Arbor Church

Judge not, lest you be judged! It’s one of the few Bible verses that almost everyone seems to know, and many take it to mean “just don’t judge anyone at all, ever”. This isn’t actually what the Bible says, however, and Jake walks us through Jesus and Paul’s teachings on the why, who, and how of judging.

Arbor Celebrates its first birthday and Jake shares Arbor’s mission for the next year.

We know worrying isn’t usually helpful… but we often find ourselves caught up in it anyway. Jesus had some words to say about worry in the Sermon on the Mount, and Scott helps us understand His wisdom for dealing with worry.

Our new series is about Jesus’ most famous sermon. We start at the beginning by looking at the famous Beatitudes, which are all those statements that start with blessed are the… What is Jesus talking about when he says blessed here, and what’s the common thread that ties them all together?

What does it take for a movement to start? What would it take for us to start a movement? We look at one of the most successful movements in history (the one started by Jesus himself) to see what a fearless follower looks like.

Dave Swenson looks at the Scriptures that talk about the cost of following Jesus, and the four things that make it such a struggle for us to fully release that which we hold tightly.

On Arbor Church’s first Christmas Eve Service, Jake tells us about the shepherds whom the angels first told of Jesus’ birth and how Immanuel, God with us, ensures that we will never be lonely, even if we are as alone as a shepherd with only his or her sheep for company.

Jonathan Wolfgang visits from Northsore Community Church to speak on Mary and how responding to the stress of life’s unexpected, and potentially unwanted, gifts with worship and trust magnifies God.

Jake tells us about Zechariah and Elizabeth, a faithful and blameless couple without fault yet are unable to bear children in a world of an extended silence from God. However, a dramatic change leads to the beginnings of Immanuel: God with us.

Money. We love it, we hate it, we fight about it, and Jesus talked about it … a lot. Drawing inspiration from the way we balance things in the physical world and from Scripture, Jake talks about the three things we need in order to achieve balance and margin in our financial lives.