Life in the Wilderness | The Power of Knowing your Purpose (Kirk Giles)
News of Jesus has gotten out. The crowds are swelling, wanting to see this man who has the power to heal and cast out demons, this Jesus who speaks with […]
Life in the Wilderness | The Astonishing Authority of Jesus (Derik Fuller)
Luke tells us that as Jesus ministered in Capernaum, people “were astonished because his message had authority.” In this story, Luke gives us a glimpse of the power of Jesus. […]
Life in the Wilderness | One Message, Two Responses (Derik Fuller)
When the gospel is preached, and the Holy Spirit is at work, it causes people to respond. Sometimes that response is positive, as we see in vs. 14 and 15. […]
Life in the Wilderness | Overcoming Temptation (Derik Fuller)
After his baptism, Jesus heads into the wilderness and fasts for 40 days. Upon completion of 40 days of fasting, the devil appears to tempt Him. This passage provides us […]
Life in the Wilderness | Jesus: Son of Adam, Saviour of All (Kirk Giles)
The gospels contain two (very different) genealogies. Both genealogies establish Jesus’ Davidic lineage, but while Matthew traces Jesus’ ancestry through Solomon, Luke traces it through Nathan. The reason for this […]
Life in the Wilderness | Jesus’ Baptism and Ours (Kirk Giles)
In Matthew 28:18-20, we see that disciples of Jesus ought to be baptized just as Jesus was, but why was Jesus baptized? Luke 3:3 tells us that John was “proclaiming […]
Life in the Wilderness | A Voice in the Wilderness (Derik Fuller)
As we pick back up in the book of Luke, we are reintroduced to a now-grown-up John the Baptist. Once again, Luke makes it clear that the story he is […]
Our culture often defines freedom as the absence of rules or responsibilities, but the bible teaches us that that type of freedom is no freedom at all, instead it is […]
When children get a scrape or cut, they often want a bandage. Bandages can be helpful, they can offer protection for the wound and control the bleeding, but bandaging a […]
Contribution vs. Consumption (Derik Fuller) | A Better Way
While many of us are tempted to find our value, identity, and meaning in our productivity, it’s also true that we’re also tempted to believe we will find our satisfaction […]
“Busy” and “tired.” That’s how so many people describe themselves. We live in a world where so often our value is tied to our productivity. That’s not just true in […]
