You Might be a Pharisee if…

You Might be a Pharisee if…

Interested in a quick and easy way to reject a person who you don’t see eye to eye with? It’s quite simple… just call them a pharisee. If you think someone is being “legalistic,” than they are just a pharisee. If someone won’t...
Contextualizing Jesus Cleansing of the Temple…

Contextualizing Jesus Cleansing of the Temple…

In preparation for this Sunday, I have been working through portions of Matthew 21. This is the passage dealing with Jesus’ cleansing of the Temple money-changers. Jesus kicked them out of the outer courts and this text is widely known and generally connected to...
Contextualizing Jesus Cleansing of the Temple…

Our Brokenness Leads to Our Boldness…

On Sunday morning I continued our series for May on Spiritual Formation. Last week we’d discussed bible study, and this week I was hoping to stir folks up to pray, pray, and pray some more. Why? Because your spiritual formation depends upon your diligence of...