In this message from the In Christ series, Tyler Lynde opens Ephesians 4:1–6 and calls our church to be One on Purpose. Division is cheap and everywhere; unity, he says, is a grace gift from God that we are eager to maintain. Building from identity to purpose, Tyler urges us to “walk worthy of the calling” with humility, gentleness, patience, and enduring love, refusing to let clashing personalities, secondary doctrines, or cultural tribes outrank our eternal bond in Jesus.

Tyler traces a biblical peace pattern that makes unity possible in real life. First, peace with God through the gospel (Romans 5:1): we acknowledge our need, repent, believe on the Lord Jesus, and live a transformed life by grace. Then, the peace of God that steadies us when circumstances shake (Philippians 4:7). Tyler shares how, during a hospital crisis, God’s presence filled the room with a peace nurses could feel—an embodied picture of Christ’s calm that guards hearts and minds. Finally, the Spirit grows the fruit of peace in us (Galatians 5:22–23), reshaping tone, timing, and responses in conflict. Without peace with God, no other peace can hold; with it, we can practice a new reflex in our homes, teams, and church family.

To keep unity substantive—not sentimental—Tyler anchors us in seven essentials Paul gives: one body, one Spirit, one hope, one Lord, one faith, one baptism, one God and Father of all. These pillars define the nonnegotiables of historic Christianity and supply a shared center when opinions multiply. Around them we practice wise freedom on non-essentials and stubborn love in all things, living the ancient wisdom: in essentials, unity; in non-essentials, liberty; in all things, charity. Practically, Tyler invites us to de-escalate with grace, ask whether a concern is eternal or preferential, speak truth seasoned with kindness, take grievances to people not about them, resist caricatures and party-line proxies, confess quickly, forgive fully, and keep a seat at the table even when differences remain. He names the enemy’s strategy to splinter the church and stall the gospel—and shows how the cross levels us all.

Tyler closes by praying Jesus’ John 17 prayer over our church, asking that our oneness would tell the truth about him to a watching world. Watch and share this message with a friend who needs hope for hard relationships, and let’s keep the main things main as we walk in the bond of peace.

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In The Believer’s Identity, part of the In Christ series, Kelly Kinder returns to Ephesians to help you bridge who you are with how you live. He frames the message with a simple picture: imagine a scale with your calling in Christ on one side and your daily conduct on the other. The goal isn’t to grind harder but to let your behavior rise to match your calling. Kelly shows how Ephesians moves from identity (chapters 1–3) to lifestyle (chapters 4–6), and he urges you to “walk in a manner worthy of the calling” from Ephesians 4:1–3.

Kelly reminds you that spiritual amnesia—forgetting who you are in Christ—wrecks confidence and relationships. But when you remember you’ve been crucified with Christ, hidden with Christ, and made alive by faith, you can love and serve without fear of rejection or the need for constant validation. Drawing from John 13, Kelly points to Jesus, who, knowing exactly who he was, took the lowest place and washed his disciples’ feet. Identity fuels purpose.

From there, Kelly unpacks the “worthy walk” through four graces that turn belief into behavior. Humility isn’t groveling; it’s sober self-assessment that lifts others. With a lighthearted nod to Muhammad Ali’s airplane quip, Kelly contrasts self-promotion with Christlike lowliness that lets the work speak louder than our words. Gentleness isn’t weakness; it’s strength under control—the kind of measured presence that won’t break a bruised reed or snuff a smoldering wick. Patience stretches your fuse, trusting God’s timing in a hurry-sick world; Kelly even laughs at his own battles with red lights and long checkout lines to show how formation often happens in life’s “long line.” Enduring love bears with people to the end, echoing Jesus’ love on the night he washed feet—yes, even Judas’s.

These graces are not abstractions; they work in real life. Kelly retells David’s restraint with Shimei to illustrate entrusting your case to the just Judge rather than retaliating. Then he gets practical: soften your tone, wait a beat before reacting, choose to serve unseen, and stay present when you’d rather withdraw. Unity isn’t something we manufacture; the Spirit already formed it. Our call is to maintain it in the bond of peace by walking this path together.

If you’re ready to realign your walk with your calling and rebuild trust where it’s thin, watch and share this message—and consider which grace you’ll practice this week.

