The Pharisee valued fasting and giving tithes, but could not find value in his fellow sinner.
God is not a tool in our hands. He does not exist to serve our goals, our metrics, or our platforms.
The gospel isn’t for the strong but people who know they aren’t.

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What does professional wrestling and preaching have in common?
Epiphany—is for the Gentiles, those who were once not God’s people, but who now, by the grace of God in Christ have become the people of God
What (if anything) makes a sermon distinctive?
This is an excerpt from Chad Bird’s book, Your God is Too Glorious, 2nd Edition
Every Christian should understand what it means to have a Great High Priest
Jesus is always interceding for us
God sees true beauty
As much as we want the glory, riches, and knowledge of Dantes, what we need is Jean Valjean's candlesticks.
The legacy of Jonah is troubled with most remembering him not for what he said but for what he did: run away.
God knows that when we face insurmountable odds in our moments of weakness, we are more likely to turn to him in trust and reliance.
We have to “remember” that God remembers us. He has not fallen away. For God to remember us means he is working for our good; a restoration.
This week, we’ll take a closer look at what it means to have a God who remembers us. Today, 1517 Scholar in Residence Chad Bird first introduces the Old Testament meaning behind the word and the Hebrew way of remembering.