I Love My Church — Week 1: Here We Know God | Exodus 6:6–7
Texts: Exodus 6:6–7; Matthew 16:18; Acts 2:42–47; Hebrews 10:24–25

Why does the church still matter in the plan of God?

In Week 1 of I Love My Church, Pastor Kevin begins a new series by showing that the church is not a religious event we attend, but a redeemed people Jesus has gathered so that we can know God and help others know Him.

Starting in Exodus 6, this message shows that God’s redemptive plan has always been bigger than rescue. God does not only bring His people out of something—He brings them into something: freedom, purpose, belonging, and mission.

This message also reminds us that Jesus loves the church, gave Himself for the church, and is still building the church. Even though the church is imperfect, it remains precious to Jesus because it is made up of people He is redeeming, healing, forming, and sending.

If you have ever wondered whether you really need the church, or if you have been standing around the edges of church life, this message is an invitation to come to Jesus, gather with His people, and ask: what could God do in your life if you went all in for one year?

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Summer on the Mount — Week 8: Build Your Life on the Rock | Matthew 7:13–27
Texts: Matthew 7:13–27; Jeremiah 17:7–8

What are you building your life on?

In the series finale of Summer on the Mount: A Better Way to Be Human, Miguel Plaza closes Jesus’ Sermon on the Mount by teaching from Matthew 7:13–27. Jesus ends His sermon with a series of choices: two gates, two roads, two trees, two kinds of fruit, two claims, two groups of people, two builders, two houses, and two foundations.

This message reminds us that hearing the words of Jesus is not the same as building on them. The wise builder is not wise because he heard more, but because he practiced what he heard. Obedience is how hearing becomes foundation.

On Back to School Sunday, this message also speaks to students, parents, school staff, and the whole church. We are all being sent back into something: classrooms, workplaces, homes, new seasons, and new decisions. The question is not simply whether we have heard Jesus, admired Jesus, or learned about Jesus. The question is whether our lives are being built on Him.

If you have built your identity on approval, success, relationships, control, comfort, or anything other than Jesus, this message is an invitation to build again—on the only foundation strong enough to hold.

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Summer on the Mount — Week 7: A Community Without Condemnation | Matthew 7:1–12
Texts: Matthew 7:1–12

Jesus does not build His church by tearing people down.

In Week 7 of Summer on the Mount: A Better Way to Be Human, Jose Ramos teaches from Matthew 7:1–12, where Jesus confronts our tendency to see what is wrong with everyone else while missing what is happening in our own hearts.

This message shows that Jesus is not calling His followers to moral blindness or a life without discernment. He is confronting a harsh and condemning spirit. Kingdom community begins not with a microscope aimed at someone else, but with a mirror held before ourselves.

As Jesus moves from “judge not,” to the speck and the log, to asking, seeking, and knocking, and finally to the Golden Rule, He forms a community marked by humility, prayer, mercy, and grace. A community where truth and grace can both flourish. A community where people are corrected without being humiliated and where failure is not turned into a permanent identity.

If you have been quick to criticize, slow to examine yourself, or tempted to reduce people to their worst moments, this message is an invitation to receive the Father’s mercy and learn to give that same mercy to others.

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Summer on the Mount — Week 6: Free from False Masters | Matthew 6:19–34
Texts: Matthew 6:19–34

What actually has authority over your life?

In Week 6 of Summer on the Mount: A Better Way to Be Human, Pastor Deborah Taylor teaches from Matthew 6:19–34, where Jesus talks about treasure, the eye, two masters, anxiety, and seeking first the Kingdom of God.

This message shows that money and worry often make promises they cannot keep. Money says, “I can keep you safe.” Worry says, “I can keep you in control.” But Jesus exposes both as false masters and invites us to return our trust to the Father who knows what we need and loves to provide.

This is not ultimately a message about budgets. It is a message about the heart. What we treasure shapes what we see. What we see shapes what we serve. And what we serve shapes whether we live in peace or in anxiety.

If money, worry, comparison, control, or fear about tomorrow has been sitting on the throne of your heart, this message is an invitation to seek first the Kingdom, surrender every false master, and trust the Father who already knows what you need.

