A Miraculous Mission: Jesus Saves the World

God who had no problem creating all things did something difficult. He gave up what was most precious to Him, His only Son. He did this for ugly vicious brutes who deserve nothing but punishment.

The Voice of the Lord

The Lord could speak from the heavens with a voice like a great wind. The Lord could shake the Earth with His wrath. The Lord could cover the earth in miracles of fire. He does not come in wind or earthquake or fire. The Lord comes in the quiet voice of His word. The voice of one who comes in love.

Jesus Sees Our Hearts and Loves Us

This is a beautiful text if we come to hear in repentance. If we come confessing out sins we find a savoir who knows our hearts and loves us anyway. If we come in arrogance seeking to lift ourselves up to Jesus' level like this rich young man, than we find nothing here.

The Glory of the Lord Shone Around Them

Years ago when I was still in college, I was out west visiting friends at our church in San Francisco. My sister was teaching out there at the time. While I was out there the whole church went on a rafting trip. My friends and I, all high school or young college aged

Jesus Comes To Preach

Distractions Jesus was distracted from the main work He came to do, preach the gospel. Who knows what it is like to be distracted? As a pastor you want to dedicate yourself to the study of God’s word. I’d love to spend my time really doing a better job with bible class and

The One Thing Jesus Gives Us To Do

This isn’t just for the apostles, it isn’t just for the clergy Why did Jesus make them go up to Galilee and then come back to Jerusalem? Possibly because that is where most of his disciples were. Whether or not that is why one thing is certain there were a lot more people here

The Risen Lord Sends Us to Announce Forgiveness

So here it is the Sunday after Easter, and you’ve probably eaten all the candy. For Vanessa and I we didn’t have any candy, but we had so many leftovers we didn’t have to cook all week. The leftovers are gone now, so we have to start cooking again. But what is the bigger

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