Reframing Trinity
As Jesus prays to the Father, we are confronted by the complexity of His nature. The Son speaks to the Father about the completion of His plan we get an idea of how His complex nature relates to His creation. The High Priestly Prayer, as this prayer is referred to, lets us see into the […]
Reframing the Holy Spirit
The third part of the Trinity tends to be the most misunderstood. This is because the Spirit dwells within us: guiding, convicting, and illuminating. In order to understand better how He does this, we look at Jesus’ introducing to His disciples of who the Spirit is and what He has come to do.
Reframing Love and Hate
Pastor Andrew Latulippe
Jesus is the true vine. In this, He gives direction as to why we see struggle in this world (pruning and cutting), as well as helping us find hope in the midst of it all (stay connected to the vine). Jesus has a way of both discouraging us to find hope in this world, while […]
Reframing Obedience
Pastor Andrew Latulippe
Jesus is getting ready for his death and to leave this earth, and He is also getting His disciples ready. One of the key issues is: how will they be able to follow Him when He is no longer here? Jesus tells them of the Helper, the Holy Spirit, is coming, to enlighten, guide, and […]
Reframing Failure
Pastor Jim Fikkert
Jesus tells the disciples of Judas’ betrayal and Peter’s denial, but does it in order to prepare them for the good news. People are always going to fail you. This world will not relent. He is the way, the truth, and the life, a place to go with all of this failure to be restored.
Reframing Leadership
Pastor Jim Fikkert
Jesus stands up in the middle of the meal, removes His outer garment, and washes the feet of His disciples. In this, He is making a statement about His work to provide salvation for His people, and giving a practical statement about how we should live in response to the gift of grace.
Reframing Sight
Pastor Jim Fikkert
Jesus restores sight to a blind man and makes a statement about being the light of the world. This sign and I AM statement are revealing to us how Jesus works to bring people who were spiritually blind to sight. The story then goes on to show the barriers that people put between themselves and […]
Reframing Trust
Pastor Jim Fikkert
Jesus describes to those gathered why some trust Him and others don’t. He points both to the supernatural work of God to open the eyes of the blind and bring life from death, but also addresses the barriers that we put up. On Easter Sunday, we discuss how we miss out on the freedom of […]
Reframing Expectations
Pastor Jim Fikkert
Jesus marches into Jerusalem for His triumphal entry and presents Himself as a humble king who has come to die. While this is the Jesus that we have gotten used to celebrating, for those gathered, it was the opposite of what they expected. Their ability to love Jesus, like ours, is challenged by the expectations […]
Reframing Value
Pastor Jim Fikkert
Jesus forces a reaction. How we respond to Jesus depends on the how we approach Him. The order of our loves is going to make Him worthy of glory and honor, and praise, or it is going to make Him a threat to what you love. The question this text proposes it: what do you […]
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