Scripture
22 sermons in the archive.
You'll hear why Jesus' call to servanthood isn't just personal advice but a direct challenge to how power works, and what it means to measure human worth the way Jesus does, in your work, your politics, and your own sense of value.
You'll hear why Jesus' shocking commands to cut off hands and gouge out eyes are not about self-harm but about the serious, ongoing work of separating yourself from what pulls you away from God, and why that work ultimately points to something bigger than self-discipline.
You'll see why Jesus' seemingly harsh words to a desperate mother were not a rejection but a test, and what that exchange reveals about who God's healing is actually for.
You'll hear what Jesus actually means when he says 'take up your cross' — not seeking out suffering, but being willing to let go of your own plans, reputation, and comfort when they pull against God's purposes.
You'll hear why Jesus calls out the gap between outward religious performance and what's actually driving us from the inside, and what it means to live honestly about both the good and the broken parts of who you are.
You'll learn what Jesus actually modeled when he was rejected by the people who knew him best, and how his instructions to the disciples offer a practical way to share your convictions without being crushed when they aren't received.
You'll hear why the authority Jesus showed in a first-century synagogue is fundamentally different from every other kind of power you've encountered, and what it means that he used it to help someone who couldn't even ask for help.
You'll hear why John the Baptist's unpopular call to repentance drew enormous crowds, and what that says about what people actually hunger for when the world feels broken and dishonest.
You'll hear why not knowing when Jesus will return is actually the point, and what it looks like to live with urgency and hope when you can't calculate a deadline.
You'll see how Jesus prayed in Gethsemane with full honesty and full submission at the same time, and what that means for the prayers you've been holding that haven't been answered.
You'll hear how one man's liberation from a legion of demons is a picture of what Christ does for every person trapped in brokenness, and Victoria Gilmore makes that concrete by describing her own years of being overwhelmed by bipolar disorder until scripture became the only thing that brought silence to the chaos.
You'll hear why Jesus refused to give a date for the end of the world, and what that refusal actually asks of you in the meantime: not fear, not indifference, but a specific kind of faithful, peaceful readiness.
You'll hear why Jesus stopped everything to heal one ignored man on the road to Jerusalem, and what that moment reveals about the lies our culture tells about who matters and why telling the truth is itself a form of spiritual warfare.
You'll hear why Jesus let a genuinely good, wealthy man walk away, and what that moment reveals about the difference between trying to earn eternal life and actually trusting God with it.
You'll hear why Jesus answered a trap about divorce by reaching back past Moses to the very beginning of creation, and what that move reveals about how God views marriage, human brokenness, and the protection of vulnerable people.
You'll hear why Jesus uses shocking, violent language in Mark 9, and what it means to take seriously that the battle against evil runs not just through society or history, but through your own heart.
You'll hear why the disciples' argument about who was greatest wasn't a strange detour but the same move we make whenever we change the subject from hard truths to our own status, and what it looks like to actually let that go.
You'll hear why Peter got the right answer about Jesus but still missed the point entirely, and what that gap between correct belief and costly commitment looks like in your own life.
You'll see how Jesus consistently slipped away from the noise before and after intense seasons of ministry, and what his habit of solitary prayer suggests about why your own connection to God might feel thin when life gets chaotic.
You'll see how Jesus in the Garden of Gethsemane broke every rule about hiding pain, and what it looks like to bring your rawest, most honest self to God instead of performing calm you don't feel.
You'll hear why the Greek word for 'torn' appears at both Jesus's baptism and the moment the temple curtain rips at the crucifixion, and what it means that God chose to break through rather than simply open a door.
You'll hear a honest look at why Jesus said his return was 'near' 2,000 years ago and still hasn't happened, and what it means to live faithfully today when you can't control what comes next.