As Lord of the Sabbath, Jesus releases us from legalistic pressure and frees us to joyful obedience.

The newness of the values of God’s kingdom reorders old lifestyles and practices.

Who we think we are determines how we will encounter Jesus.

The inbreaking of God’s reign under Jesus is a challenge to every other claim to power.

Just as Jesus trades places with the leper, he trades places with us so that we can be restored and brought into community. 

Jesus demonstrates his Son-of-God identity by his authority over demons and his power to heal sickness.

Jesus bids us follow him into a journey full of adventure but not void of sacrifice and suffering.

Those who see that Jesus is the Servant-King, will take comfort when they pass through the Wilderness, knowing that Jesus has already been there and knows the way through. 

Like John the Baptist, we live lives that point to the One who is greater: Jesus, the Messiah. 

God calls believers to action by commissioning them to spread the gospel of peace throughout the earth