Even The Crumbs | Matthew 15:21-39

From Sinai to the Upperroom | Exodus 19/32 & Acts 2

Most of us are quietly hungry for more of God than we are currently experiencing, tired of trying harder and failing, and suspecting there has to be something more than this. At Sinai, God descended in fire on a mountain, and the people stood at a distance, terrified. Centuries later, in an upper room in Jerusalem, the same God descended in fire on ordinary people and made His home inside them. In this sermon, we are walking from Sinai to the upper room and into the kind of life with God we were actually made for. From Sinai to the Upperroom | Exodus 19/32 & Acts 2 Pastor Brennan Johnson

Even The Crumbs | Matthew 15:21-39

The world tells us to stand tall, assert our worth, and never kneel. The world tells us to stand tall, assert our worth, and never kneel. Matthew 15:21-39 shows us a Canaanite woman who did the opposite and discovered that the lowly posture the world treats as weakness is actually the only posture that has ever been able to receive what God freely gives. This sermon walks through the King who crossed every line to reach the outsider, the bread He broke for the four thousand, the same way He would break it on the cross, and the invitation to behold Him the way she did. Even The Crumbs | Matthew 15:21-39 Pastor Brennan Johnson

What Have You Made Common? | Matthew 14:34-15:20

Two groups of people meet Jesus in this passage. One reaches for the corner of His garment with the trembling dependence of people who know they are broken, and He is holy. The other travels nearly a hundred miles to ask Him about handwashing. Matthew 14:34-15:20 puts them side by side and asks us which one we actually are. Have we made Jesus common? Have we built traditions and preferences that we hold ourselves and others to, which are quietly keeping us from seeing Him the way He truly is? And what does it look like to come back to the posture that has always been the only thing that works. What Have You Made Common? | Matthew 14:34-15:20 Pastor Brennan Johnson

Lord, Save Me | Matthew 14:22-33

This passage is not about Peter sinking. It is about the Creator walking on His own creation, speaking the name that belongs to God alone, and what happens to us when we take our eyes off Him and start taking inventory of the chaos around us. When we stop beholding the King, the wind gets louder. Matthew 14:22-33 ends, as it possibly can, with a boat full of men who have run out of every other category and are left with only one category that fits what they have seen: Jesus is God. Lord, Save Me | Matthew 14:22-33 Pastor Brennan Johnson

For the Sake of His Guests | Matthew 14:1–21

Most people don't think of themselves as people pleasers. But most people are making decisions every day based on an audience they may not even be able to name. Matthew 14 puts two kings side by side and asks you to see the difference between a king who rules for himself and a King who gives Himself away, and then asks the harder question: which one are you actually following? For the Sake of His Guests | Matthew 14:1–21 Pastor Brennan Johnson