What is true spirituality? At the beginning of Romans 8, the apostle Paul begins to explore this question with two of humanity's biggest problems, and God's ultimate solution.
We all live with the experience of inner conflict. Paul shows us in this passage in Romans that unless we are set free from our deepest problem that inner conflict threatens to be the death of us. Join us as we learn about the war within.
Finding the intimacy and belonging we long for is challenging. True intimacy requires radical vulnerability, which is risky and terrifying. In this passage, Paul shows us what it looks like to find the intimacy we long for in Christ.
Slavery is a problematic topic in any culture, not least our own. But in this passage, the apostle Paul shows us the nature of our spiritual slavery and a freedom that goes beyond anything we could imagine.
What if the life you long for - but have never really found - is available, but to find it you have to experience a kind of death? It sounds counter-intuitive. But that’s exactly what the apostle Paul shows us in this passage.
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Human beings want to belong. In this passage, we read the story of two families – one to which we naturally belong and the other, a supernatural family, into which we are invited.
You can’t know how to live unless you know what kind of story you’re in. In this passage, the apostle Paul introduces some of the most famous chapters in the Bible by giving us an overview of the Christian story, and inviting us into it.
What do we do about the darkness of this world? What does the future hold for this world? Those are huge, scary questions. But this passage gives us answers through this mysterious experience called the transfiguration of Jesus.
Love in the shadow of death. That’s a poetic way of describing life as we know it. But what if you could know a love that would never die? Someone you could love and be loved by forever? In the miracle of raising his friend from death to life, Jesus reveals how and who that love could be.
Even when life is at its best, there’s something about it that still leaves us disappointed. What if there was something that didn’t erase the disappointments of this world, but transformed your experience of them by giving you a taste of a future joy for which this present world is headed?
We think of our lives as a story. But every good story has a struggle, and our stories are no different. How do we face our struggle with evil? Even if you’re skeptical that you struggle with evil, this passage helps all of us.
When we refuse to see people for who they truly are, that blindness has destructive power in our relationships. This week Jesus shows us that if we are blind to who He truly is, then we can’t see others or even ourselves for who we truly are. Join us for another strange encounter with Jesus.
What would have to happen in our lives to realize something is destroying us? Sometimes the most loving thing someone could do for us is expose its true nature. That is what Jesus is doing in this passage.
What would have to happen in our lives to realize something is destroying us? Sometimes the most loving thing someone could do for us is expose its true nature. That is what Jesus is doing in this passage.
Is the most important thing in the world something everyone has to figure out for themselves? Or is it possible that there is one thing that is the most important thing for every person in every time and every place? This passage helps us with that question.
God never stops loving, even when his “hand“ is hidden. His children’s joy is to receive his love and give it generously to others, delighting in divine love and resting in the eternal embrace of the Lord God Almighty— Who was and is and is to come!
Humans make sense of the world by means of stories, especially redemptive stories. This passage in the book of Ruth gives us a deeper glimpse into what redemption means and how it's accomplished.
In order to face the darkness of this world, we need something more than cheap sentimentality. Mary's visit to Elizabeth in the gospel of Luke shows us where to find it.
Whenever we open ourselves up to love and romance, we risk getting hurt. But the book of Ruth promises us that if we are willing to risk big, there is a great reward on the other side. Join us as we continue our Advent series in the book of Ruth.
Our longing for a better world is deep in our bones. But is there a connection between what God is doing in the world and what we're supposed to do? Join us this week as we explore this question.