Navigating Life Well: Fresh Starts
Don’t put all your eggs in one basket! We’ve all been taught that the best way to reduce risk is to not be too reliant on any one thing and have a lot of options.
All In: Serving With Your All
Have you ever felt like the task was too much? Do you ever fear that you can’t meet expectations? Someone may tap us on the shoulder for a task we wish we could tap out of.
All In: When Comforts Fail
Unique financial advice typically draws interest. But Jesus’ counsel is unlike any other. He warns us that material possessions quickly ascend from instrument to master.
All In: One Master Only
Our Good Shepherd has demonstrated his love and faithfulness to us in coming into this world for us. God has purchased and won us and made his Church a healthy body.
The Healthy Body: Generous & Cheerful
One of the great accusations against the Church is that all she cares about is money. There are more than a few examples of spiritual leaders using extortionary tactics to bleed the people they are called to serve dry.
The Healthy Body: Eager To Worship The Living God
Are routines good or bad? That depends on your understanding. A routine without rationale deteriorates into a meaningless and purposeless process of going through the motions.
Ancient Faith, Living Church: Humble & Confident
Sometimes, we don’t ask for help because we don’t think we need any help. We feel confident in our own abilities and skills. Other times, we realize our capacity to do and be doesn't match the challenges with which we’re faced.
Ancient Faith, Living Church: Qualified & Equipped
Today we return to the central point of God’s activity. Christians are called to listen and trust God. As Jesus spends time with Mary and Martha, we see a familiar tension manifesting itself.
Ancient Faith, Living Church: Committed to Love
Today, we learn how we are called to love friends and strangers—even love our enemies. Believers have every reason to love our neighbors—and yes, even our enemies!
Ancient Faith, Living Church: Sustained & Strengthened
Today, Christ calls us to lay down our personal definitions of success and take up our cross and follow him. The Lord knows his messengers will face insults, rejection, and persecution.
Ancient Faith, Living Church: Faithful & Focused
The foundation of our Ancient Faith is Jesus, the Author and Perfector of our faith and our Savior. The Church lives to follow him. Today, we hear Jesus rebuke two of his disciples and reproach three would-be disciples.
Ancient Faith, Living Church: Trustworthy Witnesses
Jesus does incredible things. He cures diseases. He raises the dead. He forgives sins. As he confronts these maladies, Jesus wields the same powerful tool—his Word.
The Festival of the Holy Trinity
One plus one equals two. It’s a mathematical concept we have taken for granted since we learned arithmetic. But, today in our songs and readings we celebrate what we cannot comprehend.
Victory: The Spirit of Victory
Israel had three annual pilgrimage festivals—the feast of Passover, Tabernacles, and Weeks. The Lord timed his outpouring of the Holy Spirit with this third pilgrimage festival.
Victory: Victory’s Reign
For forty days, the Church has cried, “Christ is risen! He is risen indeed!” But forty days after Jesus rose from the dead, he departed from his disciples and was enthroned in glory in heaven.
Victory: Victory’s Joy
Our world is full of images of joyful victors. Athletes embrace championship trophies and cups with broad smiles. Actors receive awards with unfeigned delight. Dear Christian, do you feel like a winner?
Victory: Victory’s Charge
Today, we celebrate and receive God’s greatest gift to us: his love. Experiencing the depths of God’s love for us, we strive to love each other deeply in word and deed.
Victory: Victory’s Comfort
As a shepherd dividing goats from the sheep, Jesus drew a sharp distinction between these unbelievers questioning him and the believers who followed him.
Victory: Victory’s Song
Sometimes, what you’re looking for is right in front of your face. After his atoning death and justifying resurrection, Jesus invests his precious time left on earth in his followers.
Victory: Victory’s Peace
Each year, we run the risk of Easter Sunday being a one-off. A single day where we mark a single event and then consign it to the background. That’s fine for most historical events. But the Resurrection is different.