Are you weary, burdened, exhausted, carrying too much, weighed down and worn out? Jesus invites us to come to him with whatever we're carrying. In this sermon, we learn more about this incredible invitation and the promise he makes us to give the true rest we can only receive from him.
Do you feel beyond rescue? Listen as James explores what the Parable of the Landowner tells us about who Jesus is, and how he reaches into our lives and rescues us at the 11th hour.
Have you ever seen something so valuable you were willing to move heaven and earth to get it? In this sermon, we engage Jesus’ parables of the treasure and the pearl. Jesus tells us how the kingdom of heaven is valuable enough to give your entire life for, and how you were valuable enough to him to give his entire life for.
The oven represents trails and afflictions that come with the change, but when we come through them we are fit to be bread for the Lord's table.
The kingdom of heaven, Jesus says, is like a mustard seed. That means it has small origins but a big mission. If the church is a taste of the kingdom, that applies to Tapestry. But why can’t we stay small? And how does a church like ours grow? Listen to Pastor Kyle’s sermon for these answers and more.
What is faith really and why do we need it? In this sermon, guest preacher Nikki Lerner takes us from our ancestors into the future on a journey of confidence in the unseen. If you need a word to uplift your week and open up your vision, this is it.
Why are there still people in church who are faking their faith, and covering their power games with religiosity? In this sermon, Pastor Bernard breaks down Jesus' troubling parable of the Wheat and the Weeds.
This is the first sermon in a new series on Jesus’ parables about the kingdom of heaven. But this parable is his clever and unique “meta-parable”—a parable about listening to parables. Pastor Kyle breaks down the Parable of the Sower and how we can be receptive to the kingdom Jesus tells us about.
Tens of thousands of wrongful convictions occur in the U.S. justice system every year. Does the Bible have anything to say about this? And how could it possibly apply to the average person going about their lives? In this sermon, we explore how the ninth commandment is a whole lot wiser and deeper than the simple maxim, "You shall not lie."
When we read, "Do not steal," we think religion is about rules. But what if it's about relationship? What if a revelation of who Jesus really is, leading to a relationship with God, makes sharing and generosity become second nature?
Every major group in our society seems to think some types of killing are allowable, even moral. In this sermon, we dig into the word "murder" in the 10 commandments and discover it sets us on a trajectory to radically protect and promote lives of our neighbors, friends, and even our enemies.
How are we to relate to our parents? Even when they've wounded us? Listen to Pastor Bernard as he shares how God's command to honor our parents radically transformed his life, and how it can transform yours too.
Do you get enough rest? Today, so many of us feel pressure to keep it moving, and forget about God's liberating command and invitation to rest. Listen to how God frees us from the slave-driving forces of performance into a Sabbath keeping identity.
The command not to "take God's name in vain" can seem petty and trivial compared to commandments against things like murder. Does God really care about that? In this sermon, we discover that the way we use God's name is crucial because it is really about who God is, how we relate to him, and how we relate to other people.
In an age when not many of us are engraving our own gods from stone, what relevance could the second commandment possibly have for your life? Pastor Bernard shows us how letting God be God frees us from worry, and how we can let God be God precisely because of the sacrifice of Jesus.
Does the first commandment mean "You shall have no other gods before me...or else? What if it meant, "Trust in God alone because he is completely loving and faithful"? In this sermon, Pastor Bernard reframes the first commandment into an invitation to deeper faith.
Are the 10 Commandments just religious rules to measure up to God’s standards? Or are they something more, something freer, something for our flourishing? Listen to this sermon to understand the 10 commandments in a fresh way that will change the way you view God, the law, and the gospel.
Have you ever been bewildered by the power of God? In today’s Pentecost sermon, we learn how the existence of the church itself is a bewildering instance of the Spirit’s powerful love.
Listen to Pastor Bernard’s encouragement to Tapestry Church on the occasion of our one year anniversary.
Are you ever afraid? Do you ever doubt? See how the risen Jesus approaches those types of disciples in today’s sermon, and how those people like you and me end up saying, “My Lord and My God.”
