Jesus doesn’t just confront our actions—He confronts our instincts. In Matthew 5:38–48, He calls us out of the revenge cycle (“eye for eye”) and into a supernatural, cross-shaped kind of love: refusing retaliation, holding our rights and stuff loosely, choosing the second mile, and praying for the people who’ve done us wrong. This isn’t being a doormat—it’s strength under control, trusting God as Judge, and living like we actually belong to a different King. The world says “get even.” Jesus says, “love your enemies… and prove the kingdom is real.” #RadicalLove #SermonOnTheMount #EnemiesIncluded Subscribe to our channel to see more messages from Church On The Trail: @churchonthetrail Give towards what God is doing through Church On The Trail: https://www.churchonthetrail.org/give At Church On The Trail, we are traditional in belief, but unconventional in practice. We will do anything short of sin to remove barriers and reach people who are far from God. Follow us on Instagram & Facebook: @churchonthetrail

Jesus doesn’t just confront our actions—He confronts our instincts. In Matthew 5:38–48, He calls us out of the revenge cycle (“eye for eye”) and into a supernatural, cross-shaped kind of love: refusing retaliation, holding our rights and stuff loosely, choosing the second mile, and praying for the people who’ve done us wrong. This isn’t being a doormat—it’s strength under control, trusting God as Judge, and living like we actually belong to a different King. The world says “get even.” Jesus says, “love your enemies… and prove the kingdom is real.” #RadicalLove #SermonOnTheMount #EnemiesIncluded Subscribe to our channel to see more messages from Church On The Trail: @churchonthetrail Give towards what God is doing through Church On The Trail: https://www.churchonthetrail.org/give At Church On The Trail, we are traditional in belief, but unconventional in practice. We will do anything short of sin to remove barriers and reach people who are far from God. Follow us on Instagram & Facebook: @churchonthetrail

In a world where nobody trusts words anymore, Jesus calls His people back to something simple—and brutally rare: integrity. In Matthew 5:33–37, He exposes the religious “oath games” that let people sound spiritual while dodging truth. No more loopholes. No more verbal smoke machines. No more “trust me” marketing. Kingdom people shouldn’t need extra spiritual sauce to sound believable—your yes should mean yes, your no should mean no. Because when words collapse, trust collapses—and Jesus is rebuilding a people whose speech is clean because their hearts are whole. #SermonOnTheMount #Integrity #LetYourYesBeYes Subscribe to our channel to see more messages from Church On The Trail: @churchonthetrail Give towards what God is doing through Church On The Trail: https://www.churchonthetrail.org/give At Church On The Trail, we are traditional in belief, but unconventional in practice. We will do anything short of sin to remove barriers and reach people who are far from God. Follow us on Instagram & Facebook: @churchonthetrail Subscribe to our channel to see more messages from Church

Bring It to the Altar is a message about trust, control, and surrender. Through the story of Abraham and Isaac in Genesis 16-22, sermon explores the tension between faith and ambition, patience and control, belief and action. What do we do with the things we love most—our dreams, relationships, plans, and desires? The altar is where control ends and trust is proven. Ultimately, this message points to Jesus, the Son the Father did not spare, reminding us why we can trust God with our "Isaac", regardless of the outcome. Subscribe to our channel to see more messages from Church On The Trail: @churchonthetrail Give towards what God is doing through Church On The Trail: https://www.churchonthetrail.org/give At Church On The Trail, we are traditional in belief, but unconventional in practice. We will do anything short of sin to remove barriers and reach people who are far from God. Follow us on Instagram & Facebook: @churchonthetrail

Bring It to the Altar is a message about trust, control, and surrender. Through the story of Abraham and Isaac in Genesis 16-22, sermon explores the tension between faith and ambition, patience and control, belief and action. What do we do with the things we love most—our dreams, relationships, plans, and desires? The altar is where control ends and trust is proven. Ultimately, this message points to Jesus, the Son the Father did not spare, reminding us why we can trust God with our "Isaac", regardless of the outcome. Subscribe to our channel to see more messages from Church On The Trail: @churchonthetrail Give towards what God is doing through Church On The Trail: https://www.churchonthetrail.org/give At Church On The Trail, we are traditional in belief, but unconventional in practice. We will do anything short of sin to remove barriers and reach people who are far from God. Follow us on Instagram & Facebook: @churchonthetrail

