Jesus
Jesus: Road to Emmaus
April 3, 2016 • Peter Mueller
On Easter Sunday evening, two of Jesus’ disciples are surprised to discover that the stranger they’ve been walking along the road with is none other than the resurrected Jesus! In this conversation, Jesus opens up the Old Testament prophecies pointing to Him and helps them understand the tremendous and exciting significance of He is and what He has done on behalf of humanity. This story is a reminder that Jesus walks with us to help us interpret the events of our lives from His perspective.
Resurrection: YourWorld 2.0
March 27, 2016 • Peter Mueller
In the midst of a good world on a broken planet filled with broken people and broken relationships, the incredible Hope of the Resurrection is this: Jesus has started the make-over, the remodel, the restoration of this world and its people… One day He will come back to complete it - in the mean time, He calls you to join Him in His work of restoring the planet, its people, and their relationships with God and each other. It’s a great privilege to be a part of something so awesome!
Jesus: Because of Your Love
March 25, 2016 • Peter Mueller
Because of His love, God the Father sent His Son Jesus to die in our place and obliterate the barrier between us and Him. Consequently, we can "walk right up to God" in the joy of a close and intimate relationship based on His love and mercy in Jesus, all received by faith in Him.
Jesus: Soul Surgery
March 13, 2016 • Peter Mueller
Like a surgery to remove a cancerous tumor from a person’s body, so Jesus calls us to “gouge” out the parts of our lives that lead us to sin and disobedience. While our Gospel text for today uses the extreme example of gouging out physical body parts, what is particularly interested in is attitudes, thoughts, feelings and behaviors - rooting out those things that trip us up in our walk with Him.
Jesus: Take Up Your Cross
March 6, 2016 • Kristofer Kunkel
Over the last century people have shifted their goal in life from mere survival to discovering deep meaning and purpose in life. Jesus calls us to deny ourselves and “take up our cross” as the path to finding and experiencing what really matters.
Jesus: Take Courage!
February 28, 2016 • Peter Mueller
If there’s one thing we know about weather in the northwest, it’s that the weather continually changes. This is due in part to successive storms rolling in off the Pacific Ocean. Life is very similar - even when we have patches of stability and sunny joy, there is almost a guarantee that some storm of difficult circumstance will soon roll in. When faced with fear -inducing waves and winds, Jesus calls us to look to Him and take courage that He is bigger than the storms and will give us the strength that we need.
Jesus: Rest for the Weary
February 21, 2016 • Jonathan Kopecky
We live in the busiest time in history that humankind has ever know. Most of the technological advances that were supposed to save us time have actually come to dominate and so diversify our usage of out time that most people are constantly tired and trying to catch up with themselves and their own busy schedules. Jesus invites those who are weary and burdened to another way of doing life - a way that is easier and comes with burdens that are comparatively light.
Jesus: Friend of Sinners
February 14, 2016 • Peter Mueller
Many people have the perception that Jesus only cares or wants to be close to people who have their act together and are somehow nearly perfect. The reality is that the Gospels portray Jesus as someone who was a “friend of sinners”. This is seen in today’s story as Jesus has dinner with the tax collector Matthew and even calls him to be one of his disciples.