Text: John 17:20-26 | Listen to Message His Love In Us   A recent tweet summarized the Lord of the Rings movie trilogy as “nine hours of men fighting over jewelry.” That’s a crude (and inaccurate) oversimplication. But it’s not tragic. It’s tragic when we oversimplify irreducibly complex matters of eternal significance. Take the Cross […]

Text: Luke 1:39-56 | Listen to Message Grace For The Humble And The Hungry   If Jesus were like other kings, he’d favor people with connections, positions, and money – and who knew how to leverage their assets to get stuff done. If Jesus were like other kings, he’d feed the grand delusion that the proud, […]

Text: Luke 1:26-38 | Listen to Message Nothing? Really? Nothing? Buried in the story of the annunciation of Jesus’ birth to Mary is this little phrase, “For nothing will be impossible with God” (Luke 1:37). And here’s where our minds go with that: “Nothing is impossible? Seriously? NOTHING? So God can make a square circle? And […]

Text: Luke 1:5-25 | Listen to Message Biology vs. Theology It was the highlight of his life, the apex of his personal history! Zechariah had been chosen by lot to enter the Holy Place and burn incense on behalf of his entire nation. He must’ve been quivering with nervous excitement as he entered into that sanctuary […]