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The Garden is a church for skeptics and saints.
It's a church where your bartender could get baptized, where broken marriages are restored, and the last person you'd see in church might be lit on fire by the hope of the Gospel.
The Garden is a church that's not bashful about truth but enthusiastic about rich theology so that Christians young and old might be fully equipped.
We long to see the whole West Valley renewed by the power and beauty of Jesus.
It's a church where your bartender could get baptized, where broken marriages are restored, and the last person you'd see in church might be lit on fire by the hope of the Gospel.
The Garden is a church that's not bashful about truth but enthusiastic about rich theology so that Christians young and old might be fully equipped.
We long to see the whole West Valley renewed by the power and beauty of Jesus.
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Are you a doer? Why should I pray when I have so much work to do? In this passage we see that prayer IS the work! Prayer has the power to shake the earth. Are you taking hold of this game-changing resource. All followers of Jesus are invited into the mysterious thunder of prayer. Listen to this teaching in Revelation 8:5-13 to learn more.
When the world around you unravels, where are you going to look? There's only two options: the temporal or eternal. Everything in this world will fail you but God has power not available that the world can't offer. We access Him through prayer. But does Prayer Really work? Revelation 8:1-4 answers that and many other objections to prayer we'll look at this teaching and the next. Today’s message is on the power of prayer in an unraveling world.
We hear words like "Salvation" and they sound like strange religious terms you hear from a spooky catholic priest on TV. But if we pause and unpack them we discover their power!WHAT IS SALVATION?WHAT DO I NEED TO BE SAVED FROM?WHO CAN SAVE ME AND HOW?This message digs into the rich biblical meaning of a beautiful, life-changing concept. This would be a PHENOMENAL talk to send to a friend who doesn't know much about Christianity. What skeptic could you send this to?Want to learn more about The...
There is a difference between love that’s sugary and love marked by loyalty. It’s the difference between wedding day love and the love that sits at the side of a loved ones death bed; between the friendship you have with buddies at the dive bar and that of a band of brothers willing to risk their lives for one another.Do you want to love people like that? You must experience loyal love before you can extend loyal love. Maybe you’ve NEVER experienced this kind of love. And even hearing about i...
The goal is not just to live but to pour your life out for Jesus. If there is no God there's nothing really worth pouring yourself out to. It all fades away in the end. But if Jesus is who He said He was, there's something deep and eternal with giving yourself to. So how do you live poured out? There are powerful insights in Revelation 6:9-17 that will pour into you.GET BAPTIZEDCOMMIT TO A SERVICESTEP UP TO SERVE KIDS
This episode is the story of the first year of planting roots in the West Valley. Pre-launch was a story of Gospel-risk, beautiful community, and the collective ownership of the mission by humble, Jesus-centered people . Post-Launch has been like re-living the book of Acts! The Holy Spirit is moving in the West Valley. In this conversation with Nolan and Lindsey, we pause and reflect on what He has done and look forward to where we're going.GET BAPTIZED!GO TO NEW HERE NIGHT!GIVE TO THE ...
The end is coming! Buuuut we can't know when...Instead of predicting precise details of the end times, the book of Revelation puts forward life-changing truths in the midst of our everyday struggles. Specifically pain. What are you going to do with the problem of suffering and hardship? In the famous passage about the four horsemen of the apocalypse, we see that Jesus is the hope you need in a hellish world.
If the resurrection of Jesus is true, it changes everything. It can move you from heartache to hope, from weeping to worship. In this teaching, we zoom in on a scene around the throne room of God, where we see the resurrected Jesus celebrated, and the meaning of the death and resurrection explained. There's power in what Jesus did that will change your life today--it can move you from weeping to worship.
The fastest growing worldview today is "no religious affiliation". Every corner of culture screams "right now is all you have". But John sees a vision in Revelation 4 that tells a totally different story: right now counts forever. Behind reality is the throne room of God. From flying creatures to glowing rainbows, the throne room is something to behold! There are insights we gain from a glimpse of God's throne room that offers new meaning to both skeptics and saints. Listen to this teach...
