We’ve all felt the pull to add one more pious act—fast a little longer, pray a little harder—convinced the right combination will finally make us right before God. In Matthew 9, John’s disciples bring that same assumption directly to Jesus, and his answer reframes not just the practice of fasting but the question of what season we’re actually living in.
We all reach for something we can actually recognize and hold on to—some concrete person or presence we can truly know, not just a philosophy about. That hunger is exactly what John 1 puts its finger on: the Word who was with God in the beginning became flesh and dwelt among us, full of grace and truth.
Pastor Tim shares a message from John 20:30-31 to close out “Closed Doors” by reflecting on how the signs contained in the Scriptures are for us and how we are a sign to others.
Thinking about Thomas’s story should encourage all of us as we struggle with doubts throughout life. Join Pastor Tim as he shares a message from John 20:24-29 on Thomas and Jesus’s love for the disciple even in his doubts.
Pastor Tim continues our series, “the Weary World Rejoices.” This week, we will look at what the story of the Gabriel and his messages for Zechariah and Mary tell us about our own wait to see God’s work in our lives.
What is the true Spirit of Christmas? This year, we’re going to be thinking about how the Holy Spirit works throughout the story of Jesus’s coming and what His continued work means for us today.
When you prepare a small dinner and twenty guests arrive unannounced, you wish you'd known what was coming—yet knowing what to prepare isn't the only kind of readiness that matters. Luke 1 tells of a righteous priest who knew exactly what God expected of him, yet when God himself appeared with news he'd prayed decades to hear, he found himself unprepared to simply listen.
