In a world overflowing with hot takes and life hacks, how do you stay rooted? In this message from 2 Timothy 1:13–14, guest pastor Danny Connor unpacks Paul’s charge to “follow the pattern of sound words” and “guard the good deposit”—not by gritting our teeth, but by the Holy Spirit who dwells within us. We are all being formed by some “reference image”—culture, algorithms, family systems, politics, influencers. The Christian life isn’t about inventing a new model; it’s about returning to Jesus as the pattern, again and again, and guarding the gospel-shaped identity He’s entrusted to us.
