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In Matthew 6:33, Jesus says, “But seek first the kingdom of God and his righteousness, and all these things will be added to you.” As we are walking through a series of lessons about believing God’s plan for the family on Sunday mornings, it is important that we always keep God first. According to Jesus, God’s righteousness and kingdom should always be at the center of our households and families. How can we do that? How can we make that…

I watched a video this week where kids were asked the question, “How would you describe mom?” Their answers were very insightful. One boy said, “A mom is always there for you and is always caring. She is like Superwoman.” Another boy answered by saying, “When I think of mom, I think of a loving, caring person who will take me to all of the places that I need to go.” A girl answered, “A mom is someone who looks…

The vast majority of stories that have been told have an ending. What does an ending to a story normally look like? They all live happily ever after, right? The man and woman fall in love. The princess is saved from her captors. The bad guys are defeated by the good guys. The main character comes out on top. Almost any story, whether it be a movie, TV show, or book, comes to some kind of conclusion that leaves the…

The truthfulness and validity of Christianity rests upon one historical event: the resurrection of Jesus Christ. What evidence is there that Jesus rose from the dead? While there is a wealth of solid, helpful information that could be discussed here, I want to share five indisputable facts about the resurrection of Jesus that were originally shared by Gary Habermas and Michael R. Licona in a book titled The Case for the Resurrection. These five facts have been labelled as the…

In 2021, in Indonesia, there was a sixteen-year-old girl named Nadya. One night, she was scrolling through social media, watching different kinds of videos. She eventually came across a video that caught her eye. The video didn’t catch her eye because of what it was about or what the people were doing. The video caught her eye because the girl in it looked just like her. She had the same face. She was about the same age. She even had…

Long ago, in Persia, there ruled a wise and benevolent king who deeply cared for his people. He yearned to understand their lives and the hardships they faced. Often, he would disguise himself as a working man or a beggar and visit the homes of the impoverished. No one suspected that he was their ruler. One such visit led him to a very poor man living in a cellar. Even though the poor man did not have a lot to…

On Sunday morning, our plan is to continue our series of lessons about believing God’s story. The next chapter that we need to consider in God’s story is the covenant that He makes with the nation of Israel. When God brought the Israelites out of their slavery in Egypt through the leadership of Moses, God made a covenant with them at Mount Horeb, which is also called Mount Sinai (Exodus 19-20; Deuteronomy 5:1-3). What is a covenant? A “covenant” can…

What if I were to tell you that God has something to say to you? On Sunday morning, our plan is to study the call of Abram (Genesis 12:1-9). God continues to call us today. His call is not miraculous. He is not whispering audibly in our ears. His voice is not booming audibly from the heavens. Scripture teaches us that God calls us through the Gospel (2 Thessalonians 2:14). Every time that the Gospel is preached, God is calling…

If the Lord wills, we will study Genesis 3:1-24 on Sunday morning, which tells us the story of the fall of man. Satan, through a serpent, tempted Eve to eat of the tree that God commanded them not to eat from. Adam and Eve both ate of the fruit and brought severe spiritual consequences on themselves and humanity. As I studied through this story, there were a handful of principles that I discovered in the text that are helpful, insightful,…

On Sunday morning, if the Lord wills, our plan is to study the creation account of Genesis 1 to see what we can learn about who God is. There are many in our increasingly secular world who deny not only the historicity of the six days of creation but also the existence of a Creator. As Christians, we need to be prepared to have conversations with those who do not believe in God’s existence. We need to make sure that…

On Sunday morning, our plan is to study James 2:14-26, which discusses the relationship between faith and works. Some suggest that what James says in that section of Scripture contradicts what the apostle Paul says elsewhere in the New Testament. For example, Martin Luther, who was a major part of the Reformation Movement in the 16th century, described the book of James as a “right strawy epistle” and claimed that “it contains not a syllable about Christ” because of this…

As Christians, we want to know Christ. We want to love, appreciate, trust, and follow Jesus for who He is, as revealed in the Scriptures. On Sunday morning, our plan is to discuss nine titles of Jesus from the Gospel of Matthew. As we look forward to that study, let’s consider in this article what is oftentimes referred to as the “I Am” statements in the Gospel of John. Seven different times in John, Jesus uses the words “I am”…