Pastor Dennis Allan walks us through Mark 2:13-17 where we see Jesus invite Levi, a tax collector, to become one of His followers and we see Jesus attend a party at Levi’s house filled with “tax collectors and sinners.” Levi is reviled in Jewish religious… Read More »Jesus’ Inclusive Community
Amanda Wagner walks through a story recorded in Mark 1:35-39. It’s the story of Jesus, whose days are filled with people in need coming to Him and begging for help, intentionally withdrawing to pray. Immediately before this story Jesus heals many people and immediately following… Read More »Jesus’ Discipline of Prayer
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