Introduction Around the same time that Isaiah prophesied, a certain character within Greek mythology came about:...
False vs. True Religion
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Unlikely Ways, Unending Hope
Introduction We continue our series in Isaiah Yahweh Alone is God, and today that fact is on display as when a diamond...
Remember. Return. Redeemed!
Introduction Obsession. What is obsession? My dog’s fascination with food. You know it when you see it. Young love...
A New Thing!
We’re in Isaiah 40–55, some of the most rapturous chapters in all of Scripture, and I am not using that word lightly. Rapturous. At the universal level, these chapters speak to the experience of exile.
Stupidity of Idols, Supremacy of God, Satisfaction in Christ
Introduction We are in the third week of our series - Isaiah: Yahweh Alone Is God. Isaiah’s message comes to Israel in...
Can Your Life Turn Around?
Introduction We’re just beginning our series Isaiah—Yahweh Alone is God. At root, this is a series on trust: Whom do...
Life in the Spirit
Life in the Spirit Today we are celebrating Pentecost—the arrival of the third person of the trinity, Holy Spirit,...
Shattered People, Rousing Word
Isaiah 40 Verses 1 & 2Comfort, comfort my people, says your God. Speak tenderly to Jerusalem, and proclaim to her...
Prayer & Love
Prayer & Love John 17:20–26 My prayer is not for them alone. I pray also for those who will believe in me through...
Prayer & Identity
Prayer & Identity John 17:13–19 I am coming to you now, but I say these things while I am still in the world, so...
Prayer & Fullness
We’re learning to pray from the way Jesus prayed in the longest recorded prayer of his we have. But we’re also learning from the prayer itself how to grow in our love for the Savior.
Prayer & Heaven
John 17 records for us the only extended prayer of Jesus, and it’s the prayer that stands at the precipice of the parting of the ages. He’s completed all the works his Father gave him to do; he’s prepared his disciples for his departure; the only thing that remains, monumental as it is, is the cross.