Today Pastor Zach shares a prayer from The Valley of Vision that focuses on our need to be refreshed in our walk with Christ. The prayer is called "A Disciple's Renewal.”

Pastor Kyle shares some additional passages that tie in with last Sunday's sermon, and finding joy and contentment in any situation.

How can anxious hearts have the peace of God in the midst of an anxious world?

After reading David Powlison's excellent book How Does Sanctification Work? this week, Zach is thinking about leading a 2 or 3 week discussion group with people in our church to talk about it and apply it's key teachings to our everyday lives. This video is a call out to anyone interested in being a part of such a group.

How should we think about others with strong and differing opinions on how to interact with one another when we “reopen?”

In this video, Pastor Zach looks to Ephesians 4:1-3 to encourage us to be gracious and patient with one another at SCC as we consider how to go about reopening our church in the weeks (and perhaps months) to come.

Some ways that the New Testament teaching on the nature of the church may challenge our thinking.

Thinking about our access to God and making sure we are longing for church gatherings for the right reasons.

In this video, Zach address the topic of forgiveness. What is forgiveness? When is forgiveness necessary? How do we become more forgiving people? Here Zach draws wisdom from Scripture and looks to a helpful book on biblical conflict resolution (The Peacemaker: A Biblical Guide to Resolving Personal Conflict by Ken Sande) to explain what forgiveness is and how we can get better at extending it to others.

For Good Friday, Zach explores the foundational reason Jesus died on the Cross, with a reading from John Piper's Fifty Reasons Why Jesus Came to Die.

What do you do when your sin has been exposed? What makes a proper confession of sin? Zach deals with these questions in this video, using Ken Sande's "7 A's of Confession" (from his bookThe Peacemaker: A Biblical Guide for Resolving Personal Conflict) as a guide.

In this video, Zach works through a second important aspect of biblical conflict resolution - that of confrontation. What is confrontation, biblically speaking? When should you bear with someone and when should you confront them? How should you confront someone, when the time comes for you to do so? Knowing when and how to confront others in sin is a critically important aspect of resolving conflict in God's way.

In a fallen world, conflict in our relationships is inevitable. But during the current shutdown, conflict at home is especially likely. In this video, Zach begins to work through the first of four critical aspects of resolving conflict biblically; namely the practice of forbearance.

This is the perfect time to reflect deeply on how we are (or aren't) loving the people in our homes. God's Word helps us do this as His Spirit changes us.

We often live our lives as if we are the masters over them and treat God as if he is essentially irrelevant to our plans. But if there is anything the recent coronavirus pandemic has demonstrated; it is that we are not nearly so powerful as we think we are. In this video, Zach dives into James 4:13-17 to help us learn how to go about our lives with attitudes of humble submission to God as we remember our great need for him.

Taking a brief survey of Psalm 90 and how we can apply it to our lives right now.

Here, Zach offers some thoughts from Psalm 1, which gives us a timely word regarding how to experience the blessing of God's favorable presence in circumstances of all kinds, including coronavirus shutdowns. By digging into God's Word, we can all grow spiritually and bear good fruit during these interesting times.

Through this new and uncertain time, we are reaching out to the Church to give you some updates, offer a new method of communication, and help you with your concerns over the recent global changes.