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Week Four - Theological IntegrationThis episode features Greg Pinkner and Sarah Scott exploring what it means for theology to shape the whole of our lives. Theology is not reserved for classrooms or scholars. What we believe about God shapes how we understand ourselves, walk through suffering, make decisions, and live every part of our lives. Theological integration brings together right thinking and right living, allowing the truth of who God is to move from our minds into our hearts and ultimately into our actions. As we know God more deeply through His Word, theology becomes more than information. It becomes an invitation to love Him, become more like Him, and live in response to who He is. Today's episode ties with the sermon from August 30 called “Theological Integration.”

Vision Series: Theological IntegrationAugust 30, 2026 • RD McClenagan • Romans 12:2In the fourth week of our vision series God Has More, RD McClenagan introduces Fellowship’s value of theological integration—the conviction that what we believe about God should shape how we think, feel, and live. Because everyone has beliefs about God that influence their lives, mature discipleship requires holding together sound doctrine, transformed affections, and faithful action rather than separating what we know from how we live. Drawing from Paul’s instruction to Timothy to watch both his life and doctrine closely, RD encourages believers to spend time prayerfully reflecting on God’s Word and depending on the Holy Spirit so that truth moves beyond information and becomes deeply rooted in the heart. True theological integration means allowing what we know to be true about God to shape our everyday responses while embracing the whole counsel of God rather than emphasizing only the parts of the Christian life we naturally gravitate toward. Ultimately, growing in theology should lead us toward greater humility, love for God and neighbor, the fruit of the Spirit, worship, and increasing Christlikeness as our lives become more consistent with the truths we profess.GOD HAS MORE PODCAST: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLRUh2XoKC-RcWEBSITE: https://fellowshipknox.org/INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/fellowshipknox/

Week Three - The Truth & Story of the BibleThis episode features Devon Accardi, Zach Hume, and Greg Pinkner exploring why the Bible is central to the life and formation of every follower of Jesus. The Bible is more than a collection of verses or helpful principles. It is God’s true Word and the unfolding story of creation, rebellion, redemption, and restoration. As we learn to see Scripture as one unified story and return to it faithfully, the Holy Spirit uses it to reveal who God is, anchor us in truth, and form us more deeply into the likeness of Christ.Today's episode ties with the sermon from August 23 called “The Truth & Story of the Bible.”Watch today's episode on Youtube.

Vision Series: The Truth & Story of the BibleAugust 23, 2026 • RD McClenagan • John 17:17On the third Sunday of the vision series God Has More, RD McClenagan introduces Fellowship’s first value: to be a people devoted to and shaped by the truth and story of the Bible. Scripture is not simply a source of information or instruction, but God’s living and active Word that reveals who He is, transforms us, and sanctifies us as we grow in Christlikeness. The Bible is one cohesive story of God’s pursuit of His people, ultimately centered on Jesus, and reading it rightly means allowing that story to shape how we understand God, ourselves, and the world around us. Because God’s Word is true and trustworthy, believers can anchor themselves in its promises through suffering, uncertainty, and the shifting circumstances of life, calling His faithfulness to mind even when what they see feels overwhelming. As we continually read, meditate on, pray through, and store Scripture in our hearts, God uses His Word to revive our souls, reshape our lives, deepen our love for Him, and mature us into the people He has called us to be. GOD HAS MORE PODCAST: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLRUh2XoKC-RcWEBSITE: https://fellowshipknox.org/INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/fellowshipknox/

Week Two - Making & Maturing DisciplesThis episode features Erik Chandler and Stacey Tafao reflecting on Fellowship Church’s mission to make and mature disciples of Jesus. They explore how spiritual formation is not about more activity, information, or trying harder, but becoming more like Christ through the work of the Holy Spirit, in community with others. The conversation emphasizes that following Jesus is a lifelong process of transformation, learning to recognize His voice, respond in obedience, and live as His people wherever He sends us.Today's episode ties with the sermon from August 16 called “Making & Maturing Disciples.”Watch today's episode on Youtube.

Vision Series: Making & Maturing DisciplesAugust 16, 2026 • RD McClenagan • Colossians 1:27–29This Sunday, RD McClenagan continues the vision series God Has More, focusing on Fellowship’s mission: “To be a church that makes and matures disciples of Jesus.” Through the story of Judah, RD shows how God can take someone marked by sin and brokenness and reshape him into a person of sacrificial love, demonstrating the depth of God’s transforming grace. Salvation is only the beginning of discipleship, because believers are called to continually grow into maturity as Christ is formed in them through the work of the Holy Spirit. This transformation requires grace-driven effort, often involves painful pruning, and should produce visible fruit in everyday life. Ultimately, we can trust that Jesus is deeply committed to our transformation, patiently helping us continue walking with Him and faithfully completing the work He has begun in us.GOD HAS MORE PODCAST: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLRUh2XoKC-RcWEBSITE: https://fellowshipknox.org/INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/fellowshipknox/

Week One - God Has MoreThis episode features Emily McCoy and Danny Wilson reflecting on the conviction that “God has more” and what that means for Fellowship Church and everyday life. They explore how true renewal comes through deeper intimacy with Jesus, surrender, repentance, and dependence on the Holy Spirit—not simply doing more or trying harder. The conversation emphasizes spiritual formation, abiding in Christ, and trusting God to bring restoration in us so that His renewal can flow through us to the people and places around us.Today's episode ties with the sermon from August 9 called “God Has More.”Watch today's episode on Youtube.

