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Radical, Curse-Reversing Forgiveness: “Not Seven, but Seventy Seven Times”

Play Episode Listen Later May 11, 2025


After Jesus's teaching on "church discipline," and then before his Parable of the Unforgiving Servant, Jesus has this little dialogue with Peter, which is both fascinating and helpful to us as we consider the radical forgiveness Jesus calls us his people to.

Jesus on “Church Discipline”: Church Family Love When Sin Is Present

Play Episode Listen Later May 4, 2025


We pick up where we left off in Matthew, and Jesusin the context of teaching us to be like children, and how God cares for his childrenhe addresses what happens when children in God's family sin against one another. How should that be handled? We dive into the famous "church discipline" passage, which really could be deemed addressing the issue of church family love, when sin is present. (Due to technical difficulties, the first handful of minutes of the message were cut off)

What Jesus Decided to Do Post-Resurrection: 3 Massive Truths for Us

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 27, 2025


We look at how Lukewho carefully investigated and recorded what happened with Jesus for usat how he ends his gospel book, telling us what Jesus decided to do (and teach us) in that short time he was here on earth after his resurrection

“Trembling & Astonishment”—Because Jesus Is Alive

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 20, 2025


We look at the resurrection account in Mark, specifically focusing in on why the women left the tomb with "trembling," "astonishment," and "fear"and see what it all means for us

“I Led Him Out to Crucify Him”

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 18, 2025


We identify ourselves with the hundreds of Romans solders who mocked, spit on, and abused Jesus. We're them. But also, Jesus's grace and love and hope extends to sinners like them, and like us

“Behold, Your Humble King Is Coming To You"

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 13, 2025


We look at the famous Zechariah 9about "the King coming," "humble on a donkey"in it's entire original context, all to appreciate Jesus and Palm Sunday even more

Want to Be Great? Humble Yourself Like A Child

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 30, 2025


Jesus's disciples ask about "greatness," and Jesus's redefines "greatness" for them and for usespecially in light of the coming kingdom of heaven.

A Coin In A Fish's Mouth to Pay the Tax: Jesus, Taxes, & What It Means for Us

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 23, 2025


We look at one of the least known miracles of Jesus, where he has much to teach us about himself, taxes and government, and his sovereign provision

“If You Have Faith, Nothing Will Be Impossible”: Jesus & Our Trusting Him

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 16, 2025


After the Transfiguration, Jesus comes to the bottom of the mountain and faithlessness in his disciples has been on display. He uses the situation to not only lovingly heal, but teach us about faith

After the Transfiguration, Jesus Commands, Explains, Foretells What's to Come

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 9, 2025


We continue where we left off in Matthew, right after the transfiguration, seeing what topic comes up and what Jesus decides to tell us about himself. We particularly get a glimpse into why we can know with more certain that everything about Jesus and his gospel is true.

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“Jesus Was Transfigured Before Them”: What It Means & Why It Matters

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 2, 2025


After some weeks away, we continue going verse by verse in Matthew. We look in depth at the "transfiguration," the one time Jesus decided to revealto unveilwho he is and always will be and why it matters for us

God's Mission: The Gospel of Mercy to All the People Groups

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 23, 2025


After looking last time at Jesus's Great Commission, and how he specifically told us to "make disciples of all the ethne," we see that confirmed and elaborated on by Paul in Romans 15. We learn a lot about God's mission, and what our missional focus should be in reaching the peoples of the world who have never heard the gospel of Christ

Missions: How, Why, & What the Mission Most Specifically Is

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 3, 2025


We look at Jesus's Great Commission, seeing how it may be misunderstood, or overlooked, sometimes by us. And seeing the why, how, and what of missions itself from Jesus's commission

Individually Called & Called To Be Together

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 26, 2025


We spend a week reminding ourselves about who we are individually, and who we are as a local church together.

