August 16th, 2026

“Good Gifts”

Acts 18:1-17

Rev. Tyler Dirks

Sermon Audio

Sermon Outline:

1. Friendship
2. Work
3. Stories

Reflection Questions:

1. When was a time you deeply delighted in an enriching, edifying, friendship (e.g. a time of significant commiseration and joyful camaraderie)?
2. When was a time you deeply delighted in good work? Perhaps you enjoyed the work so much, you didn’t want it to end when quitting time rolled around?
3. 3. How have you experienced the connection between good work and human dignity?
4. What are 2 or 3 of your favorite stories (from your life, from human history, from books, from movies, from the Bible, etc.)?
5. When was a time you actually felt mesmerized by the story of Jesus of Nazareth – namely His fulfillment of THE WORK (see John 6:29), and His insistence on having an eternal relationship with you (see John 14:2-3)?

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August 9th, 2026

“Remaining In The Gospel”

Galatians 1:6-9

Rev. Pedro Pollorena

Sermon Audio

Sermon Outline:

1. A Shocking Abandonment (v. 6)
2. A Distorted Gospel (v.7)
3. Paul Gives A Serious Warning (vv. 8-9)

Reflection Questions:

1. Am I trusting completely in Christ’s finished work for my salvation, or have I begun to rely on my own performance, religious activities, or good works?
2. What “different gospels” or false messages in today’s culture most tempt Christians to add something to the gospel of grace?
3. How can I personally remain faithful to the true gospel and help protect and pass it on to my family, church, and future generations?

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August 2nd, 2026

“The Unknown God”

Acts 17:22-34

Rev. Tyler Dirks

Sermon Audio

Sermon Outline:

1. Does Things Different
2. Dirt

Reflection Questions:

1. Would you say that in every way, you are a VERY religious person? Why or why not?
2. What are 3 significant ways Jesus does things differently than the way you do things?
3. When was a time you thought God would have your back, but He didn’t? (see Luke 10:38-42; Matthew 16:22-23; Matthew 7:21-23; 2 Samuel 7:1-17)
4. How do you feel about the fact that God insists on comparing you with sheep and children? How do you feel about the fact that your ancestry is Adamah?

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July 26th, 2026

“Noticed V. Seen”

Acts 17:1-9

Rev. Tyler Dirks

Sermon Audio

Sermon Outline:

1. Coping Strategies
2. Christ Strange

Reflection Questions:

1. Are you in love with being noticed, but afraid of being seen?
2. Will you hurt anyone who gets too close, but also anyone who will not look?
3. Which way do you lean: epicureanism or stoicism?
4. How have you personally experienced the STRANGENESS of Jesus Christ?
5. How do you feel about Jonah’s extremely unflattering post about himself? (see Jonah 4:1-3,9)
6. What do you make of the utterly enigmatic invitation found in John 4:29?

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July 19th, 2026

“The Bullies & The Bereans”

Acts 17:10-15

Rev. Tyler Dirks

Sermon Audio

Sermon Outline:

1. The Bullies
2. The Bereans
3. The Body

Reflection Questions:

1. When (and how) have you been a bully?
2. When have you been preoccupied with a particular brand of Christianity (or theology), and/or the celebrity appeal of a certain personality?
3. When have you personally and profoundly wrestled with the Word of God/Jesus of Nazareth? When have you experienced and enjoyed Jesus as bridegroom and palpable boss of your life?
4. What is one of your best memories of belonging to, and fully participating in, the body of Christ?

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July 12th, 2026

“Jesus Consequences”

Acts 17:1-9

Rev. Tyler Dirks

Sermon Audio

Sermon Outline:

1. Changes the Trajectory
2. Cripples the economy
3. Caught in His Current

Reflection Questions:

1. What is your favorite disruptive and/or controversial thing Jesus says in the Bible?
2. When have you engaged Jesus in a specific follow-up conversation about a point of emphasis where you felt He was being a bit too extreme?
3. What are 2 primary and personal implications ofActs 17:2-3 (“Paul reasoned with them from the Scriptures, explaining and proving that it was necessary for the Christ to SUFFER and to rise from the DEAD)? …see also John 3:14, 5:39; and Luke 24:27, 44.
4. How do you currently participate in the market for respectability, validation, and achieving control through fear? …Deep dive? Dabble? Disrupt?
5. What if just one of the unflattering stories about David was true of you, and what if God published that story? Would you rage against God for shaming and dishonoring you? OR would you invite everyone to joyfully come and meet a God who exposes everything you’ve ever done?
6. When was a time you experienced the real consequences of believing in Jesus of Nazareth (it wasn’t mere philosophy, or theological knowledge, or abstract theories)?

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July 5th, 2026

“How the Law Works in Our Lives”

Romans 7:7-13

Rev. Bailey Wagner

Sermon Audio

Sermon Outline:

1. The Law Reveals Sin
2. The Law Results in Death
3. The Law Reorients us to Jesus

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June 28th, 2026

“Patience & Power”

Acts 16:16-40

Rev. Tyler Dirks

Sermon Audio

Sermon Outline:

1. Punishing
2. Patience
3. Power

Reflection Questions:

1. What kinds of punishing situations have you experienced? For example, being followed around by someone with a spirit of divination – repeating one sentence of accurate information about you for days many days? Or being seized and dragged and falsely accused by people who are upset with you because you threatened their wealth?
2. When was a time you chose to be patient and endure hardship because it was a way to experience fellowship with Jesus (Philippians 3:10), and fill up what is lacking in Christ’s afflictions (Colossians 1:24), and partner with the body of Jesus in the tribulation and the kingdom and the patient endurance that are in Jesus (Revelation 1:9)?
3. When was a time that you chose to be patient and endure evil in order to give stubborn people time to repent (2 Timothy 2)?
4. When was a time you sang Psalm 2 in the face of injustice?
5. When was a time you chose to be “absurdly” confident in God, while being in an explicit position of weakness?

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June 21st, 2026

“Our Designs, God’s Direction”

Acts 16:6-15

Rev. Tyler Dirks

Sermon Audio

Sermon Outline:

1. Frustrated
2. Fellowship
3. Fruit

Reflection Questions:

1. When was a time God frustrated your good plans? How did you feel about that?
2. How have you experienced deeper fellowship with the spirit of Jesus when you have been forced to wait and wonder what’s going on?
3. How have you personally experienced hopeful groaning (supernaturally assisted by the Spirit of Jesus)?
4. When was a time you experience something unexpectedly exceedingly joyful and fruitful?

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June 14th, 2026

“What You CAN Do”

Acts 16:1-5

Rev. Tyler Dirks

Sermon Audio

Sermon Outline:

1. Where & Who
2. Do
3. Emphasize

Reflection Questions:

1. Where (and who) do you regularly & joyfully choose to be (with)? What do you specifically and substantially enjoy about that particular environment (and community)? How does that setting (and society) help you to see and savor Jesus?
2. When was a time you shrewdly overlooked (or bypassed) something controversial or problematic in order to focus on something emphatically, essentially, and preeminently joyful?
3. Based on your most honest reading of Scripture – what is the emphasis of the Bible?

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