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What is your only comfort in life and in death?

In this opening episode of the Hiedelberg Catechism in a Year, we begin where the Christian life must always begin - not with what we do, but with who we belong to. Lord's Day 1 anchors our hearts in the finished work of Christ, who has fully paid for ours and holds us fast in life and in death.

As a new year unfolds, this episode calls us to rest, rejoice, and live in grateful obedience as those who belong - body and soul - to our faithful Savior. 

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As a sealed tomb and a four-day grave, Jesus lifts His voice - and death listens.

In this episode, we continue in John 11 and behold Christ further. He is not intimidated by decay, doubt, or the finality that we feel. From the weighty glory of God to the tears of Christ, we are reminded that believing comes before seeing, and nothing is impossible with Him. 

For each of us as we begin this new year, may we all continue to put our faith and trust in the LORD who still commands life out of the grave. 

This week, we will be reading the following Scripture:

• John 11: 4
• John 11: 20-22
• John 11: 25, 26
• John 11: 38-44
• Luke 1: 37
• Hebrews 12: 1-4
• 2 Corinthians 5: 7
• Philippians 4:6, 7
• Matthew 6: 7,8
• John 5: 25-28
• Hebrews 4: 12
• Ephesians 2: 1-3
• Ephesians 2: 4-10
• Isaiah 43: 1

We look forward to seeing you again on Sunday for the first episode of the Heidelberg Catechism in a year podcast!

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 As we close out the year and stand on the threshold of a new one, it’s tempting to place our hope in chance, resolutions, or sheer willpower. 

But Scripture offers us something far sturdier—and far kinder. 

In this final episode of the year, we pause our journey through the Gospel of John and turn instead to Lamentations 3:22–23, where hope rises from the rubble. Speaking from the ashes of Jerusalem’s destruction, the prophet Jeremiah reminds us that the steadfast love of the LORD never ceases, and His mercies are truly new every morning. 

This episode is for those of us who feel weary—the one who feels behind, inconsistent, or discouraged as the year ends. Together, we reflect on God’s daily mercy, likened to fresh bread from heaven, and are reminded that our future is not held together by luck or discipline, but by the unchanging faithfulness of God secured for us in Christ. 

As we look toward the year ahead, Romans 8 anchors our assurance: nothing can separate us from the love of God in Christ Jesus our Lord. No superstition, no resolution, no failure—only sovereign grace. 

You don’t enter the new year with a checklist. You enter it held. 

Mercy will meet you tomorrow. And the next day. And every day after that. 

This week, we will be reading the following Scripture:

•  Lamentations 3:22-23 
•  Exodus 16:4-6 
•  Matthew 6:25-34 
•  Romans 8:31-39
•  1 John 1:9 
•  1 John 2:1 

We look forward to seeing you again in 2026!

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 In this Christmas week episode of Hard Truths, we look at the miracle at the heart of the manger—the Virgin Birth. 

It is the necessary foundation of our salvation. 

From Mary’s trembling question to Gabriel’s thunderous promise that “nothing will be impossible with God,” we trace why Christ had to come this way—holy, sinless, and truly God with us. 

The cradle secures the cross, and this hard truth gives weary sinners a living hope.

 Come, behold the wondrous mystery. 

Merry Christmas!

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In this week’s episode, we linger beside the tomb and listen as the crowd divides over the tears of Christ. 

Some see His love; others question His power. 

As we explore Jesus’ weeping—not for the dead but for the living—we uncover the ache of sin, the battle within our own hearts, and the sure hope found in the One who works all things according to His perfect will. 

This week we will be reading the following Scripture:

• John 11:35
• John 11:36-37
• John 11: 34, 35
• John 2:24-25
• Romans 7:18-23
• Romans 7:24,25
• John 11:4
• Romans 8:28-32
• Hebrews 12:1-3

We look forward to seeing you again on Tuesday!

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Why did Jesus, who knew He would raise Lazarus moments later, break down in silent grief? What does His righteous anger toward death reveal about His heart for His people? And how does His holy sorrow shape the way we see our own sin, our own wounds, and our own need for mercy?

In John 11:35, Scripture draws back the veil and shows us something almost unthinkable: the eternal Son of God standing before a tomb… and weeping. In this week’s study through the Gospel of John, we slow down to behold those tears—real, human tears shed by the One who is fully God and fully man.

