Where does your identity actually come from? In this message from our Christian Worldview series, Pastor Tim Carpenter looks at what the world tells us about who we are versus what Scripture says - that we're made in the image of God and, through Christ, redeemed and dearly loved. Whatever you've built your identity on, this is an invitation to find it in something that can't be shaken.
In week two of the Worldview series, Pastor Tim Carpenter tackles one of life's biggest questions: where did everything come from? Weighing quotes from atheist thinkers like Richard Dawkins and Bertrand Russell against Romans 1:18-32, he makes the case that a good, powerful Creator -- not random chance -- lies behind the universe, and traces what happens when a culture trades that truth for something else. Whether you're wrestling with faith or just curious what the Bible has to say about origins, this message lays out the evidence and the stakes.
In week four of the Worldview series at Mercy Church, guest speaker Nathan Mandsager examines how culture defines morality versus how God calls believers to pursue true holiness. Teaching from 1 Peter 1:13–21, Nathan confronts the trap of "Moralistic Therapeutic Deism" and the exhaustion of trying to achieve righteousness through self-reliance. Rather than living a bifurcated life split between Sunday and Monday, followers of Jesus are called to a fully integrated life surrendered to Christ as both Savior and King. Discover why human effort can never earn salvation and how true transformation comes only through the redeeming grace and precious blood of Jesus.