What’s the difference between an opportunity and an obligation? The people in Corinth were surrounded by opportunities to do whatever made them happy – there were few moral constraints on promiscuity, gluttony, gossip and so...
After teaching through the message of 1 Corinthians 5 the previous week, Ps Mike addresses some questions that people brought to the text to help us better understand what the text means and how we...
Jesus is the Master Trainer! In the Great Commission we see Jesus passing on the baton of mission to His disciples as He prepares to return to Heaven. In reality, He’s been passing the baton...
The celebration of the Lent is an ancient Christian tradition, but not a personal tradition for many of us. In this message we look at the way Jesus set himself to travel to Jerusalem as...
In Matthew 11 Jesus makes a little statement that many Christians today find great comfort and hope in. For His first hearers, it was explosive! Even today, Jewish Rabbis continue to refine the “Yoke of...
Not only was Jesus’ path to becoming a Rabbi not the usual way things were done, but the way He called and trained disciples collided with some strongly held customs too! In this message we...
This is the first message in a series exploring what meant for Jesus to be a Jewish Rabbi in the first century. As we get to know the path to becoming a Rabbi we’ll get...
In Matthew 26 Jesus tells His followers that when He’s taken away from them to be crucified, they’re all going to scatter. None of them can believe it, especially Peter! Less than two months later...
Have you ever noticed that some Christians talk a lot about the authority of God but don’t seem to experience or express His gracious presence? Or maybe they chase after encounters with God but don’t...
