When the religious leaders of Israel reject Jesus’s identity as the messiah, he tells them it’s because they don’t really want to be shepherded by God at all. Do you?
Jesus is the shepherd who has laid his life down for his sheep. He knew, owned, and loved you ahead of time, and he will never leave you or forsake you.
You don’t normally think about a door until it’s the only way to safety. Jesus explains how doors show us who to trust, and that in the end He himself is the door to eternal life.
Prayer is the tangible manifestation of our dependence upon God. We need His provision, permission, and presence to accomplish anything.
Missions is not just about what we do but what God has done and is doing. God sends us to bear witness to the Son he has sent.
Worship was woven into the design of creation, and we were created to worship God. The chief end of man is to glorify God and enjoy him forever.
The church is the Christian’s primary community, and every believer has a part to play in the local church as our God-given responsibility to one another.
The gospel is the good news of Jesus Christ and how we should respond to him. It is what changes us from the inside out, and we must carry it with us every day.
Christianity is the response to the reality of God. The Bible is God’s very Word, our most reliable source about God, and we must hear and heed his truth.
In order for us to truly see and be made right, we must first humbly own that we are wrong, lost, and blind.
The varied responses to the miraculous healing cause us to consider what we are willing to lose in light of all we have to gain in Christ.
Everything in life, even the greatest suffering, is for the glory of God, that he might display his good works and that we might tell of what he has done.