In this message, we open Luke 7:36–50 and step into a dinner party where Jesus is anointed by a woman known only as “a sinner.” Surrounded by religious leaders, social judgment, and unspoken tension, her response to Jesus becomes the model Jesus himself ties to the proclamation of the gospel.

This teaching explores what revival truly looks like in this moment. Not hype, performance, or trend-driven Christianity, but repentance that is honest, costly, and transformative. Through cultural context, Greek language insight, and a close reading of the text, we see how repentance is not a way to earn grace, but the response to grace already given.

The message also addresses confusion around sin, repentance, and identity in Christ. It walks through key passages in 1 John and Romans to clarify what it means to be saved, to still wrestle with sin, and to live under a new master. Repentance is framed not as shame, but as worship, a life poured out at the feet of Jesus.

We close by moving from one dinner party in Luke 7 to another at the Lord’s Supper, where Jesus’ posture toward sinners, including Judas, reveals the depth of his mercy and love. This message invites us to remember the woman Jesus eternally linked to the gospel and to ask ourselves what it looks like to respond to that same mercy today.

Revival looks like repentance.

In this episode we look at the life of King Solomon. The man who had everything. Wisdom, wealth, pleasure, projects, status, and influence. Yet after chasing every desire of his heart, Solomon looked back and said it was all vanity and like trying to catch the wind. His story exposes what happens when we try to build a life on things that cannot satisfy.

We compare Solomon’s journey to ours today. Many of us climb career ladders, chase relationships, look for comfort in sex, drinking, drugs, success, or even good things like family, creativity, and doing good. But when the people we love fail or leave, or when the things we build collapse, our purpose collapses with them. Nothing this world offers can hold the weight of our desire for peace.

From there we turn to Psalm 23 and the life God invites us into. The Lord is my Shepherd. True peace is found in intimacy with Him. I shall not want. God meets the desires that nothing else can fill. He leads me. He restores me. He protects me. He satisfies me. Even in the valley of the shadow of death, we do not lose peace because He is with us.

Psalm 23 shows us that the life we long for is not built on achievement or pleasure. It is built on relationship with a Shepherd who heals our wounds, shapes our purpose, and gives us a prosperity that death cannot touch.

Sin has always separated us from God, not just through what we do, but through the lies we believe. Lies about who He is, what is good, and what will satisfy us. From the very beginning, those lies have pulled humanity away from the One who made us for relationship with Him.

Yet even in our rebellion, God never stopped pursuing us. In the story of Hosea, we see His heart to buy back what was lost and love those who turned away. Jesus paid the price to bring us home, offering a love that forgives, restores, and makes us new.

This message was recorded live at the University of Manitoba on October 19, 2025. It’s part of our heart behind Pray for Manitoba; to see a generation return to God, encounter His love, and live in relationship with Him.

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