on Cultivate, we discussed what it looks like to live with humility and generosity, especially in spaces where we’re tempted to seek recognition. Charlie and...
Breaking the Shame Cycle: Finding Freedom in God’s Truth
This week in our Off Roads series, we discussed how shame and fear can quietly steer us off course in our relationship with God—especially when it comes to the topic o...
The Parable of the Growing Seed
This week on Cultivate, we explored the Parable of the Growing Seed from Mark 4—a story unique to Mark’s gospel where Jesus describes the mysterious way God’s kingdom ...
Trusting God’s Boundaries for Flourishing
This week in our Off Ramps series, we discussed the subtle ways spiritual drift can happen, especially in the area of sex and sexuality. Charlie Loften walked us throu...
The Parable of Salt and Light
This week on Cultivate, we dove into Jesus’s teachings about being “salt and light” from Matthew 5:13–16. Charlie Loften and Abigail Boone explored how Jesus calls ord...
Finding Real Freedom in Faith, Not Works
This week in our Off Ramps series, we discussed how striving to be “good enough” can quietly derail our relationship with God. Charlie Lofton shared from Ephesians 2:8...
The Parable of the Wineskins
This week on Cultivate, we explored questions about fasting through the parable of the wineskins in Matthew 9. Charlie Loften and Abigail Boone unpacked why Jesus’ dis...
The Heart Behind Our Finances
This week in our Off Ramps series, we discussed how our attitudes toward money can quietly lead us away from faith. Focusing on 1 Timothy 6:6–10, Charlie Loften explor...
Build Your House on the Rock
This week on Cultivate, we dove into the familiar parable of the wise and foolish builders from Matthew 7:24–27. Charlie Lofton and Abigail Boone explored how Jesus’ t...
Life is a Highway
This week in our Off Ramps series, we discussed the everyday struggles many of us have with money and the ways fear and anxiety can quietly pull us away from trusting ...
Busyness
This week in our Off Ramps series, we discussed how busyness can quietly lead us away from the life God invites us into. Charlie Loften walked us through Luke 10:38–42...