Preached by Pastor James Harleman on May 25, 2008
Ephesians 6:10-12 Finally, be strong in the Lord and in the strength of His might. Put on the whole armor of God, that you may be able to stand against the schemes of the devil. For we do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against the [...]

A Life Marked by Discipline
By Pastor James Harleman
Why do we need discipline when Bill and Ted, Wayne and Garth, Napoleon Dynamite all came out on top? I was raised to believe the goof-off makes good, gets the girl, and saves the world! I just have to be good at video games and I’ll be The [...]

By Pastor James Harleman
It was that perilous time between Christmas and New Years Eve… a time for returning presents, holiday parties, trying to get in all the last minute things you swore you’d get done in 2007, and then changing the date on most of them to 2008. Sunday the 30th I was slated to [...]

by Pastor James Harleman
Ever find that present or stocking stuffer after the holidays are over and the decorations have all come down? Maybe you shouldn’t have left it in the coat closet behind the umbrellas. Sometimes it’s awkward to give that person their belated gift… (particularly if it was their ONLY gift) but other times [...]

We took a break from our sermon series on Philippians in November, and I had the opportunity to preach from the apostle Paul’s life and example to the importance of prayer in the life of the believer. Drawing from Colossians 4 and other passages, this was an important text to set the tone of our [...]

As we ramp up to launch our Wedgwood Campus, I was blessed to preach all four services at our Ballard location, not simply sharing my story and our vision for our next campus, but sharing my heart for calling and mission with an awesome passage in Scripture that shows God’s faithfulness and presence in our [...]