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Friend of Sinners | Week 4 | The Heart of the Issue | Pastor Tyler Sollie | Life Center Tacoma There are two ways to experience distance: Self-serving ACTIONS and self-righteous ATTITUDES Jesus came to save those who are BROKEN BY REBELLION and those who are BLINDED BY RELIGION. Luke 15:1-2, 11, 23-32 (CSB) ACTIONS can take you to a distant LAND. ATTITUDES can keep you in a distant and defensive POSTURE. The Father PURSUES BOTH the BRING us in to His joy. "For certain types of people, grace is not only amazing, it is also infuriating." -Kenneth Bailey Proverbs 4:23 (CSB) What am I most ANGRY about? Ephesians 4:26-27 (CSB) Who do I currently RESENT that I haven't carried in PRAYER? Am I KEEPING SCORE - measuring my OBEDIENCE against others? 2 Corinthians 10:12 (NLT) Is there anyone I have already CUT OFF through CONDEMNATION? Is there an ATTITUDE in me that is creating DISTANCE? Your WORST days are never so BAD that you are outside of the REACH of God's grace. Your BEST days are never so GOOD tha

Friend of Sinners | Week 3 | Better Than I Planned | Pastor Josiah Thomas | Life Center Tacoma Luke 15:1-3, 11-24 (CSB) HIS PLAN is better than your plan Luke 15:12 (CSB) Luke 15:14 (CSB) Isaiah 55:8-9 (CSB) Luke 15:19 (CSB) HIS LOVE doesn't cost you anything, but it cost Him everything Luke 15:20-21 (CSB) "The father, in his house, clearly represents God. The best understanding of the text is to see that when the father leaves the house and takes upon himself a humiliating posture on the road, he becomes a symbol of God incarnate. He does not wait for the son to come to him but rather at a GREAT COST goes down and out to find and resurrect the one who is lost and dead." - Kenneth Bailey HIS RESTORATION isn't earned, it's freely given Luke 15:22-24 (CSB)

Friend of Sinners | Week 2 | The God Who Rejoices | Pastor Tyler Sollie | Life Center Tacoma When you think about God, do you imagine Him JOYFUL? What brings God joy? God rejoices in RESTORED RELATIONSHIP Luke 15:1-2, 8-10 (CSB) Restoration required INTENTIONALITY Restoration required INTENSITY The outcome of restoration: JOY! Zephaniah 3:14-17 (CSB) Restoration is found in REPENTANCE

Friend of Sinners | Week 1 | One is Worth It | Pastor Tyler Sollie | Life Center Tacoma Luke 15:1-7 (CSB) For Jesus, ONE is WORTH it. Ezekiel 34:1-2, 4, 11-12 (CSB) John 10:11 (CSB) Isaiah 53:6 (CSB) Our shepherd SEEKS US OUT Our shepherd JOYFULLY CARRIES US 1 Peter 2:24-25 (CSB) You are so VALUABLE TO GOD!

Our DNA | Week 4 | Love Well | Pastor Doug Myers | Life Center Tacoma 1 Corinthians 13:1-3 (CSB) We Reach Wide | We Build Strong | We Love Well Luke 14:15-24 (CSB) LOVE is our ORIGIN John 3:16-17 (CSB) 1 John 4:9-10 (CSB) LOVE is our IDENTITY John 13:34-35 (CSB) 1 John 4:7-8, 19-21 (CSB) LOVE is what DRIVES us Romans 10:13-15 (CSB)

