Jesus offer to rescue and rule your life may threaten what is most precious to you. How will you respond?

Fig Trees, a Temple Disturbance, and Mountain-moving Faith. Jesus tries to get our attention about empty religious rituals and real power for change.

There is nothing quite like pure, self-forgetful Celebration. Yet it's nearly impossible to sustain because we are so self-conscious. Learn how to sustain celebrating Jesus & enjoy His creation after the Sunday Morning music fades.

How do you live as you wait on God to work? Most people either slip into Christian Eeyore-ism or adopt a live-for-myself-in-the-meantime strategy. But as we learn from Bartimaeus' response to Jesus, the wisest course of action as we wait is to persist getting ourselves to places where God says He loves to do work.

The third of three anchoring truths that God uses to move us from fear to faith: The Best is Yet to Come.Psalm 23

The second of three anchoring truths that God uses to move us from fear to faith: Our Bad things will turn out for Good.Romans 8:28-30

The first of three anchoring truths that God uses to move us from fear to faith: Our Good things can never be taken away.Judges 6:11-18

Obedience motivated by fear and thinking God doesn't care how you live are both attitudes rooted in misunderstandings about grace. Grace intends our godliness, grace trains us to be godly, and our godliness spreads grace to those around us.

The world encourages us to pursue greatness through self-service at the expense of others. Jesus has the example and power to help us pursue true greatness through self-sacrifice for the good of others.

Communicating God's Love through Physical Touch: How can we do this right as a church?