We all want to be in good soil and produce good fruit — Christ’s final example of the sown seeds — and Pastor Scott let us know that we need…
Jesus indicates that John the Baptist isn’t a “reed shaken by the wind.” He stood up to King Herod Antipas and called out the despot’s marital infidelity — to the…
Can you picture God loving you in this raw, unrestrained manner? Forgiving you instantly and then demonstrating lavish love, far beyond anything you expect or could hope for? It’s not…
How often have we as believers in Jesus expressed this sort of faith in him? The centurion knew the truth: He ISN’T worthy! That is true — but what’s also…
If we call ourselves Christians, how are we living? How are we speaking? What do our lives look like — not only to God but to others watching us closely?…
In this passage Jesus repeats the word “blessed” numerous times to his listeners. The word literally means “to be happy.” But that might seem confusing because Jesus in this passage…
The thing about the Pharisees is that they added their own rules to Old Testament law, making it way more difficult to follow. The Pharisees' legalism could reach ridiculous levels.…
Have you ever noticed that you tend to beat yourself up when you fall short of God’s standards? That you put yourself down? That means, more than likely, that you're…
The tension culminated with friends of a paralytic lowering the suffering man through the roof of a home so that Jesus might heal him. Jesus in that moment sees the…
Our God is INFINITELY BIGGER and MORE AWESOME than the unimaginably large universe he created. He's far beyond the unfathomable science of space. In short, God is big … we…