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In Go For Me, Tyler Lynde closes the Discipleship Matters journey by showing why a church prepared for crisis is a church shaped by discipleship. He revisits Jesus’ four-step path—come and see, follow me, be with me, go for me—and then stays with the final step that turns conviction into movement. Opening Mark 16:15-20 like a field manual, Tyler makes the call clear: we are commanded to go into all the world, and we are never sent alone.

Tyler clarifies the message we carry. The gospel isn’t our moral performance or church brand; it’s the finished work of Jesus: Christ died for our sins, was buried, and rose on the third day (1 Corinthians 15:1-4). That good news is God’s power for salvation (Romans 1:16). The only right response is repent and believe (Mark 1:15), and baptism becomes the public witness that we belong to Jesus. He urges us to talk to people, not at them, to pray that God opens blind eyes, and to rest in the freeing truth that we don’t save anyone—God does.

From message to power, Tyler shows how the risen Jesus still “works with” His people. Ordinary believers can ask to pray, confront darkness with Christ’s authority, lay hands on the sick, and expect God to confirm His word. This isn’t a pastor-only lane or a call to spectacle; it’s the normal Christian life empowered by the Holy Spirit (Acts 1:8). The safest place to be is on mission with God—not because risk disappears, but because His presence accompanies obedience.

He also names four barriers that dim our light: the comfort of community that turns inward, fear amplified by constant panic, love of the shadows that splits Sunday faith from weekday life, and hatred of those in darkness that forgets our own rescue. The gospel answers each: remember the Father’s sending love (John 3:16), resist fear with discernment and prayer, repent of compromise, and practice enemy-love.

Finally, Tyler gives a simple on-ramp: small circles. Invite one, ask them to invite one, keep it to three. Read Mark one chapter a week, write a short prayer, note one insight and one application, swap questions, hop on a 20-minute weekly call, and gather monthly in person—then reproduce. Write your name on the lobby boards—discipling, being discipled, ready to start—and join the church family on February 8 to pray for fresh boldness. Going doesn’t require a passport, only obedience. If you’re ready to trade spectatorship for multiplication, press play and take your next step.

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What if the one command Jesus made unmistakable is the one we’ve quietly sidelined? In Be With Me, part of the Discipleship Matters series, Kelly Kinder asks that unsettling question and leads us back to the heartbeat of the Great Commission: as you are going, make disciples—not by adding more church activity, but by staying close to Jesus so his life flows through ours.

Working from Mark 3, Kelly traces Jesus’ simple rhythm—come and see, follow me, be with me, go for me—and shows why “be with me” is the engine of transformation. Jesus didn’t merely select twelve; he made twelve, forming something new through a relationship of proximity and purpose. Kelly highlights Jesus’ circles of influence—the crowds, the seventy-two, the twelve, the three—and the deeper access and change that come as we move closer to him. The result is what Acts 4:13 describes: ordinary people recognized as those who had been with Jesus.

Two pictures anchor the message. First, the yoke: take my yoke upon you and learn from me. Kelly reframes the yoke as life beside a stronger, trained companion. Yoked to Christ, we unlearn un-Christlike reflexes, grow faith over fear, practice agape love, bear fruit that lasts, and learn daily self-denial. Second, the vine: remain in me. Abiding becomes staying—holding firm to our identity (he is the vine, we are branches, the Father is the gardener), practicing consistency when teachings are hard, embracing dependency because apart from him we can do nothing, and trusting sufficiency as Jesus meets needs with leftovers that feed even the servers.

Kelly then puts handles on the vision with a “small circle” plan you can start this week. Invite one person, ask them to invite one more, and journey as three through the Gospel of Mark for sixteen weeks. Read one chapter a week, pray directly from the text, capture one insight and one concrete application, meet briefly to share and pray, gather monthly around a table to deepen trust, and multiply at the end. It’s lightweight, Scripture-first, and built to reproduce—shifting us from consuming content to transferring life.

If you’ve tried everything else, try what Jesus actually asked us to do. Watch this message, ask Jesus for your “one,” and begin a circle that keeps you close to him and carries his life to others. In a world of noise and drift, being with Jesus is still how ordinary people become catalysts for extraordinary change.

