Jesus tells a story where wedding guests refuse to come, there’s cold-blooded murder, a city get destroyed and someone gatecrashes the wedding. This parable is full of drama and tension, but it centres around two responses to the gospel invitation and two very different results. The Parable of the Wedding Feast 22 And again Jesus…
This message shows the importance of Christian fellowship on a human level and with God in Christ. Our stability in the storms of life is tied in with our relationship with Christ. 8 For now we live, if you are standing fast in the Lord. 1 Thessalonians 3:8 English Standard Version (ESV)
This message shows Isaiah’s growing understanding of the great salvation that he both enjoyed and preached. Salvation is not simply an experience that saves us from Hell, but is an ongoing experience with God that strengthens us for life and puts a song in our worship. 2 “Behold, God is my salvation; I will trust,…
This message shows that the Christian is right to be proud of the central message of Christianity, the cross of the Lord Jesus Christ. When the cross is central, both we and the world know our right places 14 But far be it from me to boast except in the cross of our Lord Jesus…
This verse reminds us that God continues to speak to us today, primarily through the Bible. He speaks with the intention of guiding us and giving to us life in its fullness, even when it seems our lives have fallen apart. 4 For thus says the Lord to the house of Israel: “Seek me and…
Is God fair? Does God hold things back on us? Does God treat us unfairly sometimes? Laborers in the Vineyard 20 “For the kingdom of heaven is like a master of a house who went out early in the morning to hire laborers for his vineyard. 2 After agreeing with the laborers for a denarius[a]…
We often hear in churches that we must be born again. But what is it? Why do we need it? And how do we get it? You Must Be Born Again 3 Now there was a man of the Pharisees named Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews. 2 This man came to Jesus[a] by night and said to him, “Rabbi, we know that…
Jesus’ arrest is often glossed over in the crucifixion account but there is much to be made of our Lord’s interaction with the soldiers in the Garden. Betrayal and Arrest of Jesus 18 When Jesus had spoken these words, he went out with his disciples across the brook Kidron, where there was a garden, which…
Peter takes the Gospel to the Gentiles. The church now begins to spread throughout the whole world. Acts 10 English Standard Version (ESV) Peter and Cornelius 10 At Caesarea there was a man named Cornelius, a centurion of what was known as the Italian Cohort, 2 a devout man who feared God with all his…
This message shows our spiritual frailty, but also gives us a goal to help restore the backslider, showing that God is willing to save all who turn to Him in faith 19 My brothers, if anyone among you wanders from the truth and someone brings him back, James 5:19 English Standard Version (ESV)