A Father’s Day message by Senior Pastor Jon Whisner from Psalm 1 on June 16, 2024.

When we hear a phrase like the "fear of the Lord" it can be easy to slip into a mindset of an angry God who looks disdainfully back at us, leading us to cower, run away, and experience shame. What Paul means by that phrase in 2 Corinthians 5:11 is the opposite. Yes, fear is a strong word and we should keep the teeth in it, but the point is that god…

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Pastor Ellis WhiteDoor Chapel Hill Church Gig Harbor

A message by Senior Pastor Jon Whisner from Nehemiah 10 on June 9, 2024.

What is the "eternal weight of glory" for which our "light momentary afflictions" are preparing us? It includes at least three things: resurrection life, the vision of God, and vindication that we are indeed in Christ. This week's passage defines and details the "eternal weight of glory" we heard about last week. In doing so, we are instructed to f…

Door Paul McVety

Do you remember what it was like the first time you drove a car in reverse and had to steer? Everything was backwards. What turned the car one way is now opposite. Did it take a moment - or a year - to learn to steer in reverse intuitively? Learning to live by faith in the Word of God, especially in light of suffering, is a lot like driving and ste…

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A message by Senior Pastor Jon Whisner from Nehemiah 9 on May 26, 2024.

A message by Senior Pastor Jon Whisner from Nehemiah 8 on May 19, 2024.

If you have ever been accused of not having what it takes to serve Jesus, you know the pain of rejection, betrayal, and perhaps barbs that go to the soul. False accusations are only as powerful as our sense of self outside of the gospel, though. In 2 Corinthians 3, Paul preaches the contrast between the Old Covenant and New Covenant, not for nerdin…

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Pastor Rufus SmithDoor Chapel Hill Church Gig Harbor

Paul had to change his plans to visit the Corinthians, choosing to stay back for a while. This change of plans, along with many other things, was weaponized by his opponents and used to accuse him of being insincere, vacillating, and self-centered. Paul begins his overall defense of his ministry - and discipleship in general - by explaining and pre…

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Paster Mark TooneDoor Chapel Hill Church Gig Harbor

What if Jesus asked you to sign blank sheet of paper as a promissory document. Your signature of commitment and nothing else. Jesus will fill in the rest and you must trust Him. Now, picture that the sentence "You will suffer for my Name" is on that paper. Will you sign it now?!? You and I would if we knew the trade-off. If we gave our certainty an…

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A message by Associate Pastor Gary Hankins form Nehemiah 8 on May 5, 2024.

Paster Mark TooneDoor Chapel Hill Church Gig Harbor

Sometimes you wonder if these stories in Genesis can get more twisted. Well, they can. You can't make this stuff up. In Chapter 38, we have one of Jacob's sons, Judah, leave the family, head toward the pagan Canaanites, marry one of them, sire two wicked sons and one nondescript ones. Then, on top of all that, through deception, curated sexual sin,…

A message by Senior Pastor Jon Whisner from Nehemiah 7 on April 28, 2024.

Paster Ellis WhiteDoor Chapel Hill Church Gig Harbor

Remember the J-Curve - the graph of following Jesus? Sometimes we are thrown into a pit, only to be rescued and brought to a greater strength, maturity, and blessing than ever before. That J-curve is the pathway of Genesis 37-50, a new unit we are starting this week. We're calling it "Joseph and the Many Colored Gospel." Chapter 37 is a powerful st…

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Guest Speaker, Pastor David SwansonDoor Chapel Hill Church Gig Harbor

Have you ever returned home? By home, I mean where you were raised, and all that represents: your old house, schools, hang out haunts, college campus? I bet a flood of memories come back. Some of us did not know Jesus back then and we can feel the regrets and loss with those memories. However, as it often happens, God meets us in that nostalgia and…

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Pastor Ellis WhiteDoor Chapel Hill Church Gig Harbor

A message by Senior Pastor Jon Whisner from Nehemiah 6 on April 14, 2024.

Genesis 34 is a cascade of atrocities displaying the depravity of the human heart. This awful story of disobedience, defilement, deceit, and death highlight our need to be rescued. And while there is no hero in this Genesis 34, praise be to God that this is only one chapter in the story of God's redemptive plan for his people.…

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A message by Founding Pastor Dan Whisner from Luke 23 on April 7, 2024.

Pastor Mark TooneDoor Chapel Hill Church Gig Harbor

God loves us so much, He gives us limps. It is true. Let me argue from this vantage point. God loved the Son so much that He sent Jesus to the cross. The logic is difficult, but clear. In Genesis 32-33 we are going to see a little pre-gospel. Jacob needs to reconcile with Esau. And, in a surprising and beautiful way, they will reconcile. But it is …

An Easter message by Senior Pastor Jon Whisner from John 20 on March 31, 2024.

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Pastor Mark TooneDoor Chapel Hill Church Gig Harbor

He is Risen! He is Risen indeed! The glorious truth of Jesus's resurrection and our resurrection will be celebrated this Easter Sunday and we will look at it from 1 Peter chapter 1. In that text, Peter uses stunning imagery to show us what the resurrection means for our lives as the people of God who are not home yet. In fact, he calls us the chose…

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Pastor Mark TooneDoor Chapel Hill Church Gig Harbor

Palm Sunday begins Holy Week often with a refresh on Jesus riding into Jerusalem during Passover week on his way to the cross. This is referred to as the Triumphal Entry. This year, I want to journey with Jesus, but from a bigger perspective. What does this journey to Jerusalem mean in the bigger context of the Biblical story line? I want us to pul…

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Pastor Ellis WhiteDoor Chapel Hill Church Gig Harbor

The Bible is a truly cool interconnected story. God often teaches the same themes through layers of stories upon stories. Genesis 31 is like that. Before the big book of Exodus, we have a small chapter and mini-Exodus. Jacob flees his father-in-law, who has him in slavery. He does so because God commands him out, and promises to be with him, just l…

A message by Senior Pastor Jon Whisner from Nehemiah 5 on March 10, 2024.

Pastor Mark TooneDoor Chapel Hill Church Gig Harbor