Epiclesis has a fall retreat coming up. Our aim is to look closely at the “Great Tradition” and see how it serves as a foundational guide for shaping a believer’s
September 27, 2026
Epiclesis has a fall retreat coming up. Our aim is to look closely at the “Great Tradition” and see how it serves as a foundational guide for shaping a believer’s
We’ve been talking the last few Sundays about psalms and looking at them through a lens developed by Walter Brueggemann. He says that all of human life with God moves
We just spent several weeks in the Gospel of Matthew. Now, we’ve pivoted into the lectionary psalm passages. Pastor Chris embarked on a four-week look at those psalms, but we’re
In our Gospel reading, Jesus is going to take His disciples on a hike. And it’s a hike to hell. The Destination? Caesarea Philippi, a heavily pagan city dedicated to
Through his two terms as president, when difficult situations arose, Ronald Reagan would tell one particular story. The point of the story was this: Real treasure is buried in this
Can you imagine the crowd’s astonishment, how they must have been utterly dumbfounded, by the multiplication miracle by Jesus of those famous five loaves and two fishes? No matter whether
In the Roman Empire, patience was not a prized virtue. But it was very important to the early Christians. Early Christians often talked about patience. It was the first virtue
Why is there evil if the Kingdom is present? And what are we to do about it? In His parable of the weeds among the wheat, the Lord Jesus teaches
One commentator has said that a parable is “storytelling with a message,” that also declares a truth, and that also asks for a response. So, when Jesus is telling a
In this continuing series, we see Jesus ministering in and around the Sea of Galilee. That’s where He set up his home base (Capernaum), and it’s the region where He
On this Sunday, we came to three little verses that cap off Matthew 10. And it’s the last thing— the last bit of instruction, the final words if commission— that
Jesus is saying it very plainly— He’s laying it right out there—that His messengers, His apostles, should expect persecution. Jesus even goes as far to say that His apostles should