The Essential Jesus

The Essential Jesus is a sermon series that returns to the heart of the Gospels by focusing on ten core teachings that Jesus taught and embodied—teachings that didn’t just shape personal faith, but transformed people, communities, and culture. Through Jesus’ words, parables, and way of life, we encounter a radically different vision for how to see ourselves, relate to others, and live together in the world. These teachings are challenging, often impossible to live on our own, yet made possible through God’s grace—and they remain as life-giving and world-changing today as they were in the first century.

In a culture shaped by fear, division, selfishness, and blame, these essential teachings of Jesus are often forgotten, distorted, or replaced by false gospels that look Christian but reflect values far from Jesus’ heart. This series is an invitation to return to the basics—to reclaim the essential way of Jesus that creates love beyond enemies, rejects violence, restores community, and reorients life around mercy and grace. Together, we will rediscover the beautiful heart of the Gospel and ask what it means to live these essentials faithfully in our time.