Jesus empowers his disciples with Gospel Authority, sending them out in radical dependence to preach repentance and manifest his kingdom.

Jesus returns to his hometown only to be met with skepticism and unbelief, illustrating that familiarity can lead people to miss the extraordinary presence of God working through the mundane.

Jesus demonstrates that the power of our greatest enemy, death is insignificant to his. It’s like a perfect parent waking a napping child.

Jesus demonstrates the Gospel’s power over death by commanding a young girl to rise, proving that he can transform a hopeless end into a new beginning.

Jesus stops for an outcast woman revealing he restores the shamed and levels the proud, trading our bankruptcy for His sufficiency and our isolation for the status of family of God

Jesus’ salvation applies the first fruits of his resurrection to the demon-possessed man, legally, spiritually, and experimentally, transferring him from sin and death to life, redemption, and union with King Jesus.

Jesus, the King, enters the darkest strongholds of sin and misery to reclaim what’s his. He conquers the forces of disintegration, revealing that a single restored image-bearer is infinitely worth more than any worldly asset.

Jesus is the Creator-King whose authoritative word stills the wrath of the storm.

​The Kingdom of God grows through the “upside-down” measure of giving yourself away, rooted in the King who was cut down to give us shade.