Forgiveness is one of Jesus' most difficult teachings. In fact, it's so difficult that Jesus uses a parable to help people understand exactly what He means when He says to forgive. Today, we look at Matthew 18 and the Parable of the Unmerciful Servant. God calls us to forgive as we have been forgiven in Christ. 

Craig is calling "Donut!" today as we switch out of our study of Matthew for a week. Today, Craig takes some time to praise God for what He's doing at Fern Creek and discuss how best we can respond to God's blessing. God is on the move, but we know the enemy will do whatever he can to attack it. 

This morning, we unpack the story in Matthew 9 where Jesus, on his way to heal Jairus' sick daughter, heals one of His own daughters. In desperation, she seeks  to get just one touch of Jesus' cloak, and Jesus has time for her. There's a lot we learn about the heart of God in this story, but there's a lot we learn about the power of God as well.

At just one word from Jesus, demons flee. And Jesus tells the man not to follow Him to the other side of the lake, but to stay where He is and tell His local community about what God has done for him. We are witnesses of wha God has done in our life. 

Whether or not Jesus calms the storms of your life, which He can, He can always calm you. Circumstances and emotions tend to cloud our perceptive of God's character, but He is always good, even when we face storms. Come and listen. 

What God has cleaned is clean. Like the leper's disease in Matthew, sin taints our souls, but what God has forgiven is forgiven. The old is gone, the new has come, there is freedom in the name of Jesus! God is a Healer. 

Jesus is both fully God and fully man. So when He is tempted by the devil in the desert, He felt what we feel every single day. We have a High Priest who is able to sympathize with our weaknesses, and we serve a God who both endured temptation and overcame it. 

John the Baptist's encounter with Jesus in Matthew 3 tells us a lot about who Jesus is. In His baptism, Jesus is crowned the Messiah. 

The arrival of the Messiah, as unlikely as it was, proved the promises of God are true. And if God can keep His promise about Messiah, He can keep His promises to you. 

Roy and his family have been coming to Fern Creek since 2020, and he's gotten invovled in a couple different groups. His story has impacted our Men's Ministry and even other churches around Kentucky. We sat down and got a chance to learn more about him. This is Meet Roy Vandiver.