The Temple once stood as a symbol of God’s presence among His people, but here it stood as a symbol of empty and lifeless religion. Jesus went to the Temple and looked around to see if he could find faith, and He found none.

When Jesus surveys His Church what will He see, what will He find? Full of people but empty of faith? Full of activity but empty of worship?

Alistair Begg said, “You’ll never know Jesus as a reality until you see Him as a necessity.”

That’s what blind Bartimaeus saw, he saw Jesus as a necessity first, and then saw Him as a reality. The same can be true of us, when we see Jesus as a necessity, we will see Him as a reality.

Alistair Begg said, “You’ll never know Jesus as a reality until you see Him as a necessity.”

That’s what blind Bartimaeus saw, he saw Jesus as a necessity first, and then saw Him as a reality. The same can be true of us, when we see Jesus as a necessity, we will see Him as a reality.

If we do not accept the kingdom of God on the same basis as children, weak, helpless, unimportant, we will never enter it. Childlike faith lays aside all thoughts of status and privilege, it redefines our definitions of significance. We are not accepted by Jesus because we are special, we are special because we are accepted by Jesus.

If we do not accept the kingdom of God on the same basis as children, weak, helpless, unimportant, we will never enter it. Childlike faith lays aside all thoughts of status and privilege, it redefines our definitions of significance. We are not accepted by Jesus because we are special, we are special because we are accepted by Jesus.

Marriages depend on softness of heart, on humility, on selflessness, service, on love. Marriages depend on humble dependence on God and recognition of the need for God’s intervention in the relationship. Simple, but not always easy.

Marriages depend on softness of heart, on humility, on selflessness, service, on love. Marriages depend on humble dependence on God and recognition of the need for God’s intervention in the relationship. Simple, but not always easy.

Sin is a serious issue... everyone will be salted with fire, we just choose what kind of fire.

We are constantly faced with the choice or humility or pride, godly self-renunciation or fire of judgment, the purifying fire of the Holy Spirit, or the fire of condemnation and destruction, the fire of God’s altar or the fire of Gehenna.

Sin is a serious issue... everyone will be salted with fire, we just choose what kind of fire.

We are constantly faced with the choice or humility or pride, godly self-renunciation or fire of judgment, the purifying fire of the Holy Spirit, or the fire of condemnation and destruction, the fire of God’s altar or the fire of Gehenna.

Join us as we explore the good news of the mystery, the purpose of the mystery, and our response to the mystery of the Gospel.