The Bite

Matthew 7:12-14 - The Destination of our Hearts

Jesus teaches us that there are only two roads we can be on, one leading to destruction, the other eternal life. Why does His teaching sound so exclusive?

Week of July 23rd, 2018

By: Bryant Nam

Matthew 7:7-11 - Learning a Parent's Love

Jesus tells us to ask, seek and knock because we won't be disappointed. But is that true? Will we receive what we ask for, what we seek, what we demand?

Week of July 16th, 2018

By: Russell Joyce

Matthew 7:6 - Pigs Don't Wear Pearls

Jesus gives us precious gifts. Gifts that we have been trained to understand their invaluable nature. Ensure others are so trained before offering them the same. Otherwise, you will be trampled underfoot.

 Week of July 9th, 2018

By: Russell Joyce

Matthew 7:1-5 - Accepting One Another

"To accept people is to be for them. It is to recognize that it is a very good thing that these people are alive, and to long for the best for them." - John Ortberg

Week of July 2nd 2018

By: Joshua Zepeda

Matthew 6:25-34 - Relinquishing Worry

Jesus asks us to reevaluate how we relate to material possessions and invites us into freedom from anxiety and worry.

Week of June 25th, 2018

By: Joseph Capehart

Matthew 6: 19-24 - Digging for Treasure

When we are surrounded by a culture of consumerism, wealth and vanity, Jesus teaches us where our true treasures lie.

Week of June 18th, 2018

By: Bryant Nam

Matthew 6:16-18 - What's Done in the Dark, Grows in the Dirt.

In a world that hungers for flash over substance and ascribes more value to online presence and what isn't real, than to physical presence and what is, God beckons us to what might be happening in the dark, behind the curtain.

Week of June 11th, 2018

By: Nathan Cousins

Matthew 6:7-15 - Prayer is like Coffee with Mama

God gives us the prayer He wants us to pray to Him. But He tells us He already knows it by heart. So then why pray?

Week of June 4th, 2018

By Russell Joyce

Matthew 6:1-6 - Being a Christian can be a Lesson in Hypocrisy

Jesus says that everything, literally everything(!), can turn us into hypocrites - even a relationship with God, the one antidote for it all. Well then, what's the response?

Week of May 28th, 2018

By: Russell Joyce

Matthew 5:43-48 - To Look in the Face of my Enemy

The final Lesson of Jesus: Do this and you will be perfect

Week of May 21st, 2018

By: Russell Joyce