The church has had a complicated relationship with the surrounding world. Throughout history, the church has responded by retreating into a fortress, engaging in culture war, or becoming indistinguishable from the surrounding world. Listen in as we explore what Jesus had to say about the relationship between the church and the world.

It's easy to tell if our plants are growing or not. But what about our lives? Are we seeing the kind of growth that Jesus tells us we should be? Listen in as we take a look at where we need to grow and how we can seek that growth.

Jesus's friends are scared. They have some hard questions for Jesus. Many of us do too. Jesus isn't afraid of our hard questions. Listen in as we explore what Jesus offered His friends in response and what He has for us.

"Just as I have loved you, you also are to love one another." That sounds simple enough, until we pause to consider the depths to which Jesus went to love us. It makes me wonder, "have I ever really loved anyone that way?" Listen in as we dig into this beautiful call for our lives.

The stage is set for Jesus to bring his life to an astonishing conclusion. And as Jesus prepares to dine with his friends in this upper room, He rises, removes his garments, takes a towel, and begins to wash the feet of those gathered. This is love. This is humility. This is grace. Listen in to find out what the grace of Jesus means for you.

Peter struggled with his identity. But as he came to know Jesus more deeply and more transformatively, he found an identity to stand in - an identity rooted in those profound truths Peter shares with us in 1 Peter 2.

If you had to state your system of values in one sentence, one phrase even, what would it be? The world tells you to go for it - whatever it is! Climb up. Climb over. And Jesus goes down. The cross of Jesus confronts the world’s values directly and invites us to seek transformation of our values. Listen to find out more.

Lord Acton has taught us that power corrupts, and absolute power corrupts absolutely. This passage of Christian Scripture seems to prove his thesis, as we see the corruption of power in the religious council and in Judas. But at a deeper level, it points us towards the redemption of power, for the good of the world. Listen in to find out how.

Get a life. What do people mean when they tell us that? To have more fun, more adventure, more freedom? Peter tells us that in Jesus, we have everything we need for life. And then he explains how we grow and experience that life. Listen in to find out how.

This is the last conversation Jesus has with the religious leaders in Jerusalem before they turn on Him for good. What does He want them to know? The ABC's of the Christian life. It might be what you need to hear today, too.