What does it mean to bless and receive a blessing? Jesus gives a surprising assessment of who is blessed in Matthew 5. Understanding the reasons for these upside down values…
How do we become good leaders? We first learn to be followers. Jesus calls his followers to be "servant leaders" and models the way of the cross.
Israel experienced life as strangers and aliens in Egypt as they sought to escape from economic hardship. As they finally are about to enter the Promised Land, God gives instructions…
We bring our offerings in joy and thanksgiving to the Creator God.
God calls us as the church to be the Body of Christ. Each member has gifts for ministry (service).
The story of Abram and Lot is an example of how God resolves conflict by the power of love instead of coercion and force.
Communion, the Lord's Supper, is a remembrance of the Body of Christ. In this act, the church remembers the physical body of Christ sacrificed on the cross as well as…