There's a sin you keep promising yourself you'll quit — and you're starting to wonder why you can't. This message walks through Revelation 8 and 9, the seven trumpets, and one uncomfortable truth most of us feel but rarely say out loud: sin doesn't stay a choice forever. At some point you stop choosing it, and it starts choosing you.

We tend to read Revelation as a map of the end of the world. But the seventh seal doesn't open onto final destruction — it opens onto the Day of Atonement and a trumpet blast that, to the people who first heard it, meant one thing: a call to come home. The trumpets aren't only about the future. They're a warning about right now — about the thing quietly enslaving you, the way it dresses itself up as harmless, and the freedom that's actually possible when you finally name it. This isn't a timeline. It's an invitation.

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What if the hardest part of going through a difficult season isn't the pain itself — it's wondering if anyone actually sees it? This message from Revelation 6-7 offers something you might not expect from one of the Bible's most misunderstood books: real, grounded comfort for people in the middle of real, hard things.

In this sermon, we look at what happens in Revelation 7 when everything around John is falling apart — and God pauses to seal and protect his people. Not by pulling them out of the chaos. But by marking them, sheltering them, and promising to personally wipe every tear from their eyes.

This isn't a prophecy lecture. It's a word for the overwhelmed, the overlooked, and anyone quietly wondering if God knows what they're carrying right now. The answer from Scripture is clear: he does. And he's not finished.

Three things this message covers:
— What it means to be "sealed" by God in the middle of a broken world
— Why God's protection doesn't remove suffering but is present through it
— The promise of Revelation 7:17 — and why it might be the most tender verse in the whole book

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What is true worship, really? In Revelation 4, John gets pulled into the throne room of heaven and sees something that completely redefines what worship is supposed to look like in our everyday lives.

In this message from our series on the book of Revelation, we walk through the three movements of worship we see from the 24 elders around God's throne: they bow, they worship, and they lay down their crowns. And it forces a question most of us avoid — am I actually worshiping God on Monday the same way I worship Him on Sunday? Or am I praising God with my mouth and then managing my life without Him the rest of the week?

If you've ever felt the tension between believing God is in control and still gripping the steering wheel of your own life, this one is for you.

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What if the book of Revelation isn't actually about predicting the future? In this Week 1 sermon from our new series on Revelation, Pastor Tony walks through what John was really writing, who he was writing to, and why most of what we've been taught about end times misses the heart of the book entirely.

The book of Revelation is the most often-read and most-misunderstood book of the Bible. For 2,000 years, Christians have tried to decode it — figuring out who the antichrist is, what the mark of the beast means, when Jesus will return. But Revelation was a letter before it was scripture. It was written to seven real churches under real pressure, in language they would have understood, full of Old Testament imagery (500+ references in 22 chapters).

In this message, Pastor Tony unpacks the Greek meaning of "apocalypse" (it doesn't mean what you think), walks through the four main ways Christians interpret Revelation (preterist, futurist, historicist, idealist), and gives four warnings to keep in mind before you read a single chapter. He pulls in Daniel 2 and Daniel 7 to show how John's original readers understood the imagery — and what we miss when we read it through a 21st-century lens.

The bottom line: what appears to be a warning about tomorrow is actually a picture of what today must be.

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If you've ever felt disqualified — like you're not measuring up as a husband, a wife, a parent, a believer, or just as a person — this message is for you. In Luke 19, Jesus walks into Jericho and stops at a sycamore tree to call down a man everyone else had written off. What He did next changed Zacchaeus's life forever, and it speaks directly to anyone who's currently feeling overlooked, inadequate, or like they don't belong close to God.

In this message, Pastor Elisha Poole — lead planter of Evergrove Church and a church-planting resident at 2|42 — opens up Luke 19:1-10 and walks through the moment Jesus interrupted His own schedule for one disqualified man. The sermon explores why Zacchaeus climbed the tree in the first place, what it means that Jesus saw him there, and the difference between seeing Jesus from a distance and actually getting close. Because closeness with Jesus is what produces real change — not distance, not performance, not pretending.

If you've been hiding in a sycamore tree of your own — a habit, a thought pattern, a wound, a season of feeling unworthy — this is your invitation to come down.

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What does the cross actually mean for your pain?

In the final week of Built Different, we look at Jesus—the ultimate example of spiritual resilience—and walk through the darkest road he ever traveled. From Luke 4 to Isaiah 53 to the crucifixion story, this message explores why Jesus came, what he endured, and how his suffering brings healing, freedom, and life to the full.

If you’ve ever wrestled with pain, exhaustion, grief, shame, or inner turmoil, this message is an invitation to bring all of it to Jesus. He understands suffering, he carried our pain, and by his wounds we are healed.

We would love for you to join us in person next weekend at any of our seven locations nearest you.

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What if stress isn’t always the enemy?

In this message, Dr. Wes unpacks what Scripture and science reveal about anxiety, stress, and the way God designed the human body. Looking at Psalm 139:14, Isaiah 41:10, Philippians 4:6–7, and more, this teaching explores how fear, cortisol, resilience, and faith all connect.

You’ll hear a powerful real-life story of survival, learn the difference between a fear-based mindset and a growth-oriented mindset, and discover how speaking God’s truth over your life can reshape the way you face pressure, pain, and uncertainty.

If you’ve been feeling overwhelmed, anxious, exhausted, or mentally stuck, this message is a reminder that you are fearfully and wonderfully made—and that God is with you in whatever you’re facing.

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What can we learn from the story of David and Bathsheba?

In this message, we walk through 2 Samuel 11–12 and examine one of the most sobering stories in the Bible: the fall of King David. What begins with idleness quickly spirals into lust, deception, adultery, and ultimately murder. David’s story is a powerful reminder of how hidden sin can slowly destroy a life.

But this story isn’t just about David. It’s about all of us.

We explore how temptation works, why sin often begins long before the moment we notice it, and how repentance is the path that leads to restoration.

In this message we discuss:
• The story of David and Bathsheba explained
• How idleness opens the door to temptation
• Why sin often leads us down a slippery slope
• The importance of truth tellers and accountability in our lives
• Why repentance leads to restoration

David’s story reminds us that even someone described as “a man after God’s own heart” can fall. But through repentance, God offers restoration, healing, and a new path forward.

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Scriptures in this message

2 Samuel 11–12
Psalm 51
James 1:13–15
1 Samuel 13:13–14

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0:00 The Problem We Don’t Want to Admit
4:56 A Simple Problem… and a Hard Truth
7:24 David’s First Wrong Step
9:13 The Slippery Slope of Sin
13:30 When Sin Leads to Destruction
20:03 Nathan Confronts David
26:27 Repentance Leads to Restoration
30:01 Psalm 51 – David’s Prayer of Repentance

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