Pastor Tim talks about loving our neighbors whom we separate out as “different” than ourselves as we continue our series on the parable of the Good Samaritan.
As Pastor Tim begins our new series on the six poisons listed in Proverbs 6:16-19, we turn to one that often leads to the others: pride.
Pastor Tim takes us to the Gospel of Mark ahead of our new series on Isaiah, because what Mark can say reminds us of how God’s faithfulness promised in Isaiah is actually true today.
We have a hard time listening to God. A phone vibrates, a mind runs off, and even when nothing interrupts we still lose the thread. The wise men of Matthew 2 trusted His word enough to travel months toward a king they couldn’t yet see—can we listen and trust Him when our own picture still looks unfinished?
Thanksgiving takes planning, or you’ll fill the plate and miss the pie you were waiting for. Advent works the same way. The Gospel of Mark skips the manger and the angels and jumps right to the one the Gospels proclaim: Jesus. Do we get caught up in the details or get to Him in our own preparations?
A prayer request can sound like one more sentence in a hurried conversation, but it is often a burden someone can no longer carry alone. In Matthew 9:38, Jesus places His own burden before His disciples: a plentiful harvest, too few laborers, and a call to pray that may move those who have only watched into the work.
You know what it is to walk in darkness and wonder if God will ever draw near. Israel knew it too—enslaved, exiled, occupied—praying over every generation that a child would come. In Matthew 1 that child is born, and they shall call his name Emmanuel, which means God with us.
Pastor Tim shares a meditation on the Easter Hope we have from our Mighty Fortress, Jesus. We look at 1 Corinthians 15:20-21 and Ps. 46:8-11.
These are uncertain times and, normally, in such seasons we rightly want the comfort God provides through His church. The doors of the nation’s churches are largely closed for the safety of all of those who would otherwise attend, yet the church doors being closed does not mean the church is closed or, more importantly, that God’s care for you is somehow “closed.” Our partner churches are busy putting together online opportunities for worship, encouragement from God’s Word, prayer and more, and we’re launching our first ever online Bible study at FaithTree, too.
Pastor Tim shares a message on fear, shame and the Resurrection from John 20:19-21.