Mar 27, 2022
For the season of Lent our series looked at the challenge of following Jesus. This Sunday we continued with a story about two sons and their loving father (better known as the story of the Prodigal Son) from Luke 15. This story reminds us that the gospel offers us an entirely different operating system than the...
Mar 20, 2022
For the season of Lent our series explores the joyful challenge of following Jesus. This Sunday we continued with a powerful story called the parable of the fig tree in Luke 13:1-9. What does it mean to repent, and why does Jesus teach and tell stories about it? How do the warnings in these verses connect to a God of...
Mar 13, 2022
For the season of Lent our new series looks at the challenge of following Jesus. Today we continued with Jesus' lament over Jerusalem in Luke 13:31-35, and a beautiful maternal image for God that it contains.
Bottom line:
Grace empowers but does not override.
Mar 6, 2022
For the season of Lent we began a new series, looking at the challenge of following Jesus. Today we open with the biblical story that inspired the season of Lent: Jesus' temptation in the wilderness. How do we understand this story today? How does Jesus' example help us endure testing? We'll talk about all this and...