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What must I do to have eternal life? That is the question a young man comes to Jesus with. It seems like a good question to ask, and yet right in the words we see an assumption that Jesus needs to correct. We can fall into the same assumption and ask the same question, and the answer remains the same. But requires open hands.

Life together doesn’t happen by accident. In Matthew 18, Jesus paints a picture of a community shaped by humility, compassion, restoration, and forgiveness, where every person matters because every person belongs to Him. Join us as we discover what it means to live together under the care of the Good Shepherd.

Some of the disciples experience the ultimate “mountain-top” moment. But what are we supposed to do with those moments in our lives? Are we to chase them? Preserve them? Or is there something more?

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What could teaching and yeast have to do with one another? The disciples are as confused by that as you might be. Jesus wants his disciples to see that wrong teaching is more than wrong information, but a wrong way of seeing and experiencing God, the world, and others.

Most of us assume there are limits to grace, mercy, or who might respond to the gospel. In Matthew 15, Jesus challenges those assumptions in two unforgettable encounters. Join us as we explore what it means to discover a bigger table.

Right off the heels of a walk on water and healings in a community, the critics show up like a wet blanket. We can learn much about our own hearts by hearing the critique of the Pharisees and Jesus’ response.

Throughout Matthew, we’ve been asking a question the disciples asked in Matthew 8: “What kind of man is this?” As we finish chapter 14, the disciples have found their answer.

The question today isn’t which feast do you want to attend, but which one do you put out for those in front of you? Today we’ll see a feast in the palace of Herod and another in the wilderness with Jesus. Each shows a kingdom competing for our allegiance. The kingdom that feeds itself at the cost of others, or others at the cost of self.

What would you do if you found a treasure? Not just any treasure, but one that would change your life and the lives of everyone around you? Jesus challenges his audience in this last set of parables to be the ones who will not stop at finding treasure, but do whatever it takes to claim it.