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In Discipleship Matters, Tyler Lynde continues with Follow Me by naming a reality we all feel: crisis isn’t an if but a when. The answer isn’t panic; it’s formation. Tyler frames the year with a simple conviction—sharpened Christians are best equipped for crisis—and then walks us through Jesus’ four-stage path of discipleship: come and see, follow me, be with me, go for me. He highlights the hinge, “Follow me,” where spectators become imitators who carry Jesus’ heart into everyday places that need it most.

Drawing from Matthew 4:18–22, Tyler shows how Jesus’ invitation is an invitation to imitation. “Follow me, and I will make you fishers of men” redefines success around serving. Mark 10:45 anchors the new definition of greatness: even the Son of Man came not to be served, but to serve. Tyler asks, “How’s your serve game?” and paints a practical picture of servants who step into gaps at work, at home, and in the city—people about whom others say, “They’ll do anything for anyone.”

From there he presses into character. John 14 reminds us that Jesus reveals the Father; disciples reveal Jesus. Tyler invites honest self-examination: if those you’re discipling shadowed you for a week, what would they learn to imitate—patience, integrity, repentance? He normalizes the Spirit’s refining work: over time motives, tone, and thought patterns come under grace, and repentance becomes a rhythm. Authentic character, lived with appropriate transparency, is credible evangelism in a skeptical world.

Tyler keeps Jesus’ heart for the lost at the center. Luke 19 and Luke 4 frame a life moved by compassion—seeking, saving, setting free. Instead of treating outreach as a program, he calls us to notice real names in our contacts, neighbors on our street, co-workers who ask for prayer, and to move toward them. And he keeps the target clear: multiplication, not addition. With Paul’s pattern—“Imitate me as I imitate Christ,” “entrust to faithful people who will teach others also”—Tyler offers a doable rhythm: think big, start small, go deep. One person, one meal, one prayer at a time.

A moving testimony ties it all together. A dad simply said, “Invite Nick to Bible study,” then kept showing up for breakfasts. God used ordinary presence to rewrite a life. Tyler closes with clear next steps: dare to be a disciple, take stock of your relationships, pray, invite in, teach to obey, and release to multiply. Watch to be equipped with courage and practical steps to follow Jesus and help someone else do the same this week.

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Neil Silverberg opens the new year and the Discipleship Matters series by reframing the Great Commission around its true engine: make. He explains that Jesus’ command is not primarily about travel but about intentional, relational disciple making in the normal flow of life—workplaces, classrooms, neighborhoods, and homes. Drawing from John’s unique record of Jesus’ first year, Neil unpacks the simple yet profound invitation “come and see,” showing how discipleship begins with presence. Two seekers asked where Jesus was staying; Jesus answered with an invitation into his life. That pattern—finding, inviting, staying—becomes the seedbed of transformation.

Neil traces how John highlights seven “signs” that point beyond the moment to the Messiah, building belief and anchoring disciples in the identity of Jesus. Signs aren’t ends in themselves; they are road markers to the person and glory of Christ. From there, he explains why Jesus moved away from the crowds to shape a few: internalization and multiplication. Values and practices take root through proximity and honest relationships; then they spread as those formed by Jesus form others. With vivid clarity, Neil contrasts addition and multiplication—one decision a day looks impressive, but two grounded disciples who each disciple two more eventually outpace addition and produce depth that lasts.

A moving story brings it home: Neil recounts a friend named Gordon who discipled two men. Years later, Gordon was flown across the country to meet dozens who had come to faith and growth through multiple generations of those two initial relationships. This is the quiet power of spiritual offspring that keeps reproducing long after the first meeting is over.

Neil also lays out four stages in Jesus’ pathway—come and see, follow me, be with me, and go and make—that offer a clear map for growth. To make it practical, he offers six steps: dare to be a disciple yourself, assess your current relationships, pray about whom to invest in, invite them into your life, teach them to follow Jesus in everyday habits, and equip them to multiply from the start. Expect a gentle push out of comfort zones and into the harvest where you already live and work. If you’re ready to replace programs with presence and crowds with a few who will change many, this message will help you begin. Who will you invite to “come and see” this week?

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Mark Medley opens Psalm 105 and invites us to practice gratitude so we can remember and retell God’s works among us. He frames the morning as “stones of remembrance,” rehearsing how the Lord formed belonging, deepened growth, and multiplied service in 2025—and how those simple steps will shape the year ahead.