Bring It to the Altar is a message about trust, control, and surrender. Through the story of Abraham and Isaac in Genesis 16-22, sermon explores the tension between faith and ambition, patience and control, belief and action. What do we do with the things we love most—our dreams, relationships, plans, and desires? The altar is where control ends and trust is proven. Ultimately, this message points to Jesus, the Son the Father did not spare, reminding us why we can trust God with our "Isaac", regardless of the outcome. Subscribe to our channel to see more messages from Church On The Trail: @churchonthetrail Give towards what God is doing through Church On The Trail: https://www.churchonthetrail.org/give At Church On The Trail, we are traditional in belief, but unconventional in practice. We will do anything short of sin to remove barriers and reach people who are far from God. Follow us on Instagram & Facebook: @churchonthetrail

Christmas Eve Service Subscribe to our channel to see more messages from Church On The Trail: @churchonthetrail Give towards what God is doing through Church On The Trail: https://www.churchonthetrail.org/give At Church On The Trail, we are traditional in belief, but unconventional in practice. We will do anything short of sin to remove barriers and reach people who are far from God. Follow us on Instagram & Facebook: @churchonthetrail

Subscribe to our channel to see more messages from Church On The Trail: @churchonthetrail Give towards what God is doing through Church On The Trail: https://www.churchonthetrail.org/give At Church On The Trail, we are traditional in belief, but unconventional in practice. We will do anything short of sin to remove barriers and reach people who are far from God. Follow us on Instagram & Facebook: @churchonthetrail

Subscribe to our channel to see more messages from Church On The Trail: @churchonthetrail Give towards what God is doing through Church On The Trail: https://www.churchonthetrail.org/give At Church On The Trail, we are traditional in belief, but unconventional in practice. We will do anything short of sin to remove barriers and reach people who are far from God. Follow us on Instagram & Facebook: @churchonthetrail

Just keeping it real . . . we love moving the line and calling it holiness, but Jesus doesn’t play that game—He goes straight for the eyes, the heart, and the covenant. This message digs into lust as heart-level adultery, calls for decisive, practical “amputation” (not shame—freedom), and then pivots to what’s at stake when desire turns into divorce paperwork. If you’ve blown it, you’ll hear hope: the cross is built for comebacks, and Jesus can turn a burned-over field into a garden again. #SermonOnTheMount #GuardTheGarden #FreedomInChrist Subscribe to our channel to see more messages from Church On The Trail: @churchonthetrail Give towards what God is doing through Church On The Trail: https://www.churchonthetrail.org/give At Church On The Trail, we are traditional in belief, but unconventional in practice. We will do anything short of sin to remove barriers and reach people who are far from God. Follow us on Instagram & Facebook: @churchonthetrail

Just keeping it real . . . we love moving the line and calling it holiness, but Jesus doesn’t play that game—He goes straight for the eyes, the heart, and the covenant. This message digs into lust as heart-level adultery, calls for decisive, practical “amputation” (not shame—freedom), and then pivots to what’s at stake when desire turns into divorce paperwork. If you’ve blown it, you’ll hear hope: the cross is built for comebacks, and Jesus can turn a burned-over field into a garden again. #SermonOnTheMount #GuardTheGarden #FreedomInChrist Subscribe to our channel to see more messages from Church On The Trail: @churchonthetrail Give towards what God is doing through Church On The Trail: https://www.churchonthetrail.org/give At Church On The Trail, we are traditional in belief, but unconventional in practice. We will do anything short of sin to remove barriers and reach people who are far from God. Follow us on Instagram & Facebook: @churchonthetrail

In Murder Starts in the Heart (Matthew 5:21–26), Pastor Ed Grifenhagen walks us through Jesus’ harder truth: it’s not just about avoiding murder, it’s about dealing with the anger, contempt, and quiet grudges that poison our hearts. This message presses us toward real reconciliation—putting down our stones, owning our part, and letting the Cross rewire how we treat the people who’ve hurt us. #SermonOnTheMount #HeartLevelHoliness #ReconciliationOverRevenge Subscribe to our channel to see more messages from Church On The Trail: @churchonthetrail Give towards what God is doing through Church On The Trail: https://www.churchonthetrail.org/give At Church On The Trail, we are traditional in belief, but unconventional in practice. We will do anything short of sin to remove barriers and reach people who are far from God. Follow us on Instagram & Facebook: @churchonthetrail