God Has MoreAugust 9, 2026 • RD McClenagan • Ephesians 3:14–21This Sunday, RD McClenagan begins an eight-week series "God Has More," exploring Fellowship’s new vision, mission, and values. Drawing from Ephesians 3:14–21, the message explores Paul’s prayer that believers would be strengthened by the Holy Spirit, deeply rooted in Christ’s love, and increasingly filled with the fullness of God. As believers grasp the immeasurable love and power of Christ, that reality should transform their lives rather than remain simply intellectual knowledge or a temporary spiritual experience. Fellowship’s vision is to see a movement of the gospel bring renewal to every person and place through the power of the Holy Spirit as surrendered people participate in what God is doing. Every generation is invited to seek God more deeply, trust that He can do far beyond what we ask or imagine, and offer their lives for His glory and the advancement of His kingdom.GOD HAS MORE PODCAST: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLRUh2XoKC-RcWEBSITE: https://fellowshipknox.org/INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/fellowshipknox/

Grace Upon GraceAugust 2, 2026 • Greg Pinkner • Ephesians 1:3–18This Gospel Sunday, Greg Pinkner teaches from Ephesians 1, explaining that grace is the foundation of the Christian life—extending from before creation, meeting us at salvation, and carrying us into eternity. Salvation cannot be earned through good works because it is entirely God’s gift, given for the praise of His glory. While Christians often focus on the grace that saved them in the past, the gospel also promises future grace through the Holy Spirit, spiritual growth, resurrection, and an eternal inheritance with God. Discipleship is the ongoing process of learning to live in this grace, trusting God through sin, weakness, suffering, and the difficulties of following Christ. Because God’s promises are secured by His power and glory, believers can have an unshakable hope that there is more grace ahead of them than behind them and that God will faithfully bring them home.WEBSITE: https://fellowshipknox.org/INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/fellowshipknox/

The Leaven of the PhariseesJuly 26, 2026 • Luke 11:37–54, Luke 12:1–7This Sunday, Greg teaches from Luke 11:37–12:7. Jesus confronts the Pharisees and religious experts for focusing on outward appearances while neglecting the condition of their hearts. He warns that religious rules and visible acts of obedience are meaningless when they replace justice, love for God, humility, and genuine holiness. Jesus identifies hypocrisy—not obedience itself—as the central danger, because pretending to be righteous cannot hide the truth from God, who sees and will reveal everything. Unlike the religious leaders, who placed impossible burdens on people without helping them, Jesus accomplishes what we cannot do and graciously gives us His righteousness. Therefore, believers are invited to stop hiding, confess their sin, and come honestly to Jesus, trusting that they are fully known, deeply valued, and transformed by His grace.WEBSITE: https://fellowshipknox.org/INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/fellowshipknox/

Ask, Seek, KnockJuly 19, 2026 • Devon Accardi • Luke 11:1–13This Sunday, Devon teaches from Luke 11:1-13. Jesus invites His disciples not merely to learn how to pray, but to become people whose lives are deeply formed by prayer. The Lord’s Prayer gives believers a starting point rooted in intimacy with the Father, dependence on His provision, confession, forgiveness, and a desire for His kingdom. Jesus calls His followers to pray with shameless persistence—continually asking, seeking, and knocking while trusting that their Heavenly Father hears them. Even when God’s answers do not look like what we hoped for, we can trust that He is good, is not punishing or withholding from us, and knows what we truly need. Ultimately, the greatest gift of prayer is not simply answered requests but more of God Himself through the Holy Spirit, drawing us into deeper intimacy with Him and shaping our desires to reflect His heart.WEBSITE: https://fellowshipknox.org/INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/fellowshipknox/

One Thing NecessaryJuly 12, 2026 • RD McClenagan • Luke 10:38–42This Sunday, RD teaches from Luke 10:38–42, where Mary and Martha illustrate two different ways of relating to Jesus. Mary sits at His feet as a disciple, while Martha becomes distracted and overwhelmed by serving. Although Martha’s work is good, her anxious striving leaves her fragmented, reactive, and focused on controlling her circumstances rather than receiving from Christ. Jesus compassionately reminds her that only one thing is truly necessary, and Mary has chosen the better portion by prioritizing time with Him. The passage does not call believers to abandon responsibilities but to order their lives around abiding in Christ, allowing service and activity to flow from security in His love rather than a need for approval or control. Jesus continues to invite distracted and weary people to return to Him again and again, trusting His grace to unite their hearts and help them live at the pace of the Spirit. WEBSITE: https://fellowshipknox.org/INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/fellowshipknox/

