Mary’s prayer is a beautiful reminder of the wedding between God’s power and his goodness. The way he uses the least of us and lifts up the brokenhearted; the way he meets with those in need and gives mercy to those who fear him shines through Mary’s song.

Gabriel‘s visit to Mary stands in parallel to his words with Zechariah. Both are messages, divinely given, that highlight the coming of the Messiah. Zechariah‘s disbelief stands in sharp contrast to Mary’s faithful obedience. This Sunday we will look at how Luke uses these two stories to help us wrestle with how we grow in our faith.

Luke opens his gospel, not with the birth of Christ, but with a relatively unknown priest, chosen by God to play a special role in the coming of the Messiah. Join us as we take a look at the faith of Zechariah and the way Luke uses it to encourage believers today.

Malachi 3 is on every Church’s building campaign short list of texts to be preached. But this text is not about giving to our churches. It is about the effect of corrupt leadership on its people, and it is a call for us to place our hope in God alone rather than in the men who lead us.

The God of the Bible looks endlessly patient. After all, his love for us knows no bounds. His arrival waits upon the last of His Children to turn toward Him. But, in the book of Malachi, we see a people who misunderstood his patience and abused it. God’s response may shock you.

Jacob I loved, but Esau I hated. What if I told you that there was so much more to this claim than we see – this statement is about more than election, it is about God’s holiness and his call to us to put away the things of this world and live in obedience to Him.

We often talk about Heaven as a place we go, but the Bible describes it as so much more. Rather than thinking of the beauty and majesty of heaven as streets of gold and mansions, the Bible paints the picture of Heaven as the manifestation of life in the presence of God. Join us as we dig into how Heaven is more than can imagine and strikes at the heart of our purpose and greatest desires.

What do we do with God’s wrath? Is it just or is it an overreach of divine power? Clues to answering this question can be found in the fall of Babylon and what Scripture exposes about the need for Justice and destination of evil.

Two beasts wreck the earth, one political, one religious, both subservient to the Dragon who grants them power. This image may be a terrifying one, but it falls short of the Response of Heaven. And the proclamation of the eternal Gospel, and the Return of the Lamb of God.