Under Belong, Mark celebrates the fruit of a team-led pastoral model that equips the saints and makes space for many voices. Average attendance rose by more than 80 people each week. Thirty-eight new partners (17 families) completed the New Partners track. More than 15 babies were dedicated, and nine people were baptized. Community Groups ranged from apologetics, traditional skills, and business cohorts to support groups and “Dinners for 8,” while house-church style gatherings carried fellowship through the year. Trinity Christian Academy surged to 242 Friday co‑op students (104 families), added 45 high schoolers in Thursday core classes, and now connects 133 families across TCA’s ministries. Midweek equipping and a growing rhythm of Triads point to where we’re headed next.

Under Grow, Mark highlights Scripture at the center. The church moved through Nehemiah, the Sermon on the Mount, and Ephesians 1–3, with 127 people in a chronological Bible plan. Twenty-one days of corporate prayer and fasting pressed roots deeper into God. Leadership pipelines—Trinity Ministry Apprenticeship and the Timothy Team—multiplied emerging teachers and mentors. Marriage and parenting equipping, FIT classes, and young mothers’ discipleship helped homes become disciple-making hubs.

Under Serve, presence turned belief into action. Seven Serve Day projects mobilized 80 volunteers across parks, schools, assisted living, and downtown outreach. A providential building purchase provided long‑term stability and room for a sanctuary build‑out. Justice and mercy advanced through protecting human life initiatives, Street Hope, Hope Resource Center, and a thriving prison ministry. ROTC cadets found discipleship, meals, and mentors through weekly rhythms on campus. Partnerships with Empower School and Farm and Compassion Coalition deepened local impact.

Globally, our people touched five continents. Two Cuba trips trained leaders and helped purchase a house‑church property now hosting forty-plus people. In Tanzania, the Maasai community grew in discipleship and development as the Victoria Watoto School surpassed 150 students. Partners in France and Poland discipled young professionals and united churches, while next‑gen missionaries served in South Korea, Poland, Thailand, and Honduras. Sent Ones extended reach through Siberian Missions, the Ezra Project, and Thrive Ministries, including new translations and grief-care resources in Ukrainian and Russian.

Looking to 2026, Mark calls us to grow deeper to know Christ and make Him known. Imagine your next step—belong, grow, or serve—and join the story.

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In See God, part of the Expecting series, Tyler Lynde walks slowly through Luke 2:8–20 and invites you to recover a fresh vision of Jesus. He begins on a quiet hillside with ordinary shepherds doing ordinary work, because worship often starts in the middle of everyday life—on the night shift, at the table, in the carpool line. Into that routine, a burst of glory breaks through. Tyler reflects on the awe the shepherds felt, the kind of healthy fear that is not dread but reverence—the doorway to deep joy.

Tyler unpacks why the angel announces three titles—Savior, Christ, and Lord—and why we still need all three. Savior means rescue from sin and wrath, the exchange described in 2 Corinthians 5:21. Christ means the anointed One, carrying heaven’s authority to proclaim good news, set captives free, and heal the broken as in Luke 4:18–19. Lord means God in the flesh, sovereign over all, the One before whom every knee will bow. Worship isn’t a vague spirituality; it centers on Jesus.

He then lingers with the angels’ song: Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace. The order matters—glory up, then peace down. When we lift our eyes and magnify God, we find what Romans 5:1 promises: peace with God through Jesus, which opens the way to the peace of God in daily life. The manger points to the cross; the Lamb of God does what Old Testament sacrifices could only foreshadow.

The shepherds’ response becomes a roadmap for renewal: hear, hurry, behold, and tell. They go with haste, find Jesus as promised, and spread the word so others can wonder too. Tyler shares a moving moment from early ministry when a young girl on the autism spectrum whispered, “Jesus, I see you,” and an entire room shifted from irritation to adoration—an unforgettable reminder that God loves to reveal himself to the overlooked.

If your worship has felt thin, Tyler offers a simple reset: create quiet, receive the word, go toward Jesus in prayer and community, and share what you’ve seen. Join the heavenly chorus of Revelation 5 and let glory rise so peace can descend—in your home, neighborhood, and church. Expect to see God again. If this message encouraged you, consider subscribing, sharing it with a friend who needs hope, and leaving a review to help others find it.

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