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Nicodemus goes to see Jesus in secret and is told that to see the kingdom of God, one has to be born again. “How can this be?” Nicodemus wondered… this week we hold covenant baptism and the story of Nicodemus from John 3 together as two notes that can be in harmony with one another because the baseline that plays beneath them both is grace. In both conversion and infant baptism, we see God’s divine initiative… God reaches for us before we reach back. And of course, we see Nicodemus again at the cross, caring for Jesus’ body... perhaps even that tomb was a womb, birthing Nicodemus’ belief.

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It would seem that John the Baptist knew exactly who Jesus was... and yet when things did not go the way he had planned, and he is sitting in Herod's dungeon, he questioned everything he knew. John sent his messengers to Jesus to ask him, "Are you the one? Or should we wait for another?" There is a lot of heartbreak in that question. It represents some deep disappointments and some dashed expectations. But the Messiah did not arrive according to his expectations, nor does he always show up according to ours! Jesus ushered in his kingdom with service and sacrifice rather than storming the gates in power and force, which is often how we wish he would take care of things. "Blessed are those not offended on account of me," Jesus said. We are blessed when we are not scandalized by the smallness, meekness, and self-sacrifice that Jesus leads us in on the way to the Kingdom being realized.

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In today’s message, “Could This Be the Messiah?”, we linger at a well with Jesus and a woman who never expected to be seen—let alone known—by God.

Drawing from John chapter 4, this sermon explores what happens when we truly sit with Jesus long enough to be honest about our thirst. It’s a story of divine pursuit, unearned grace, and a Savior who crosses every boundary to offer living water. From shame to truth, from isolation to witness, we’re invited to see how encounter with Jesus always calls for a response.

Whether you’re feeling spiritually dry, newly curious, or ready to drink deeply again, this message is an invitation:

Come and see. Could this be the Messiah?

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Who is this man that even the wind and waves obey him? Just as the disciples wondered we wonder today. Well, He's the one in the boat who cares for us, He is our Messiah so saves us from our sins and He is YHWH the one with who can still the waves.

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This week we consider Nathanial's question to Phillip in John 1: "Can anything good come out of Nazareth? This question may have been a bit tongue in cheek, but it betrays a bias we often have against the ordinary and the unimpressive. Like Nathanial, we assume that God's Divine Truth must come from spectacular people or places or from centers of power, education, or religion. And yet, throughout Scripture, God shows his preference for calling and using those who are quite ordinary, unimpressive, and insignificant. We can be encouraged that God is more interested in being a great God than in all of us being great. In fact, it is in our humility that God can truly use us. What would it look like to embrace and embody lowliness this year, just as Christ chose to do? For it is there that God's glory can really shine.

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Today we take up the text of The Epiphany... where God's glory was manifested to the Gentiles for the first time. The magi from the east came on their long journey to worship Jesus. This is a fitting reality check for all of us who feel the cold, dark, circumstances of life settle back in after the warm, bright glow of Christmas. The same was true for Jesus. The Magi's question, "Where is the One who was born king of the Jews?" pushes Herod into a murderous rage... and he wants to snuff out this light to protect his own power. Even so, God's story of salvation persists. And the wideness of His mercy to these very surprising people can encourages us: because there is no distance from Jesus that is too great for God to bring us to His Son.

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This week, Pastor Bob Arbogast from Celebration Fellowship takes a look at Paul and Silas in prison from Acts 16. Pastor Bob serves a worshipping community that is behind bars, and yet he speaks of how his members can sing and pray because they know they are free, just like Paul and Silas did...not only when the prison doors opened and their chains fell off, but even before that. Listen in this week as Pastor Bob reflects on his experience as a pastor who serves those on the inside that have found a freedom more true and real than what they had experienced in captivity on the outside. Prison may hold their body, but their person is free... because in Jesus we are set free to know genuine love and forgiveness.