This week we take a look at John 21 where Jesus sits by a familiar fire with Peter and overcomes Peter's guilt and shame, reinstating him as a disciple.

This week we look at the Triumphal Entry and how Jesus is a Counterintuitive King. As Tim Keller writes in "The King's Cross:" "Palm Sunday is a long mismatch of what we think we need and what God has provided... God always gives you what you would have asked for if you knew everything he does."

This week we take a look at 1 Peter 2:8-12 (ESV) where the Apostle Peter reminds us that the gospel is inherently offensive; it points out our sin and our need for salvation, Before pointing us to the work of Christ on our behalf. Peter also commends beleivers to not add additional offense through a careless and sinful lifestyle.

This week we look at Acts 17, where the Apostle Paul shares the Gospel with the thought leaders of the day at a place called Mars Hill. We dwell on the importance of being faithful to the context of scripture and the context of the culture that God has called us to reach.

This week, we take a look at 1 Corinthians 15:1-7 where the Apostle Paul shows us that the Gospel isn't just the ABC's of the faith. It's the A-Z of the faith. It is the basis of our salvation, the lifeline in our relationship to God and also the lens through which we understand all of our relationships.

We have been brought from darkness into the light, we have been regenerated through the work of the Holy Spirit by believing and obeying and trusting in Jesus Christ. He humbled himself and became one of us and layed down His life on the cross. We cannot trust in the life giving Gospel and refuse to forgive others and to look down on other people. We all live by the grace of God.

"The word of the Lord came to me: “Son of man, prophesy against the shepherds of Israel; prophesy and say to them: ‘This is what the Sovereign Lord says: Woe to you shepherds of Israel who only take care of yourselves! Should not shepherds take care of the flock? You eat the curds, clothe yourselves with the wool and slaughter the choice animals, but you do not take care of the flock. You have not strengthened the weak or healed the sick or bound up the injured. You have not brought back the strays or searched for the lost. You have ruled them harshly and brutally." -Ezekiel 34:1

Exile is a common Biblical theme not only found in the book of Ezekiel. We must keep God as the number one priority in our lives to be guided through the exile here on Earth.

This sermon comes from the book of Daniel and goes over the heroic story of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego who refused to worship a false idol before King Nebuchadnezzar. These 3 jews were thrown into the furnace and yet remained unharmed and when Nebuchadnezzar looked into the furnace he saw 4 men, not 3. God delivered these men because they refused to bow before a false idol and were willing to glorify God even if it meant their deaths. Are you willing to glorify God in the face of a sinful and idolatrous society even if it meant your death?