Arbor Church

“Judge not, that you be not judged. For with the judgment you pronounce you will be judged, and with the measure you use it will be measured to you. Why do you see the speck that is in your brother’s eye, but do not notice the log that is in your own eye? Or how can you say to your brother, ‘Let me take the speck out of your eye,’ when there is the log in your own eye”?

Alison, Hayden, and Ryan sit down to discuss Ryan’s message from Sunday.

“You have heard that it was said, ‘An eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth.’ But I say to you, Do not resist the one who is evil. But if anyone slaps you on the right cheek, turn to him the other also." – Matthew 5:38–39. This is one of the most challenging teachings Jesus gives us in the Sermon on the Mount. Did the One who flipped tables in the temple really suggest that we should lie down and let others walk all over us?

Hayden, Michael, and Ryan sit down to discuss Ryan’s message from Sunday.

“You are the salt of the earth, but if salt has lost its taste, how shall its saltiness be restored? It is no longer good for anything except to be thrown out and trampled under people’s feet." – Matthew 5:13. Pastor Ryan unpacks the rich meaning of this familiar passage: what salt and light tell us about who we are, how Jesus sees us, and our role in the world in which we temporarily reside.

Bryan, Hayden, and Ryan sit down to discuss Ryan’s message from Sunday.

Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be called children of God. – Matthew 5:9. Ryan opens our new Summer on the Mount series with a message on peacemaking in our divisive and polarized times – not peacekilling, or even peacekeeping, but literally doing the hard work of making peace, as believers and as a church body.

Alison, Hayden, and Ryan sit down to discuss Ryan’s message from Sunday.

No one likes uncertainty, but adversity and uncertainty go hand in hand with following Jesus. In his first message as Arbor’s lead pastor, Pastor Ryan explains why this is so, using examples from the Scripture, his own life, and Arbor’s past.

We are excited to introduce Ryan Plantz, our lead pastor! Take a listen and get to know our new staff member at Arbor Church.