The Gospel Preached to AbrahamJuly 5, 2026 • Caleb Raby • Genesis 15This Gospel Sunday, Caleb Raby teaches from Genesis 15, showing how Abraham's questions reveal the deeper human longing to know, “Will everything be okay?” God first assures Abraham by pointing him to the stars, reminding him of His power and leading him to believe by faith. Yet Abram still asks how he can know for certain, and God responds by showing that He alone will secure the promise. This points forward to Jesus, who took the curse on Himself at the cross so that God’s people can be forgiven, brought near, and assured that He will keep every promise. Because of Christ, believers can face fear, suffering, uncertainty, and even death with confidence that God is good, trustworthy, and that one day everything will be made right. WEBSITE: https://fellowshipknox.org/INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/fellowshipknox/

The Great CommandsJune 28, 2026 • Greg Pinkner • Luke 10:25–37This Sunday, Greg teaches from Luke 10:25–37. Jesus uses the parable of the Good Samaritan to show that the command to love God and love our neighbor is not merely a moral lesson, but a deeper picture of salvation, mercy, and true faith. When the lawyer asks what he must do to inherit eternal life, Jesus points him back to Scripture, revealing that no one can perfectly love God with all their heart, soul, mind, and strength, which shows our desperate need for a Savior. The priest and Levite represent religious knowledge and position without mercy, while the Samaritan shows unexpected compassion by stopping, serving, and sacrificing for the wounded man. Jesus teaches that right belief and right living cannot be separated: true faith produces mercy, love, and action toward others.WEBSITE: https://fellowshipknox.org/INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/fellowshipknox/

In and OutJune 21, 2026 • RD McClenagan • Luke 10:1–24This Sunday, RD teaches from Luke 10:1-24, focusing on God saving people not merely for themselves, but to send them out as laborers in His harvest. Jesus commissioned the 72 disciples to go ahead of Him, showing that discipleship involves mission, partnership, dependence on God, and willingness to face resistance. The harvest is plentiful both globally and locally, so believers are called to pray earnestly for more workers, see every part of life as a mission field, and live for the sake of others as God uses our lives to prepare us for the good works He has already planned.WEBSITE: https://fellowshipknox.org/INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/fellowshipknox/

Count the CostJune 14, 2026 • Zach Hume • Luke 9:51–62This Sunday, Zach Hume teaches from Luke 9:51-62, emphasizing that while salvation is a free gift of grace, following Jesus is costly and requires full surrender. Jesus’ journey toward Jerusalem shows His unwavering obedience to the Father, and His encounters with the Samaritans, James and John, and three would-be disciples reveal that He will not conform to our expectations, timelines, comforts, or cultural obligations. As believers, we need to ask when our discipleship last cost us something and warns against treating Jesus only as Savior while resisting Him as Lord. Life with Jesus is worth the cost and everything we may have to lay down.WEBSITE: https://fellowshipknox.org/INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/fellowshipknox/

Follow MeMay 31, 2026 • Greg Pinkner • Luke 9:18–28Greg Pinkner teaches from Luke 9:18-27 where Jesus asks His disciples the central question of faith—“Who do you say that I am?”—and Peter correctly confesses that Jesus is the Christ. While faith is lived in community, each person must personally answer that question and surrender to the real Jesus, not the version they want Him to be. Jesus reveals that His mission is not political conquest but suffering, rejection, death, and resurrection. To follow Him means denying ourselves daily, taking up our cross, and trusting that giving up what we cannot keep leads to receiving what we cannot lose. Christ takes away both our guilt and our shame, calling us out of darkness and into His restoring light. WEBSITE: https://fellowshipknox.org/INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/fellowshipknox/

A Table in the WildernessMay 24, 2026 • RD McClenagan • Luke 9:1–17RD McClenagan teaches from Luke 9:1-17. Jesus leads the disciples into the wilderness to teach them about God’s power, provision, presence, and purpose. Through the miracle of multiplying five loaves and two fish, Jesus shows that human weakness becomes the place where God’s power is displayed. The leftover baskets reveal God’s abundant provision, while the breaking of bread points forward to communion and the deeper promise of God’s presence through Christ and the Holy Spirit. Even in the wilderness seasons of our lives, we can trust that God is sovereign, present, and working all things together for good to make us more like Jesus.WEBSITE: https://fellowshipknox.org/INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/fellowshipknox/

