Our moral judgment and speech are powerful. How should we approach judgement? In Matthew 7: 1-6 Jesus explains what He expects from his followers. This passage speaks of our self-righteous tendency to compare ourselves to others. We think that sin is...

Jesus continues His sermon on the mount by addressing a new obstacle to our "greater righteousness" – hypocrisy – especially as it relates to the three important practices: giving to the poor, praying and fasting. He wants us to stop...

Jesus takes the culture's external good works and makes it about internal motivation. He then goes on to show us that without Him it's impossible for us to fulfill His new standards.

Here Jesus describes the definitive reason why we exist as a church... our ultimate mission. What did Jesus mean when he talked about us losing our saltiness? What does being salt and light mean to us in our culture? It's our ultimate mission.

Oswald Chambers once said: "According to Jesus Christ, we are blessed in each condition that from earliest childhood we have been taught to regard as a curse”. What happens when your idea of blessing and curse gets turned upside down?

Jesus begins His sermon by making a statement about the prerequisite to being a citizen and representative of His Kingdom. We must be Humble. What is humility, and how do we develop this vital character trait? Is it even possible to work on being humble?

God continues to be at work, not only within our individual lives, but within His Church at Willow Park. We have much to celebrate, much to be thankful for, and much to anticipate as we head into 2013. God is faithful and the Gospel remains Good News!

Luke's perspective was not just simply “story telling”, but presenting facts. We don’t need stories ABOUT God intervening, we NEED God to intervene. Christmas is about God’s plan to deal with this darkness.