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In short, Memorial is a Gospel-Centered Church that believes Jesus is everything and through faith/belief/trust in Jesus we pursue following Him together as one family. We believe that God places His people together in the context of a local body of believers (His church), not by accident, but for the Spirit-empowered purpose of glorifying Him through repenting and believing the Gospel of His son, Jesus Christ. Through His church we see His kingdom come and His will being done as He makes all creation right and new. In all we do we seek to worship the Lord passionately, connect with each other authentically, grow to know the Lord deeply, and go and share the gospel boldly as One Body in Christ.
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You're surrounded by desire generators β feeds, ads, algorithms, comparison. But coveting isn't just a problem with wanting too much. It's a worship problem.
In this final message of our Ten Commandments series, Pastor David opens Exodus 20:17 to show that desire itself is a gift from God - but unchecked, it rewrites history, undermines relationships, and leads us straight back to the garden where everything went wrong.
What we keep trying to take, God has already given us in Christ.
In this message:
- Why desire isn't the problem - how it's ordered is
- The pattern from Eden to Achan: See β Desire β Take
- How Jesus reorders what we want
- The Magnet, Compass, Map, and Guide - a framework for ordering desire
- Why the Lord's Table is the answer to covetousness
π Scripture: Exodus 20:17 | Genesis 1β3 | Philippians 2:6β8 | Romans 8:32
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Sep 20, 2026
Sep 20, 2026
37 min
Don't lie. That's how we've summarized it. But that weakens the depth of it.
The ninth commandment wasn't written for polite conversation. It was written for the city gate - the ancient courtroom where elders weighed witnesses, established truth, and handed down verdicts. And bearing false witness in that context wasn't just dishonesty. It was violence.
Proverbs 25:18 says it plainly: a false witness is like a war club, a sword, or a sharp arrow.
In this message, Pastor Jimmy walks through what bearing false witness actually means - legal testimony, what we say about others, what we say about ourselves, rumors, gossip - and what it does to image bearers of God. He lands on the most haunting inversion in the Gospels: when Jesus stood at His own city gate, it was a Roman pagan who sought the truth while the religious leaders manipulated the witnesses.
In this message:
- Why the ninth commandment is about justice, not just honesty
- How false witness damages image bearers - reputations, relationships, and bodies
- The COVID study that revealed how gossip and rumors are a form of violence
- The difference between brutal honesty and speaking truth in love
- How Jesus responded to false accusations - and what He did with ours
Key Scriptures:
Exodus 20:16; 23:1β8 β’ Deuteronomy 19:15β21 β’ Proverbs 25:18 β’ Mark 14:55β15:15 β’ Ephesians 4:15
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Sep 13, 2026
Sep 13, 2026
40 min
Do not steal. Simple enough, right?
But the biblical definition of stealing goes further than most of us want to admit β taking without consent, yes, but also defrauding, deceiving, and withholding what is rightfully owed. And underneath all of it is the same mentality: there isn't enough, so I better take what I can get.
In this message, Eric walks through the eighth commandment and makes the case that this is really a generosity sermon. He traces the scarcity mentality from COVID toilet paper shelves to the Malachi storehouse, from the farmer's market scale to Abraham on the mountain β and lands on the only thing that actually transforms takers into givers: the gospel.
In this message:
- What stealing actually means β legally and biblically
- How taking from your neighbor diminishes them β and connects to contempt
- The scarcity mentality vs. our generous God who has cattle on a thousand hills
- Why God asked for tithes β and what Nehemiah 12 says about where it actually went
- The rich young man and the open hands Jesus asks for
Key Scriptures:
Exodus 20:15 β’ Leviticus 19 β’ Malachi 3:6β12 β’ Genesis 22 β’ 2 Corinthians 8:9 β’ Matthew 19:16β22 β’ Philippians 2 β’ Proverbs 11:1
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Sep 6, 2026
Sep 6, 2026
45 min
Two Hebrew words. "You shall not commit adultery."
But God isn't merely guarding sexual behavior. He is guarding a covenant union He designed to tell the truth about Himself.
In this message, Pastor David traces four movements through the seventh commandment β the boundary God protects, the blessing He reveals, the covenant He keeps, and the love He sends. From Genesis 1's picture of one-and-many, to ezer kenegdo (the woman as strong ally, not assistant), to Hosea and Gomer, to Jesus on the Sermon on the Mount exposing the lust that takes without asking β and finally to the cross, where the faithful God kept covenant with unfaithful people.
