Our series through miracles in the book of Mark continues with Mark 8:1-10 where we will meditate on the feeding of the four thousand. This account is part of an interesting pattern where Jesus performs miracles among the Gentiles that He had...

As we continue our series on the Miracles of Jesus, we will see that the miracle in this week's passage serves ironically as a mere backdrop for Jesus' fascinating interaction with a pleading mother. After debating purity and cleanliness...

This Sunday​, we begin a sermon series looking at the miracles of Christ from the gospel of Mark. It’s important that we understand that Jesus was not a mere wonder-worker, performing signs to amaze the masses. His miracles were calculated to reveal...

This week we are moving forward a few chapters in Matthew’s Gospel and studying Jesus’ encounter with a rich young man who wants to inherit eternal life. At first glance, his question seems sincere, but Jesus perceives that the motivation behind the...

This week's passage can be quite jarring at first glance. What do we make of the unforgivable sin? How do we ensure we don't accidentally commit this sin? As we will see, "accidentally" blaspheming the Spirit isn't possible...

This week's passage offers us a particularly hard saying of our Savior, but one that is full of promise. In Matthew 10:34-39, we will see Jesus correcting expectations about his reign as the Messiah and what it means to follow Jesus. Regarding...

This week, we will review the saying of Jesus to refrain from judgement in Matthew 7:1-5. Although verses 1-2 are among the most well-known sayings of Jesus, this passage is often not understood and applied rightly. Instead of introducing a complete...

This week we continue our series looking at some of the hard sayings of Jesus. We have already covered Jesus' teaching on anger and on oaths. This Sunday we will see what Jesus has to say about retaliating against those who hurt or offend us...

This week we will study Jesus' hard teaching concerning our speech. During His seminal Sermon on the Mount, Jesus contradicts the religious teaching of the day that one could be relieved of the responsibility to fulfill one's oaths. Instead...

This week, we begin a new series called, "Hard Sayings of Jesus". We will be looking through the gospel of Matthew at some of the statements Jesus made that are difficult to understand and how they apply to us as His disciples. This week...