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Frontier Church
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Renewing the Beauty of Jesus on the Frontiers of Our City
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WHY IS IT SO HARD TO TRUST GOD? Learning to Live Free | Exodus 17:1–7 (Christian Martinsen)
WHY IS IT SO HARD TO TRUST GOD? Learning to Live Free | Exodus 17:1–7 We can believe in God without fully trusting Him. When life gets difficult, we often find ourselves anxious, controlling, or questioning whether God is really with us. In Exodus 17, Israel discovers that freedom from Egypt is...
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The Story Your Fear Is Telling You | Exodus 14 (Christian Martinsen)
Exodus 14:10–14, 21–31 **You cannot live free if you cannot see clearly.** Have you ever noticed how quickly fear can take over your imagination? We assume the worst, imagine futures that haven't happened, and allow uncertainty to shape how we see our lives. In Exodus 14, the Israelites have...
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The Way Out: Learning to Live Free, Exodus 12 (Christian Martinsen)
You can leave Egypt and still live like Egypt owns you. In Exodus 12, God does more than rescue Israel from slavery. Before they even leave Egypt, He begins teaching them how free people live. He reshapes their time, gives them a story to remember, and places a lamb at the center of their…
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Desert Honeymoon: Learning to Live with the God of Exodus (Phil Chan)
Israel had been rescued from Egypt, but getting out of Egypt was only the beginning. The wilderness became a kind of “desert honeymoon,” a place where Israel had to learn what life with their new God was actually like. And they quickly discovered that this God had standards, moved at His own…
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WHO REALLY RULES? | Learning to Live Free // Exodus 5–10 (Christian Martinsen)
Moses finally stands before Pharaoh with a message from God: “Let my people go.” Pharaoh responds with the question at the heart of this part of Exodus: “Who is the LORD, that I should obey him?” And that question is bigger than Pharaoh. Who gets the final word over my life? In this message, we...
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What Does God Say When You’re Not Enough? | Exodus 3 (Christian Martinsen)
What do you do when you realize you’re not enough for what’s in front of you? In Exodus 3, Moses encounters God at the burning bush after his own attempts to fix things have failed. Moses asks, “Who am I?” But God doesn’t respond by building up Moses’ self-confidence. He says, “I will be with…
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What Has a Hold on You? | Learning to Live Free: Exodus 1-2
What has a hold on you? We like to think we're free. But sometimes you don't realize something has a hold on you until it starts pulling you somewhere you don't want to go. This week we begin our fall journey through Exodus, Learning to Live Free, by looking at the masters we serve. Career…
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PRESENCE: We Need God (Ex 33), Christian Martinsen
What if God’s presence, not merely His promises... is actually the whole point? We spend so much of our lives believing that rest is waiting somewhere ahead of us: when the circumstances change, the prayer gets answered, the breakthrough comes, or we finally reach our “Promised Land.” But in…
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FORMATION: ”WE NEED PRACTICES” | Exodus 16 (Christian Martinsen)
FORMATION: WE NEED PRACTICES | Exodus 16 Why doesn't getting free automatically make us free? Israel was out of Egypt... but Egypt was still in them. God had delivered them in a moment, but learning to live as free people would take time. So in the wilderness, God didn't just give them…
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”Free Together” | What If Independence Is Making Us Less Free? // Christian Martinsen (Ex. 19:1-6)
What if our obsession with independence is actually making us less free? We live in a world with more content and connection than ever—and yet genuine community can feel increasingly scarce. We’ve been taught to imagine freedom as needing nobody, owing nobody, and belonging to nobody. But the…
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SPECIAL MESSAGE: ”THE PROCESS” | Paul Martini
What do we do when we have a promise from God, but find ourselves stuck in the process? In this powerful message, Paul Martini, Lead Pastor of New Life City Church in Albuquerque, New Mexico, teaches on what God does in the waiting seasons of our lives. Through the story of Jacob, his longing for...
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FREEDOM SUMMER SERIES: Freedom From Comparison, Tiffany Souers
FREE TO BELONG | Breaking Comparison & Becoming the Dwelling Place of God We live in a culture fueled by comparison, competition, and the pressure to prove ourselves. But the Kingdom of God offers a different way. In week three of our summer series, Freedom, Tiffany explores what it means to be...