This week, we will be reading the following Scripture:

• John 11: 33
• John 11: 35
• Luke 19: 41-44
• John 2: 13-16
• Psalm 51: 1-4
• Psalm 51: 9-12
• 1 John 1: 9
• 1 John 2: 1
• Lamentations 3: 22-26
• Psalm 51: 16-17
• 1 Corinthians 6: 9-11
• Titus 3: 5-7
• Hebrews 4: 14-16
• Hebrews 12: 1-2
• Romans 8: 13
• Matthew 26: 41
• John 19: 30

We look forward to seeing you again next Friday!

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 In John 11:32–34, we walk slowly into the grief of these sisters, the compassion of Christ, and the quiet ways our relationships shape our faith—for better or for worse. 

This week, we explore how “if only” thinking spreads, how godly company strengthens, and how Jesus meets us in the very places where doubt has taken root. 

Come and see the Savior who is moved with compassion. 

This week, we will be reading the following Scripture:

• John 11: 25, 26
• John 11: 32-34
• John 11: 21, 22
• 1 Corinthians 15: 33
• Proverbs 13: 20
• Proverbs 27: 17
• Proverbs 22: 24,25
• 1 Corinthians 15: 26
•  Psalm 34: 17-19
• Joshua 1: 5
• John 1: 39
• Titus 3: 5-7
• 1 John 2: 1

We look forward to seeing you again next Friday!

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In this week’s episode of The Isaiah 43 Podcast, we slow down in John 11:28–31—those quiet verses we often rush past in the shadow of Lazarus’s resurrection. 

But here, we see: a Savior who draws near, calls by name, and invites weary sinners to rise and come to Him.

Martha whispers to Mary, “The Teacher is here and is calling for you.”
And Mary rises quickly to meet Him.

In these verses, we see the shape of Christ’s call, the urgency of faith’s response, and the tender truth that Jesus often stands closer than we think—even when we cannot yet see Him.

May this passage draw you to the Father, strengthen your hope, and remind you that the same Christ who called Mary is calling you today.

This week, we will be reading the following Scripture:

• John 11: 28-31
• Psalm 34: 18
• Isaiah 43: 1
• Matthew 11: 28-30
• John 6: 37
• 2 Corinthians 5: 7
• 1 Peter 1: 5-8
• Hebrews 12: 1, 2
• Titus 3: 5-7

We hope you had a great Thanksgiving and look forward to seeing you next Friday!

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In this week’s Hard Truths episode, we look at Jesus’ words to the church in Ephesus—the believers who labored hard, held fast to doctrine, and yet slowly drifted away from their first love. 

Christ’s message in Revelation 2:1–5 is not a rebuke meant to crush, but a call meant to restore. He invites His weary people to remember, repent, and return to the warmth of His love.

If you’ve felt your heart grow dim… if prayer feels rushed, Scripture feels routine, or the joy you once knew feels distant… this passage is Christ’s gentle voice calling you home.

Join me as we walk through the text, consider its meaning, and face the hard truth that drifting can happen to anyone—but so can restoration.

 Christ has not moved; He is still near, still holding His people, still calling them back to Himself.

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As we open John 11:24–27, we listen to Martha confess a true doctrine—but a distant one. She believes in the resurrection “on the last day,” yet struggles to see the Savior standing before her as the Resurrection and the Life right now. Jesus gently draws her faith from the theoretical into the personal, from the distant into the present, from “someday” into “even now.”

In this episode, we look at:

• Why Martha misunderstood Jesus’ promise—and how often we do the same
• How Christ reveals Himself as the Living Resurrection who meets us in our grief
• Why every line of Scripture—genealogies, histories, laments, prophecies—is God-breathed for your present endurance

Christ asks Martha a question. He now asks us the same: “Do you believe this?”

This week, we will be reading the following Scripture:

• John 11:4
• John 11:14-15
• John 20:31
• John 11:21-22
• John 11:24-27
• Daniel 12:2
• Isaiah 26:19
• Matthew 22:30-32
• 2 Timothy 3:16-17
• 1 John 5:12
• John 5:25-29
• Ephesians 2:1-9
• 2 Corinthians 5:21
• Romans 5:8-11
• Isaiah 43:1-2 
• John 4:23-24
• John 3:16

We look forward to seeing you again on Tuesday for Hard Truths!