Sunday messages from Two Rivers Church in Des Moines, Iowa. To find out more about our service time and location, visit tworiversdm.com

Sunday messages from Two Rivers Church in Des Moines, Iowa. To find out more about our service time and location, visit tworiversdm.com

It's a nice idea to think you're doing what Jesus would do — until you start to think about what Jesus actually would do — and did

Sunday messages from Two Rivers Church in Des Moines, Iowa. To find out more about our service time and location, visit tworiversdm.com

Sunday messages from Two Rivers Church in Des Moines, Iowa. To find out more about our service time and location, visit tworiversdm.com

In Scripture, to wait is to be active, to do something, something very important. In fact, it is the most important thing we do, since waiting is an expression of faith, of being open and receptive to God, to God’s action, to God’s voice, to God’s will, to God’s answer.

Sunday messages from Two Rivers Church in Des Moines, Iowa. To find out more about our service time and location, visit tworiversdm.com

Christmas is not about the living God coming to tell us everything’s all right. John’s gospel isn’t about Jesus speaking the truth and everyone saying "Of course! Why didn’t we realize it before?” It’ s about God shining his clear, bright torch into the darkness of our world, our lives, our hearts, our imaginations, and the darkness not comprehending it.

Sunday messages from Two Rivers Church in Des Moines, Iowa. To find out more about our service time and location, visit tworiversdm.com

Following Jesus isn’t something you can do at night where no one notices. It’s a twenty-four-hour-a-day commitment that will interfere with your life. That’s not the small print—that’s a guarantee.