Matthew 7:24-27 (ESV) Jesus calls us to be His DISCIPLES, and then He TEACHES us how Mark 1:16-20 (CSB) To become a disciple of Jesus we don't have to have a GREAT RESUME, because we SIMPLY PRESENT HIS The journey of discipleship starts with BEING IN RELATIONSHIP with Jesus John 17:24, 26 (CSB) Discipleship is not something that is DONE TO US, discipleship is a DECISION TO ACCEPT HIS INVITATION The journey of discipleship is a LIFETIME PROCESS of BECOMING MORE AND MORE LIKE JESUS Luke 9:23-25 (CSB) You can't FOLLOW Jesus ALONE Jesus desires that we BECOME HIS DISCIPLES and INVITE OTHERS to do the same Matthew 28:19-20 (CSB) As we follow Jesus, we will BUILD THE STRONG FOUNDATION we need to stand strong NO MATTER WHAT COMES OUR WAY

Luke 14:15-24 (CSB) God wants HEAVEN CROWDED Bring LIFE IN JESUS to EVERY LIFE in our communities We reach wide Everything has been PREPARED There is ROOM at the TABLE Jesus invites us to REACH WIDE - with the same REACH that RESCUED us

Our DNA: What Makes Us "Us" | Week 1 | It's About Life | Pastor Tyler Sollie | Life Center Tacoma We are about LIFE, because LIFE is who JESUS is 1 John 5:11-13 (CSB) Our mission is to bring LIFE IN JESUS to EVERY LIFE in our communities John 1:4 (CSB) John 10:10 (CSB) John 20:31 (CSB) We CARRY the life: I carry the life of Jesus WITH ME and IN ME Galatians 2:20 (CSB) We CARE for lives: every life in our COMMUNITIES matters to God... And if it matters to Him, it must matter to us We CLING to the spirit: we cling to the Holy Spirit as our source - because we can't do this mission without Him Ezekiel 47:1, 8-12 (CSB) John 7:37-39 (CSB)

A God of Justice | Josh Sperry | Life Center Tacoma David was ANOINTED long before he was APPOINTED. God was shaping him in private before using him in public. Justice: Making things right according to God's character and design. Injustice: The abuse of power, the neglect of the vulnerable, or the failure to act when wrong is done. Psalms 89:11-14 (NIV) 1 Samuel 17:26 (NLT) Justice begins with seeing clearly David sees what others can't or won't, the vulnerable and the hurting [Ansel Adams Photo] "I just want people to see what I see" -Ansel Adams What cause is the Lord calling you to stand for? Justice is rooted in God's character, not human strength 1 Samuel 17:32-37 (NIV) Justice doesn't come from having power - it comes from knowing the God who defends the powerless. Injustice, by contrast, is always about power misused. Justice confronts evil courageously 1 Samuel 17:45-50 (NIV) Justice happens when ordinary people walk into hard places because they know God walks with them. Justice brin

Jesus is Building Something (Part One) | Pastor Tyler Sollie | Life Center Tacoma We don't just GO to CHURCH; we ARE the CHURCH. Exodus 19:5-6 (CSB) 1 Peter 2:4-10 (CSB) We have a new STATUS We have a new RESPONSIBILITY When was the last time you OFFERED a SPIRITUAL SACRIFICE to God?

Jonah | Week 4 | The God Who Won't Quit On You | Pastor Tyler Sollie | Life Center Tacoma Jonah 3:10-4:11 (CSB) God doesn't QUIT on Jonah even though Jonah QUIT on God At the HEART of our PROBLEMS we often find a PROBLEM of the HEART Proverbs 4:23 (CSB) You can OBEY with your FEET and REBEL with your HEART God doesn't just want Jonah to OBEY; He wants him to CHANGE God gets the LAST WORD

Jonah | Week 3 | Mercy for the Mess | Pastor Tyler Sollie | Life Center Tacoma The God of the Bible is a God of SECOND CHANCES. "Jonah's story shows us a God who doesn't just send storms to stop us - but grace to restore us." -Tim Keller Jonah 3:1-10 (CSB) Life is MESSY because SIN makes a MESS We like to RECEIVE mercy; God loves to GIVE mercy. Exodus 34:6-7 (CSB) Psalms 86:15 (CSB) God is PATIENT, but not PERMISSIVE 2 Peter 3:9 (CSB) Jeremiah 18:7-8 (CSB) Romans 2:4 (CSB)

