When Peter told the group in Acts 2:40 to “save yourselves from this perverse generation!”, he didn’t mean to die on the cross for your own sins. He meant to come out of that generation and be separate. Be different. Be holy. Be Christians.

Today, a lot of people have a pharisaical mindset in regards to their salvation. They hear what God has to say, then erect additional layers to “safeguard” themselves.

The result is more separation indeed, but often not the type they want.

A message from the series “A Church That Grows.” What does mean that a church has “vision”? In short, it consists of developing a crystal clear idea of what that local church will look like at some point in the future. But if that image isn’t of what God told us to be, then any vision is useless.

A message from the series “A Church That Grows.” A church that grows is a church that….what? What makes a church grow, and conversely, what makes a church fail? Moreover, what do we mean by “grow” and “fail”?

These are all questions we answer in this introduction to our new quarter on church growth.

The study of hermeneutics is the study of Biblical interpretation. That may sound like a concept that doesn’t really resonate with us in everyday life, but I promise you you’ve encountered it.

How do I know? Because most of the time, when people defend some Biblical position, they say the phrase: “But the Bible doesn’t say not to!”

That’s a “hermeneutical” position. It’s a phrase that shows how they interpret Scripture. This lesson examines three ways to counter that specific approach.

A message from the series “Songs of the Saints.” There is probably no more well-known chapter in the entire Bible than Psalm 23. But where as we look at the psalm as a sign of great hope and peace, the nature of the shepherd and the sheep is more…strenuous. It’s filled with correction and guidance, change and progress, despair and hope.

When Jesus reappeared after His Resurrection, the very first thing He said to His apostles was “Peace be unto you.”

What did He mean by that? And what peace was He talking about?

A message from the series “Songs of the Saints.” Psalm 1 is seen by many as the gateway to the entire book of Psalms, but how is that even possible? With only six verses, how can it possibly cover enough ground to handle the depth that Psalms provides?

Whenever anyone complains, there’s what they say, and then there’s what they really say.

For the Israelites wandering around in the desert for 40 years, there was a lot of complaining: Food, water, boredom, leadership, etc. You name it, they probably complained about it.

But what were they really saying with those complaints? Was it really about the food and water, or was it something deeper?

I’ve heard a lot of people say that worrying is a sin, but that’s not exactly what Jesus meant in Matthew 6:25-34 when He said “Do not worry.” The real implication was to not have a “divided mind.”

What does that mean and how can it impact our lives as Christians?

A message from the series “Songs of the Saints.” The Psalms of Ascent were sang by the Israelites on the way to worship in Jerusalem. It can also be an allegory for our life if we use it to meditate on our path towards Heaven.