There is a danger that Jesus would become familiar to us without seeing him for who he really is—to assume that because we’ve seen Jesus in one light, we’ve got him all figured out.  Read More

Mark 5:21-43 Desperate need doesn’t make us weak. It just shows us life as it is. It doesn’t make us fragile. It shows us what we always were. And God, in his word, has plenty to say about the value of sobering up to your desperate need before him.Psalm 90:12 says this, “Teach us to number our days carefully so that we may develop wisdom in our hearts.” Help us to think about this, God, in a way t...  Read More

What would it mean to know the God who made all things and holds it all together with a word of his power? What is he like? What does he want?   Read More

John tells the story of Christ coming into the world, he tells it from a different perspective. It’s the story of the Word become flesh.  Read More

Who then is this, who even the wind and the waves obey?   Read More

Why doesn't God do more and bigger miracles? Why doesn't Jesus speak more plainly? Why doesn't God just make it more obvious about who he is and what's going on?  Read More