Saddleback Church Weekend Messages

Guest speaker Pastor Aaron Graham, founder and lead pastor of The District Church in Washington, D.C., addresses the quiet drift many Christians experience: professional growth paired with spiritual regression. Using the book of Jude, Graham traces this drift through three stages, doubt, deconstruction, and denial, showing how an honest question can spiral into abandoning core truths when left unchecked. He confronts the modern lie that everything must be rational, arguing that a shift in ultimate authority, from God's Word to personal feelings, is what pulls people from Him. He closes with a picture of dormant desert seeds blooming after a single rain, a reminder that revival waits beneath even the driest culture. If you have felt yourself drifting from what you once believed, this message offers seven practices to help you hold fast to what is true.

In this first message of Off The Shelf, Dr. R.T. Kendall addresses a "silent divorce" he's observed in the modern church, the split between churches devoted to sound doctrine and churches devoted to the power of the Spirit. Looking at Acts 3 and the healing of a man crippled from birth, Kendall unpacks six truths about how the Holy Spirit works: his sameness across time, his sovereignty over our timing, his sensitivity to our attitudes and actions, his spontaneity that refuses to be boxed in by legalism, the surprise of his power at work, and the strategy behind why God saves certain miracles for certain moments. This message is a reminder that Word and Spirit were never meant to be separated. If you've ever leaned hard into truth but wondered where the power went, or leaned into power but wondered if you were missing depth, this message will challenge you to pursue both fully.

In this message of Jesus on the Move, Pastors Kurt Johnston and Dawson Rubin explore what it means to be invited into the mission of Jesus. Looking at Mark 3, they unpack three powerful truths: Jesus calls us, crafts us, and commissions us. This message is a reminder that following Jesus was never meant to be passive—every believer is invited to know Him deeply, be shaped by His presence, and carry His love and truth into the world. If you’ve ever wondered what your purpose is or whether God can really use you, this message will encourage you to step out of the stands and into the race He’s called you to run.

Pastor Andy Wood walks through Mark 2–3 to show how Jesus meets us in our brokenness and brings healing, freedom, and restoration. As Jesus confronts empty religion and restores a man with a shriveled hand, we’re reminded that God never intended us to live under the weight of performance or shame. Instead, He invites us into relationship, rest, and a new way of living shaped by His grace. If you’ve ever felt burdened by striving, stuck in brokenness, or in need of God’s healing touch, this message is a powerful reminder that Jesus still restores what feels ruined and calls us to trust Him with every part of our lives.