Eschatology is the study of last things. Everyone has an eschatology, even atheists. Bertrand Russel said humanity is destined “to extinction in the vast death of the solar system” so you should build your life on the “foundation of unyielding despair”. Christianity offers something infinitely better. Sadly many Christians, especially young Christians are functionally agnostic about the return of Christ. In today's teaching, Nolan Tjaden makes a case that Christ's return is not a sleepy ...
Today we’re eavesdropping on a letter from Jesus to a church that had lost her taste for Jesus. There was a detached, numbness inside of the church of Laodicea toward Jesus, a numbness brought on by their interest in themselves and thus disinterest with Him. Jesus is so disturbed by their lukewarmness that he says it’s actually He that will spit THEM out of his mouth!Have you grown cold and apathetic toward God? In this teaching, Nolan Tjaden walks through Revelation 3:14-22 that you might di...
Are you an effective evangelist? In this passage we find two powerful principles for being an effective and unflinching witness to Jesus. Jesus promised his followers in the ancient city of Philadelphia an open door to advance the Kingdom. What if you could impact eternity? Listen to this teaching to learn how.
Are Christians to avoid culture or engage it? Often, in a right desire to live honorable lives Christians, followers of Jesus err by losing all touch with those who don't yet know Jesus. But rather than hiding away on defense, the Church is called to be an influence. Jesus calls us to be on offense. In the letter to the church of Philadelphia, Jesus says He is going open for them a door for the Gospel. Imagine if you too could experience God opening a door for the Gospel in your spheres ...
Do you know someone who walked away from Jesus because of Church hurt? Data reveals that the number one reason people say they disbelieve in God is the hypocrisy of Christians. Christian hypocrisy hurts people. That's why in Revelation 3:1-6 Jesus addresses a church marked by a better reputation than character. The church of Sardis seemed to be alive but in actuality was dead. How do we know if we're spiritually alive? How do we deal with our own hypocrisy? In this message, we'll see how we c...
From fact checkers to deep fakes to fake news to lies surround us everywhere today. But that's nothing new. And fake bible teachers and false prophets are no exception. But the truth is lies aren't always insidious. Sometimes they feel really good and really tempting. Jesus writes to a church that feels like that. Thyatira is tempted by the idea that they can follow Jesus and embrace any kind of sexuality. A false prophetess is teaching them as much. But in this passage we find power to ideni...
We live in a world where up is down and down is up. Increasingly, people are being challenged to compromise morally. So are you. Where do find the burden to stay true to God, His Word, and His ways? In this passage taught by Justin Doyle, we find a Jesus who is unwilling to let His people slip into compromise. He calls the church of Pergamum to stay faithful in the midst of a culture where Satan's throne is. Don't sleep on the power of this passage. Listen to learn and grow in God's Word.
We have created the safest, most padded life possible in 2024 America. What if safe isn't actually what the human heart is most deeply longing for? The worst thing isn’t dying. The worst thing is not having anything worth dying for. The earliest Christians knew had something worth dying for. What made the early church so resilient? You can have what they had. Jesus puts something in souls that makes normal people unstoppable. Listen to this message by Nolan Tjaden to learn more.
Have you lost your fire? What happens between when you were head over heels in dating and the time when you're numb towards your spouse? What happens between the time that you on fire for Jesus and willing to serve anyone and you become disenchanted with God and the church? In this teaching we see Jesus, the ultimate coach corrects the church of Ephesus back to love they had at first. Like a great coach, He will encourage them for their hard work and biblical knowledge. However we find t...
This message is all about true worship. What is your view of Jesus? Maybe you’d say he's just dead rabbi that has had some influence on Western society the same as Sigmund Freud or Charles Darwin. He’s interesting but not personally consequential. Or maybe you’d say you believe in God, but Jesus and church are basically just a nice thing we can add to our lives. In this teaching, Nolan Tjaden argues that Jesus is not inconsequential or optional but vital. Jesus is the center of all things, an...
We live in a cultural that's spiritually lost at sea. In Jesus alone we find true north. In the opening of the book of Revelation we start to see the weight of Jesus' authority. If you're new to the book of Revelation you'll learn about the book's author John, understand the purpose of the book, and begin to see why Jesus must be the defining north star of the church and our individual lives.
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