Crossing OverMay 10, 2026 • RD McClenagan • Luke 8:22–39RD McClenagan teaches from Luke 8:22-39, centering on the truth that God meets people where they are but never leaves them there, continually leading them deeper into faith and dependence on Him. In Luke 8, Jesus leads his disciples into a literal storm on the Sea of Galilee, revealing his authority by calming the wind and waves, and challenging them to locate their faith in Him rather than in what they can see. Jesus then encounters a demon-possessed man and shows that His power reaches even the most hopeless, unclean, and isolated person. The gospel is not merely forgiveness from sin but full restoration into Christ: deliverance, adoption, a new identity, a sound mind, and a new purpose.WEBSITE: https://fellowshipknox.org/INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/fellowshipknox/

The Sower and the SeedMay 3, 2026 • Greg Pinkner • Luke 8:1–21Greg Pinkner teaches from Luke 8:1–21, focusing on the Parable of the Sower which shows how people respond differently to God’s word. The story emphasizes that the issue is not simply hearing the message, but whether it truly takes root and leads to lasting change. Many hear but fail to act because of distraction, hardship, or comfort, while genuine faith is revealed through perseverance and transformation. Jesus also highlights that understanding the “secrets of the kingdom” is given to some, while others remain unaware despite hearing the same truth. Ultimately, the passage teaches that real faith is not a one-time decision but a life marked by obedience and fruitfulness.WEBSITE: https://fellowshipknox.org/INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/fellowshipknox/

The Math of MercyApril 26, 2026 • Devon Accardi • Luke 7:36–50Devon Accardi, teaching from Luke 7:36–50, describes the scene in which a sinful woman interrupts a Pharisee’s dinner to worship Jesus with humility and repentance, contrasting her response with the Pharisee’s judgment and pride. Through Jesus’ parable of the forgiven debts, he shows that those who recognize the depth of their sin respond with greater love and gratitude. Forgiveness is not about minimizing sin, but about grasping the full weight of grace given through Christ.WEBSITE: https://fellowshipknox.org/INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/fellowshipknox/

Are You the One?April 19, 2026 • Greg Pinkner • Luke 7:18–33Greg Pinkner, teaching from Luke 7:18–33, examines the life and role of John the Baptist, a miraculously born prophet who prepared the way for Jesus but later wrestles with doubt while imprisoned. After hearing of Jesus’ merciful works instead of the expected judgment, John questions whether Jesus is truly the Messiah, revealing a deeper human tension between personal expectations and God’s plan. Rather than answering directly, Jesus responds through His actions, demonstrating that His mission centers on mercy, restoration, and the defeat of sin rather than political revolution. Ultimately, people often want a different kind of God than the one they truly need, and faith requires trusting God’s purposes beyond our expectations.WEBSITE: https://fellowshipknox.org/INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/fellowshipknox/

The Lord is Among UsApril 12, 2026 • Greg Pinkner • Luke 7:1–16Greg Pinkner, teaching from Luke 7:1–16, explains how Luke follows Jesus’ teaching on mercy from the Sermon on the Mount with real-life examples of that mercy in action. In the story of the Roman centurion, an unlikely outsider demonstrates humility and remarkable faith in Jesus’ authority, believing He can heal his servant without being physically present. This contrasts with the expectations of the Jewish leaders, who emphasize worthiness and deeds, while the centurion trusts solely in Jesus’ power. The following story of the widow at Nain highlights Jesus’ compassion as He restores her only son to life, reversing her complete loss and demonstrating authority even over death. Together, these accounts show that Jesus’ authority and mercy are not earned by works but received through faith, even in the midst of suffering and unanswered questions.WEBSITE: https://fellowshipknox.org/INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/fellowshipknox/

Peace Be With YouApril 5, 2026 • RD McClenagan • John 20:19–23This Easter, RD McClenagan teaches from John 20:19–23, centering on Jesus’ resurrection as the source of true peace and reminding us that, despite the burdens and anxieties we carry, Christ meets us in our darkness and speaks, “Peace be with you.” Through the story of Mary Magdalene and the disciples, he shows how Jesus brings light, calls us by name, and offers restoration even when we are fearful, broken, or hiding. This peace is not merely the absence of trouble but the presence of wholeness, secured through Jesus’ sacrifice on the cross. Because Christ bore sin and rose again, believers can experience lasting peace, trust that “it is all going to be okay,” and go into the world to share the hope and new life found in Him.WEBSITE: https://fellowshipknox.org/INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/fellowshipknox/

A Heart that Bears FruitMarch 29, 2026 • RD McClenagan • Luke 6:43–49Concluding the Sermon on the Mount, Luke 6:43–49 teaches that the heart is the center of a person’s life, shaping thoughts, actions, and behavior, and that everything that flows outward reveals what is truly within. Scripture consistently teaches that God values the condition of the heart over outward appearance, and that genuine transformation begins internally rather than through external effort. Through Jesus, believers are given new hearts and the Holy Spirit, enabling them to grow and produce spiritual fruit. Ultimately, a person’s life reveals its foundation—whether built on Christ or not—through the fruit it produces, especially when tested by challenges and pressure.WEBSITE: https://fellowshipknox.org/INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/fellowshipknox/