This is not just a sermon for married people. It is a call for everyone to be covenant-guarding people.
In this message:
- Why God guards this boundary so fiercely β it's His self-portrait
- Ezer kenegdo β what the woman's role in Genesis 2 actually means
- The Hosea/Gomer thread and why Scripture uses adultery language for Israel's unfaithfulness
- Jesus on lust: not a glance, but a sustained stare with intent β the same pattern as Eden
- How Christ's blood establishes the new covenant for covenant-breakers
Key Scriptures:
Exodus 20:14 β’ Genesis 1:26β28; 2:18, 23β24 β’ Deuteronomy 7:7β9 β’ Hosea 1β3 β’ Matthew 5:27β28; 26:28 β’ Romans 5:8 β’ Ephesians 1; 5:25, 31β32 β’ 1 John 4:19
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Aug 30, 2026
Aug 30, 2026
42 min
Last week: contempt, two paths, a better word.
This week: Jesus goes deeper. He's not after the spark of anger. He's after the fire we keep.
In Matthew 5, Jesus connects lingering anger to murder - and then uses a word nobody expected: Gehenna. Not a metaphor. A real valley south of Jerusalem where the kings of Judah once burned their children alive. A valley so defiled that by Jesus' day it had become the Jewish word for final judgment.
And He puts contempt on that continuum.
In this message, Pastor David follows three movements - anger reveals what we worship, idols always demand life, and Jesus does the opposite. He traces it from Cain to Gehenna to the cross, addresses abortion with pastoral care and biblical conviction, and closes with the only question that matters: which path will you hand down?
In this message:
- Why Jesus targets "remaining anger" - nursing a grudge, not a momentary flare
- The history of Gehenna - and what it reveals about idols and human worth
- Why idols always demand life - and what a culture looks like when it decides who counts
- A pastoral, biblical conversation about abortion and the Church's historic response
- Three closing practices: receive life, protect life, give life
Key Scriptures:
Exodus 20:13; 34:6β7 β’ Matthew 5:21β22 β’ James 1:19β20 β’ Romans 12:19; 6:23 β’ Jeremiah 19:4β5 β’ Psalm 115:8; 139:13β16 β’ 1 John 3:15β16 β’ John 7:37β39; 14:6
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Aug 26, 2026
Aug 26, 2026
44 min
You shall not murder. Easy enough, right?
But Jesus doesn't stop at the act. He goes upstream - to the anger, the insult, the quiet contempt. And He stacks them, not because they're three levels of a grading system, but because they all come from the same root.
There's an English word for that root: contempt. Taking the judge's seat over another image bearer and declaring them worthless - with your hands, your words, or just your silence.
In this message, Pastor David traces three verdicts across the whole Bible - God's verdict, our verdict, and Christ's verdict - and shows that while Abel's blood cried out against Cain, Jesus' blood speaks a better word.
In this message:
- The Hebrew rΔαΉ£aαΈ₯ - why "murder" is broader than premeditated killing
- The two paths of Genesis: Cain's line and Seth's line, and where each one ends
- What Dallas Willard says about contempt - and why it's more dangerous than anger
- Matthew 5:21β24 - Jesus exposes the upstream root of murder in every heart
- Three practices for followers of Jesus: get out of the judge's seat, see the image, move toward
Key Scriptures:
Exodus 20:13 β’ Genesis 1:26β27; 4:5β10; 9:5β6 β’ Matthew 5:21β24, 43β45; 11:28β30; 22:37β40; 26:28 β’ 1 John 3:15 β’ Romans 2:1; 8:1; 10:9β10 β’ Hebrews 12:24 β’ Ephesians 1:7 β’ John 3:16β18; 14:6; 20:31
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Aug 26, 2026
Aug 26, 2026
45 min
We hear "honor" and think respect. But the Hebrew word is kavod β something that is weighted, heaped upon, heavy with significance.
That changes the whole commandment.
The fifth word is the hinge of the entire ten. The first four go up- how you relate to God. The last five go out -how you treat people. And right in the middle, bridging both directions, is this: honor your father and mother.
In this message, Pastor Nathan walks through what kavod actually means, why this is the only commandment that comes with a promise, how Jesus confronted the Pharisees' clever loophole around it, and what it means to honor a parent who wasn't honorable. Honest, theologically rich, and pastorally careful.
