God fulfilled his onward mission in the person and work of Christ in the Cross. Yet, he also gathers a weary and restless people to embody his onward mission.

Sermon Text: Mark 12:28–34 | What does love of God and love of neighbor have to do with unselfish self-care? In other words, how is a care of neighbor also a care of self?

Sermon text: Luke 11:5-13 | How can we imitate and mimic our heavenly Father in our earthy, everyday fatherhood? This sermon explores this question in pastoral and practical ways in an age and culture of fatherlessness.

Jesus desires to transform how we see our own self-care. Unselfish self-care is to be deeply rooted in the life and work of Christ, and we must allow Him to transform our inward and outward lives upward toward Him.

Our unselfish self-care cannot just be inwardly directed. Our inward lives must turn upward in order for true self-care to take place.

How do we sustain creation and culture? It comes in imitation of Jesus and his Kingdom.

How can we cultivate even our gardens for Christ and his kingdom?

Today, we celebrate mothers whose faith cultivates the hearts of children.

The people of God begin rebuilding the altar and the foundation of the temple (ch. 3), but it is met with opposition (ch. 4).

Why is holiness so important to the Bible and specifically Ezra and Nehemiah?