Hope for HypocritesMarch 22, 2026 • RD McClenagan • Luke 6:39–49Continuing in the Sermon on the Mount, Luke 6:39–49 teaches that following Christ is not mainly about outward rule-keeping, but about deep inner transformation of the heart through the Holy Spirit. Jesus’ images of the blind leading the blind and the log and speck in the eye show that disciples must first confront their own blindness, hypocrisy, and need for repentance before they can truly help others. Self-righteousness, outrage, and hollow religion arise when people focus on others’ faults while neglecting their own souls, which is why truth must always be carried with humility and love. Therefore, believers are called to fix their eyes on Christ, pray for the Spirit to search their hearts, receive correction with humility, and trust that God is faithfully mending them so they can help bring healing to others.WEBSITE: https://fellowshipknox.org/INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/fellowshipknox/

The Law of MercyMarch 15, 2026 • Greg Pinkner • Luke 6:27–42In Luke 6:27-42, the “Sermon on the Plain,” Jesus challenges both Roman and Jewish ideas of morality by teaching something radically different: love your enemies. His commands to bless those who curse you, give to those who take from you, and do good even to those who hate you would have sounded shocking and even immoral to people shaped by cultures built on power, justice, and religious self-righteousness. Jesus goes further than simply telling people not to do evil; he calls them to actively show kindness and generosity even toward their enemies. In doing this, he exposes the reality that human hearts are not truly loving or merciful and that no one can meet God’s standard of perfect righteousness on their own. The message ultimately points to the gospel: because we cannot achieve perfect love or mercy ourselves, salvation comes through Jesus Christ, who fulfilled righteousness for us and offers God’s mercy and grace to all who believe.WEBSITE: https://fellowshipknox.org/INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/fellowshipknox/

Something NewMarch 1, 2026 • Devon Accardi • Luke 5:27–39, Luke 6:1–11In Luke 5:27–6:11, Jesus introduces something radically new: God’s kingdom breaking in. Jesus calls Levi, a tax collector, out of his old life and then sits at a table with the tax collectors and sinners, insisting he came like a doctor for the sick—inviting the needy, not congratulating the self-righteous. When the Pharisees push back with their religious expectations, Jesus answers that his presence is like new wine that requires new wineskins, meaning grace can’t be contained inside an old framework of rule-keeping and performance. He then confronts Sabbath legalism by declaring himself Lord of the Sabbath and healing a man in the synagogue, exposing hearts that care more about staying “right” than restoring what is broken. Communion Sunday then served as a tangible reminder that Jesus has brought a new covenant of mercy, forgiveness, and rest for anyone who will come.WEBSITE: https://fellowshipknox.org/INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/fellowshipknox/

The Healing of a SinnerFebruary 22, 2026 • RD McClenagan • Luke 5:17–31Luke wrote his Gospel to Theophilus so he could move from partial knowledge about Jesus to deeper certainty, and in that sense Luke was written not to us but for us. Reading the Gospels is an invitation to encounter Jesus personally and be led from doubt into confident relationship with him. Discipleship is pictured as Jesus meeting us where we are and then steadily drawing us from the shallow end into deeper waters, often addressing deeper needs than we recognize. In Luke 5, friends lower a paralyzed man through a roof expecting physical healing, but Jesus first forgives his sins to show that the deepest healing is spiritual restoration with God. Jesus then heals the man’s body to prove his authority to forgive, pointing ahead to the cross—like the lifted bronze serpent in Numbers 21 fulfilled in John 3—calling us to look to Christ not merely for relief but for heart renovation and life with God.WEBSITE: https://fellowshipknox.org/INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/fellowshipknox/

Into the DeepFebruary 15, 2026 • RD McClenagan • Luke 5:1–16In Luke 4, Jesus withdraws to pray, but when the crowds find him and urge him to stay, he explains that he must continue preaching the good news of the kingdom of God because that is the purpose for which he was sent. Then moving into Luke 5, Jesus teaches from Simon Peter’s boat and tells him to cast his nets into deep water despite a long, fruitless night of fishing. When Simon obeys, they catch such an overwhelming number of fish that their nets begin to break, revealing Jesus’ authority and abundance. Confronted with this power, Peter confesses his sinfulness, but Jesus calls him to leave everything and follow him, beginning a lifelong journey of becoming a disciple who helps draw others from darkness into the kingdom of light. The “gospel” is not advice about what we must do, but news about what God has already done in Christ—grace that lifts rather than burdens and brings people into the transforming rule and reign of God.WEBSITE: https://fellowshipknox.org/INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/fellowshipknox/

