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What Kind of Man Is This? As a crowd presses in on Jesus, as noise drowns out two men in need of mercy, we learn that Jesus is the kind of man who hears the cry. And our invitation is to become like him.
What must I do to have eternal life? That is the question a young man comes to Jesus with. It seems like a good question to ask, and yet right in the words we see an assumption that Jesus needs to correct. We can fall into the same assumption and ask the same question, and the answer remains the same. But requires open hands.
Life together doesn’t happen by accident. In Matthew 18, Jesus paints a picture of a community shaped by humility, compassion, restoration, and forgiveness, where every person matters because every person belongs to Him. Join us as we discover what it means to live together under the care of the Good Shepherd.
Some of the disciples experience the ultimate “mountain-top” moment. But what are we supposed to do with those moments in our lives? Are we to chase them? Preserve them? Or is there something more?
What could teaching and yeast have to do with one another? The disciples are as confused by that as you might be. Jesus wants his disciples to see that wrong teaching is more than wrong information, but a wrong way of seeing and experiencing God, the world, and others.
Most of us assume there are limits to grace, mercy, or who might respond to the gospel. In Matthew 15, Jesus challenges those assumptions in two unforgettable encounters. Join us as we explore what it means to discover a bigger table.
Right off the heels of a walk on water and healings in a community, the critics show up like a wet blanket. We can learn much about our own hearts by hearing the critique of the Pharisees and Jesus’ response.
Throughout Matthew, we’ve been asking a question the disciples asked in Matthew 8: “What kind of man is this?” As we finish chapter 14, the disciples have found their answer.
The question today isn’t which feast do you want to attend, but which one do you put out for those in front of you? Today we’ll see a feast in the palace of Herod and another in the wilderness with Jesus. Each shows a kingdom competing for our allegiance. The kingdom that feeds itself at the cost of others, or others at the cost of self.
What would you do if you found a treasure? Not just any treasure, but one that would change your life and the lives of everyone around you? Jesus challenges his audience in this last set of parables to be the ones who will not stop at finding treasure, but do whatever it takes to claim it.
If Jesus is King, why are the weeds still here? This week, we step into one of Jesus’ most honest answers… and why small does not mean losing.
What do you do when Jesus stops being someone to admire and becomes someone who demands a response? In Matthew 12, Jesus confronts empty religion, reluctant hearts, and disordered love with one pressing question: what will you do with what you’ve seen? This Sunday, we’ll explore the King who refuses to remain optional.
Is it possible to do things right and still be wrong? This week, Jesus confronts a group of people who knew scripture better than anyone, and still missed the point. Join us as we explore the kind of obedience that reflects the heart of God.
What do you do when hope quietly slips into the past tense? On the road to Emmaus, two disciples discover that Jesus was with them all along, and that everything can change when we learn to trust the story God is telling. Join us this Easter as we explore how cold hearts burn again, and how resurrection meets us right where we are.
https://hockinson.org/wp-admin/post-new.php?post_type=ctc_sermon What happens when following Jesus takes you somewhere you would not naturally go? In Matthew 8:18–34, His authority carries the disciples across storms and into unfamiliar territory. This Sunday we’ll ask the same question they did: What kind of man is this?
What would change if you prayed the Lord’s Prayer over one real situation in your life this week? Why did Jesus embed this prayer in the middle of His teaching on the Kingdom? Together we’ll discover how prayer reshapes our hearts so the Kingdom comes near through us.
Why is it possible to do good things and still feel empty? Jesus exposes how good desires can quietly become bad saviors. This message explores how right vision leads to reordered motives and genuine love for others.
What if Jesus wasn’t trying to make God’s law harder to follow, but clearer to see? In this message from Matthew 5:17–48, we explore how Jesus fulfills the law by correcting our vision of God, others, and ourselves. Because the goal was never perfect behavior, but a people formed by love.
What if the Beatitudes aren’t a checklist, but a portrait? What do we discover about Jesus when we step back and see who He calls blessed? And how might that vision reshape what it actually looks like to follow Him together?
Testing in Scripture is not about passing or failing, but about revealing what we trust when life is stripped down. In the wilderness, Jesus faces the same tests Israel once faced, yet remains faithful where they and we often struggle. Jesus fulfills the story on our behalf and shows us how to live as beloved children who trust the Father in every season.
Matthew shows us that before Jesus is revealed to the world, He is entrusted to a man whose obedience comes at a real cost. Joseph’s quiet faithfulness reminds us that God’s peace is not found in control or clarity, but in trusting God when the path forward is uncertain. This Advent, we are invited to discover the peace that comes on the other side of costly obedience.
Some of the longest seasons in the Bible are marked by waiting, not answers. Matthew traces Jesus’ story straight through exile to remind us that God is never absent, even when He seems quiet. Join us as we explore how God fulfills His promises at just the right time.
A promise was made to David of a king whose reign would bring God’s people into rest.But the cracked and weary stories that follow leave us wondering whether any son of David could ever carry such hope. Advent joy blooms in the answer—Jesus, the true Son of David, whose goodness never fails.
Advent begins with a look back to Abraham, where God first promised a blessing for all people. Matthew reveals that Jesus stands at the center of this long, imperfect family story, redeeming every step. In Him, hope has roots, and they grow into a welcome for us all.
