Melanie takes us to the question “Why was it necessary for Christ, the Redeemer, to die?” from the New City Catechism. This question takes us to the amazing and wondrous beauty of the Gospel.
Pastor Tim takes us to the question “Why must the Redeemer be truly God?” from the New City Catechism. The question leads us to wrestle with the fullness of who God is and how we can come before him, the subject of this week’s sermon.
Jim takes us to the question “Why must the Redeemer be truly human?” from the New City Catechism. The question helps us to understand how Jesus takes on our sin for us.
Jim takes us to the question “What sort of Redeemer is needed to bring us back to God?” as we start part 2 of the New City Catechism.
Jim takes us to the question “Who is the Redeemer” as we wrap up part 1 of the New City Catechism.
You open what looks like a personal Christmas card and it’s just a pitch for insurance. There’s always the something being snuck by us, isn’t there? Jesus faced that same suspicion — how can we know He is really who He says He is?
Deep down, even people who come to God carry a fear that He will eventually give up on them — that sooner or later they’ll be shown the door. That fear is exactly what Jesus meets head-on in John 6.
We all arrive at Advent carrying something broken—a diagnosis, a fraying relationship, a season that feels anything but joyful—and our instinct is right: we want God to fix it. In John 6, the crowd feels exactly that after watching Jesus feed five thousand people, so they move to do something about it. The question the passage presses on us is whether we actually understand what problem he came to fix.
You can confess Jesus as Lord, cast out demons, do mighty works—and still hear him say, “I never knew you.” Matthew 7:21–23 cuts past everything we think proves we’re his followers, asking instead the question that actually matters: Does he know you?
We often think that we have to do more and be more to be in the family of Christ; However, true freedom in Christ is found when we can rest in the fact that all we need is Jesus and the cross.