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Lost in Translation: Physical Touch (opens the original)
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What does it truly mean to be touched by love? In a world where we are more digitally connected than ever yet more physically isolated than ever before, this message cuts straight to the heart of a deep human longing. Drawing from two powerful healing accounts in the Gospel of Mark, we explore how Jesus did not simply speak healing from a distance but reached out and physically touched those whom society had written off. A man with leprosy, untouchable by law and custom, and a man who was deaf a
Lost in Translation: Receiving Gifts - 2026-08-30 - Pastor Jarrod - Elgin Campus (opens the original)
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What if the greatest challenge to our faith is not doubt or hardship, but simply receiving? In this deeply personal exploration of the Parable of the Prodigal Son from Luke 15, we are invited to sit with an uncomfortable truth: most of us are far better at striving than we are at accepting grace. The parable presents us with two sons who, despite their very different circumstances, share the same fundamental misunderstanding of their father's love. One tries to earn his way back home. The other
Lost in Translation: Acts of Service - 2026-08-23 - Pastor Jason - Elgin Campus (opens the original)
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What does love actually look like when it steps off the page and into real life? In John 13, we find one of the most striking answers in all of Scripture. Hours before the cross, Jesus rises from the table, ties a towel around his waist, and kneels before his disciples to wash their feet. This was not the work of a host or a rabbi. It was the work of a servant. And yet here is the Lord of all doing exactly that. The scene forces us to wrestle with a profound tension: we want a God who is powerfu
Lost in Translation: Words of Affirmation (opens the original)
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What does it mean to truly see someone? In the story of Zacchaeus from Luke 19, we encounter a man defined by his worst qualities -- a chief tax collector, a sinner, an outsider. The crowd kept him at the margins, and perhaps he had come to believe their verdict about him. But then Jesus looks up into a sycamore tree and does something remarkable: he calls Zacchaeus by name. Not by his title. Not by his reputation. By his name. This simple act of recognition carries enormous spiritual weight, an
What Does Love Look Like (opens the original)
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What does it actually mean to love one another? In John 13:31-35, Jesus gathers with his disciples in one of the most intimate and charged moments of his ministry. He has just washed their feet, shared a sacred meal, and watched Judas walk out the door. And then, in the weight of that silence, he offers what he calls a new command: love one another as he has loved them. Not a suggestion, not an ideal, but a command rooted in action. This message pushes us to examine the difference between love a
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