Arbor Church

“You have heard that it was said, ‘An eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth.’ But I say to you, Do not resist the one who is evil. But if anyone slaps you on the right cheek, turn to him the other also.” – Matthew 5:38–39. This is one of the most challenging teachings Jesus gives us in the Sermon on the Mount. Did the One who flipped tables in the temple really suggest that we should lie down and let others walk all over us? What’s Jesus calling us to do in this passage? Ryan puts this passage in context and shows us how voluntary acts of love can break the vicious cycle of revenge.

“You are the salt of the earth, but if salt has lost its taste, how shall its saltiness be restored? It is no longer good for anything except to be thrown out and trampled under people’s feet.” – Matthew 5:13. Pastor Ryan unpacks the rich meaning of this familiar passage: what salt and light tell us about who we are, how Jesus sees us, and our role in the world in which we temporarily reside.

Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be called children of God. – Matthew 5:9. Ryan opens our new Summer on the Mount series with a message on peacemaking in our divisive and polarized times – not peacekilling, or even peacekeeping, but literally doing the hard work of making peace, as believers and as a church body.

No one likes uncertainty, but adversity and uncertainty go hand in hand with following Jesus. In his first message as Arbor’s lead pastor, Pastor Ryan explains why this is so, using examples from the Scripture, his own life, and Arbor’s past.

We send off Cliff with Alison giving the word from the book of Ezra and how change can be viewed differently from each person and their experiences. *Note: We apologize in advance for Alison’s audio missing from the beginning portion of the stream/video message. The audio podcast will have the complete message from the beginning.

We continue our summer series with Pastor Cliffs last message with us at Arbor as he leaves us with a message from the story of Moses and how what we have in life is Gods to use.

We start our new series Summer At Arbor with Michael speaking about how we can love ourselves and love others around us.

We conclude our series Changes with Cliff diving into the New Testament and talking about two men who personally knew Jesus and discovered the Grace that he gave to them.

Happy Fathers Day! Cliff continues our series changes by diving into how God is seen as our heavenly father

We continue our series Changes with Pastor Cliff reading from Mark and how Jesus restored the possessed man.