Pastor Shaq Hager continues our series on the Gospel of Mark by focusing on Mark 1:21-28. Jesus enters a synagogue and teaches with authority, astonishing the people. A demon, possessing a person who attends the synagogue, confronts Jesus. Jesus responds to the demon by casting… Read More »Jesus and Authority

This week we begin our series on the Gospel of Mark. Pastor Dennis walks us through Mark 1:1-13, with a particular emphasis on the first verse of Mark’s Gospel. At the time Mark was writing his gospel, the Roman empire was experiencing significant turmoil. Four… Read More »Jesus the Messiah

It’s on the Emmaus Road that the ressurected Jesus encounters two of His followers. They’re confused, disillusioned, even sorrowful. They had believed that Jesus was going to be the Messiah. That’s why they’d followed Him for three years. But now, all hope seemed lost. It’s… Read More »Easter on the Emmaus Road

In the last week of our series on the Old Testament book of Exodus, Pastor Shaq focuses on the final verses of Exodus 40. As we look back across Exodus we see a God who liberates His people, leading them out of slavery and oppression,… Read More »God Leads Us Out to Pull Us In

This week, Julia Allan walks through Exodus 33. After confronting the Israelites over the golden calf, Moses returns to the mountain to meet with God. There, Moses pleads with God to extend grace and mercy to the Israelites and not remove His presence from the… Read More »Pursuing God’s Presence

In Exodus 32 the Israelite people demand that Aaron build for them a golden calf. It’s a brazen act of disobedience, as the Isrealite people break the first and second commandments. Pastor Dennis Allan walks us through the story, placing it within the larger context… Read More »Knowing God

In Exodus 31 God gives His Spirit to an artisan for the work of creating the tabernacle. Pastor Shaq Hager walks us through the implications of God giving His Spirit to one person, foreshadowing the day that God would give His Spirit to all of… Read More »God Gives the Spirit

Amanda Wagner teaches through Exodus 24. It’s here that God renews the covenant with the Israelite people. Toward the end of the chapter the Israelite people look up to the top of the mountain and there they see God. They describe Him as a consuming… Read More »God as a Consuming Fire

This week, Pastor Shaq Hager walks us through Exodus 23:20-33. Here we find God speaking to His people about an angel He’ll send to lead them into the Promised Land, the home that God is preparing for His people. Pastor Shaq helps us see that… Read More »God Prepares Our Home

We’ve come to Exodus 20, the Ten Commandments, in our study of the Old Testament book, Exodus. Pastor Dennis Allan walks us through God’s commands and instead of trying to make sense of each individual command and what it might mean for us today, we… Read More »God’s Commands