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What is Faith? That’s a difficult question for our contemporary culture. Merriam-Webster Dictionary offers several definitions of faith. This is the one that most Christians would identify with: belief and trust in and loyalty to God.[1] However, our contemporary culture would probably identify more…

John the Baptist’s disciples came to Jesus and asked him, "Why do your disciples not fast often like we do?" Jesus tells them, “How can the guests of bridegroom fast when He is with them? People don't pour new wine into old wine skins, if they do the wineskins will burst, the wine will run out and both…

“Watch out for false prophets!” Jesus gives this warning to us as a command. This sentence implies two things: · False prophets exist. · False prophets are bad. Before we talk about why false prophets are bad, let’s define . . . Who are prophets? There are technical ways to define who is a prophet, but…

Be done! Matthew 8:5–13 When Jesus had come to Capernaum, his chosen base of operations, a Roman centurion came to Jesus asking for help. Matthew tells us the centurion came to Jesus because his servant was lying paralyzed at the centurion’s home and the servant was suffering terribly. Here we notice…

In the story of the beheading of John the Baptist and in Jesus' response to the news, Matthew invites us into the Garden of Gethsemane to struggle out the implications of the will of God in our own life. Where will we align ourselves? Will we honor and believe the powers of this world, and thus, dishonor Jesus with our lack of faith? Will we honor King Jesus with our faith in him, laying down our life for him, for the truth and glory of Gospel banking everything that Jesus is our only hope.

We began Matthew in December 2019. By design, the journey is slow. It's slow because we take substantial detours to emphasize the important seasons in the Christian year and important emphases within the life of our congregation. Our journey is slow because we take the time to go deep. For example, we…

Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest" (v.28). What is the rest that Jesus promises? The rest that Jesus gives is so rich we can't exhaust its meaning today. At its heart the rest Jesus gives is rest from constantly trying to be good enough.