What qualities does God value most in our lives? What kind of people does God choose to honor? Both of those questions are clearly answered as we look at one of the most significant – yet overlooked – individuals in the New Testament....

The message from Jesus we often refer to as "The Sermon On The Mount" contains some of the most familiar words in the New Testament. But are Jesus’ words applicable for today’s world or do they represent an ideal that will never be...

How would you answer the question, "Who is Jesus?" Your correct response to that question should result in three radical changes in your life as we will discover in today’s passage....

Most all of us could recite the story of the prodigal son by memory. However, as we will see today, this is just one of three parables Jesus told to emphasize the same truth—perhaps the most important truth—we can understand about our Heavenly...

Although God never discourages sincere questions, He does react differently to questions that are designed to rationalize our disbelief and disobedience. Today we are going to discover how Jesus responded to three tough questions and learn three...

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....

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....