Expectations and the Kingdom of God

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Expectations and the Kingdom of God

March 6, 2022 • Rick Dunn • Matthew 9:9–12

This week, Rick Dunn looks at the autobiographical text of Matthew as a tax collector and the expectations of Christ. We all have expectations of how God is going to act, what he's going to do. But, once we experience an authentic relational encounter with God, we should expect our expectations to be changed forever. We have expectations that we should be good enough for Christ to accept us, but he invites us to come to him in our sin.

The Very Heart of Jesus

April 10, 2022 • RD McClenagan • Matthew 11:28–30

In this week's teaching, RD McClenegan encourages us to consider three things about this passage in Matthew: Christ's invitation, His yoke, and His heart. Christ's invitation to us is three-fold: it's personal, offered to all who labor and are weary, and restorative. Being yoked with Christ provides a way of learning to live that is more restful and can change the quality of our souls. Christ is not austere and demanding in heart, rather gentle, lowly, and approachable.

Are You the One?

April 3, 2022 • Greg Pinkner • Luke 1, Matthew 11:2–19, Isaiah 35

This week, Gospel Sunday, Greg Pinkner continues our series in Matthew and speaks on the relationship of Jesus and John the Baptist. After all John the Baptist experienced in his life, he still questioned if he had chosen to follow the right person when he was in prison. John the Baptist was a symbol that the law was done, that the old kingdom had passed away. The law is not evil, it is good and it shows us that we have no chance of getting into heaven on our own, but the old kingdom asked us to prove our goodness. Only faith and trust can save us in the new kingdom. The old kingdom has to die and doesn't die easily because, like John the Baptist, we have all looked at Jesus and wondered if he was the one because of things that have happened in our lives.

Stewarding Leadership Power

March 27, 2022 • Rick Dunn, Harv Powers • Matthew 20:20–26, Matthew 23:1–12, Philippians 2:5–11

This week, Rick Dunn and Harv Powers speak on how Christ calls us to lead. It is easy to abuse leadership power for personal gain and human praise, but Christ calls us to make a radical shift in our thinking of what power is. We are to steward leadership power, with humility, for the glory of Christ and for the sake of others through a redemptive process of being transformed into the likeness of Christ in our inner being.