Family Chapel

The cross is the central aspect of Christianity. But what exactly happened at the cross? In this pastoral conversation, we will go over some false views and objections to the cross, discuss various atonement theories, and talk about how the cross reshapes our relationship with God, with self, with others, and with the world.

H-E-Double Hockey Sticks. Hell is a reality that Scripture presents. How should we understand and reconcile the idea of eternal punishment and torment? In this pastoral conversation, we explore what Scripture has to say about hell, if a good God can condone eternal punishment, and why the doctrine of hell is important to rightly understand.

What happens after we die? That’s a question that looms large over every single person, whether religious or non-religious. In this pastoral conversation, we explore what Scripture has to say to believers about life after death, the reality of heaven, and how that should shape our lives here and now.

Jesus continues his public ministry and demonstrates his unique authority as the Son of God by carrying out signs. Responses to these signs vary from genuine faith to opportunistic calculation and prideful rejection. These signs ultimately show that Jesus is the Son sent by the Father with authority to grant life to those who believe Him and to pass judgment on those who reject Him.

Jesus offers an unnamed Samaritan woman the gift of living water to quench her deepest thirst and to provide true and lasting satisfaction. This living water is salvation that secures freedom from shame and freedom to worship. In offering her salvation, Jesus shows himself to be the Savior of the world, who has come to cross all boundaries and to bring all peoples into God's Kingdom to worship God in Spirit and truth.

In his conversation with Nicodemus, Jesus shows that entrance into God's Kingdom is not through self-righteous religiosity, but through spiritual regeneration by the Holy Spirit. Each person must be born again. In order to experience the new birth, one must repent of self-righteousness and believe in Jesus as the loving Savior.

Jesus begins his public ministry to manifest his glory through signs, miracles, teachings, and authority. In this chapter, we will read about the sign at the Wedding at Cana and the cleansing of the temple in Jerusalem. Jesus as the Messiah inaugurates the Kingdom at hand with power and authority by providing new wine and a new temple (his body). Therefore, His Kingdom demands both faith and surrender.

John the Baptist faithfully carries out his role and testifies that Jesus is the Christ. As the Christ, Jesus is the promised King who rescues God's people by laying down His own life and by pouring out the Holy Spirit. Witnesses of Christ are those who rightly see Jesus and then joyfully invite others to also see Jesus.

Jesus is the Word. As such, He is the eternal and divine Creator who is the source and sustainer of life. He is also the victorious Savior who secures the right for people to become children of God. And He is the unique Son of God who takes on humanity and ultimately reveals the Father.

God speaks to us through the divinely inspired Scriptures. As such, Scripture is perfectly inerrant, supremely authoritative, and powerfully transformative. If we want to cultivate a right vision of God, we need to be a people of the Word.