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SUMMER FREEDOM SERIES: Addiction and the Journey Towards Humanness, Phil Chan
Special Note: During this message, the power unexpectedly went out across the entire city of Pasadena in the middle of our service! We want to give a huge thank you to our incredible team for adapting in real time and helping us continue gathering and worshiping together. Please forgive the...
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SUMMER FREEDOM SERIES: Forgiveness & The Master of Pain, Phil Chan
We all long for freedom, but often don't know how God actually brings it about. In this opening message of our summer series, Freedom, Phil explores the relationship between forgiveness and healing, and how Jesus meets us in the places of pain, disappointment, and brokenness. Through Scripture,...
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REVELATION SERIES // ”Beast-mode”: What is Marking You? (Rev 13:11-18)
BEASTMODE // What Is Marking You? (Revelation 13:11–18) For centuries, Christians have debated the identity of the Beast, the meaning of 666, and the mark of the beast. But what if we've been asking the wrong question? In this final message of our Revelation series, we discover that Revelation 13...
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WHY CHRISTIANS KEEP GOING // How Joy Fuels Endurance (James 1:2-8)
Why do some people become bitter while others become beautiful? Life is hard for everyone. Sooner or later, the diagnosis comes, the prayer goes unanswered, the relationship struggles, the dream dies, or the future becomes uncertain. Yet some people seem to possess a strength that carries them...
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REVELATION SERIES // Hymns of the Apocalypse: When Life Feels Uncertain (Rev 4)
When life feels uncertain, where do you look for stability? In Revelation 4, John is given a vision of heaven—not first to answer all his questions, but to show him a throne. Before God explains the future, He reveals who governs it. In a world filled with anxiety, uncertainty, and the illusion…
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REVELATION SERIES // ”Self-Reliance”: Re-Open Our Eyes (Rev 3:14-22)
What if the greatest spiritual danger today isn’t rebellion against God… but the illusion that we no longer need Him? In this message from Book of Revelation 3:14–22, we explore Jesus’ shocking words to the church in Laodicea: a wealthy, successful, self-sufficient city that believed it needed...
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HOW TO BE RICH // Charlie Brown
"How to BE rich"... or "How to GET rich?" That is the issue... This past Sunday, Charlie Brown explored a different vision of wealth... one not centered on money, status, or success, but on generosity, wisdom, service, leadership, and the Kingdom of God. Through passages in Romans 12, Exodus 18,...
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REVELATION SERIES: ”Significance” // How to Be Faithful With Little Strength (Rev 3:1-13)
Most people spend their lives wondering if they’re doing enough, becoming enough, succeeding enough, or mattering enough… while Jesus keeps asking a very different question: Will you remain faithful with whatever strength you have? This week in Revelation 3, we explore two churches—and two ways…
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REVELATION SERIES: ”Compromise” // The Danger of Almost Following Jesus (Rev. 2:12-16)
We don’t usually walk away from Jesus… we just slowly adjust Him. In this message from Revelation 2, we look at Jesus’ words to the church in Pergamum—a community that didn’t deny their faith, but quietly began to compromise under pressure. And the warning is clear: The greatest threat to your...
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REVELATION SERIES // Coming Back to What Matters Most and Holding On When It’s Hard (Rev 2:1-11)
Are You Living a Functional or Relational Faith? In a world filled with global chaos, digital distractions, and the pressure to perform, it is easy to lose the very thing that matters most: our first love. This week, we continue our journey through the Book of Revelation, looking at Jesus’ direct...
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The Lord Seated On The Throne, Cheryl Allen (Isaiah 6)
This Sunday at Frontier, we had the privilege of welcoming Cheryl Allen, director of the Pasadena International House of Prayer—a leader who carries a deep passion for prayer, the presence of God, and awakening the church to live with both the Word and the Spirit. In this message, Cheryl walks us...
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What If You’re Not Enough? | Easter Message (Revelation 5)
What if the deepest question of your life isn’t “Am I enough?” …but “Who is worthy?” In this Easter message from Revelation 5, we step into a powerful vision of heaven—where the future of the world hangs in the balance and one question echoes across all of creation: Who is worthy to open the...
