Often after a particularly joyous moment of life, people may experience a time of struggle or testing. After Jesus' baptism, he went into the [...]
Baptized into a New Promised Land
Evan R Smith2020-01-26T13:20:32-05:00When the Pharisees and Sadducees came to John the Baptizer to be baptized, John called them a brood of vipers. In many ways, these [...]
Role Models
Evan R Smith2020-01-19T15:37:23-05:00Matthew begins his gospel with what, for many of us, may seem like a boring and pointless list of names, tracing the genealogy of [...]
Strangers in a Strange Land
Evan R Smith2020-02-25T22:48:53-05:00When King Herod heard the Magi had not returned, and realized he had been tricked, he was so furious he ordered the killing of [...]
Wisdom in Seeking
Evan R Smith2020-01-16T09:02:46-05:00In this first in the series on the gospel of Matthew, Pastor Evan explores the original context of Matthew and how the original audience [...]