And we do this, WE do this, not just you or me, but together WE do this to grow up and become like Jesus. You can grow individually, but you cannot grow up alone. No person grows to maturity to become like Jesus without others. There is no individual process to maturity that excludes...
23-0813: Relationship with God produces a life of authenticity together to be known in Christian community. The Bible teaches that in salvation we not only know, but are known by God. The living God knows His people. And as His people He calls us to live together in community that displays the excellency of...
23-0618: Jesus is Lord; the life lived by this faith confession is surrendered to glorify Him in every way. Against the backdrop of religious unbelief and worldly idolatry, Jesus teaches his disciples the true power of God to overcome the world. He teaches them of His death and resurrection, and what a life lived...
23-0528: Glorifying God flows from a heart that trusts in Jesus Christ to honor Him with one’s whole life. When Jesus is confronted by the Pharisees over the practice of his disciples, he wastes no time to reveal the hypocrisy of their teaching. He tells them that they are the fulfillment of Isaiah’s prophecy...
23-0521: The grace of God in the gospel of Jesus Christ produces a people united in His fellowship and mission in the world. Luke’s record of Jesus’ followers after Pentecost provide insight for every Christian today. We glean the values of the early community that shaped the church, and understand how those values formed...
23-0514: Jesus is King who is coming again soon, and by His gospel every Christ-follower is called to live ready. At the end of Revelation the author returns to a writing style of a letter, to conclude in the way he started. His words summarize the message to exhort the reader to remain faithful...
23-0507: God makes all things new so all who believe in Jesus live eternally with Him supplied by the river and tree of life. As the Millennium concludes, the Great White Throne Judgement occurs, and all things transition into eternity, John has one final vision that reveals the New Heaven and New Earth. He...
23-0430: Jesus is coming again soon in power and glory to rule the earth with His people and judge all who reject Him. Revelation 20 introduces the Millennium, a thousand year reign of Christ on the earth after his second advent, where his followers from the first resurrection rule with Him. This passage is...
The daily celebrations of life reveal for us what we honor with our life. A heightened mercy toward the world that causes us to question God in His righteous judgment reveals a wrong understanding of God, that He owes us but is not worthy to judge us. When we celebrate things that do not...
23-0409: Jesus wore a crown of thorns to reward all who believe in Him with His crown of victory. Resurrection Sunday is a day that causes Christ-followers to “look back” on all Jesus said (taught) and all that He did, and to consider in light of the resurrection. After one looks back, then we...