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To start off our series on the art of dying well, today, we seek to understand the importance of acknowledging our finitude, even long before death seems to be at the door. Today's readings: Romans 5:12-19 and John 3:12-17

This week we're diving deep into the transfiguration. Readings: 2 Peter 1:16-21 and Luke 9:28-36.

Unlike the gods of greek mythology that remain distant and inattentive to our needs, we have a God that draws near to us, is compassionate and loving. Today's readings are Isaiah 40:21-31 and Mark 1:29-39.

Where do we turn when we're anxious about a future that is unknowable and uncontrollable? Do we have a mindset of divination or of prophecy? Between our readings in Deuteronomy 18:15-20 and Mark 1:21-28, we learn the difference.

Edward Dixon and Eric Bolash discuss what is revealed about God's saving power as they consider Jonah 3:1-5, 10 and Mark 1:14-20.

In this season of Epiphany, we look at our readings, 1 Samuel 3:1–10 and John 1:43–51, and ask the question, “What is God unveiling?”

The baptism of Jesus teaches us how we don't need to clean ourselves up before coming to God, rather Jesus came to us, and it is through him we are made clean.

Through the stories of Simeon and Anna, in Luke two, we learn how personal devotion to God illuminates God's work of deliverance for his people.

When the word became flesh in Jesus, we were given a front row seat into the character of God. In Jesus, God drew near to us, spoke to us, and showed us his glory.

Jesus comes among us as the incarnate deity so that he can renew us by his accompanied presence.

Jesus became what we are so that we might become what he is.

As we look at Isaiah 35, we see a tension we can often experience between themes of honesty and hope.

It is through union with Christ that we are given deep rest for our souls.

As we begin Advent, we look at Isaiah and Matthew under the headings of the promise, the person, and the paradox.

There's a danger for us when we overestimate our own abilities and underestimate the power of Christ. On Christ the King Sunday, we seek to recognize the signs in our life of God's power.

Today we explore the phenomenon of when you become a Christian, a world of possibility opens up, while at the same time nothing practically is different.

At the beginning of Matthew chapter ten, Jesus lists the names of his twelve disciples, teaching us something about unassuming greatness and impossible unity.

On All Saints we remember all those who have gone before us as faithful believers and we're encouraged ourselves to be people that love God with all we have.

As Matthew chapter nine continues, we see Jesus as the model of the Good Shepherd, through his mission of teaching, preaching, and healing.

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As Jesus heals the blind in Matthew 9, we see how faith is born, formed, and broken and we reflect upon how the same is true for us in the house of the Lord.

In Matthew chapter nine, a significant healing takes place that teaches us why each of us need healing, where we receive it, and how we get it.

The third controversy we see in Matthew 9 surrounds the question of does Jesus override holy practices?

In Matthew 9, we see Jesus invite Matthew, a tax collector, to 'follow Him,' thus initiating a call, a controversy, and a correction.

This week, as we look at Matthew 8, where Jesus casts out demons and sends a herd of pigs over a cliff, we see how His creative presence interacts with chaotic places.

In Matthew, chapter eight, Jesus and His disciples find themselves in the middle of a lake during a furious storm; Jesus, however, is fast asleep. This week, we ask the questions: What keeps us from sleeping, and how can we fall and stay asleep?

This week, we jump back into our study of the gospel of Matthew, taking a look at the story of Jesus healing the man with leprosy.

In the final week of our gospel partnership series, we discuss Apostles' relationship to the Anglican Church in Rwanda, and look at how it mirrors the way Gentile churches in the New Testament served the Lord's people in Jerusalem.

We see many examples throughout the bible of God's compassion towards the orphan and widow. This week in our gospel partnership series, we explore how God evokes our sympathy for the fatherless and how we are called to open our homes to care for those beyond blood relation.

This week, our Gospel Partnership series continues with a focus on two powerful truths: our calling to love the foreigner—and the rich gift that the foreigner brings to us.

Throughout the month of August, we'll focus on the fourfold call in Zechariah 7:9–10 to care for the widow, the fatherless, the foreigner, and the poor. This week, we begin with the poor.

For our final salvation story from Acts 16, we see God bust open prison walls and break chains not only to set his people free, but ultimately to save the jailer and his household.

Continuing our journey through Acts 16, we meet an enslaved young woman. The way she encounters salvation has much to teach us about God's sovereignty and deliverance.

We look to the story of Lydia, in Acts 16, to understand how the Lord alone can open one's heart and create life transformation.

This week we conclude our study of the sermon on the mount with Jesus' instructions that in order to build a strong foundation one must put his words and teachings into practice.

Narrow gate or the wide one? Broad road or the small path? Jesus invites us to find life to the full by discerning the difference.

Taking a look at Matthew seven, today we discuss how prayer is simple, complicated, and a furnace.

It can be tempting to call out flaws in others before dealing with them in ourselves. How do we humbly accept correction and gently encourage others toward righteousness?

How do we listen to God's command to stop worrying in a time where anxiety and worry are prevalent and pervasive.

How do we detach ourselves from earthly things, and instead devote ourselves to pursuing kingdom generosity.

Jesus seeks out and transforms the lives of even the most unlikely characters. Through the story of Zacchaeus we are reminded that no one goes unnoticed by God, and no one is beyond God's redemption.

"Love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you."

"Do not resist an evil person." How do we make sense of these hard to comprehend words from Jesus in our own world and lives today?

Guest preacher, The Reverend Tee Gatewood, joins in on our study of the Gospel of Matthew picking up in Matthew 5:33 to talk about the importance of our words.

Did the resurrection of Jesus really happen?

During our Good Friday service we read the last seven words that Jesus gives from the cross, please enjoy these meditations on those words.

On Maundy Thursday, Jesus met with his disciples for the last supper. Tonight, we take a look at how our suffering can be redeemed and how we can draw close to the Lord through Holy Communion.

As we walk with Jesus this Holy Week, we see Jesus enter Jerusalem triumphantly on a donkey, with palm branches waving and shouts of 'Hosanna' ringing out; but the week quickly takes a darker turn, as we witness His own disciples denying and betraying Him, and the crowds chanting, 'Crucify Him!'"

This week, we explore how Jesus calls out anger and indifference towards others to be just as destructive as murder.