Power and AuthorityFebruary 8, 2026 • Devon Accardi • Luke 4:31–44In Luke 4:31–44, after Jesus is rejected in Nazareth, he goes to Capernaum—not as a retreat, but to fulfill Scripture and begin his mission as the light dawning in darkness. The people are amazed as Jesus teaches and acts with exousia—the power of his authority and the authority of his power. These verses remind us that spiritual opposition is real; believers cannot be possessed, but they can be tempted, deceived, and drawn off course as the enemy twists the truth. Ultimately, Jesus declares that he must preach the good news of the kingdom of God, which is not only about future salvation but about God’s renewing power breaking into the world even now. Therefore, we are called to refocus on Jesus and participate in the restoration and renewal he is bringing.WEBSITE: https://fellowshipknox.org/INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/fellowshipknox/

This Sunday, we have a snow day devotional. This message comes from Exodus 3 and Moses’ encounter with God in the burning bush. We are reminded that God often speaks when we “turn aside” from distraction and draw near to listen. In this passage, the Lord reveals Himself as the Great I AM—holy, eternal, and fully present with His people. God not only sees our suffering, but He comes down to deliver and lead us into something better, pointing us forward to the gospel through Jesus Christ. Just as Moses was called to trust God’s presence, we are invited to live as “burning bushes” today—lights that draw others toward the voice of God. May this be a week to slow down, pay attention, and respond in obedience as God leads us onward.

The Gospel of JubileeJanuary 18, 2026 • RD McClenagan • Luke 4:14–30In Luke 4:14-30, Jesus reads from Isaiah 61 to the congregation in Nazareth. His message is “good news to the poor,” both the materially poor and the “poor in spirit” who come like beggars—humble and desperate enough to receive grace. He also announces freedom for captives (pardon from sin’s enslaving power), sight for the blind (spiritual awakening), and release for the crushed and oppressed. He shocks everyone with the statement: “Today this scripture is fulfilled in your hearing,” claiming the promises are being fulfilled in him right now. This moment marks the “year of the Lord’s favor," Jubilee, when mercy cancels debt, sets people free, restores hope, and sends God’s people out to carry that same grace into the world.WEBSITE: https://fellowshipknox.org/INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/fellowshipknox/

The Faithful OneJanuary 11, 2026 • Devon Accardi • Luke 4:1–13In Luke 4, Jesus faces three temptations in the wilderness by Satan: provision (bread), authority (kingdoms), and acclaim (prove yourself). Devon frames temptation as “hunger,” the pull to satisfy God-given desires in our own time and our own way. Jesus resists by standing firm in his identity as God’s Son, walking with the Spirit, and answering with Scripture. Devon looks back at Jesus' genealogy listed in chapter 3 and Luke's deeper purpose: by placing Jesus’ genealogy back to Adam, Luke presents Jesus as the true Adam/Noah/Israel—God’s faithful representative who succeeds where every previous “son” failed in the wilderness pattern of testing and collapse. Because Jesus remains sinless, he becomes the spotless Lamb who can take away sin, and believers can face their own temptations by resting in his record, relying on the Spirit within them, and living under the authority of God’s Word.WEBSITE: https://fellowshipknox.org/INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/fellowshipknox/

Prepare the WayJanuary 4, 2026 • RD McClenagan • Luke 3:1–22John the Baptist’s message in Luke 3 is to “prepare the way” through repentance: turning from the patterns of this world, uncluttering our crowded hearts, and making room for Jesus. True repentance is directional and practical: we audit our lives, receive the Spirit’s conviction, confess both general and specific sins, and then actually change course, bearing fruit that looks like generosity, integrity, and Christlike character. RD stresses the urgency of this work, reminding us that one day we will stand before Jesus and do not want to realize too late that we never really made room for Him in our hearts or in our lives. Repentance is ultimately an invitation of grace, leading to forgiveness, refreshing, deeper joy, and nearness to God, so that Christ increases and we gladly decrease.WEBSITE: https://fellowshipknox.org/INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/fellowshipknox/

Eyes on the Lord | A Sunday Devotional2 Chronicles 20:1–22In 2 Chronicles 20, King Jehoshaphat faces a moment where fear closes in and the future feels uncertain. His response is simple and faithful. He seeks the Lord. He trusts who God is. He admits his weakness. He fixes his eyes on the Lord and not on the size of the threat.At the heart of this passage is a prayer that many of us know well: “We do not know what to do, but our eyes are on You.” This is not a prayer of defeat. It is a prayer of faith.As we step into 2026, this devotional reminds us that we need more than good intentions, discipline, or strength. We need Christ. Jesus is the true and better King who fought the battle we could not fight and secured our salvation through the cross. Because of Him, the Spirit of the Lord is with us and goes before us.WEBSITE: https://fellowshipknox.org/INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/fellowshipknox/

