Fearless. Authoritative. Composed. Those are probably some of the words you would used to describe Jesus as you scan his life across the pages of the Gospels. He went toe to toe with the tempter and didn’t flinch. He challenged the...

For centuries, Jewish families gathered to celebrate the Passover. On a special night of the year, they shared a meal remembering how the Lord had delivered them from bondage and captivity in Egypt. God freed them from slavery. God’s judgment...

“Don’t go there. Don’t touch this. Don’t do that.” The Pharisees were first century kings of following the rules and calling others to do the same. Actually, they didn’t just follow the rules; they invented them. Their whole lives...

He's rich. He's young. He's a ruler. He’s perfect. You could hardly imagine a better recruit to join Jesus’ ministry team. To top it all off, he’s even religious. He has spent his whole life obeying God’s commandments. The disciples drool...

If you want to learn to shoot a jump shot, you ask Michael Jordan. If you want to learn to cook, you ask Gordon Ramsey or Rachael Ray. If you want to learn to build something, you call Bob Villa. If you want to learn to pray, you ask Jesus. ...

A self-righteous expert on the law approaches Jesus to give him a pop quiz on God’s law. Jesus responds by turning the tables so that the one with the questions becomes the one being questioned. As they discuss God’s law, the lawyer rattles off...

Jesus has a mission. He has to save the world from their sin and extend God’s salvation to humanity. Check. He has to entrust this mission to some men that they might continue his work. Check. He will call these men to be his disciples, to learn...

She always made her way down to the well after all the other women had left. She couldn’t bear to see their stares or hear their whispers. She knew what they were thinking. So she went when no one would be there. Except on this day. On this...

After being baptized and before entering public ministry, Jesus is led by the Spirit into the desert to be tempted. There he goes toe to toe with the tempter. Three times the enemy of God tries to get Jesus to falter and fail. But where his...

The opinions surrounding the identity of Jesus were as varied in his day as they are in ours. The crowds in Israel were buzzing about Jesus the carpenter turned itinerant preacher. Is he Elijah? Jeremiah? John the Baptist back from the dead? Amidst...