It was envy that got Jesus killed. The religious leaders were jealous that Jesus was smarter than them and had a more devoted following than them. Their envy led to death. Envy always kills – it kills joy, it kills fulfillment, and, many times, it kills achievement, because it’s so busy complaining about what it doesn’t have that it forgets to grow into what it could have.
Not Envious
March 13, 2022 • Pastor Chad Ott • Ecclesiastes 4:4–6, Galatians 5:13–26, Mark 15:6–15
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The Greatest
April 14, 2022 • Pastor Daniel Ondov • John 13:1–5, 1 Corinthians 13:4–13, Lamentations 3:22–26
The night before He dies, Jesus shows His disciples how great His love us by doing the work of a slave and washing His disciples’ feet. Love is so great, it moves us to do sacrificial things!
Fulfilling Promises
April 10, 2022 • Pastor Chad Ott • 1 Corinthians 13:8, Matthew 21:1–9
Jesus knows He will soon die when He rides into Jerusalem on Palm Sunday. Yet, He goes to Jerusalem anyway. Matthew says He does so, in part, to fulfill a prophecy from Zechariah. Jesus keeps this promise in the prophecy out of His love for us.
All Things
April 6, 2022 • Pastor Daniel Ondov • Romans 8:31–39, Joshua 1:1–6
The reason Paul spends a whole chapter telling us what love is is because love is such a great number of things! This makes love incredible. Jesus’ love is so incredible that it is stronger than even death. What is our love stronger than?