The Apostle Paul wrote, “For freedom Christ has set us free…” Without any further context, his statement begs the question: free from what? St. Paul answers us within the same verse (Gal. 5:1): “…stand firm therefore, and do not submit again to a yoke of slavery.” In this message, we see how Jesus offers us […]

This message unpacks an unusually intimate conversation, where Jesus offers his closest followers a high definition look at the coming Holy Spirit and his work. John captured the conversation that took place on the night of Jesus’ arrest, his trial, and coming execution. He did so in order to introduce us to the Person of […]

Jesus wasn’t like any other teacher. In this message, we see that his audience agrees. They understood that he taught with an authority which superseded any of Israel’s Scribes. In Matthew 7:13-29, Jesus makes two key points as he teaches: everyone is on a road to somewhere and everyone is building their life on something. […]

Have you ever lost something really precious? Maybe it was your phone, a treasured family heirloom, or even a loving relationship. We all have known the pain of loss, and the anxious desire to recover that which we have set our hearts on. What may surprise you is that Jesus shares this common, human experience […]

Do we see God as he truly is? Or, have layers of tradition, skewed values, or religious bondage distorted our sight? Jesus came so we could see exactly what God looked like when he was among us. And, in John chapter nine, he show us something at the Pool of Siloam that had never been […]

Friends of a paralytic man break through the roof of a home where Jesus is teaching. The house is so crowded that they could think of no other way to get the man in front of Jesus, so they lowered him through a hole in the roof. They want their friend healed and they believe […]

This week’s message comes from one of the most well-known stories in the Bible: a woman known to be a sinner washes Jesus’ feet with her tears and anoints him at a dinner held in his honor, much to the shock of the host. As the message points out, both the woman and the host […]

Jesus entered his public ministry with a special affirmation from God. It all began when the Lord traveled to a particular place, the Jordan, sought a specific person, John, for an express purpose, water baptism. After Jesus came up out of the water to begin his ministry, a voice from heaven said, “This is my […]

Today, we continue our Humankind series, looking at the interactions and conversations that Jesus had with the humanity around him. Our hope and desires are that we would be really clear on who Jesus is and that our trust and faith in him would increase. This week we are looking specifically at the book of […]

Christmas focuses on the birth of Jesus, and rightly so. However, the story has been told so often that it’s easy to lose the humanity of what happened: a young couple brought a baby into the world under difficult circumstance amidst remarkable promises from God. They had to be wondering what it all meant. Meantime, […]