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Summer on the Mount — Week 5: Voices of the House | Matthew 6:1–18
Texts: Matthew 6:1–18; Matthew 5:16; Colossians 3:3–4; Matthew 6:12, 14–15

What does it look like to live for the Father instead of the approval of people?

In this special Voices of the House Sunday, Sony Thelusca, Jonathan Garcia, and Fernando Rodriguez continue our Summer on the Mount series by helping us listen to Jesus’ words in Matthew 6. Together, these messages show that Kingdom righteousness is not about performance, platform, or applause. It is about living faithfully before God, pointing people to Jesus, and becoming the kind of people who extend the mercy we have received.

Sony reminds us that the Father sees what is done in secret. The hidden life is not unseen—it is seen by the One who matters most. Jonathan helps us see that visible faith is not the problem; the question is whether our lives point people to the Father or back to ourselves. And Fernando reminds us that forgiveness is not something we earn, but a gift Jesus gives—and forgiven people become forgiving people.

If you have been living for recognition, trying to manage your image, or carrying bitterness that Jesus is inviting you to release, this message is a call back to the Father who sees, the Son who saves, and the mercy that transforms us from the inside out.

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Summer on the Mount — Week 4: Whole Hearts | Matthew 5:21–48
Texts: Matthew 5:21–48

Jesus does not just want better habits. He wants whole hearts.

In Week 4 of Summer on the Mount: A Better Way to Be Human, Pastor Kevin continues through the Sermon on the Mount and teaches from Matthew 5:21–48, where Jesus talks about anger, lust, truth-telling, retaliation, and enemy love.

But Jesus is not giving random commands or simply making the rules harder. He is moving beneath the surface. He is showing us that sin is not only an action problem—it is a heart-formation problem. What shows up in our lives reveals what is being formed in our hearts.

This message invites us to ask a deeper question: not only “What did I do?” but “What is being formed in me?” Jesus exposes the roots beneath the action, redirects the reflexes of the Kingdom, and calls us into the wholeness of the Father.

If you have been trying to manage the outside while hiding the inside, this message points to the mercy of Jesus, who comes near to restore us from the inside out.

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Summer on the Mount — Week 3: Deeper Than Rule-Keeping | Matthew 5:17–20
Texts: Matthew 5:17–20

What does Jesus mean when He says He came not to abolish the Law, but to fulfill it?

In Week 3 of Summer on the Mount: A Better Way to Be Human, Pastor Kevin teaches from Matthew 5:17–20, one of the hinge passages in the Sermon on the Mount. Before Jesus talks about anger, lust, truth-telling, retaliation, and enemy love, He shows us how to understand His relationship to the Law and the Prophets.

This message helps us avoid two opposite mistakes: lawlessness and legalism. Jesus does not lower the standard and make obedience optional, but He also does not hand us a new system of religious performance. Instead, Jesus fulfills the story, honors the Word, and forms in His people a righteousness that goes deeper than outward rule-keeping.

If you have ever imagined God measuring your life with a spiritual scoreboard, this message points to better news: Jesus fulfilled what we could not fulfill, forgives what we could not fix, and gives us His Spirit to form in us the life we could never produce on our own.

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Summer on the Mount — Week 2: Salt and Light: The Visible Kingdom | Matthew 5:13–16
Texts: Matthew 5:13–16

Jesus does not bless us so we can disappear. He blesses us so His Kingdom becomes visible.

In Week 2 of Summer on the Mount: A Better Way to Be Human, Pastor John continues through the Sermon on the Mount and teaches from Matthew 5:13–16, where Jesus calls His people the salt of the earth and the light of the world.

This message shows that Kingdom identity comes before Kingdom activity. Jesus does not say, “Try to become salt” or “Try to become light.” He says, “You are.” The people Jesus blesses are the people Jesus sends into the world as a visible sign of the Kingdom.

If you have ever wondered how ordinary faithfulness can make an invisible God visible in a visible world, this message is a reminder that a restored life becomes a visible witness. Salt creates thirst. Light gives direction. And good works point beyond us to the Father.

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