Calvary: the Hill Sermons The Pastors of Calvary: the Hill

Jesus's first act as the Anointed Messiah-King is to be led by the Spirit to be tested by the Devil. Ouch. But he aces the test, and shows us more deeply who he is in the process.

Jesus, in his baptism, is commissioned as the Messiah-Savior-King of humanity. What does that show us about him, and about us?

John the Baptist was the long awaited forerunner to the Messiah. His message was "The Kingdom of Heaven has arrived. Are you going to embrace it?"

We are all obedient ... to something, but what we are obedient to really matters. Is it the narrow path that leads to life, or the wide path that many will indeed follow that leads to death?

Surprisingly, the first worshipers of Jesus in Matthew are pagan astrologers from a distant land. We learn that from the start, God has a heart for the "outsiders", and longs to draw them to Jesus.

This is the moment - when the God of the universe invades humanity. What does it look like? How does he do it? What is our part in it? We'll see that God both sovereignly steps in and yet graciously partners with us in a scary invitation to participate. Will you?