Dream Church with Joshua Brown

Sheep are herd animals. They are natural followers. They will only follow a familiar voice (shepherd). Jesus uses this common understanding to teach the religious leaders about God's prophetic fulfillment in the Son. We must decide what voice is familiar and what is that of a stranger.

You'll only see Jesus clearly when you become blind to what kept you from seeing Jesus before. In John 9, a man born blind is healed, and his sight is restored by Jesus. The religious leaders are furious because Jesus does this on the Sabbath. Religion will always be offended by those who have been given sight to see things for what they really are, but once you leave that system of karma, an angry god, and a weak Jesus, you'll inherit a revelation of the Son you were always designed to have.

The book of Job is not blunt history, but it does communicate a historical truth. What is this truth and why does it matter to us, today?

What did Christ accomplish for us and how do we move forward into resurrection life? Find out in this Easter message from Joshua Brown.

John's telling of the Palm Sunday narrative begins with Mary's radical act of devotion after witnessing her brother Lazarus's resurrection. John 12 contrasts an act of devotion with the offense of religion. An act of the gospel of love will always offend a gospel of works.

It isn't enough to ask the Lord to move where we are; for the Lord to move as he desires, we must leave what enslaved us behind and venture to a place where we can rest. Where we are going is a land cultivated by the Lord himself, not our best effort.

If rest and vision go hand in hand, how do you get to proper rest and vision when you aren't there yet? Perseverance. Perseverance is continuing in what you know to be right even though you don't see the expected results. Perseverance is the trust that you will see what the Lord spoke to you as long as you remain rooted in faith.

In Genesis 26, Isaac faces famine with his family. The Lord specifically tells him not to go to Egypt and settle in a place the Lord will show him. Why? And what is this saying to us, today?

In John 2, we see the story of Jesus turning the water for purification into wine and cleansing the temple (which the other gospel accounts put at the end of Jesus' ministry). Why does the author place these together, and what is this saying to us today? Find out in this message.

In Numbers 21, we see the people grow impatient with God and, as a result, are bitten by fiery, poisonous snakes that kill them. However, the Lord offers salvation from their own destruction: taking the very thing that was killing them and lifting it up among the people so that as they see it, they are saved. Likewise, Christ becomes the son of humans so that as he is lifted up, we are set free from the bite of our delusions and lies.

Matthew Brown goes deep into Genesis 1.

Jesus, in John 1, tells Nathanael that he has become the place where movement between earth and heaven (God's space) occurs. The Incarnation isn't just a revelation of who we are but a revelation of the Creation redeemed with us.

When we go through disappointment, it creates a way of seeing the world. When that happens, we miss the beauty around us because of the brokenness within us. Jesus calls us to give him the broken pieces and allow him to bring a healing that restores our sight.

Is everything falling apart or being reborn? Perspective on what lies ahead will determine how you live your life with God.

When we see ourselves as servants, we live to do what we are told to get spiritually "paid" when we're done. When we see ourselves as friends, we live for union. Jesus calls us now friends and has disclosed all things to us.

This is our seventh year as a church, which we believe is an invitation to rest. What does that mean, and what does that look like? Find out in this episode!

Not only is darkness a metaphor for the lies that we create apart from the truth in Christ (light), but it also represents the obscurity that God plants his feet in to bring all of us into the light. Can you see God at work in the hiddenness of your life?

Each of the first three encounters with an angel in the gospel of Luke starts with "Do not be afraid." Why? What were they afraid of? Some context into the Old Testament law will show us that God, in Christ, has come to make all things right. Perfect love drives out fear.

We are so used to a mythological God, in the Father, who is more like a divine bully and murderer than the God revealed in Jesus. The Incarnation is how we reform how we see the Father and everything else.

What have you stopped praying and dreaming for? The forerunner of Jesus comes from impossibility.