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Seeing the Real Jesus (Not the One You Made) | Revelation 1:9-20
What if the Jesus you’ve been following… is too small? In Revelation 1:9–20, John doesn’t receive an explanation for his suffering—he receives a vision of Jesus. And that vision changes everything. Most of us, over time, have quietly reshaped Jesus into someone manageable: predictable…
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Revelation: Seeing What’s Really Real (Rev. 1:1-8)
Revelation: Seeing What’s Really Real (Revelation 1:1–8) In a world filled with uncertainty, conflict, and anxiety, it’s natural to wonder: Is this the end? But the book of Revelation wasn’t written to help us predict the future—it was written to help us live faithfully in the present. In this...
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The Prodigal God — A Love That Won’t Stop Pursuing You | Luke 15 (Sue Martinsen & Candace Kim)
What if the story of the prodigal son isn’t really about the son at all? In Luke 15, Jesus tells three stories — a lost sheep, a lost coin, and a lost son — to reveal something far deeper than human failure: A God who relentlessly pursues. This message unpacks the heart of the Father ,a God who...
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Our Sacred Responsibility: ”Building What Lasts” (2 Corinthians 9:6–15)
Our Sacred Responsibility: Building What Lasts Passage: 2 Corinthians 9:6–15 What we do with money and resources is never just practical — it’s spiritual. Jesus said, “Where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.” In a city like Los Angeles, where people come to invest their lives in...
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”From Anxiety To Trust” (Luke 12:13-34)
BIG IDEA: Your treasure reveals your trust. And generosity is how the Father reshapes the heart. Luke 12 is one of Jesus’ most direct teachings on money, anxiety, and trust. In this message, we’re not taking a “new building offering” or running a campaign—we’re letting Jesus do heart-level…
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WHAT IS SHAPING YOUR TRUTH? John 17:13-19
What Is Shaping Your Truth? | John 17:13–19 We just stepped into a new building — but Jesus reminds us we’re stepping into something much bigger. In John 17, on the night before the cross, Jesus prays not that His followers would escape the world, but that they would be sanctified in the truth…
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Formed to Overcome: ”The Only Way to Defeat Evil” | Romans 12
Formed to Overcome: "The Only Way to Defeat Evil" | Romans 12 As we close our final Sunday at Webster Elementary and prepare to step into our new space, we return to Romans 12 and ask a defining question: If the gospel is true, what kind of people does it create? Paul tells us that in view of…
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VISION SERIES: Formation, Part 2 // ”Living Out Transformation”, Rom 12:1-2
What are we really offering our lives to? In this message from our Vision Series, we linger in Romans 12:1–2 and name the quiet, powerful forces shaping us every day. The Bible calls us to become living sacrifices—but that raises an honest question: What are we already sacrificing ourselves for?...
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VISION SERIES: ”Formation” // A Life Formed By Making God Home, Ps 71
What does steady faith look like in a chaotic world? In this message from Psalm 71, Pastor Christian invites us to take the long view of faith — a faith formed not by dramatic rescue, but by learning to make God our home over a lifetime. Before opening the text, he briefly and pastorally…
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VISION: Why Church? Becoming the Church Jesus Died For, Phil Chan
The Bride Jesus Sees — Becoming the Church He Died For Most of us carry mixed experiences with church. Some are beautiful. Some are painful. Some leave us skeptical. But what if our view of the church has been shaped more by consumerism than by conviction? In this message, Phil invites us to see...
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VISION SERIES: ”A Vision for a Counter-Cultural Family”
Why does the debate between individualism and community never go away? Why do freedom and belonging so often feel like they’re in competition? In this message, we explore one of the deepest longings of the human heart — the desire to be fully known and fully free — and why neither radical...
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VISION SERIES: A Different Way of Life // ”Relief from the Orphan Spirit” (Rom 8:14-25)
Romans 8 | From Orphan Anxiety to Adopted Hope //A Different Way of Life Many of us came to Los Angeles with a dream. Not just a career dream—but a hope of becoming someone. And somewhere along the way, the dream quietly turned into pressure. When your dream becomes your identity: -Failure feels...