Communion in message Jonah | Week 2 | Desperate Prayers to a Gracious God | Pastor Doug Myers | Life Center Tacoma The God of the Bible has a plan that cannot be sabotaged. "God is both too holy and too loving to either destroy Jonah or to allow Jonah to remain as he is, and God is also too holy and too loving to allow us to remain as we are." -Tim Keller Jonah 1:17 (CSB) God ANSWERS when we CALL Jonah 2:2 (CSB) "Something happens when I pray and something doesn't happen when I don't pray." -Dick Eastman God saves from DEATH not DARK DAYS Jonah 2:1-7 (CSB) Romans 6:23 (CSB) God's COURSE CORRECTION might be MESSY Jonah 2:8-10 (CSB) Psalm 139:7-12 (CSB) Psalm 145:18-19 (CSB)

Runaway | Pastor Tyler Sollie | Life Center Tacoma God Doesn't run away from runaways 1. Jesus treated Jonah as HISTORY, not ALLEGORY 2. The Bible locates Jonah in REAL TIME and SPACE 3. MIRACLES in Jonah are consistent with God's POWER Jonah 1:1-16 (CSB) Jonah RUNS from God's CALL Jonah TRIES to run from God's PRESENCE Running from God is COSTLY We can RUN, but we can't HIDE God CARES enough about us to PURSUE US

The Invitation | Pastor Tyler Sollie | Life Center Tacoma Jesus offers an OPEN INVITE Matthew 11:28-30 (CSB) WHO does Jesus invite? Ecclesiastes 7:20 (CSB) Two dangerous lies to avoid: I'm not GOOD ENOUGH for His invitation I don't NEED His invitation WHAT does Jesus invite them to do? Jesus invites us to a CHOICE Direction: COME TO ME Directive: TAKE MY YOKE Discovery: FIND REST "You have made us for yourself, O Lord, and our heart is restless until it rests in you." -Saint Augustine of Hippo | Confessions, Book I Chapter 1

Get Back Up! | Pastor Tyler Sollie | Life Center Tacoma Proverbs 24:16 (CSB) If you've been KNOCKED DOWN, you don't have to STAY DOWN. Jesus laid His LIFE DOWN, so you can GET BACK UP. John 8:2-11 (CSB) Shame SEPARATES but grace STOOPS Someone has to PAY; grace says it doesn't have to be YOU Grace won't CONDEMN, but it will call you to CHANGE Romans 8:1 (CSB) Micah 7:8; 18-19 (CSB)

How's Your Fruit? | Pastor Nate Birdine | Life Center Tacoma Galatians 1:6-9 (CSB) Galatians 5:1, 13-26 (CSB) 2 Corinthians 5:17 (CSB) Accept the invitation of liberty Analyze your own fruit Allow The Spirit to move through you Psalm 51:10 (CSB)

Rivers in the Desert | Pastor Tyler Sollie | Life Center Tacoma Isaiah 43:16-21 (CSB) What do we do with dry seasons? God is WITH YOU in the WILDERNESS God is MAKING a WAY Dry places can be HOLY PLACES God's provision is TRANSFORMATIONAL Isaiah 44:3 (CSB) John 7:37-39 (CSB)

The Backstory | Week 5 | Gold in the Seams | Pastor Karina Torres | Life Center Tacoma Creation | Covenant | Chains | Crown | Collapse God doesn't just REPAIR what's broken, He TRANSFORMS it. God entered into the brokenness God formulated a plan of a hope and a future Jeremiah 29:11 (CSB) God created a way where we could have a deeper relationship with Him Jeremiah 29:12-14 (CSB) God made a way where his spirit would dwell in us Ezequiel 36:26-28 (CSB) Acts 2:1-4 (CSB) Romans 8:11 (CSB) 2 Corinthians 4:16-18 (CSB) There is nothing too broken that God cannot transform Only with God there is gold in the seams