Keystone Messages

Faith is confidence that Jesus can be trusted no matter the outcome.

Jesus invites us to believe, not just hope.

If we forget the cost of something, we take for granted what we've gained and the price that was paid for it.

Paul’s letters are designed to be community applications of Jesus’ command to love one another.

Revelation isn’t a puzzle about the future, it’s a call to remain faithful.

The greatest miracles in the Old Testament are the messages they convey.

The Old Testament is the story of how God prepared the world for Jesus.

Not all of the rules in the Bible apply to you.

The resurrection universally validates the claims of Jesus.

God was doing His greatest work at the very moment it looked most hopeless.

Jesus invites everyone to experience a “with God” life here and now.

Jesus tells His followers to be in the world, but not of the world.

Self-awareness enables compassion.

Jesus invites His followers to trade worry for trust.

Systematic generosity breaks the power of greed.

Jesus offers a third way in conflict that confronts injustice without becoming it.

Jesus invites His followers into the tension between the real and the ideal.

Jesus was trying to save and not shame when He talked about sex.

Reconciliation begins when we turn angry confrontation into gracious conversation.

Instead of list of rules, Jesus gave His followers a defining ethic.

Faith grows best in community.

Compassion and generosity can bring lasting change in our world.

Jesus welcomed everyone. His church should too.

Sin is when self-interest keeps us from our calling.

Because of who He is, Jesus is the only king worth following.

Jesus came to launch God’s Kingdom on earth, not to provide an escape route to heaven.

Jesus doesn’t just want to be our Savior. He also wants to be our King.

Jesus offered His followers a way to overcome destructive impulses.

Faithfulness can only be produced by managing unfaithfulness.

Goodness is when God’s character shows up in your choices.

True kindness humbles us to serve others with no strings attached.

Patience has the power to transform communities.

Peace comes when we entrust what’s pulling us apart to Jesus.

Joy is cultivated and maintained through an ongoing connection with Jesus.

What our world needs most is not greater spirituality, but greater maturity.

Couples in enviable relationships make it their habit to believe the best.

Healthy couples know to take their frustrations to God.

Mutual submission is the “secret sauce” of enviable relationships.

Healthy couples know they owe each other nothing.

Faith grows deep when we give it some friends.

Faith grows deep when we work out what God is working in.

Growth beyond the shallows requires intentionality.

The path to greatness is the path of a servant.

The cross invites us to embrace humility.

True success is found by embracing the way of the cross.

We must make an undivided commitment to trust God and God alone.

God loves the people you loathe.