We begin the year in Luke 14:25-35 with Jesus taking the mic and telling a big crowd, and us, what it really means to follow the Savior. Real discipleship is a burden! Welcome to 2022! But, if you want joy and peace and truth, then this real discipleship is what we have to accept. This is the real discipleship of renouncing our lives so that Christ can be formed in us.

In this passage, Luke’s Gospel continues to display the upside-down nature of the Kingdom of God and how it affects our lives now. Just as the Kingdom promotes radical hospitality, unbarred by social structures of this world, so too should the Christian’s hospitality extend outwards, inviting all to come to the table, to feast, and to join the family of God.

Luke 14 recounts an awkward Sabbath dinner that Jesus had with the pharisees. As dinner progresses, Jesus confronts the condition of the human heart, and reminds us that WHY we do WHAT we do matters to God.

Welcome to "Christmas Conversations" - a podcast to get to know our CHBC family during the 2021 Christmas season and how each home uniquely celebrates Christmas through music, food, decorations, and other traditions all the while keeping Jesus at the center.

In our fifth installment, Mark Hampton (College Minister) interviews the Hoover family - Chuck, Sarah, Hannah, and "Claire-Bear." Enjoy this sweet time with their family as they talk about their Christmas rhythms and traditions and how they keep Jesus central to the Christmas season.