In this message:
- The Hebrew kavod and what "honor" really means beyond respect
- Why scholars call this the hinge between loving God and loving people
- The Corban loophole Jesus exposes in Matthew 15 β and what it reveals about financial responsibility
- Why Romans 13 and Titus 2 expand this command to all authority β and what that demands of leaders
- What honoring a parent looks like when they weren't honorable to you
Key Scriptures:
Exodus 20:12 β’ Ephesians 6:1β4 β’ Matthew 15:1β9 β’ Romans 13:1β7 β’ Titus 2:1β8 β’ Proverbs 4 β’ Philippians 2:3
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Aug 9, 2026
Aug 9, 2026
51 min
We are the most productive, connected, efficient, and exhausted people in history. We wear our busyness like a badge. We brag about how little we sleep. We're proud to break the one commandment we need most.
God built a rhythm into creation itself - work and rest, pointing to Him. But somewhere along the way, we kept the words and lost the melody. We have rest, PTO, vacation, self-care - but they send us back to our own goals and pleasures. That's not Sabbath. That's just the same song in a different key.
In this message, Pastor David walks through the fourth commandment in three movements: the rhythm God built, the melody we lost, and the Lord of the Sabbath - who stepped into His own song to become our rest.
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In this message:
- Why the fourth commandment is the only one that starts with "Remember" - and what that tells us
- How God stitched Sabbath into all of creation: the day, the year, the Jubilee
- Why refusing rest means someone always pays - and who that usually is
- How Jesus healed, re-created, and set people free on the Sabbath - and what that reveals
- Four beats for practicing Sabbath this week: stop, rest, delight, worship
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Key Scriptures:
Exodus 20:8β11 β’ Genesis 2:1β3, 15 β’ Deuteronomy 5:15 β’ Psalm 127:1β2 β’ Isaiah 58:13β14 β’ Mark 2:27β28; 3:1β6 β’ Luke 4:18β21; 13:10β17 β’ Matthew 11:28 β’ Ephesians 2:8β10
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Aug 9, 2026
Aug 9, 2026
37 min
We've simplified it to: don't use God's name as a curse word.
But the Hebrew word isn't "take" - it's carry. And that changes everything.
When Moses built an altar in Exodus 17 and called it "The Lord is my banner," he was saying: God's name is what we carry into battle. Before the commandment was even given, Moses understood - the name isn't a word you say. It's a banner you bear, a life you live, a claim you carry everywhere you go.
In this message, Pastor Jimmy walks through what it actually means to carry God's name in vain - flippantly, as a formula, to get others to do what you want, or by living a life that contradicts what you profess. And then lands on the harder question Jesus asks in Matthew 7: not whether you've said the right words, but whether He knows you.
In this message:
- Why "take" is the wrong translation - and what "carry" changes
- The sons of Sceva in Acts 19 - what happens when you use the name as a magic formula
- The fine line between sharing what God prompted and projecting your opinion in His name
- Matthew 7:21 - the people who prophesied and cast out demons Jesus says He never knew
- Romans 10:9 - the difference between lip service and heart belief
Key Scriptures:
Exodus 17:15; 20:7 β’ Acts 19:13β17 β’ Matthew 7:21β23 β’ Romans 10:9 β’ Colossians 1:9β14
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Jul 28, 2026
Jul 28, 2026
49 min
Everybody came from a family. Some good. Some hard. Some you're still healing from.
Here's what the whole Bible keeps saying: family was God's idea first. And He has never stopped building one.
This Sunday, Pastor David brought the church together to celebrate kids and youth camp - and to show from Genesis to 1 Corinthians 12 that God has always been gathering His children. Kari (18 years in children's ministry) and Tisha (6 years leading youth) shared the vision and heartbeat of what's happening with the next generation. And a family in our church stood up and said what happens when a church actually lives this out - what it means to walk through something impossibly hard and not walk through it alone.
In this message:
- The biblical flyover from Babel to Abraham - how God re-gathers what sin scatters
- Why Judges 2:10 is the reason youth ministry exists - and why we refuse to be that generation
- What 1 Corinthians 12 says about every member - including the youngest and the weakest
- Tisha's four-word youth vision: head, heart, hands, and feet
- Why your presence, your role, and your showing up matter more than you think
Key Scriptures:
Genesis 1:27β28; 12:3 β’ Deuteronomy 6:4β7 β’ Judges 2:10 β’ Mark 3:35 β’ John 1:12β13 β’ 1 Corinthians 12:12β27 β’ Ephesians 2:19; 3:14β15 β’ 1 John 3:1 β’ Colossians 2:6β7; 3:17
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