Every parent wants good things for their children—health, happiness, success. But in a crowded, busy world, how do we make sure our children get what matters most? In Matthew 19, a group of parents fought through a crowd and faced unexpected resistance just to get their kids near Jesus. Why would they go to such trouble? And why did Jesus' own disciples try to stop them?

This week, we will discover whose responsibility it is to bring children to Jesus and why it can't wait.

The Pharisees approached Jesus with a question designed to trap Him—but it's a question people still ask today: "What justifies ending a marriage?" Jesus' answer silenced them. But then His own disciples responded in a way that revealed a different kind of resistance —one that many in our culture have embraced wholeheartedly. Why did the disciples react so strongly? And what option did Jesus notably refuse to offer them?

This week, we will discover what Jesus says to those who seek an escape from God's design for marriage or an alternative to it.

Have you ever found yourself keeping track of how many times someone has wronged you? Perhaps you've thought, "This is the third time they've done this to me"—as if reaching some magic number would finally justify cutting them off. Peter had the same instinct when he approached Jesus with what he thought was a remarkably generous offer regarding forgiveness. But Jesus' response shattered Peter's entire framework and revealed something shocking about the nature of grace.

This week, we will discover what our forgiveness from God demands of us when others sin against us.

Have you ever found out that people were talking about you behind your back? That others knew about a problem with you before you did? That conversations about your life, your struggles, your failures were happening without you? How did that feel? Most of us have been on the receiving end of gossip at some point. We know the betrayal, the embarrassment, the anger of discovering that people were discussing us rather than talking to us. And we hate it.

This week, we will discover Jesus' radical instructions for how to handle sin between believers—and why our normal way of doing things is the exact opposite of what He commands.

How does God view the believers everyone else overlooks? What does He do when they wander? And what does He expect from us? Jesus answers these questions with a surprising command, a provocative parable, and a declaration of the Father's will that leaves no room for our indifference.

This week, we discover what it looks like to align our hearts with a Father who refuses to write anyone off.

The disciples had just asked Jesus the most revealing question of their journey: "Who is greatest in the kingdom of heaven?" In response, Jesus called a child to stand among them and redefined greatness as childlike humility. But He wasn't finished. What happens when those who should model humility instead model pride? What becomes of vulnerable believers who follow the wrong example?

This week,, we will discover how seriously God takes our influence on others—and what radical action He requires when that influence has become corrupted.

The disciples had just witnessed Jesus' transfiguration and heard the Father's voice from heaven, yet their next recorded conversation reveals hearts consumed with a very different concern: who among them would be greatest. Why would men who had seen such glory turn so quickly to questions of rank and position? And why does Jesus respond with such a surprising and counterintuitive object lesson?

This week, we will discover what Jesus taught His disciples about true greatness—and why His answer matters for every believer today.

Paul’s letter to the Colossians was written to counter false teachers who were misleading the church. Their teaching was diminishing Christ's preeminence through adding a mixture of Jewish legalism, Greek philosophy, and early Gnostic ideas. Our verses today are a transition to Paul’s main theme which begins with an incredible word portrait of the preeminence of Christ in verses 15 to 22.

This week, we will discover that the truth of your redemption transforms you.