A Kingdom of Peace (Luke 1:8-20, 26-33)

It's the second week of Advent (and the theme is peace). How do we actually experience peace in the midst of darkness and fear? Looking at the characters of Zechariah and Mary (the mother of Jesus) just might teach us something about how the Christmas story ought to bring us peace.

• A Kingdom of Peace - Ryan Sutherland

The Keys to the Kingdom (Matthew 16:12-20)

Fellow church planter (and friend) from San Marcos, Texas, shares with us how there's a surprising benefit when the Kingdom of God breaks into this world - God brings order to the places where there is chaos! One of the places God desires order is within the church. Aaron Scott begins to share with us the roadmap towards us becoming a more organized and orderly church.

• The Keys to the Kingdom - Aaron Scott

Family Life in the Kingdom (Matthew 18:15-35)

If the Church is meant to be more like a family than a business, how ought the family function? This passage is all about how to deal with someone in the family who has wronged you.

• Family Life in the Kingdom - Christian Cryder

Kingdom Identity (Matthew 18:1-14)

What's the best thing about you? The thing that gives you a sense of value, purpose, meaning? Or, to flip things around, where do you most feel like a failure? Both of those questions really get at the same thing - where we're locating our sense of identity! This week, we look at how Jesus wants us to answer those questions, by exploring his notion of kingdom identity - how he wants us to see ourselves, how he wants us to view others, and where we find the resources to actually live this way...

• Kingdom Identity - Christian Cryder

The Nature of the Kingdom

We're working through the Gospel of Matthew, looking at what Jesus teaches us about the Kingdom of God. This week, he teaches us how it comes - it's subversive, it's inclusive, it's costly - and he invites us to consider whether our kingdoms look like his...

• The Nature of the Kingdom - Ryan Sutherland