After nearly forty weeks in the wilderness of the global pandemic, after the unrest of racial injustice and protests, after a contested election divided the nation, a consistent theme resonates from our hearts. More than frustration, more than anger, more than even fear, I hear people voice their weariness. “I am tired.” I am tired of my kids missing the normal life of birthday parties and ballgames. I am tired of my kids worried about whether their skin color will end up sentencing them to death. I am tired of partisan politicians hypocritically saying one thing but then the opposite when it serves their political self-interest. I am tired of masking my face and distancing myself. I am tired of thousands of people dying from a virus we can’t see and can’t seem to control. I am tired of wondering whether and whence my next paycheck. I am tired. We just passed Thanksgiving, and the holidays press in with tidings of more work, stress, financial concern. We are tired. We are weary. Our world is weary.

In the weeks approaching the Advent season

We learn in this message four principles of the Old Testament and four practices for reading the Old Testament.

As John has invited us to “wake up and see the glory” in the triumphal entry narrative (12:12-19), he points us now toward four ways to see the glory of Christ.

John tells us the story of the the counter-intuitive glory of the King of the cosmos, the entire universe, Jesus Christ, God the Son, incarnate. Jesus enters Jerusalem as the King and Savior God had promised centuries before, but, despite appearance, his seemingly royal entry into the city did not ultimately exalt him as King. His royal arrival foreshadowed his true glory, which God would reveal on the cross and vindicate in the resurrection.

Do you believe that Jesus deserves all that you have, or do you believe he owes you something?

How should Christians engage politics in light of what we believe about politics?

How should Christians think about politics in this tense political moment?

How should Christians think about politics in this tense political moment?

How should faithful Christians think about politics? Find out in this three week mini-series.