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When a community is rooted in this divinely inspired delight, there is at the core a sense of joy, generosity, and fellowship. It’s really a

He was leaving the busyness of the city and going back to their hometown—the place where he first called them to leave their nets and boats

It is a suffering love, a love that will cost him everything, even his own life. And we see, even in the intimate scene of the Last Supper

And the great hope on the Last Day is that God will not only hide his face from our sins, but he will ultimately blot it out. Our permanent

You see, Paul is putting God’s action first. He is reminding the Ephesians of what God has already done for them, whether they realized it

Because Lent shows us the reality of humans’ sinfulness, we are then able to see the extraordinary graciousness of God in light of our condi

And if you think about it, we usually take for granted that there is not only a God but a God who wants us to know him—the invisible, all-po

Evangelism is deeply contextual and always personal. We must be aware of these things, but not be fearful or hesitant to proclaim the Good N

Where Jonah shows us the bad things we need to let go of, the four young disciples show us the good things we may need to let go of to

Baptism doesn’t separate us from others, in fact, it pushes us back into the mess of humanity, back towards the need and brokenness

Nothing can stop God and his work of bringing light out of the darkness. Pharaoh tried and yet the Hebrew slaves were led to freedom. Herod

It’s no wonder that those outside the church look at this story with skepticism—it is odd for God to act this way, to choose infancy over

Gabriel’s message to Mary is a clear indicator that God is about to do a new thing for the people of Israel, that he has not forgotten them,

We may be comfortable in our lives, but comfortability may be a form of captivity, and it sure isn’t a good indicator of our spiritual healt

John is an eschatological figure—meaning an End Time figure—(a key Advent theme as we said last week) and he is standing at the edge of a ne

The true themes of Advent are sobering and complex, but they are at the heart of Christianity. As we said a few weeks ago in the parable of

Our reading from Ezekiel tells us what the one true king is like. Even though the people are scattered and lost, physically and spiritually,

We must take the grieving process seriously. It is a dark and lonely place; we are not called to stay in it forever, but we must know that

When you get home, you should flip to Matthew 25 and just write in the margins “2020 Election Week.”

Because of the power of the Holy Spirit, believers were now grafted and assimilated into the spiritual Body of Christ. Remember Paul likens