I just want to start off today by pointing out that our text wrestles with some fun stuff. Jesus steals two donkeys. He uses some next level jedi mind powers. As silly as that is, it gets to an idea presented in today’s text. Today we are going to be having conversation around who people, and who...

Life is all about winning! Right? It’s so easy to keep score in relationships and at work. It’s why we compare our houses and cars. It’s why we love sports, why we love world records, why we get so caught up with who is the prettiest and attractive. Why do people love to win? Why are we so...

Continuing in Matthew, we’re getting toward the end of Jesus’ stories and parables to people and getting into the next section of big things happening. In fact, this is the final parable Jesus uses before entering Jerusalem and moving into this section where he is essentially preparing to die. ...

Imagine a time when everything is “as it should be”. Think about a time when things were looking up for you and how much security you may have felt. Have you ever been so far ahead on your finances that you felt like you didn’t need to get paid? Yeah, me either. But it brings up an interesting...

Today we’re talking about forgiveness and what it’s like to be forgiven of a great debt. Think back to a time when you were a kid, and you might have done something irreparable. That “baseball through the window” moment or that “wishing you could take back what you said”. One time when I was...

Last week we talked about the kingdom of heaven, and how Jesus mentioned that it belongs to the little children. That idea carries over to this week as we start a conversation about value. Just a little bit of zooming out, we’re still in this section of Matthew where Jesus is teaching through...

Yep...you guessed it...STILL in Matthew...SURPRISE! Today we’re continuing this section of scripture dealing with people's’ views and perceptions of Jesus. Our story paints this picture of people coming to Jesus asking who is the greatest in the kingdom, and him again giving an answer that most...

We’re continuing in Matthew, in a section now that is based on perspectives of who Jesus is/was to people. Today we’re shifting gears a little bit as Jesus’ message talks about children and the kingdom, and what it might look like to be a ‘child of God’. Think about your relationship with your...

Today we are continuing our conversation through the book of Matthew. Now the book of Matthew is not just a haphazard book about Jesus. Rather, it’s an intentional telling of the life of Jesus that invites each of us into relationship with Jesus. The book outlines that Jesus was a descendant of...

Today we come across a pinnacle moment in the writing of Matthew. Jesus says there words: “Who do you say that I am?”   Today to get started we are going to take a quick quiz. A little different than other quizzes, but I think it will bring us to a good starting point of conversation. The...