In our sinful human nature we’re all hypocrites—quick to see the masks on everyone else, almost never on ourselves. Jesus meets that very tendency in Matthew 7:12 with a rule most people already know by heart: whatever you wish that others would do to you, do also to them.
Grace isn’t God’s “Plan B.” Grace is the foundation of God’s interaction with His creation.
In the fall, God seperated us from the tree of life after human beings ate the forbidden fruit. But what if doing so was actually life giving?
Are we willing to go into the spaces where people need the love of Jesus so that they can actually experience it?
On Easter, we celebrate God’s great reversal, yet many of us still carry wildernesses where things feel anything but right. Mary Magdalene was in such a wilderness in John 20 as she wept outside of the tomb. In the wilderness, we often cannot see when Jesus is right in front of us.
When fear and uncertainty close in, we don’t just want comfort—we want control, something solid we can hold onto. In Exodus 32, Israel melts down the very gold God gave them in Egypt to cast a god they can see, and the impulse driving that golden calf is closer to our own hearts than we’d like to admit.
What causes us to be anxious? What is the solution? Pastor Tim Krenning helps us think about Jesus’s call to trust Him.
Where are we looking for “treasure”? Here on earth or are we looking toward our God?
Jesus urges us to be those who pray to forgive and be forgiven when we pray. What does that mean about who we are?
Are we battling the sins that happen in our minds? Or do we try to set them on a shelf to revisit at a future time?