We embark on a journey to discover how God "customizes" His presence (via our perception of where He dwells) to meet the needs and frame of reference of different people across time. We start with a spoiler alert and read the final chapter firs...

Today we revisit the story of Jesus walking on water, this time in Matthew 14. As a template for our experience, we acknowledge that storms happen, ...

Today we look closely at Psalm 42, a beautiful psalm of lament that we often don’t get past the first verse on: “As the deer pants for streams of water...

Today we look at Jesus’ call on Saul on Acts 9. God appeals to the next apostle through an experience that reaches all Saul’s senses, capturing his attent...

Oakhaven Church has the tradition of setting aside "regular sermons" on fifth Sundays to instead hear members and their testimonies of how God has worked in their lives, especially how He has drawn them into life with Him. Today, Josh Patterson...

As we continue to examine Paul’s wide-ranging message in Romans 8, we come away with several insights. First, following Jesus will include moments of ...

On this day celebrating fathers we look at the amazing access God grants us to Himself using Romans 8:9-19 (NLT). 

We are in a complex and mysterious, adventurous and powerful, permanent relationship with the Spirit who lives within us to anoint and nudge and save and remind and inspire and empower and equip and comfort and counsel and reform and transform ...

We continue to look at Jesus’ teaching on prayer in Luke 11. After He teaches His disciples “The Lord’s Prayer,” Jesus goes on to use humans in everyday ...

Luke 11:1-13. Today we look at two different episodes in Jesus’ life with His disciples. First is His teaching them “His” prayer in Luke 11, with a key ...

Shepherd Brenda Wilusz discusses the many ways God shows His love.

Oakhaven Church founding member Deb Cleveland shares a special Mother's Day message featuring the women of the bible. 

We complete today our year long journey through the Gospel of Mark with a summary of his masterful storytelling. We focus on two of his primary themes: identity and expectation. Our identity is built upon that of Jesus’ the King of kings come t...

We continue to explore life in the Age of Resurrection along with the unique ending of Mark's Gospel. 

After the grueling pain of Good Friday and the silent waiting of a dark and quiet Saturday, Sunday comes in power, light, and victory. Sometimes our Saturdays last a long time, but Sunday is coming!

Jesus asks for a different path in the Garden of Gethsemane. God says no. Jesus stays on the path anyway, because the only way out is through this time. His followers desert Him right and left, before and after. But Jesus stays true to The Plan...

Our journey in the Gospel of Mark brings us to a poignant, difficult final meal of Jesus with the twelve. The resonance of the past that is celebrated in the Passover meal carries forward not only to the cross and empty tomb but to our lives as...

Longtime Oakhaven member Duane Canon shares his testimony of God's faithfulness in his life over the years. 

We are firmly in Act III of the Gospel of Mark today as Jesus is anointed for burial by a woman at the home of Simon the Leper. This anointing points to Jesus’ Kingship, Messiahship, and pending sacrifice. The woman’s total commitment to Him is...

We look today at Jesus’ longest discourse in the Gospel of Mark. Mark 13 contains some of the most dramatic language and images in the gospel. As Jesus ...

We return today to the Gospel of Mark (12:35-44) and find again that Jesus/Mark have packaged 3 stories together that seem unrelated at first bu...

Duey shares a message on Jesus' command in John 13:34. "A new command I give you: Love one another. As I have loved you, so you must love one another."

Stories of a lost sheep and a lost coin in Luke 15 point to how much Jesus wants us to be found, and the great lengths to which He will go to do ...

In our journey with Jesus through the Gospel of Mark we have recently arrived in Jerusalem after Jesus' triumphal entry on a donkey. (Mark 11:11-25) As...

We return to our survey of the Gospel of Mark today and find ourselves at a key structural point in Mark’s storytelling. Mark’s gospel can be divided into three “acts.” Act I takes place in Galilee, Act III takes place in Jerusalem, and Act is ...