In week two of this series, we discuss the crisis of meaninglessness in our culture and how the parables of the Hidden Treasure and the Found Pearl inspire us to dig deeper into the Kingdom of God to locate our true sense of value, meaning, and joy.

We often get frustrated by the things that Jesus says, yet in the parables we find that the frustration reveals something about us that needs redirecting and that offer freedom and life for those with ears to hear.

There are two important elements for gratitude: horizontal gratitude and vertical gratitude. Horizontal gratitude is how our thankfulness affects our relationship to our self and others, while vertical gratitude is about our gratitude towards God....

When we come to this text many questions naturally surface. Here we have questions about demon possession in humans and pigs, and why did the pigs have to die, and why do we see Jesus tell the one of the persons who sought him out to follow him to...

Research indicates that the average American sees anywhere between four to five thousand advertisements per day. As we watch shows, scroll on social media, drive to work, and shop in the stores we are face to face with the voice of advertising...

For many of us today, exhaustion is pervasive, and it leads to irritability, angst, and a foggy vision of the good life that God intends for us. I know when I am at my worst moments, exhaustion and a spirit of hurry are typically involved. When I am...

The Sermon on the Mount is the place to start when trying to figure out what does it mean and look like to follow Jesus in our world. It gives us the ethos of the Kingdom of God and the expectations of both our being in the world and behaving in the...

In Acts 19:11-20, we find out that we cannot expect the power of Jesus without a personal relationship with him. This text exposes the reality of evil spirits and the emptiness of trying to face spiritual issues in our own strength.

Sometimes it is easy to try to lean on our own abilities, talents, and strengths to go through life. Here, we meet Apollos, who is a gifted and charismatic individual, yet it is still not enough to make his work meaningful and lasting. What is he...

In this teaching, Nels Tate highlights the importance of living life on mission out of Acts 18.