Luke 1:26-56

For the 2nd week of Advent we look at Mary's reaction to strange news from an angel and see what it looks like to approach God with open-handed faith.

Luke 1:5-25

The people of Israel were in a dark place at the beginning of the 1st century. There was very little hope and God was silent. We'll take a look at the story of Zechariah and Elizabeth for wisdom in dealing with doubt and waiting on the plan of God.

2 Corinthians 12:1-10

In the middle of a rough season with no end in sight, the Apostle Paul has some words of wisdom drawn from his own personal experience following Jesus.

Matthew 23

After a series of interactions with the religious leaders in Jerusalem, Jesus publicly denounces their hypocrisy and warns the people against their influence.

Matthew 22:34-46

Jesus' answer to a Pharisee's question, "What is the greatest commandment?" has become a foundational part of our understanding of what it means to follow Jesus.

Matthew 22:23-33

The religious leaders continue to pepper Jesus with questions designed to trap him and diminish his influence with the people. The Sadducees' question about marriage this week will have the opposite effect.

Matthew 22:15-22

After hearing Jesus' warnings to the religious leaders, they are more sure that they need to have him killed. This week in our study of the Gospel According To Matthew they ask him a trick question about the kingdom's relationship to political power that offers us insight into how we should be relating to it today.

Matthew 22:1-14

Jesus continues to shock and challenge the Jewish religious leaders with cryptic stories during the week before his crucifixion. We take a look at a wedding feast and some unlikely guests in our study of the gospel according to Matthew.

Matthew 21:33-46

Jesus The King has finally come to his people and they are going to reject him. He tells the religious leaders this explicitly through a story about a vineyard in our study of the gospel according to Matthew this week.

Matthew 21:23-32

Jesus continues in his conflict with the religious leaders this week as they question his authority in our study of the gospel according to Matthew.

Matthew 21:12-22

As Jesus enters Jerusalem he makes a huge mess at the Temple, gets into an argument with the religious leaders and curses a tree. We explore what's going on in this strange section of the gospel according to Matthew.

Matthew 21:1-11

Jesus makes his way to Jerusalem and is greeted by the people as the great King. We take a look at what's call the "Triumphal Entry" this week in our study of the gospel according to Matthew.

Matthew 20:29-34

Jesus asks two blind men the piercing question, "What do you want me to do for you?" on his way to Jerusalem in our study this week in the gospel according to Matthew.

Matthew 20:17-28

Jesus keeps teaching us about status and power in the Kingdom of God this week in our study of the Gospel According To Matthew.

Matthew 20:1-16

Jesus continues to explain the economy of the Kingdom of God through the parable of the vineyard workers in the gospel according to Matthew.

Matthew 19:16-30

Jesus continues his ethical teaching in the gospel according to Matthew this week as the subject turns to money.

Matthew 19:1-15

How does a follower of Jesus navigate issues of marriage and divorce? As you'd expect it's counter-cultural. Jesus answers questions about this hot-button topic in our study of the gospel according to Matthew this morning.

Matthew 18:21-35

All throughout our lives people are going to hurt us, offend us and treat us poorly. Citizens of the Kingdom of God have been given a very counter-cultural way of dealing with this reality.

Matthew 18:15-20

In our context when two Christians can't get along it's easy for one of us to just leave and attend another church. That's not the way of Jesus. We'll learn what he thinks about conflict this week in the gospel according to Matthew.

Matthew 18:1-14

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Jesus answers the question "Who is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven?" His answer goes against everything we believe as a culture.