If you wanted to convince people to take Jesus seriously, where would you start? The author of the gospel of Matthew chose a story that would scandalize most church people today, just like it did his original contemporaries.

If you want to see how the real Jesus isn’t the guy they told you he is, there’s no better place to start than Matthew 1:1–17.

Join us as we uncover surprising details in the seventeen most-skipped-over verses in the Bible.

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• Is that stuff about Ruth really in the Bible?
• Ruth Question

If you want to make the world a better place, where do you start?

Church people like to throw around the word repentance. It’s the right answer. But, to paraphrase Inigo Montoya, “They keep using that word. I do not think it means what they think it means.”

Jesus himself models the kind of repentance he wants. And good church people have a harder time following him than anyone else.

Join us as we look at Matthew 1:18–25, 3:13–4:11, where we’ll find answers that go against what we were always taught.

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One of the common themes of our public discourse is national greatness. There is an overwhelming sense among some that we’ve lost something, that we were better in the past, and that we’re on the wrong track now. While others say it was never that great, and are yearning for a nation where true greatness will finally include them.

Both groups talk about the need for change. But change to what? What are the fundamental characteristics of a people that lead to national thriving?

The answer is in Matthew, hiding in plain sight. Join us as we look at Matthew 2, 5:1–12.

You say you want a revolution. Well, you know… sometimes you find it in the most unexpected, but shockingly familiar, of places.

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