After the other-worldly experience of the Transfiguration, Jesus and his disciples encountered a boy's desperate need for deliverance. They learned that faith grows where prayer flows

Jesus put down a remarkable challenge to the disciples - take up your cross and follow him, even knowing it could mean suffering. But it's the only way to save your soul.

A blind man receives site, but not right away, and the disciples break through fuzzy faith for a clear picture of Jesus.

Traditions can be wonderful but can also replace true worship. We always want to keep a heart soft to the Lord, and flexible with rituals.

Jesus invites us to follow him in a life with more: more rest, more service, more miracles, more faith. You can’t give more than you have, but God has more than you can give.

Finding ourselves in a tough spot is exactly where we can see Jesus meeting our need. Desperation is the sweet spot between self-sufficiency and hopelessness, the place where we find the Savior.

Jesus demonstrated that he can be trusted even in, and especially in, the storms of life.

Jesus meets people just where they are. He is always seeking them out. Why is it so hard to hear and respond?

Jesus defined family in a new way, excluding the critics and including all who do the will of God, as disciples in training for action.

Jesus turned the expectations of both culture and religion upside down, promoting a relationship with God rather than the emptiness of self-righteousness.