The New Testament refers to the church as a temple. This speaks volumes about the significance, shape, and function of the church

Jesus has a bride, and he cares for her deeply. How Jesus relates to his bride, the church, should change everything about the way we treat the church as well.

In a world that rejects and topples authority and prizes autonomy and anarchy, Matthew preaches a different narrative. Jesus has the authority to save.

In Matthew 8:18-27, the disciples are confronted with who Jesus is and what it costs to follow him. If we are to be followers of Jesus today, we must also grapple with these same questions.

In Matthew 8:18-27, the disciples are confronted with who Jesus is and what it costs to follow him. If we are to be followers of Jesus today, we must also grapple with these same questions.

In the midst of troubling times and a lot of social commentary, Revelation 7 gives us a vision of where we're going, so that we have hope for today.

'What the world needs now is...' How would you end the sentence? As we look at Matthew 8, we find that the needs and hopes of the people hinged on Jesus, and even in our day, that still remains true.

Culture is something that every church has but can sometimes be hard to define. Our culture must ultimately be determined by what we value most and therefore must be intentionally forged. Ruth 4:1-12 instructs us on how to embrace a culture of redemption that displays the beauty and power of the gospel.

We are prone to think that faith is merely passively waiting on the Lord. But in Ruth 3, we are reminded that God often calls us to an active faith that is full of risk and offers great reward. The question we need answered is, what does active faith require?

As the Sermon on the Mount comes to an end, both the audience back then and we ourselves are faced with the same question: What will we do with the words of Jesus?