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New Year Vision Series: ”Follow Me Again”, John 21
Follow Me Again, A Shepherding Sermon for the New Year John 21 At the start of a new year, many of us feel what could be called the New Year Ache—a quiet pressure to fix ourselves, reinvent our lives, or prove we’re enough. Even when life is good, January often amplifies exhaustion, comparison,...
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The Scandal of Christmas, Part 2 (Mk 6:1-13)
The Scandal of Christmas | Mark 6 — God Came Close NOTE: This stream had technical issues and got cut split into two parts. Please click here for the first 12 minutes of the message: https://youtube.com/live/tf-avztsvcs We love scandal when leaders fall. But Mark 6 shows a different kind of...
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The Scandal of Christmas, Part 1 (Mk 6:1-13)
The Scandal of Christmas | Mark 6 — God Came Close NOTE: This recording had issues and got cut off at 12:38, please click here for the rest of the message: https://www.youtube.com/live/AE2r11BIt54 We love scandal when leaders fall. But Mark 6 shows a different kind of scandal: a Leader who rises....
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God is Always on Time, Phil Chan
In this message from John 11, Pastor Phil connects our church’s year—fires, wandering, waiting, and unexpected provision—with the story of Lazarus and the God who seems “late” but is always working. He shows how waiting is often God’s classroom: the place where faith matures, community deepens…
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Sent Again: When Jesus Opens Your Eyes and Reignites Your Mission (Luke 24:13-35)
-When Jesus brings your heart back to life, He brings your purpose back to life. In this Advent message, “Sent Again: When Jesus Opens Your Eyes and Reignites Your Mission,” Pastor Christian walks through Luke 24 (the road to Emmaus) and Genesis 12 to show how Jesus meets us in disappointment,...
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Work as Mission: The Gospel That Reframes Work // Ephesians 6:5–9
What are you really working for? What if your job, your unpaid labor, your parenting, your studies, and even the parts of your week that feel invisible are actually one of the primary frontiers where Jesus sends you? In this message, Pastor Christian walks through Ephesians 6:5–9 to show how the...
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“Pulled Back to Be Launched: A Prophetic Call to Mission, SunAwh Park (YWAM)
In this powerful and timely message, missionary and leader of YWAM, SunAwh Park, returns to Frontier with a prophetic encouragement for a community walking through transition. Drawing from 21 years in global missions and nearly 100 nations, SunAwh shares two images the Lord impressed on him:...
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Hospitality That Heals — Make Room (Luke 14) | Live the Story, Tell the Story
When time, place, and plans shift, our mission doesn’t. In Luke 14, Jesus doesn’t hand out a social policy—He tests our hearts. The gospel creates margin, breaks comparison, and seats us at a table we didn’t pay for—then sends us to “make room” for others, especially those who can’t repay us. Big...
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LIVE THE STORY, TELL THE STORY: Revival that looks like Justice, Isaiah 58:1-12
Real revival doesn’t start with louder worship—it starts with honest repentance. In Revival That Looks Like Justice, Pastor Christian Martinsen continues our Live the Story, Tell the Story missional series with Isaiah 58—God’s piercing confrontation of hypocrisy and hollow religion. His people…
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“Faith, Evidence, and the End of Tribalism” — Michael Murray, Ph.D.
Oxford theologian and Frontier’s teaching partner Michael Murray brings a brilliant and timely message from Judges 3 that blends faith, history, and archaeology. Drawing on his years of biblical scholarship and research at Oxford University, Michael traces the evidence for the Exodus—from ancient...
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THE STORY THAT SPEAKS: Fearless & Kind Witness in a Skeptical World (1 Peter 3:13–18)
Faith can feel costly right now—but curiosity is rising. From 1 Peter 3, we explore how followers of Jesus turn pressure into a platform: do good anyway, be ready to share your hope, and draw strength from Jesus’ story. This message is part of our fall series “Tell the Story, Live the Story,”…
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SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT SUNDAY // The Door That Shouldn’t Be Open: Chosen for Holy Ground (Exodus 3)
"The Door That Shouldn’t Be Open: Chosen for Holy Ground" A door we couldn’t force open—and didn’t—swung wide. Behind “They chose Frontier,” we heard the Father: “I chose you.” Message Summary: From living-room beginnings to a miracle LOI at St. James, this is a story of God’s initiative. Exodus…
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