Jesus is the true satisfaction of our every thirst and desire. His offer of salvation, reconciliation with the Father, and eternal life is the living water that quenches all of our thirst. And our response to this offer is one of repentance and worship.

Peter quotes from a prophecy in Joel to help make sense of what’s happening on the day of Pentecost. He sees the work of Jesus as inaugurating the “last days” and shows us how we should then live in light of them.

What does it mean to be “filled with the Holy Spirit”? At the bottom, when the Spirit of God comes and fills you, the first thing he does is open your eyes a little wider to the love of God for you in Jesus. He warms your heart with the warmth of...

We may be prone to think that the day of Pentecost is primarily about the Holy Spirit. And, seen from one angle, certainly that is the case. But, at the deepest level, Pentecost is first about Jesus before it is ever about the Holy Spirit. Indeed...

Have you ever had an important decision to make and you didn’t know where to start or how to go about it?  You want God’s will for your life, but sometimes you wonder what that is and if you’ll ever really know. What’s beautiful about this scene here...

Judas’ story is tragic, but there’s a lot we can learn from it. He chases the shiny things and ends with nothing. The apostles look to replace him with a twelfth. But why? Do they just need additional help, or is there something more?

The Gospel not only confronts our sins (of injustice) but also transforms and empowers us to live and love others with humility, selflessness and generosity for His glory!

In the face of opposition, we can persevere together through prayer and action as we remember God’s presence and power in Christ Jesus!

The disciples have to wait about a week from the ascension of Jesus to the outpouring of the Holy Spirit on the day of Pentecost. And much of their time is spent in this “upper room” of a house somewhere in Jerusalem. But what are they doing there?...

If you go and talk to almost anyone today who’s not a Christian—someone who, in particular, may be skeptical of Christianity—undoubtedly, one of the first objections you’ll hear from them will bring attention to this issue of hypocrisy in the church...