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The Good Samaritan – Terri Churchill
Terri goes through the parable of the Good Samaritan to show that offering and receiving help can be messy but still good. Since we can find ourselves in each of the characters within the parable, Terri shows how much there is to glean from this story if we are attentive.
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A Very Loving Father and His Two Imperfect Sons – Kim Becker
By looking at the parable of the prodigal son, Kim shows that the kingdom of God is not structured around boundary lines that designate who’s in and who’s out. Instead, the kingdom is centered on Christ, and individuals are to be oriented not toward boundary lines, but toward Jesus. As these false boundary lines are erased, loving relationships can be experienced by individuals who may not have the same beliefs or lifestyle. This love is
reflective of God’s generous and forgiving nature portrayed in the parable through the father’s love for his two imperfect sons.
The Worker in the Vineyard – Terri Churchill
Terri looks at the parable of the worker in the vineyard and shows how our human concepts of fairness do not govern God’s kingdom. God governs his own kingdom. Yet, so often we compare ourselves to others and feel that we deserve more. This often creates disappointment, resentment toward God, and disdain toward others. Instead, God is asking us trust him, be thankful and be wiling to celebrate God’s generosity and the successes of others.
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The Unforgiving Servant – Chris Senkler
Chris examines Jesus’ parable of the unforgiving servant to reveal the true nature of forgiveness in God’s kingdom.
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Wheat and Weeds – Terri Churchill
Terri explains how to understand the problem of evil and divine judgment from Jesus’ parable of the wheat and the weeds.
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Parables and Soils – Josias Hansen
Josias explains why Jesus spoke in parables and examines the Parable of the Soils to show that Jesus doesn’t just want us to hear his messages, but to let them take root in us and bear fruit in our lives.
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Psalms For A New Year – Terri Churchill
Terri reflects on the events of the last year, both the good and the bad, and shows that the Psalms are a great biblical example of how to praise God as we recollect the past blessings, difficulties and atrocities.
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Hungry for Christ – Terri Churchill
In celebration of Christmas Eve, Terri delves into the nature and purpose of our hungers to show how our deepest cravings are fulfilled in Christ.
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Peace – John Murray
For our fourth Sunday of Advent, John shows that the messianic peace we all crave doesn’t simply come to “fix” violence, but transforms violence into kingdom acts of peace.
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Freedom – Josias Hansen
For our third Sunday of Advent, Josias digs into the freedom the Israelites were craving from their national oppressors. They waited for the Messiah to come and triumph over all their nationalistic oppressors, but instead, Jesus provided the true freedom from their ultimate oppressor and broke their chains of sin and death through his life, death and resurrection. As we hunger for this true freedom, we can now experience Christ’s freedom in becoming the people God created us to be.
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