The suffering of Christ is not antithetical to His glory.

It's easy for us to name the name of Christ. It's far less easy to follow him along the narrow way of discipleship.

When Peter declares him to be the Christ, Jesus begins to teach plainly of the Messiah's road to Jerusalem to atone for sin on the cross and then rise again.

Peter may have gotten Jesus' title right, but he had yet to understand the Christ's mission and plan.

Mark uses the story of the blind man's healing to show Christ's work to cure the disciple's deafness and blindness to his message and plan.

Jesus is the fulfillment of new covenant promises and the source of our hope in reaching final rest in a better country.

Jesus is the priest who provides complete, lasting atonement through the sacrifice of himself, and intercedes for his people before the Father.

Jesus is the priest who provides complete, lasting atonement through the sacrifice of himself, and intercedes for his people before the Father.

God has spoken to us through His Son: creator, better prophet, and heir of all things.

A call toward a long obedience in the same direction in 2015.