Why should Jesus’ people be welcomed as a transforming presence into a community that holds a low opinion of Christians? Popular media makes it tough when it portrays Christians as hypocritical and ignorant. Admittedly, sometimes we live up to that press. But, how do these descriptions align with what Jesus demonstrates in the story of […]

Jesus described the Kingdom of God two ways: close to us and available. He also characterized it as priceless and desirable, so much so that someone would sell all they had just to have it. How do those descriptions resonate today? We live in a culture where almost anything we want can be shipped, streamed, […]

Is doubt the opposite of faith? Or, is our struggle to believe more like indifference versus faith? As we’ll see in this message, developing a solid and resilient faith will require us to dialog with doubt. Why else would John record Thomas’ resistance and Jesus’ response? Reasonable people don’t readily accept the idea that a […]