The Last Week - Price Chapel

Easter Sunday - Joyfully Afraid

April 9, 2023 • Pastor Steve Swinburne • Matthew 28:1–10

We expect God to make us joyful, but we rarely expect God to make us afraid. The best moments in life are a blend of these two dueling emotions: alligator sightings, rollercoasters, and boogie boarding to name a few. The Bible contains a rich tradition of spiritual giants who "feared" God. This picture shouldn't surprise us, then, when the women arrive at the empty tomb and are filled with fear when they see Jesus. The resurrection of Jesus makes us joyfully afraid.

The Crucifixion

April 2, 2023 • Pastor Alex Krum, Nathaniel , Lorla Fossat • Psalm 22, John 19:28–37

In a fresh podcast style format, Pastor Alex, Nathaniel Metzger, & Lorla Fossat dive into Jesus' death on the cross.

The Place of the Skull

March 26, 2023 • Pastor Steve Swinburne • John 19:16–27

Religious people can easily be consumed by conspiracy and speculation. This is not a new problem, but an ancient one, that we continue to wrestle today. Conspiracy and speculation surround even the cross and the place of the Skull where Jesus was crucified. But focusing on such things yields a life of poverty, because the Cross of Christ is about self-less love not endless speculation.

What Is Truth?

March 19, 2023 • Pastor Steve Swinburne • John 18:28—19:16

What is truth? A valid question in our time. When alternative narratives of truth are available discernment can be difficult. Jesus' example before Pilate shows us that trusting in God's providence gives us quiet confidence in a world full of alternative truths.

Two Fires

March 12, 2023 • Pastor Steve Swinburne • John 18:15–27, John 21:15–17

Our lifeless as followers of Jesus are often plagued by moments of fail and denial. But God can turn out moments of denial into moments of revival.

Put Your Sword Away

March 26, 2023 • Pastor Steve Swinburne • John 18:1–11

Jesus radically engages with those who come to arrest him in the Garden of Gethsemane. His disciple, Peter, draws his sword to defend Jesus, but Jesus rebukes him saying, "Put your sword away." We can become misguided, like Peter, believing that we need to defend Jesus, but the gospel invites us to engage through peace.

What Do You Want From Me

February 19, 2023 • Pastor Alex Krum • John 17:20–26, Ephesians 2:11–18, Job 38, Job 39

What a profound thing it is to read of Jesus' prayer for us today. Wrapped within it are 2 main concerns that Jesus asks God the Father for. First, that believers would have complete unity with one another, as God the Father and God the Son share. Second, that this unity among believers would be a testimony to the world about the gospel message. Reading these words, it is incumbent upon Jesus' followers to take him seriously; that if we want to see Jesus' glory, then we need to make Jesus' reconciliation our priority.

The Hour Has Come

February 12, 2023 • Pastor Steve Swinburne • John 17:1–5, John 1:1–5

It is unusual for a person in power to set aside their power and authority. Yet, the one who has all power and authority in heaven and on earth lays aside his eternal glory so that we might experience eternal life. Then, when we look to an authority other than Jesus we experience an inferior life. We must understand that Jesus is the Father's gift to us (John 3:16), but that we, also, are the Father's gift to his Son (John 17:2).

The Advocate

February 5, 2023 • Pastor Steve Swinburne • John 15:26—16:15

The Holy Spirit, the Holy Ghost, the Paraklete, the Advocate, all names given to the promised one to continue the work of Jesus in through the Church. Jesus tells his disciples of the role of the Holy Spirit. How the encouragement of the Advocate gives us the courage to speak into a world gone wrong.

The Victory of Being Hated

January 29, 2023 • John 15:18–25

During Jesus' last week before crucifixion his disciples have the awful realization he is leaving them. So, Jesus comforts them with the words found in John 15, "If the world hates you, keep in mind that it hated me first." These words might not seem comforting, but hidden within them, and this passage, is a promise; that the victory we have in Christ is worth the pain of being hated. Life with the resurrected Jesus brings joy and peace in the midst of the pain and discomfort we experience as his followers in this world.

Where Are You Going?

January 22, 2023 • Pastor Steve Swinburne • John 14:1–7

Our beliefs about heaven impact the way we live on earth. Jesus instructed his disciples about life after death using language that we can easily misunderstand today. Jesus uses language of ancient betrothal and marriage to illustrate that our hope isn't in one day living in the Father's house in heaven, but in joining the father's house today!

To The End

January 15, 2023 • Pastor Steve Swinburne • John 13:1–17

As Jesus sits with his disciples around the passover meal during his last week scripture says that he loved them "To The End." In a practical expression of his love, Jesus flips the cultural understanding of power on its head by washing his disciples' feet teaching them that whoever wants to be great must first be a servant of others.

Poured Out

January 8, 2023 • Pastor Steve Swinburne • John 12:1–11

Jesus life was lived in a poured out way for all human kind. Fear of what others will think keeps us from living in a poured out way. When we live as Jesus did, with a faith that pours out, we drench fear in love.