When Jesus raised Lazarus from the dead, it ignited a firestorm—one so threatening to the religious elite that they plotted not only to kill Jesus but also Lazarus, the living proof of His power. Their hatred exposed the irrational blindness of sin, echoing history's darkest attempts to silence God's people. Yet Jesus wasn’t just a threat—He was a magnet. As He entered Jerusalem, crowds greeted Him like a king, waving palm branches and quoting prophecy. But Jesus defied expectations—riding a donkey, not a warhorse—offering peace, not politics. He came not to coach us up but to carry us out of death. And His name still draws the world and divides it, proving that the Lamb of God is the most powerful, controversial figure to ever walk the earth.

Imagine you’re over at at some friends house talking. It’s a great time, you’re enjoying dinner when, they bring up a controversial subject. It’s one of those awkward things you can’t avoid picking a side. Your wife shoots you a look like, “What are we supposed to say?”  But you also know: if you speak up, everything changes. The tone. The friendship. Maybe it’s their strong opinion of some political situation, maybe it’s homeschooling versus public schooling, or perhaps most divisive of all: whether pineapple belongs on pizza… In these situations you can’t avoid taking a side. There’s no middle ground. This is what Jesus does.

A lot of us like to avoid conflict. The average person wants to just kind of get along. But have you ever wondered if we’re not fired up because there’s nothing in our life really worth fighting for?

Winston Churchill: "You have enemies? Good. That means you’ve stood up for something, sometime in your life.”

If you’ve been living without something really worth taking a stand for is there not a subtle unrest in you?  Is there, under the surface, this quiet question: “Is this it?”