Backgrounder: May 4, 2021

You’re probably not surprised that Jesus expects you to keep His commandments. But why do you obey Jesus? When you do what he tells you to, you are acting from obligation. This is really important, but why you obey also matters. After all, His commandment is to love – but how can he expect us […]

Backgrounder: April 27, 2021

Unify 4 of 11: “I am the true vine.” There are two ways life goes: sometimes you may feel like you are withering, set aside and ready to be burned. Jesus tells us that the Father, like a good vine grower, prunes us of whatever does not bear fruit. But he also offers us the […]

Backgrounder: April 20, 2021

The Voice of the Shepherd Jesus calls himself the good shepherd and tells us that we living in a world of wolves, seeking to scatter and destroy, and faithless hired hands, who do not really care for the sheep. We can tell that Jesus is our good shepherd because he lays down his life for […]