The Scary Part In the first post (Part 1) in this little mini-series, I walked through the first 16 verses of Matthew 21 to show how the story of Jesus entering Jerusalem and cleansing the Temple was all about how much Jesus hates it when insiders keep outsiders out. In the second post (Part 2), …
Bringing the Outsiders In (Part 2)
Remember the Lesson Yesterday, I posted an article analyzing the first 16 verses of Matthew 21. Putting the Triumphal Entry and Cleansing of the Temple stories into their Old Testament context revealed that Jesus was stepping fully into his role as the King of the Outsiders. The outer court …
Bringing the Outsiders In (Part 1)
Sunday's Message was one of the longest messages I have ever taught. I had to go through many Old Testament passages because Matthew had quoted them, and I wanted you all to see Matthew's quotations with the context that I'm sure Matthew knew, but we might not remember. Looking at all those passages …
Prepping for a “Relaunch” Again
All About Relaunches Throughout the life of our church, we have gone through many different "launch" moments. We had the launch of our first "preview" services in January of 2007. We had the launch of our "public" services in March of 2007. We had the launch of a new location when we …