We are called to listen and obey God’s voice even when it is hard or causes us fear.

God calls us to respond with generosity in all matters of life because we have already been recipients of God’s great abundance.

God calls us to respond with generosity in all matters of life because we have already been recipients of God’s great abundance.

Jesus calls us to pursue life in the kingdom of heaven with reckless joy.

Jesus reorients his followers away from cultural metrics of size, speed, and visibility toward a kingdom that starts small and moves invisibly through the patient, faithful work of ordinary people trusting an extraordinary God.

In Isaiah 44:6–8, God reminds Israel that He alone is the eternal King and Redeemer.

Jesus' parable of the wheat and weeds warns the church against the destructive zeal of trying to purge its own field, calling it instead to the patient, focused work of planting the good news and trusting the master to sort the rest at harvest.

Jesus invites us to abandon what we think we know about following him in exchange for a spot beside him, learning how to participate with him in proclaiming the Kingdom of God.

Jesus calls us to embrace the unique challenges of faithful proclamation in our day and time. We are to be as crafty as snakes and innocent as doves.

We sin because we fail to have proper faith in the sometimes-nonsensical ways of God.