This past Sunday, we considered what it means to put our hope in God, trusting him with every situation and circumstance. We often find it hard to trust God in the waiting: when we wait to hear if we'...  Read More

Last time we left the hanging question, "Why does God delay bringing his kingdom into fullness now?" We spoke of how Jesus ushered in God's kingdom in part five. We said that it is an "already-not yet...  Read More

Part 4 of our series left us asking, "Would God be faithful to his promise to gather and renew Israel? Would the promised Messiah finally fulfill God's mission that Israel failed to live out? How does...  Read More

In part 3 of our series, we learned that God had granted Israel an earthly king whose role in leading the people would help nourish Israel's missional identity and function as a blessing to all nation...  Read More

Last time we learned that God gave Israel his law so that Israel could learn to walk in God's ways for God's glory in the sight of the nations around them—this was Israel's missional calling. The law ...  Read More

In part one of our short series, we saw how God had called Israel to be his missional people, living in the sight of the nations as a priestly kingdom and holy nation. Israel was to be a community on ...  Read More

The Bible tells the true story of God’s mission to rescue and restore the whole world. The missio Dei (Latin for “mission of God” or “sending of God”) involves God setting out on a long journey to res...  Read More

Today's blog post concludes our series on the Lord's Prayer. We've been saying that the Lord's Prayer is a prayer Jesus gave his disciples that reflected his own heart and priorities. As we learn to b...  Read More

In the Lord's Prayer in Matthew 6 (and Luke 11), we see Jesus giving his disciples words to pray that, in reality, is introducing them to a whole new way of living. Jesus says this:9 "This, then, is h...  Read More

Last week we began to look at the petition in the Lord's Prayer found in Matthew 6:12, which says: "And forgive us our debts, as we also have forgiven our debtors." We briefly looked at the first sect...  Read More

 We've been looking at the Lord's Prayer, a prayer Jesus has given the family of God. Today we look at the petition in Matthew 6:12: "Forgive us our debts as we also have forgiven our debtors." Everyo...  Read More

We've been looking at how Jesus taught his followers how to pray, specifically looking at what has become known as the "Lord's Prayer." When Jesus gave his followers this prayer, he was giving them a ...  Read More