Doing What God Says: The Gospel, A Warning, Some Incentives

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 19, 2025


We remind ourselves of the gospel and then look at Ezekiel and James to be stirred on to not just hear, but do God's word

Prayer: Why We Pray, How to Pray, & What to Talk About

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 12, 2025


We get really practical together concerning prayer. First, we see from God's word 3 reasons whywe pray. Second, we talk about one big answer to how. Third, we conclude with a bunch of practical answers to whatwe can talk to God about. All following Jesus in Luke 10 and 11

Prayer: Why We Pray, How to Pray, & What to Talk About

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 12, 2025


We get really practical together concerning prayer. First, we see from God's word 3 reasons whywe pray. Second, we talk about one big answer to how. Third, we conclude with a bunch of practical answers to whatwe can talk to God about. All following Jesus in Luke 10 and 11

Bible Reading: Jesus Talk To Us, Let's Pay Attention

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 5, 2025


We kick off the year with a message on the importance of reading God's word. To do so, we're encouraged from Hebrews 1 that Jesus truly talks to us as we read his word. Plus, we're challenged from Hebrews 2 about our need to "pay attention" to what we've heard lest we drift from our Savior.

The Ending of God's Word: “Surely, I Am Coming Soon”

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 29, 2024


After spending a while during Christmas talking about Christman first coming, we dive into the very end of the Bible, in Revelation 22, to talk about his second coming

The Ending of God's Word: “Surely, I Am Coming Soon”

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 29, 2024


After spending a while during Christmas talking about Christman first coming, we dive into the very end of the Bible, in Revelation 22, to talk about his second coming

Why God Came For Us

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 24, 2024


We look at why God came for us on Christmas. Meaning, what he intended to accomplish for us and our whole world

Why God Came For Us

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 24, 2024


We look at why God came for us on Christmas. Meaning, what he intended to accomplish for us and our whole world

Behold, I Will Come & Many Will Be My Precious People

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 22, 2024


We go back to an Old Testament prophet to see God hint at his coming, seeing what he promised and why he came for us

Behold, I Will Come & Many Will Be My Precious People

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 22, 2024


We go back to an Old Testament prophet to see God hint at his coming, seeing what he promised and why he came for us

Deny Yourself, Lose Your Life to Find It—Follow Me

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 15, 2024


We conclude Matthew 16 with Jesus's call for us to deny ourselves in many ways, bearing our crosses. But also, he tells us we positively get to follow him and find that true life we're all searching for, and our very soils, in him

Peter's (and Our) Satanic Pride & Jesus's Loving Correction

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 8, 2024


Jesus talks about his death, confusing his disciples' expectations. Peter decides to rebuke Jesus. Jesus responds. We see how it all applies to us Technical difficulties: We apologize there's no video of today's message, plus the audio cuts out in the middle. Thanks for understanding!

The Gates of Hell & the Keys of the Kingdom

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 1, 2024


We finally conclude our third week in this climatic paragraphy by seeing Jesus give a promise and a responsibility to his church

“You Are Peter, & On This Rock I Will Build My Church”

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 24, 2024


We dive deep into how and why Jesus says, "You are Peter, and on this rock I will build my church." We dive into the questions, debates, and how it all applies to us

“You Are Peter, & On This Rock I Will Build My Church”

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 24, 2024


We dive deep into how and why Jesus says, "You are Peter, and on this rock I will build my church." We dive into the questions, debates, and how it all applies to us

Peter Confesses “You Are the Christ”: A Paradigm for Our Faith In Jesus

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 10, 2024


We reach a climax thus far in Matthew as Peter confesses who Jesus is, and Jesus responds to him. We talk about how Peter's confession of faith relates to our faith in Jesus

Being Aware of “the Teaching” of the Pharisees & Sadducees—Still Today

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 3, 2024


Jesus once again encounters opposition, but this time uniquely from "the" single group of "Pharisees and Sadducees"two groups who often were opposed to one another, but this time come aligned against Jesus. Jesus answers their asking for a sign. Then Jesus tells his disciplesand usto beware of their "teaching."

Jesus Heals Again & then Feeds Thousands: Why We Trust & Hope In Him

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 27, 2024


Jesus heals many with disorders, pointing to what he'll do for this whole universe in the future. Then he repeats a miracle by feeding thousands. Both miracles show us pictures of our trust and our hope in him.

Jesus Heals Again & then Feeds Thousands: Why We Trust & Hope In Him

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 27, 2024


Jesus heals many with disorders, pointing to what he'll do for this whole universe in the future. Then he repeats a miracle by feeding thousands. Both miracles show us pictures of our trust and our hope in him.

A Canaanite Woman's “Great Faith” in Jesus

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 20, 2024


Jesus goes north to talk to a Canaanite woman from the region of Tyre and Sidon. In what he says, we encounter some of the more difficult words he ever spoke, but we also see his intentionality and grace.

