This week's bulletin is online here. It's often been said that looks can be deceiving, and there is perhaps no instance where this is truer than the ministry of Jesus of Nazareth. By all accounts, He didn't look like much of a Messiah. He didn't come from a great and powerful family. He had no formal education. He didn't even seem to fit many of the prophetic expectations of the Christ - at least,...  Read More

This week's bulletin is online here. It's often been said that looks can be deceiving, and there is perhaps no instance where this is truer than the ministry of Jesus of Nazareth. By all accounts, He didn't look like much of a Messiah. He didn't come from a great and powerful family. He had no formal education. He didn't even seem to fit many of the prophetic expectations of the Christ - at least,...  Read More

This week's bulletin is online here. The first Easter morning would have been a very confusing time for Christ's disciples. Only days earlier, as Jesus entered Jerusalem on the previous Sunday, it looked as if He was ready to seize the throne of David. The signs and wonders that seemed to point to that fact had been revealed. The political support need to pull it off was there. Even the religious ...  Read More

This week's bulletin is online here. When Jesus heals the blind outside Jericho in Matthew 20:29-34, He publicly and unambiguously reveals His Davidic identity for the very first time, and in Matthew 21:1-11 He enters into Jerusalem to shouts of, "Hosanna to the Son of David! Hosanna in the highest!" By this point, the crowds clearly accept Jesus' Messianic identity, but do they understand what it...  Read More

This week's bulletin is online here. Jesus performed a number of miracles during His ministry, but not all miracles are created equal. The healing of the blind, for example, points to a very particular aspect of Jesus' ministry. In Matthew 20:29-34, Jesus heals two blind men outside Jericho, and the sign is so powerful that it essentially ignites the events of Passion Week. What does this sign rev...  Read More

This week's bulletin is online here. In Scripture, a "mystery" is a truth that was either hidden or revealed unclearly in former times, which is then clearly revealed at a later point in time. The cross is one such mystery. There are elements to this truth that was revealed cryptically in the Old Testament, which are then made clear with the coming of Christ. One such element is Jesus' demand that...  Read More

This week's bulletin is online here. In Scripture, a "mystery" is a truth that was either hidden or revealed unclearly in former times, which is then clearly revealed at a later point in time. The cross is one such mystery. There are elements to this truth that was revealed cryptically in the Old Testament, which are then made clear with the coming of Christ. One such element is Jesus' demand that...  Read More

This week's bulletin is online here. In Scripture, a "mystery" is a truth that was either hidden or revealed unclearly in former times, which is then clearly revealed at a later point in time. The cross is one such mystery. There are elements to this truth that was revealed cryptically in the Old Testament, which are then made clear with the coming of Christ. One such element is Jesus' demand that...  Read More

This week's bulletin is online here. The feeding of the five thousand is one of the most famous and well-liked of all of Christ's miracles - and for good reason. For in this miracle Christ promises rest - full, complete, everlasting rest. And yet, we don't entirely have to wait for that rest. It's possible to experience a measure of it even now, on this side of the Curse. Christ shows us how. In w...  Read More

This week's bulletin is online here. Ever since the Fall, man has been burdened with the requirement of incessant labor, and so ever since then, he has also looked forward to the hope of a coming rest. In John 6, Jesus performs a miracle that speaks to that hope. What is it, and what does it teach us about that rest? Ryan will explain this Sunday in part two of a two-part message from John 6:1-40 ...  Read More

This week's bulletin is online here. Ever since the Fall, man has been burdened with the requirement of incessant labor, and so ever since then, he has also looked forward to the hope of a coming rest. In John 6, Jesus performs a miracle that speaks to that hope. What is it, and what does it teach us about that rest? Ryan will explain this Sunday in part one of a two-part message from John 6:1-40 ...  Read More

This week's bulletin is online here. It could easily be argued that humility - self-denial - is the supreme Christian virtue or ethic. Christians are to be known by their willingness to defer their own desires for the good of others. This is because they worship a humble god - a god who eagerly and willingly puts the good of others above Himself. This is a truth that is revealed in John 5:19-47, a...  Read More