Luke’s detailed description of Christ’s entrance into the world begins with the miraculous birth of another baby whose coming teaches us some important truths about God’s unexpected intervention in our lives....

How should we respond when we, or those we love, are struck with illness? Is it unrealistic to expect God to heal the same way today as He did when Jesus and the apostles walked the earth? We are going to answer those questions today as we examine...

Sometime in the coming year you are going to face what seems to be an insurmountable challenge. Today’s familiar story reveals four significant insights for surviving life’s storms....

Why do bad things happen to good people... or not so good people? Jesus answers that question in a surprising way in our passage today....

There is only one sin that will keep you out of heaven and it’s probably not the one you are thinking about! Today, we are going to look at Jesus’ final and clearest parable about how a person can be welcomed into God’s presence....

All of us experience disappointment with other people. But the deepest hurt of all is when we are betrayed or abandoned by those closest to us. Jesus experienced both betrayal and abandonment in a single evening, the longest night of His earthly...

One of the greatest ironies of all is that so many people are offended by the foundational teaching of Christianity: God’s offer of forgiveness through Christ. We should not be surprised when people react negatively to the message of God’s grace......

Is it a sin to doubt God’s goodness or even His existence? Today we are going to examine Jesus’ surprising reaction to the serious doubt of one of His most faithful disciples and discover some practical ways to deal with doubt in our lives....

Today we are going to look at one of the best known of all of Jesus’ parables. It is a story that reminds us that the test of a genuine disciple is his concern for other people....

What happens to you five seconds after you die? Contrary to popular opinion, everyone does not go to the same place when life ends. Instead, as Jesus explains in today’s passage, there are two possible fates that await every one of us when we die....

Discussing the Christmas story in April seems strange, but in many ways it may be the most opportune time to objectively consider the birth of history’s most influential Person....

Should Christians go out to eat, go to the movies, or shop on Sunday? Up until several decades ago, there were laws that prohibited what citizens — whether Christian or not — could purchase on Sundays. Today we are going to discover what Jesus said...