January 16, 2019 • 4 years ago
Jesus Tempted in the Wilderness
And for Jesus, even though he has power to turn stones into bread, and even though the angels could save him from death, he knows that who he really is, his real power, his identity, it comes from the Father above.
- New Testament
- Matthew
- Jesus
- Temptation
January 11, 2019 • 4 years ago
Jesus' Baptism: Matthew
In a prophetic moment, Jesus instead chooses to be with the common people, taking on their sin, plunging it into this watery grave only to rise up again into the fullness of God where God says, I'm pleased. The Jesus who loves us is the one who wades into the waters with us.
- New Testament
- Matthew
- Jesus
- John the baptist
- Baptism
January 07, 2019 • 4 years ago
Magi Visit
Joseph takes Mary and Jesus and flees towards Egypt after King Herod tries to trick the Magi into giving away their location. King Herod was so power hungry that he even wanted a 2 year old dead who he though might rise up and take his throne.
- New Testament
- Matthew
- Magi
- Jesus
- Birth
- Herod
December 30, 2018 • 4 years ago
Genealogy of Jesus
What story does the Genealogy of Jesus tell us about who God is? That God works to bless the world even beyond dark histories we can find in Jesus' family tree.
- New Testament
- Matthew
- Jesus
- Genealogy
December 25, 2018 • 4 years ago
Jesus as Immanuel
Immanuel, God with us, was finally here, and the Kingdom of God was about to begin taking shape upon the earth, a kingdom as simple and just as powerful as two teenager’s love for one another.
- New Testament
- Matthew
- Birth
- Jesus
- Joseph
- Mary
November 24, 2018 • 4 years ago
Jeremiah's Temple Sermon
As Jeremiah grew older he began understanding some of what was happening around him. He saw the foreigner, widow, and orphan abandoned. He saw people rejecting God’s way of love for their own twisted sense of self love.
- Old Testament
- Jeremiah
- Love
- Justice
November 16, 2018 • 4 years ago
Isaiah–Beating Swords into Plowshares
So what does it look like to walk in the light of the Lord? According to Isaiah, a lot like beating swords into plowshares, a lot like taking death and turning it into life.
- Old Testament
- Isaiah
- Death
- Enemy
- War
- Peace
November 09, 2018 • 4 years ago
Micah
Loving your neighbor means acting justly and loving mercy and that’s a big umbrella. It doesn’t just cover those you call your own. It covers those you don’t call your own too. The fatherless, the widow, the stranger.
- Old Testament
- Micah
- Faith
- Love
- Justice
September 14, 2018 • 4 years ago
The Call of Abraham
And with that, Abraham packs up, gets his wife Sarah and nephew Lot ready, and they begin following God to the land of Canaan with everyone else.
- Old Testament
- Genesis
- lot
- Calling
- abraham
- sarah
September 02, 2018 • 4 years ago
Noah and the Flood
What if the most important question about the story of Noah and the great flood isn’t whether God flooded the entire world or not. What if we should have been asking the question, “What does this story actually tell us about who God is?”
- Old Testament
- Genesis
- Noah
- Flood