Passage: John 20 Speaker: Cheryl Baird When God Shows Up In her fear and stress, Mary did not recognize Jesus until He spoke her name. What was it like for the eyewitnesses in John 20 to navigate the reality of the resurrection?  How could they absorb the living Jesus when they still felt the trauma

Passage: Mark 16:1-8 Speaker: Mitch Kim The Unfinished Story             The gospel of Mark ends on a cliff hanger but fails to provide the next episode. While commissioning witnesses for the resurrection, those witnesses say “nothing to anyone, for they were afraid” (Mark 16:8). The early church was so uncomfortable with the ending, they wrote

Passage: 2 Timothy 2:14-21 Speaker: Mitch Kim Series: Forming Love In A Culture Of Fear The Work Of Love             Palm Sunday celebrates the entry of Jesus to Jerusalem. When a King comes, he invites us to follow, even to a cross. The shape of love is not a cuddly heart but a painful cross,

Passage: 2 Timothy 2:8-24 Speaker: Mitch Kim Series: Forming Love In A Culture Of Fear Enduring Through Jesus Christ             Why are we surprised by suffering? Our Savior died on a cross, so suffering should not devastate us; our Savior not only died on a cross but defeated the power of death with his resurrection.