
Arbor Church
The Arbor Church Podcast features weekly messages and more from the teaching team at Arbor Church in Woodinville, Washington.
Latest episodes

Mar 2, 2025 • 35min
Change is Good: When Change Feels Impossible
Ryan concludes our Change is Good series with a message for those of us who might be skeptical about the possibility of change because we’ve been stuck for so long.
What do we do when we want to change … but don’t feel like we’re changing?

Feb 23, 2025 • 27min
Change is Good: Discipline
Endure your suffering as discipline; God is treating you as sons. For what son is there that a father does not discipline?
– Hebrews 12:7
The word discipline brings up difficult feelings for some – it makes us think of pain, or abuse, or shame. Can discipline be good? Alison continues our series “Change is Good” with a message about the what, when, and how of God’s discipline.

Feb 16, 2025 • 32min
Change is Good: A New Creation
So then, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; what is old has passed away – look, what is new has come!
– 2 Corinthians 5
Scott continues our series Change is Good with a message about the compelling love of Christ and what it means to be a new creation in Him.

Feb 9, 2025 • 34min
Change is Good: Transformation
Do not be conformed to this present world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, so that you may test and approve what is the will of God—what is good and well-pleasing and perfect.
– Romans 12
This week, a message on what lasting change requires: not just resolve, but renewal.

Feb 2, 2025 • 33min
Change is Good: Trials
As Arbor moves to two services for the first time in years, Ryan opens our new series Change is Good with a message on trials. They aren’t fun, but … nobody ever developed unshakable faith through a life of comfort.

Jan 26, 2025 • 30min
Scripture is Transformation
Blessed is the one… whose delight is in the law of the Lord, and who meditates on his law day and night.
– Psalm 1:2
Ryan concludes our series on Scripture by answering the question, ‘What is Scripture?’ In this sermon, we explore how we can find delight in Scripture and how God uses it to transform us.

Jan 19, 2025 • 30min
Scripture is a guide
How do we build ryhtms with the Bible in a transformitive and sustainable way? Ryan discusses how scripture serves as a guide that continually points us to Jesus, and he offers practical steps for engaging with the Word more deeply in our daily lives.

Jan 12, 2025 • 33min
What is Scripture?
Every scripture is inspired by God and useful for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness.
– 2 Timothy 3:16
In the first installment of a three-part series, Ryan dives into the sometimes strange, sometimes hard but always impactful thing that is scripture.

Jan 5, 2025 • 54min
Vision Sunday - 2025
Just as Abraham embarked on a journey of faith, Arbor Church is also on a path of following God. Join Ryan and the team as they reflect on the past year, explore where we are now, and share the vision for the year ahead.

Dec 24, 2024 • 24min
Advent: Chosen (Shepherds)
In this special Christmas Eve message, Ryan Plantz shares about the shepherds who were chosen to be the first to hear the good news of Jesus’ birth.