We kick off Monsters of the Heart — a Lenten journey through the seven deadly sins — with the monster that underlies them all: pride. But this isn't a lecture on bad behavior. It's an invitation to look honestly at something quietly lurking in every human heart: the deep, subtle sense that we don't really need God.

From the garden of Eden to a powerful Syrian general asked to humble himself in a muddy river, the stories of scripture keep returning to the same question — whose play are we living in? Our own, or something much bigger?

This week, pastor Steven introduces the series and explores what it might mean to "open the windows" and catch a glimpse of the larger story God is telling — and how that glimpse is the very thing that begins to loosen pride's grip on us.

In this final message from our 7 Signs series, we encounter Jesus raising Lazarus from the dead. After this incredible miracle, some believed—but others went straight to the religious leaders to report what happened.

Reviewing all seven signs, we see a beautiful pattern: Jesus' glory meets people right in the middle of their mess. He touches desperation, helplessness, famishment, fearfulness, hopelessness, and even death itself. These aren't just distant stories—they show us what God's glory looks like when it touches our lives.

If Jesus can meet all these individuals in the middle of their mess with his glory, we can experience that same glory in the middle of our mess. And for those of us with a messy week ahead, that's really good news.

In this message from our 7 Signs series, we explore the sixth sign from John's Gospel—Jesus healing the man born blind. This powerful story does more than showcase a miracle; it busts theological myths and challenges our assumptions about suffering, faith, and what it means to truly see Jesus.

Through the journey of a man who receives sight through an unconventional healing with mud and spit, we discover a process: removal of blindness, sorting through confusion, clarification of who Jesus really is, and finally—belief and worship. But here's the danger: many of us engage in religious activity, check all the boxes, and never clearly see who Jesus is.

The real question isn't whether we've done enough religious things, but whether we truly see Jesus. In all our confusion, brokenness, and heavy hearts, we must daily come back and say, "Jesus, we can't see. If you don't turn the lights on, we will never see again." This is the heart posture of those following Jesus—learning to see clearly through muddy eyes, believing, and worshiping.