Mosaic Boston • Jamaica Plain

If you've ever tried to keep God's rules you've probably realized that it's really hard. That's an understatement. It's impossible. This week we examine God's first speech to his people. We'll see him give them the foundational ethic for his relationship with them through 10 words. You probably know them as the 10 commandments. Listen this week as we explore each commandment and ask, "How close are we to meeting God's high standard?"

We all deal with temptation. Even Jesus dealt with temptation! Whether it’s the cake on the counter, a pornography addiction, or propensity to become anxious, we all have issues in our life where we are tempted regularly. While we all deal with temptation from inside us, there are times when we are tempted by external realities. Sometimes it's people and other times forces beyond our senses. This week listen in as we take a look at the evil forces that tempt us and how to fight them.

We’ve all been struck by a piece of art before. Perhaps it was a painting, a movie, a TV show, a book, poem, sculpture, or even a videogame. Good art has the ability to transcend and reorient our lives. That is what the Scriptures are. They're a brilliant literary collection formed and created by God that has impacted the world for 3500 years. It’s not just a book, it’s the Book. The deeper you dive, the deeper it goes. Listen this week as Pastor Ivey talks about what it means to be a people in the Word, for the Word, formed through the Word, and of the Word.

Sermons on the book of Jude are rare, but this week Pastoral Resident Dominic Rosato takes us through all 25 verses. This little book is one that God will use to remind us all that is at stake for professing Christians in this generation. We have a faith that we must contend for. Listen this week because there is an abundance of truth and challenge in these few words.

This week we finish out 2019 with a comparison of Joesph protecting Jesus to the tv show, The Mandalorian and how he protects one child who is extremely important and powerful… the power of which no one is quite sure of its full extent. Sound familiar? Everyone has an opinion about this Child, many nations tried to extinguish this Child, and Pastor Ivey asked a simple yet profound question. How have you handled the Child?

Life is a search to find that which will complete us. Perhaps we look to a relationship, a certain job, a degree, or a vice for fulfillment. It's not long before we realize they never quite do the trick. Yet, there is one person in this life that can give us lasting hope, peace, joy, and love. It is this person that the Magi sacrificed immensely to find and worship. Listen this week as Pastor Ivey compares Herod's counterfeit worship to the genuine worship of the Magi and see the depths of riches that they received that day in Bethlehem.

This week we look at a couple whose circumstances couldn’t get any more humble. Yet, out their humble circumstances would come the King of kings. Their lowly place was a preview of the type of kingdom that was coming. It would not be a kingdom ruled by nobles and the proud. It would be a kingdom where the meek, poor, and humble would inherit the throne. It was a kingdom like no other, and it would be led by a humble and glorious servant-king named like no other: Jesus.

In the Christmas story, we get a glimpse at Joseph's remarkable righteousness. He was tested and obeyed God in a very difficult situation. Perhaps you've been called to a scary and trying path. Maybe you're in a season of discomfort or inconvenience. Listen this week as Joseph shows us what godly obedience looks like. He never flinched or argued. He simply did his job.

Everyone’s family is complex, and if you look far enough back you’ll probably uncover some family secret that no one wants out in the public. This week Pastor Ivey takes a deeper look at Jesus’ family tree through his lowercase father Joseph. You may expect Jesus’ family to be a whos who of Israel, but just like you and me... it’s complicated. Listen this week as we discover heroes and unearth villains in the complicated family tree of the Messiah.

You might think this end-of-the-world stuff is weird. There is no doubt, a quick read through Revelation or Daniel is quite strange. But if we understand the strangeness we can find beauty. The truth is everyone has an opinion on how the world will end, and it will either lead to fear or hope. This week we take a look at the hopeful end times message of Jesus. You don't have to live every day in fear, but you can live with hope in the future when God will make everything wrong right.