Worship in Exile
1 Peter 2.1-12
Is There More to Life than This?
Is There More to Life than This?
John 4.4-42
Holiness in Exile
Holiness in Exile
1 Peter 1.13-25
Living in Exile
Living in Exile
1 Peter 1.1-12
Choosing Jesus Again
Choosing Jesus Again
Mark 8.34-9.1
The Most Important Question of Life
The Most Important Question of Life
Mark 8.27-33
I Once Was Blind
I Once Was Blind
Mark 8.1-26
Serving Jesus with All You Have
Serving Jesus with All You Have
Matthew 25.14-30
Ears You Have Dug for Me
Ears You Have Dug for Me
Mark 7.31-37
When Jesus heals a man who is deaf and mute, there is much more going on that the simple fact that Jesus can heal. The Old Testament has many promises about a coming time when God would start to open ears to hear his voice, and loosen tongues to speak about him. This story is a symbol of God’s work in the world, and his work in you, and therefore it is powerfully relevant to us.
The Faith of a Nobody
The Faith of a Nobody
Mark 7.24-30
In one of the more shocking and offensive interactions in the gospels, Jesus tests a woman’s faith and she emerges as one of the great models of what faith ought to look like. Despite being a Gentile and outside the scope of Christ’s mission, her gritty determination, humility and reverence capture Jesus’s attention and admiration.