The New Covenant

As He ate with His disciples during the Last Supper, Jesus said that He was offering His blood as a covenant for the forgiveness of sins. Bro. Meyers takes us through covenants with God leading up to this one, and show us how Jesus was able to bring all those to their fitting conclusion.

Christ Is the Fulfillment of the Law and Prophets

Jesus claimed that He came to fulfill the Law and the Prophets. As we investigate what this means, we see that the Old Testament generally, and the Ten Commandments in particular, are still very relevant to us today.

Meant to Make a Difference

Jesus used two metaphors - salt and light - to describe Kingdom citizens. Both these items made quite a difference in their environments, but they had to be used to be effective.

The Truly Blessed Life (Part 3)

Today, we finish the Beatitudes by looking at peacemaking and persecution, both of which should be hallmarks of Kingdom citizens.

The Truly Blessed Life (Part 2)

Building on last week, we continue through the Beatitudes. While the cause-and-effect is not quite as much of a paradox as the first three, these next three were counter to the culture when Jesus said them, and they still are today.

The Truly Blessed Life

Jesus opened the Sermon on the Mount with the Beatitudes. In the first three of these, we hear paradoxes; Jesus was already turning their understanding upside down. In a way, we need our understanding turned upside as well; we typically refer to being “blessed” as things that we have. But, how can we have a truly blessed life?

He Began to Teach Them

Today, our focus on the kingdom of God shifts from the parables to the Sermon on the Mount. However, there is much to learn before we even get to Jesus’ words starting in verse 3. What is required for us to be able to learn kingdom principles?

(NOTE: The first few minutes are scratchy again this week; our apologies.)

Lessons from Samuel

Today was our AWANA awards day for the 2013-2014 year. After the awards, TJ Sipes, our AWANA missionary, encouraged both young and old to learn from Samuel and Eli’s reactions to God calling Samuel.

(NOTE: The first minute and a half are scratchy; our apologies. The recording didn’t start exactly as it should have this morning.)

Dependence in the Life of a Follower

After a storm, you sometimes see branches on the ground. While they may still have leaves on them, those leaves will die, and the branch becomes little more than kindling. This is the picture that Jesus uses to illustrate our need to depend on Him not just for salvation, but for everything.

The Need for Readiness

Watch. This imperative was a recurring theme in Jesus’ teaching, and today, we look at one of those teachings. We do not know how long we have, and we do not know when Christ is returning, so we should live the way we want to be found when our time on earth is through.