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The goal is not just to live but to pour your life out for Jesus.

If there is no God there's nothing really worth pouring yourself out to. It all fades away in the end. But if Jesus is who He said He was, there's something deep and eternal with giving yourself to. So how do you live poured out? There are powerful insights in Revelation 6:9-17 that will pour into you.

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This episode is the story of  the first year of planting roots in the West Valley.

Pre-launch was a story of Gospel-risk, beautiful community, and the collective ownership of the mission by humble, Jesus-centered people .

Post-Launch has been like re-living the book of Acts!

The Holy Spirit is moving in the West Valley. In this conversation with Nolan and Lindsey, we pause and reflect on what He has done and look forward to where we're going.

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The end is coming! Buuuut we can't know when...

Instead of predicting precise details of the end times, the book of Revelation puts forward life-changing truths in the midst of our everyday struggles. Specifically pain. 

What are you going to do with the problem of suffering and hardship? In the famous passage about the four horsemen of the apocalypse, we see that Jesus is the hope you need in a hellish world.

If the resurrection of Jesus is true, it changes everything. It can move you from heartache to hope, from weeping to worship. In this teaching, we zoom in on a scene around the throne room of God, where we see the resurrected Jesus celebrated, and the meaning of the death and resurrection explained. There's power in what Jesus did that will change your life today--it can move you from weeping to worship.

The fastest growing worldview today is "no religious affiliation". Every corner of culture screams "right now is all you have". But John sees a vision in Revelation 4 that tells a totally different story: right now counts forever. 

Behind reality is the throne room of God. From flying creatures to glowing rainbows, the throne room is something to behold! There are insights we gain from a glimpse of God's throne room that offers new meaning to both skeptics and saints. Listen to this teaching by Nolan Tjaden to find out why right now counts forever.

Eschatology is the study of last things. Everyone has an eschatology, even atheists. Bertrand Russel said humanity is destined “to extinction in the vast death of the solar system” so you should build your life on the “foundation of unyielding despair”. Christianity offers something infinitely better. 

Sadly many Christians, especially young Christians are functionally agnostic about the return of Christ. In today's teaching, Nolan Tjaden makes a case that Christ's return is not a sleepy doctrine for religious debate but a seismic truth that awakens the hearts of the spiritually dead.