It’s humbling to think about how far God had to go to include us in His family. While membership in God’s family offers us many benefits, it also demands that we fulfill certain life-long obligations. Join us this morning as we explore God’s plan for the church as a whole as well as His plan…
After death has finally been defeated, we will live on in a “new heaven and a new earth” made for us by God Himself. While there is much we don’t know about what that existence will be like, Scripture has given us a few snapshots to spark our hope. Join us this morning as we…
It goes without saying that we humans are hungry for life and fear the approach of death. Death is an unpleasant and inescapable present reality for us all, but will that always be true? Join us this morning as we explore what the Scriptures (especially the prophet Isaiah) have to say about the future of…
God could snap His fingers and make us do whatever He wants, but instead He extends invitations to us and gives us the freedom to accept them or reject them. Join us this morning as we explore an invitation that God extended to Israel in Isaiah’s day, an invitation that is also open to us…
Isaiah has repeatedly made the point in his prophecies that our God is truly great and one-of-a-kind, but has spent less time on how we ought to respond to this great God. Join us today as we explore Isaiah’s suggestion of the best ways to respond to a God who is THIS great.
Most of the information Isaiah gave about the Messiah presents him as a triumphant, conquering figure. One passage, though, shares what amounts to the “fine print” – that first the Messiah would have to suffer and die to cancel the sin-debt of God’s people. Join us this morning as we look closely at these surprising…