External vs. Internal: True Defilement Comes from the Heart

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 13, 2024


Jesus clarifies to the people that true defilement isn't about man-made rules. Nor is "ceremonial cleanness" based on rules from the Old Testament anymore. Rather, true defilement comes from the heart.

A Warning from Jesus: Canceling God's Words By Adding Our Own

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 6, 2024


Jesus rebukes the Pharisees and scribes for adding their own ideas and traditions and ways of doing things, and thus voiding God's word. We're lovingly and firmly warned about us ever doing the same.

Jesus Walks On Water, then Peter Trusts, Walks, & Doubts

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 29, 2024


We look at another of Jesus's famous miracles, in his walking on water and then enabling Peter to do so. Then we finish chapter 14

Jesus Multiplies Bread & Feeds Thousands: What It Means & Points Us To

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 22, 2024


We dig deep into Jeus's miraculous of the 5,000, seeing what it reveals to us about Jesus and his gospel

Jesus Multiplies Bread & Feeds Thousands: What It Means & Points Us To

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 22, 2024


We dig deep into Jeus's miraculous of the 5,000, seeing what it reveals to us about Jesus and his gospel

Jesus & John the Baptist Rejected: Why, How, & What It Means for Us

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 15, 2024


We see two men who were rejecting for the cause of the kingdom in both Jesus and John the Baptist. But more particularly for us, we apply their stories by seeing how and why they were rejected, and considering how and why others, and we, could potentially ever reject God's kingdom and Jesus ourselves.

The Parable of the Net & What Jesus Commissions Us to Do With His Parables

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 8, 2024


Jesus concludes his long set of parables with his disciples, teaching the Parable of the Net, and then giving one final teaching that shows us what we're to do now that we understand his parables

True Faith & Christianity: Joy In Finding the Treasure & the Pearl of Jesus's Kingdom

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 1, 2024


We listen to two very short, complementary parables, which both shed a lot of light on what entering into Jesus's kingdom by faith looks like in the hearts of all his people.

True Faith & Christianity: Joy In Finding the Treasure & the Pearl of Jesus's Kingdom

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 1, 2024


We listen to two very short, complementary parables, which both shed a lot of light on what entering into Jesus's kingdom by faith looks like in the hearts of all his people.

The Weeds Parable Explained: The Reality & Goodness of the King's Final Judgment

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 25, 2024


Jesus fulfills an Old Testament passage by speaking parables. Then he explains to us his Parable of the Weeds, with an emphasis on his just, right, and good final judgment to come

The Weeds Parable Explained: The Reality & Goodness of the King's Final Judgment

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 25, 2024


Jesus fulfills an Old Testament passage by speaking parables. Then he explains to us his Parable of the Weeds, with an emphasis on his just, right, and good final judgment to come

Kingdom of Heaven Parables: The Weeds, the Mustard Seed, & the Leaven

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 18, 2024


We continue on in Matthew hearing Jesus speak three more parables to the crowds, all about the "kingdom of heaven," and how it starts small, grows, and does so in some ways we may not expect

The Parable of the Sower: The Thorny Soil & the Good Soil

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 4, 2024


We continue in the Parable of the Sower, with the thorny soilwhich is one of the biggest warnings to us in the whole Bibleand good soilwhich shows us what it's like to genueinly recieve Jesus and his gospel

The Parable of the Sower: The Path & the Rocky Ground

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 28, 2024


In our first message on Jesus's explanation of the Parable of the Sower, we look at the path and rocky soil, and what Jesus warns about there and what we can learn take away from it.

The Parable of the Sower: The Path & the Rocky Ground

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 28, 2024


In our first message on Jesus's explanation of the Parable of the Sower, we look at the path and rocky soil, and what Jesus warns about there and what we can learn take away from it.

Introducing the Parable of the Sower & Why Jesus Told Parables

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 21, 2024


We dive into Matthew 13a chapter packed with parablesand quickly look at Jesus's Parable of the Sower. Then, we spend most of our time hearing Jesus tell us whyhe even spoke in parables

Introducing the Parable of the Sower & Why Jesus Told Parables

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 21, 2024


We dive into Matthew 13a chapter packed with parablesand quickly look at Jesus's Parable of the Sower. Then, we spend most of our time hearing Jesus tell us whyhe even spoke in parables

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