Jesus’s love for the sinner who repents is unending. His offer of grace is not contingent on obedience. As we see from Jesus' interaction with Peter, there is more mercy in Christ than there is sin in the repentant. Scripture: Luke 5:1–11

Jesus encourages the skeptic, as we see in John 1 when Jesus welcomes and affirms Nathaneal's doubts and his longing for truth. It's encouragement for us to welcome doubt, in a way that turns our cynicism towards faith and hope in God. Jesus doesn’t want perfect theology, but he wants our worship and our trust. Scripture: John 1:43-51

In response to a polarizing political question, Jesus teaches his followers to honor and submit to government while reminding us that we owe God way more than we owe our country. Scripture: Mark 12:13-17

As we look out at our political moment, the story Jesus tells in Luke 10 reminds us that our greatest calling is to love God and love neighbor. In a climate of fear and hate, Christians are to be a people of love.

Jesus’s answer for his political moment is the same answer he would give for our political moment: the Kingdom of God will prevail. Kings and Kingdoms will all pass away, but our eternal hope is that Jesus is Lord. Scripture: John 18:33-36

Only through the indwelling of the Spirit, are we able to bear new fruit. Salvation is given by God and God alone, and identity is given to us by the One who created everything. Scripture: Ephesians 2:8–10

Jesus can comfort every kind of sufferer and understands every kind of suffering because He takes every kind of suffering onto Himself. Scripture: Mark 5:21-43

Jesus wants to be Messiah over every part of our lives—even for “the outcast”. He meets all of us in our pain and shame and offers us living water that we may be made whole. Scripture: John 4:1-30

Jesus invites us to leave the distracted life for the devoted life. He meets us in our “anxious and troubled” and welcomes us to return to His feet. Scripture: Luke 10: 38–42

Jesus is a friend of sinners. In Luke 7:33-50, Jesus speaks to the unrighteous and the self righteous. His words to them are the words we need to hear today.