What lies at the foundation of reality? To answer this question, we will paint a pre-creation picture of God and discover that God is love in the most beautiful and meaningful sense imaginable.

The story of Creation reveals a perfect world. “Eden” is the key word in the narrative. It opens our understanding to what perfection was like. God placed man in a cycle of time that created a space for humanity to come and rest in His perfection.

If God is good, why is there evil and pain in the world? This teaching examines the origin of evil and explains how love and freedom are risky business, but worth the risk.

At the Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil, mankind believed the serpent’s lies and fell out of harmony with God’s guidelines. This presentation will address the events of that fateful day in the context of God’s faithfulness.

Even though mankind made the choice to step out of His love, God didn’t give up on His special creation. God made a promise that He would make things right again, eradicate evil, and restore love to humanity.

How can we make coherent sense of the God we encounter in the Old Testament in comparison to the Jesus we encounter in the New Testament?

The Messiah came to heal people of their brokenness. He lived as a humble Man of Sorrows and taught of love to the nth degree. Then the Messiah lived out that love when He carried the cross that belonged to humanity and died a sinner’s death at Calvary, breathing new life into us through His faith in us.

The entire narrative of the Law of and Prophets reaches its fulfillment and its focus of future realization in the faith of Jesus.

Jesus describes the storyline of salvation as a seed. But why is it often difficult for God’s story to take root and produce the change it promises? In Matthew 13, Jesus defines the condition of our hearts as the primary predictor of our spiritual fruitfulness. We will explore how cultivating a practical theology of the heart creates the conditions needed for God’s story to bear fruit in our lives and those around us.

After Jesus left, He gave His disciples the charge to continue His ministry. They were to nurture the growing community of Jesus followers in the same ways that He had nurtured them. This presentation explores the great commission and what it would look like if today’s church acted on the call to preach the gospel.

The Bible contains sixty-six different books that are all connected, but what is the best way to explore the themes of Scripture and have a more meaningful walk with Jesus?

Talking to friends, co-workers, and strangers about Jesus can sometimes feel like social suicide, especially in today’s post-modern culture where the Bible is no longer viewed as relevant as it once was. This teaching will explore some practical ways to talk about the Bible and provide guidelines for entering into spiritual conversations with secular people.