Each calendar year, we start in the gospels. We’ve been working through
Luke’s gospel and the stories of our Savior, Jesus the Messiah. These past
couple weeks, we have been looking at stories in chapter eight where we
have been witnessing the power and authority of Jesus. That’s true for our
story today, where the authority of Jesus comes face-to-face with the
brokenness of this world in the form of disease and death.
TIn today’s text, Peter is going to tell us how we preserve our identity as God’s very own possession; it’s answering the call to live as God’s servants in all aspects of life. Which entails freely submitting to those who’ve been placed in authority over us for God’s sake. This isn’t Peter’s opinion based on…
As Mark shared last week, we’re looking at the “I am” statements of Jesus as found in John’s Gospel. But in particular, in light of the Easter season we’re in, we’re considering our remaining “I am” statements specifically through the lens of Christ’s resurrection. Last week Mark walked us through Christ as the Good Shepherd….
Most of the time in Reformed circles, we like to talk about the Divinity of Christ, especially when Christ makes the statement, “I am the Resurrection and the life.” Now we will indeed talk about that in the coming weeks as we continue into all of Christ’s “I am” statements. But today as we I…
We’re continuing our Eastertide series, focusing on “Stories of the Kingdom” and getting a feel for how this mysterious kingdom of God that Jesus spoke of in his parables, takes shape in the book of Acts Notes
As Lou mentioned last week, in the ancient church the Christmas celebration lasted for 12 days. And what followed was Epiphany; which serves as a marker for the rest of the gospel story: The story of Good Friday, The Resurrection, and ultimately the Ascension of our Savior to the right hand of the Father. So,…
