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Matthew
When God Comes to the Bad Guy
December 22, 2024
What happens when God comes to the bad guy in the story, the person controlled by sin? If we want to understand the astonishing reality of Christmas, then we’ve got to understand someone like Herod.
Matthew
When God Comes to the Righteous
December 15, 2024
We often hear about God coming to the spiritual seekers and to the down and out. Joseph’s story shows us what happens when God comes to the good guy. He has to choose: life on his terms or life on God’s terms.
Matthew
What Does It Mean to Be a Christian?
April 30, 2023
Whether you are new to following Jesus or you have been a believer for a long time, it’s worth returning from time to time to some of the most foundational questions of our faith. In Matthew 4, Jesus gives us some key insight into one such question: What does it mean to be a Christian?
Matthew
The Wedding Feast
May 31, 2020
Jesus’ parables are meant to get our attention, awaken new insight, and move us to action. After all, the kingdom of God is more than information. It is Word and Spirit; presence and power.
Matthew
The Unforgiving Servant
May 24, 2020
Jesus’ parables are meant to get our attention, awaken new insight, and move us to action. After all, the kingdom of God is more than information. It is Word and Spirit; presence and power.
Matthew
Laborers in the Vineyard
May 17, 2020
Jesus’ parables are meant to get our attention, awaken new insight, and move us to action. After all, the kingdom of God is more than information. It is Word and Spirit; presence and power.
Matthew
The Treasure and the Pearl
May 10, 2020
Jesus’ parables are meant to get our attention, awaken new insight, and move us to action. After all, the kingdom of God is more than information. It is Word and Spirit; presence and power.
Matthew
The Mustard Seed and the Leaven
May 3, 2020
Jesus’ parables are meant to get our attention, awaken new insight, and move us to action. After all, the kingdom of God is more than information. It is Word and Spirit; presence and power.
Matthew
The Wheat and the Weeds
April 26, 2020
Jesus’ parables are meant to get our attention, awaken new insight, and move us to action. After all, the kingdom of God is more than information. It is Word and Spirit; presence and power.
Colossians
The Gospel Travels Through People
February 8, 2026
God wants the whole world to find life through faith in Jesus, and the way he gets the message out is through his people. How do we do it? Praying, walking, and talking.
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Colossians
The Gospel Shapes Community
February 1, 2026
The gospel doesn’t just reconcile us to God — it forms us into a new kind of community, one marked by the love of Christ, governed by the peace of Christ, and shaped by the word of Christ.
Colossians
The Gospel Changes Me: Conversion and Continuation
January 19, 2026
The gospel has the power to change us personally. It is the basis for our conversion and the means by which we continue in the Christian life.
Colossians
The Power of the Gospel
January 11, 2026
We are a gospel-centered church because of our conviction and experience that wherever the gospel goes, it has the power to change everything.
Psalms
Seeking God in the Wilderness
January 4, 2026
Psalm 63 is David praying in the wilderness. And the amazing thing is how he prays. He doesn’t ask God to get him out of the wilderness, but he simply seeks God himself. And David ends up finding satisfaction and security right there in the wilderness. What if we made this our prayer for the new year? What if it was our prayer for all of life?
Psalms
Trust in God Alone
December 28, 2025
Psalm 62 calls us to trust in God alone—resting in his character and relying on him at all times. Though we often place our trust in ourselves, others, or wealth, Jesus perfectly trusted the Father and delivers us from self-reliance.
John
I Came to Testify to the Truth
December 21, 2025
In this Advent sermon from John 18:33–38, Jesus declares the purpose of his birth: to bear witness to it. Jesus is the fulfillment of God’s promises and the truth that stands over every moment of our lives.
John
I Came to Do the Will of the Father
December 14, 2025
What happened on that very first Christmas gave us more than a heartwarming story. What happened on that first Christmas changed the world. Because Jesus came to accomplish the very will of God for the world.
John
I Have Come As Light
December 7, 2025
Jesus came as light because the world is in darkness. Humanity is in hiding, rebelling against God, but the light has come. Darkness is not inevitable. Cynicism is not final. Anyone who believes in Jesus is rescued from darkness.
John
I Came That They May Have Life
November 30, 2025
Advent is season celebrating the coming of Jesus and longing for him to come again. And we learn a lot about why Jesus came from what he reveals about himself. In this passage, he tells us who he is, what he came to do, and how he did it.
James
Bring Back the Wanderer
November 23, 2025
We are all capable of drifting from God and community, so we must watch out for one another. We are all responsible to bring back the wanderer. When we do this, we join the work of the good Shepherd who leaves the 99 to go after the one.
James
Faith and Prayer
November 16, 2025
As James closes his letter, the number one thing on his mind is prayer. Which makes sense, because prayer might be the main application of everything he’s been writing. True faith expresses itself through prayer.
James
Establish Your Heart in the End of the Story
November 10, 2025
James calls us to be long-suffering—to endure injustice, pain, and grief without losing hope. That kind of patience doesn’t come from calm apps or techniques; it comes from knowing how the story ends.
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Colossians
Walk in Him
January 10, 2016
Jesus is supreme over everything and sufficient for anything. We experience his power and wisdom as we learn to seek him and walk in his ways.
Genesis
The Call of Abram
June 12, 2016
Abraham was a friend of God, and his life bears witness to God’s faithfulness. His story shows us the nature of faith (and failure) and points us to the fulfillment of God’s promises in Jesus.
1 Peter
Hope in a Hostile World
September 3, 2017
What does it mean to follow Jesus without isolating from the world? How do we engage culture without being conformed to it? 1 Peter has answers to these questions that reshape everyday life.
John
The Paradox of the Cross
January 12, 2014
If you want to know what God is like, then look no further than the person and work of Jesus. He reveals God, announces the good news of God’s kingdom, and is himself the way to God for all who believe.
Luke
Hometown Rejection
January 16, 2022
In Luke’s first detailed account of Jesus’ public ministry, Jesus returns to his hometown synagogue as the guest preacher. And it goes really well … until it doesn’t. Jesus hits a nerve with the congregation. And that nerve reveals something about what the gospel is and who receives it as good news.
Exodus
Pharaoh Enslaves, God Saves
May 17, 2015
The Exodus event is the defining story in Israel’s history, and points forward to the deliverance and redemption that Jesus brings.
Luke
Grace for the Humble
December 12, 2021
Mary’s song is a response to what God has done for her and a proclamation of what he will do through Jesus. A central theme in the song — and in the Bible — is that God opposes the proud and gives grace to the humble. So how do we humble ourselves before God?
Luke
Surprised by Jesus
January 24, 2022
Faith is a simple conviction that says: “If we can just get to Jesus, he can help us.” But when we come to him, he often surprises us by working below the surface in our lives. If we are not open to it, we will miss him.
Luke
God’s Gracious Announcement
December 5, 2021
Advent is about longing and waiting. But it’s also about surprise: The surprising nature of God’s grace.
1 Corinthians
Jesus Is Lord
August 21, 2022
The Corinthian church was a mess, and Paul was writing to address their host of problems. But he doesn’t begin his letter with a rebuke. He begins with a reminder. He doesn’t start by reacting to all their issues. He starts by refocusing them on their Lord and who they are in him.
