The Last Supper shared with Jesus was clearly the celebration of the Passover, occurring on Thursday evening. Emotions run high as a traitor is revealed, a promise is declared, and an over-confident heart is exposed. This inherited meal reveals the heart of our Christian faith.

“Extravagance” is not a word normally associated with worship. Yet, at a crucial moment in the passion of Jesus, He commends an unnamed woman for her outrageous act of worship on His behalf. Worship transforms broken lives into fragrant blessings for our Lord.

With a jigsaw of OT quotations, Jesus transitions from upcoming judgment on ancient Judaism to final judgment of all creation. He prepares His followers for the imminent events of the Passion by assuring them of the ultimate victory to come. Atonement is no longer found symbolically in the Temple, but fully in the cross and crown of Jesus Christ!

With only private instruction of the disciples remaining, Jesus seizes on a question about the destruction of the Temple to prepare His followers in every generation to be alert, but not panicked, about end times. His purpose here is not to give details about the future but to provide assurance of His return and to promote faithfulness in the present.

Paul tells us in Philippians to 'work out our salvation with fear and trembling'. But Paul is not just telling us to think about it harder or more often. Paul is telling us something way more radical than that. He's telling us to work it out of ourselves with action. He wants us to know that we can do this, because God is working in us.

In the final day of public teaching, Jesus affirms His standing as Messiah, criticizes the leaders who will soon secure His death, and highlights the simple faith of a mostly unseen widow. He tears down the traditional models of godliness and promotes a new model to be emulated in the Church.

Today, Pastor Taylor Gabbert wraps up our 2026 Winter Bible Study with a deep dive into 2 Peter 3.

Pastor Taylor Gabbert continues his series through the book of 2 Peter. Today he examines what the apostle has to say about false teachers in the church.

Pastor Taylor Gabbert begins to take us through the book of 2 Peter in part 2 of our annual Winter bible Study.

Contending for the Faith is not the most pleasant of spiritual duties, but it is action required of particular generations of believers at moments of intense spiritual warfare. Jude writes at just such an historical moment. His words are disturbingly relevant for our time.