In our August 4, Sunday gathering we jump into Matthew 13, and do a deep dive into parables and the power of story.

We wrap up Matthew 12, by looking at some weird verses about demons and Jesus ignoring his biological family. We discuss the reasons why some people bristle at the idea of calling a church a family, and we set ourselves up for next week's discussion of the parable of the sower and the soil.

In our July 21 Sunday gathering, Alex explores Matthew 12 and Jesus' rebuke of those who asked for signs. We discuss "putting out a fleece" and how often we use spiritual language to hide our selfish choices.

In Matthew 12, Jesus has a discussion with the Pharisees and he says they are bad trees producing bad fruit. In our July 12, Sunday gathering we discuss what good fruit looks like and what why we feel stuck with things like anxiety, lust and greed.

We continue our series in Matthew by talking about the unforgivable sin that Jesus mentions in Matthew 12. What is it? How do we know if we have done it?

The New Testament authors paint the biggest enemies to who Jesus was and what he was trying to do as the Pharisees, ultra conservative religious people who memorized the Old Testament and kept all the moral rules, but used religion to mask their own evil and wield it as a weapon to control people. Together we discuss how to avoid these same traps as modern disciples.

We continue our series in Matthew, by looking at an unusual passage that mentions an apocalypse and we examine how the word was used differently in the first century and how we need God's eyes to see what we are facing today.

We continue our series in Matthew and explore the concept of Hades and Hell, as we look at Jesus' strongly worded rebuke to the good religious cities that refused to repent and recognize him as King.

We continue our series in Matthew by looking at 11:7-19 where Jesus compares his generation to children who want to watch others play, but don't want to actively get involved. They want to see a prophet in the desert, but want to ignore his message to repent.

Matthew 11:2-6, we continue our summer series in the book of Matthew, looking at how John the Baptist wrestled with Jesus and his expectations of what a Messiah should look like.