"If you've been changed, you change. Your identity changes your activity." This week, Pastor Ben Stuart continues in our Take Heart series through 1 Peter and shows us two ways we're meant to be different from the culture around us in a difficult day: by anchoring our hope in Jesus and living out our faith in a way that reflects that hope. Key Verses // 1 Peter 1:13-21

"The definitive mark of those who have been loved by God through the grace of Jesus is that we love." This week, we are continuing in our Take Heart series through 1 Peter by looking at the defining trait of the believer: our love for one another. In this week's message, Pastor Ben Stuart lays out two different reasons Peter gives for why we are meant to love each other, and explores some of the ways we can love sincerely and actively. Key Verses // 1 Peter 1:22-2:3

"As long as you have breath in your lungs, God's not finished with you. When Jesus meets you at your point of need, something amazing happens. There's something different about you." This week we are excited to be joined by our good friend Mikado Hinson, assistant Athletic Director of Player Development at Texas A&M University! Mikado shows us how encounters with Jesus in the gospels changed the lives of the people he ministered to, and explores what it looks like for us to have divine appointments in our own lives. Key Verses // Proverbs 16:9, Psalm 37:23, Mark 4:35-41, Mark 5

This week we are joined by our good friend and the lead pastor of Fresh Life Church, Pastor Levi Lusko! Pastor Levi walks us through the story of the beginning of Jesus' ministry in the Gospel of John when he turned water into wine at the wedding in Cana. Pastor Levi shows us five ways that Jesus' first miracle communicated what his ministry is meant to be for us, and explains what this powerful story means for our purpose today. Key Verses // John 2:1-12

"We all want to be part of a community that loves us and have a cause that is worthy of our life." Pastor Ben Stuart is back this week as we continue in our Take Heart series through 1 Peter! Life is difficult, and in the midst of suffering it can be hard to have hope. But Peter reminds us that we can find hope in our God-given identity: we are part of a community that is built on Christ with a shared cause. Key Verses // 1 Peter 2:4-10

What do we do when our allegiance to Jesus puts us at odds with the dominant culture? This week, Pastor Ben Stuart is back at it in our Take Heart series through 1 Peter. As Peter's letter shifts from our identity in Jesus to our actions as His followers, Pastor Ben shows us that we are not meant to fight AGAINST people with different world-views and lifestyles; we fight FOR them. Key Verses // 1 Peter 2:11-17

Continuing in our Take Heart series, Pastor Ben Stuart shows us how the people of Jesus are meant to conduct ourselves in the workplace by doing good and learning how to suffer hardships well. Key Verses // 1 Peter 2:18-25, 1 Corinthians 7:20-24, Luke 6:27-36

This week we are joined by a good friend of our house: Andrew Scott, President and CEO of Operation Mobilization. Andrew brings an encouraging message about the identity that God has given us, and how it has the power to change our purpose no matter where we find ourselves in life. Key Verses // Genesis 1:26-27, 2:15, Ephesians 1:4-5, 1:11-12, 2:10

The word "marriage" can have a variety of negative and positive connotations for different people depending on their own experiences. Continuing in our Take Heart series, Pastor Ben Stuart explores what Peter has to say in scripture about God's design for marriage, and gives an encouraging word about how we are meant to help each other flourish. Key Verses // 1 Peter 3:1-7

The Christian's allegiance to Jesus often results in being misunderstood and insulted by people around us. But we are not called to passively withdraw or to lash out in anger; we are meant to bless those who disagree with us. Continuing in our Take Heart series, Pastor Ben Stuart shows us how Peter encouraged the church to respond to those who opposed them and offers some guiding principles about navigating an increasingly antagonistic culture. Key Verses // 1 Peter 3:8-12

Hopelessness is on the rise in these difficult and hostile times. What can followers of Jesus do to display hope to a hurting world? In today's message, Pastor Ben Stuart brings an encouraging and challenging word about the hope that we have in Jesus and how to share it with those around us. Key Verses // 1 Peter 3:13-22