Philippians 2:1-11 An African proverb says, “If you want to go fast, go alone. If you want to go far, go together.” We are tempted to pursue success as fast as we can, but following Jesus invites us into a different pursuit, something th...

Philippians 1:12-26 On our own, life is a lose-lose proposition. No matter how many deals we cook up, or how much success we have, eventually our time on earth comes a close. We can delay this reality, but we cannot escape it...

Philippians 1:1-11 If life is a journey, we need a "ride or die" for the road ahead. Paul found this in the Philippians church, and this relationship brought him great joy. There is a friend who is even closer than this: Jesu...

Acts 2:1-13; Isaiah 56:1-8 The gift of the Holy Spirit gave the disciples power to declare the Gospel in languages they did not know. What God did in confusing the languages at Babel (Gen. 11), he reverses at Pentecost in bri...

Acts 1:1-11 Having spent 40 days with the resurrected Jesus, the disciples understood more than they ever have before that God was truly for them. The resurrection of Jesus wasn’t the end of the story but the beginning. However,...

Romans 8:33-34; John 15:12-17  We were created for community and to be in relationship with one another. The brokenness of our world, however, can leave us broken and feeling isolated. When other relationships fail, Jesus is the...

1 John 4:7-12 Christ's triumph in the resurrection is not the end of the story...it's just the beginning! Because Christ has loved us, we are to love others deeply. Our love for others is what "completes" our love for God! It's the u...

1 Corinthians 12:6-10 Are you frustrated with life, with your circumstances, with God? Followers of Jesus are not promised an easy path, but we can have faith in the God who walks with us. His grace meets us right where we are, ...

John 21:15-19 Our failures will never exhaust God's limitless supply of grace.

Romans 8:31-23; John 20:24-31 How does one take a leap of faith into the unknown? Thomas doubted, yet confessed, “My Lord, and My God!” The Apostle Paul once tried to destroy the church, and then spent the rest of his life build...

John 20:1-18 Mary didn’t recognize it was Jesus until he called her by name. The Good News of Easter is that love knows our name. When Jesus calls us by name, He invites us into a life-giving relationship with Him in which we discove...

John 12:12-19 Earthly kings come and go. Some are good, and some are bad. No earthly king, however, is perfect. Jesus is the perfect King who embodies the love, justice, and righteousness that enables God's Kingdom to come "on earth ...

Luke 9:18-27 When Jesus invites someone to follow him, he is inviting them to die. This death to all that is contrary to the Way of Jesus begins in surrender. Surrender is the foundation of the spiritual life. Practicing the Way is a...

Luke 5:12-16 Becoming an apprentice of Jesus doesn't happen by accident. Jesus lived by a "rule of life" that is anchored in prayer, and would-be apprentices must understand the connection between what Jesus did and who he was. His p...

John 14:8-14 As apprentices of Jesus, we not only spend time with Him and become like him, but we are sent out to do what he did. The end goal of apprenticeship is to grow and mature into the kind of person who can say and do wh...

Matthew 5:43-48 When Jesus talks about "perfection," he isn't referring to unattainable sinlessness. He's referring to maturity, specifically, being mature and complete in our love for others. It may not always be pretty or easy...

John 15:1-17 As an apprentice of Jesus, our life is anchored in his presence by the Holy Spirit. This is the call to "abide" in him. If you're not abiding in Jesus, you're abiding in something: media, relationships, careers, or any c...

Mark 1:16-20 We live in a world that imagines one can be a "Christian" but not an "apprentice" of Jesus. The invitation to follow Jesus is more than subscribing to the bare bones beliefs of Christianity. Jesus invites us to follow hi...

John 6:35; 6:68-69 There is a difference in knowing about Jesus and being in relationship with Jesus. We are invited into a deep and abiding relationship with him that impacts our entire life. In John 6, Jesus not only feeds the...

Psalm 37, Matthew 7:13-14, 1 Corinthians 1:21-25 Jesus is Lord of all, or He is not Lord at all. 

Mark 10:46-52Are we so familiar with God that we're missing Him? Hear the Word from Mark 10 as Rev. LaMorris Crawford provokes us to live in faith and expectancy.

Psalm 37; Matthew 11:28-30 The creation account describes a rhythm in which God separates, fills, and rests/blesses. In the same way, our lives are "recreated" by God's Holy Spirit when we seperate from the world, are filled by God, ...

Psalm 37; Luke 17:11-19Delighting in the Lord means we revere the Giver more than the gift. In the story of the 10 lepers who were cleansed, one came back to give thanks, a Samaritan! We are not entitled to anything, but everything i...

Psalm 37Some people are leapers - they jump in with both feet with little hesitation. Others are calculators - they analyze the risk thoroughly before making a decision. Both are called to be disciples of Jesus who trust God above al...

Psalm 37:1-9  This Psalm invites us to fully commit to the ways of God that bring peace in place of worry. It's a daily decision that teaches us faith in the character of God and not in our circumstances. As we face new situatio...