Confidence Rooted in Hope
Confidence is not merely a secular ideal. It can be a spiritual reality, rooted deeply in our hope and producing true faith. We see this played out in the life of King Hezekiah during the Assyrian i...
30 Dec 201833min
Hope for a King
Isaiah prophesies to a nation in the midst of significant uncertainty and anxiety. Their corrupt king has led them in all the wrong ways. But God in his grace is sending light into their darkness - ...
24 Dec 201828min
Hope for Renewal
The prophet Jeremiah foretells a time when there is stability in the land and the beginnings of renewal by God. It's into the reality (while shepherds watched their flocks by night) that Jesus arrive...
16 Dec 201834min
Hope for a Healer
In a broken world, the message of hope finds footing - that out of pain there will be peace. And this peace is not just the absence of conflict, but a sense and reality of wholeness. So when the shp...
9 Dec 201826min
Hope for a Savior
To a nation who had been beaten down and lost its glory, God spoke a word of rest, forgiveness and restoration - a promise of return to its past glory. This is ultimately accomplished through Jesus -...
2 Dec 201839min
Imperfect Ambition
Early in his life, Paul saw himself as the epitome of religious success - calling himself blameless. Towards the end of his life, Paul called himself the "worst of sinners." Meeting Jesus and unders...
25 Nov 201836min
Imperfect Faith
Peter's bold profession of Jesus as Messiah is followed a major blunder in correcting Jesus. Even with this display of imperfect faith, Jesus not only embraces Peter, but makes it clear that he will ...
19 Nov 201837min
Imperfect Belief
When Jesus famously tells Nicodemus that he must be "born again," he is really striking directly at his religious identity. For a man who placed all his hope in his Jewish heritage and superior moral...
12 Nov 201834min
