In this message Pastor Byron shares the remarkable story of missionaries to Ecuador’s Auca Indians, including how Steve Saint’s children adopted as “grandfather” the very man who killed their actual grandfather—demonstrating supernatural forgiveness and love. He explores Jesus’ teaching on judging others from Luke 6, explaining when judgment is wrong (preferences, motives, convictions, hypocrisy) and emphasizing that as believers who have received mercy from Christ, we are not in the position to condemn others.

In this message Pastor Byron teaches on responding to difficult and demanding people who persecute believers for their faith in Christ. Using Jesus’ teaching from Luke 6 about turning the other cheek and loving enemies, he explains how Christians are called to respond with unnatural love, unselfish actions, and unnatural words—praying for those who mistreat them and showing a supernatural capacity to love the unlovable through the power of Christ living in them.

In this message Pastor Byron explains how believers should respond to persecution in today’s postmodern world that rejects absolute truth. He teaches from Luke 6 that when Christians face persecution for standing with Christ, they should change their perspective, embrace their responsibility as kingdom citizens, check their motivation to ensure they’re not trying to please everyone, and consider the consolation that persecution confirms their relationship with God, causes reliance on Him, cultivates godliness, and confers eternal reward.

In this message Pastor Byron explores Jesus’ teaching about when to weep and when to laugh in a world that lives life upside down. He explains that there is a biblical time to stop weeping—when God comforts us, removes our sin through confession, and sends comforters into our lives—and also times when laughter is wrong, such as when it becomes a pursuit of happiness that keeps us from facing our real problems or when we laugh at sin rather than taking it seriously.

In this message, Pastor Byron launches a new series called “Living Life Right Side Up,” challenging believers to embrace God’s kingdom values in a world that lives contrary to His principles. Using Jesus’ teaching from Luke 6 (the Sermon on the Plain), he addresses how Christians are called to live counter-culturally, particularly in their relationship with money and materialism, emphasizing that true prosperity comes through generosity and finding our consolation in God rather than earthly possessions.