December 24, 2025 • Devon Accardi • Luke 2:8-14This Christmas Eve message turns our attention to Luke 2 and the surprising way God chose to announce the birth of Jesus. Instead of kings, politicians, or cultural elites, the first people to hear the news were ordinary shepherds working the night shift. The angel declares that a Savior has been born, and this good news is for all people, reminding us that no one is beyond God’s invitation. The birth of Jesus shows us a God who comes near to the overlooked and the unsure, offering Himself not only as Savior, but as Shepherd, security, and peace. The gospel does not simply tell us how and where Jesus was born, but why He came: to lead, protect, redeem, and make us whole. Whether we come to Christmas weary, joyful, skeptical, hurting, or hopeful, the invitation remains the same. A Savior has been born, and He is Christ the Lord.WEBSITE: https://fellowshipknox.org/INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/fellowshipknox/

The Word Becomes FleshDecember 21, 2025 • Devon Accardi • Luke 2:1-21This Sunday, Devon reflects on the birth of Jesus as the long-awaited fulfillment of God’s promises. This passage invites us to zoom out and see Christmas not as an isolated moment, but as the culmination of a story God has been unfolding since the very beginning of creation. After centuries of waiting and even four hundred years of silence, God enters the world quietly, not with spectacle, but as a newborn child laid in a manger. The incarnation reveals a God who does not merely visit humanity, but takes on flesh, dwells among us, and stays with us in our weakness, suffering, and pain. Jesus becomes fully human so that He might truly rescue us, sympathize with us, and ultimately give His life in our place. The birth of Christ is not only the beginning of the story, but the first movement toward the cross and resurrection, where salvation is secured. Christmas reminds us that God has come near, kept His promises, and made a way for us to belong to Him forever.WEBSITE: https://fellowshipknox.org/INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/fellowshipknox/

God's Grace, Mary's FaithDecember 14, 2025 • RD McClenagan • Luke 1:26–38This Sunday, RD teaches from Luke 1:26-38. This passage focuses on Mary as a surprising model of faith, showing how God meets an ordinary teenage girl with a word that changes everything. God’s grace comes near, speaks personally, and invites real trust rather than a casual, “of course” kind of Christianity. Mary responds with a posture of pondering and worship, treasuring what God is doing even when she cannot yet see how it will unfold. God’s kingdom often flips the world’s instincts about strength, status, and security, drawing near to the lowly and needy. The hope of Christmas is not an abstract concept but Jesus Himself, and Mary’s surrendered “let it be to me according to your word” becomes a steady invitation for us to walk into the coming year trusting that the Lord is with us.WEBSITE: https://fellowshipknox.org/INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/fellowshipknox/

Zechariah's SongDecember 7, 2025 • RD McClenagan • Luke 1:67–80, Luke 1:5–25This Sunday, RD teaches from Luke 1:5-25, 67-80. In this passage, Zechariah and Elizabeth, an older, righteous couple, have long carried the pain and shame of barrenness. God promised Zechariah a son, John, who would prepare the way for the Messiah, but his doubt led to nine months of silence that God used to deepen his faith. When John is born and Zechariah obediently writes, “His name is John,” his tongue is loosed and he bursts into a Spirit-filled song, praising God for remembering His covenant and bringing salvation. God forms His people through waiting—using delay and trial to purify our desires and grow perseverance. In a culture that hates waiting, we are invited to choose obedience before blessing and joy before provision, trusting God’s timing even in our own seasons of longing and unanswered prayer.WEBSITE: https://fellowshipknox.org/INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/fellowshipknox/

The Gospel According to LukeNovember 30, 2025 • RD McClenagan • Luke 24:45–48This Sunday, RD launched our new series in the Gospel of Luke by highlighting Jesus’ words in Luke 24, where He calls His followers “witnesses” to His suffering, resurrection, and the forgiveness of sins for all nations. Luke wrote his orderly account so that we could have confidence in the truth of Jesus and the historical reality of His life, death, and resurrection. Christianity is not a myth or moral story—it is good news rooted in real events, passed down by those who saw Jesus and were changed by Him. Our role as witnesses isn’t to save anyone, but simply to share what we’ve personally seen, heard, and experienced of Christ’s grace. As we enter Advent, we are invited to keep returning to Jesus in Scripture and by the Spirit, letting His ongoing work in our lives become a testimony that invites others to say, “Tell me more—come and see this man.”WEBSITE: https://fellowshipknox.org/INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/fellowshipknox/

