An Encounter that conquers the grip of death.

"Seeing" the moment when the blind man from John 9, hearing a Voice, is healed; and is confronted by the world, by religion, by his past; and then re-encounters the Voice (who is the Man who is God (who is Jesus)).

Matthew meets Jesus... follows Him... throws a party... and ends up seated in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus.

What it might've been like for Simon (soon to be Peter) to meet the embodied, personalized Word of God. And the words Simon Peter later wrote down about the experience.

Considering the religious past of the Old Covenant and one man's experience of being confronted by the Embodiment of the New, in person, on a particular day of his human life. This is how Jesus still desires to encounter us.

What an indescribable joy to gather with so many of you at the new version of Anchor -- a standalone, Sunday evening fellowship! May we learn to encounter Jesus just as His first friends did!

The beginning of the New Beginning.

The Cross.

The trial and sentencing before the Roman governor.

The religious stage of His trial, and the betrayal of Peter.