Conformed to His ImageNovember 23, 2025 • RD McClenagan • Philippians 1:6, Romans 8:28–30This Sunday, R.D. wrapped up our fall series, More Like Him. We are all shaped by what we behold, but God’s vision is that we would be conformed to the image of Christ as we fix our eyes on Him. Through the gospel, we are made new and invited into a life where the Spirit grows us in Christlikeness in the ordinary places of our week. God meets us in our fears and patterns, freeing us from the need for approval or control and helping us live from His love and His strength. And the good news is this: the God who began the work in us is the One who will complete it.MORE LIKE HIM RESOURCES: https://fellowshipknox.org/moreWEBSITE: https://fellowshipknox.org/INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/fellowshipknox/

Formed in Creation & NatureNovember 16, 2025 • Devon Accardi • Psalm 19:1–6This Sunday, Devon Accardi continued our fall series, More Like Him, focusing on how God uses creation to spiritually form us—dazzling us with His glory, drawing us into wonder, and reminding us of His power and presence. Nature reveals God’s care and invites us to trust Him just as the birds and plants do. Creation also teaches dependence, helping us see our “little faith” as something God patiently grows, just as He orchestrates every detail of the natural world. And while creation declares God’s glory, we are the ones who bear His image and the ones He loves and longs to transform into His likeness, not the mountains or the stars.MORE LIKE HIM RESOURCES: https://fellowshipknox.org/moreWEBSITE: https://fellowshipknox.org/INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/fellowshipknox/

Formed in Cultural EngagementNovember 9, 2025 • Brad Raby • Romans 12:1–2, Daniel 1This Sunday, Brad Raby, Lead Pastor at Fellowship West, continued our fall series, More Like Him. Teaching on being formed in cultural engagement, Brad looks at Daniel’s story to illustrate how God forms His people both in and for their cultural moment. Like Daniel and his friends in Babylon, believers today face a culture that subtly seeks to reshape identity, values, and loyalties—but spiritual formation in Christ enables resistance without fear or contempt. True resistance is rooted not in outrage but in devotion to God—living faithfully, practicing spiritual rhythms, and saying yes to God’s presence again and again. Daniel’s integrity, wisdom, and humility show that faithfulness and favor can coexist, influencing even hostile systems. Ultimately, Daniel points to Jesus—the greater exile—who entered our “Babylon,” embodying truth and grace, and now sends us into the world as people shaped by His Spirit for the good of our neighbors.MORE LIKE HIM RESOURCES: https://fellowshipknox.org/moreWEBSITE: https://fellowshipknox.org/INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/fellowshipknox/

Formed in FriendshipNovember 2, 2025 • Devon Accardi • Proverbs 27:9, Mark 2This Sunday, Devon continued our fall series, More Like Him. Spiritual formation isn’t about religious behavior but about transformation into Christ’s likeness in every part of life. Humans were created out of relationship by a relational God and therefore for relationship with one another. Sin, however, has fractured this design, leaving both beauty and brokenness in our friendships—deep joy and deep hurt. Using the story of the paralytic and his friends in Mark 2, Devon outlined three marks of formative friendship: intentionality, persistence, and faithfulness—friends who purposefully bring one another closer to Jesus. While good friendships are a gift, only Christ can fully satisfy the relational longing of our souls—the King who calls us “friend.”MORE LIKE HIM RESOURCES: https://fellowshipknox.org/moreWEBSITE: https://fellowshipknox.org/INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/fellowshipknox/

Formed in Marriage & FamilyOctober 26, 2025 • RD McClenagan • Ephesians 5:20–21This Sunday, RD continued our fall series, More Like Him. He looks at Ephesians 5 and Paul's focus on marriage. While not everyone is married, everyone is shaped by the marriages around them. Marriage is a living picture of the gospel, meant to reflect Christ’s love for the church through Spirit-filled living, mutual submission, and sacrificial love. Husbands are called to love their wives as Christ loved the church—selflessly, for their sanctification and growth in holiness. Healthy marriages are sustained through presence, encouragement, repentance, and forgiveness rather than control or coexistence.MORE LIKE HIM RESOURCES: https://fellowshipknox.org/moreWEBSITE: https://fellowshipknox.org/INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/fellowshipknox/

Formed in Grief & SorrowOctober 19, 2025 • RD McClenagan • John 11:33–36This Sunday, RD continued our fall series, More Like Him. Grief is the natural response to losing something or someone we love, and it shapes us in profound ways, often revealing the depth of our love. Jesus Himself was “a man of sorrows, acquainted with grief,” modeling honesty before God, compassion for others, and faithfulness in suffering. He wept with those who mourned, showing that our tears matter to Him and that grief can draw us nearer to His heart. Through loss, whether of dreams, relationships, health, or loved ones, we are invited to bring our sorrow to Christ, who transforms it into deeper faith, empathy, and hope. Because of Jesus—the one who bore our griefs and carried our sorrows—everything sad will one day come untrue, and even what was broken will be made more beautiful in His resurrection.MORE LIKE HIM RESOURCES: https://fellowshipknox.org/moreWEBSITE: https://fellowshipknox.org/INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/fellowshipknox/