Peter writes his letter to Christians going through "fiery" persecution. Is that experience a relic of history, or is it true that today there are more Christians being persecuted and even killed for following Jesus, than ever before? Join us as Pastor Daren reads the final 2 chapters of Peter's letter, along with current reports of Christians around the world.

How do you distinguish between two kinds of maturity? How is our hope related to scientific enquiry? And why does Peter bother himself with the issue of our character?

What goes on in the minds of angels? How does one be a good person? And why is fear connected with hope in the pages of the Bible?

Winter in Jerusalem, in the year 32 A.D. The city is cold and wet. The seasonal rains have turned the roads to muck, and all across the empire, armies have stopped marching, ships have stopped sailing, and farmers have abandoned their fields until spring. On this winter's day, in the southern end of the sprawling temple courts, there walks a young teacher...

Why do historians believe the Biblical gospels take us back to the authentic words of Christ? What did Jesus mean when he said he calls his sheep by name? Join us this week as Pastor Daren looks for answers.

As Pastor Daren continues the blind beggar's story, we hear about 1) how God never seems less real to us than when we desire something outside of his will, 2) experiencing the benefits of Jesus does not make you a disciple of Jesus, and 3) what happens to the straight when it encounters the crooked.

What is Jesus' answer to the problem of pain? Why did he use mud to heal a blind man's eyes? And what does any of that have to do with Marvel Comics' Uatu the Watcher? Listen in as Pastor Daren takes us on a tour through these questions and more, in our continuing study of the Gospel of John.

This week Pastor Daren goes after the awkward issue of church discipline. What do we do when our fellow believers slide into unrepentant sin? How does love look in these situations?

When Jesus said that those who followed him would not have to walk through darkness, did he mean that our lives will never take us to places that we'd rather not go to? And what do you do when you find yourself in that kind of place for so long that you've begun to lose a sense of your song? Think about these questions and more in this week's teaching by Pastor Daren Redekopp.

In this talk, Pastor Daren takes us through the book of Jonah, commenting on what kind of book this is, it's historical background, and the reasons we use to talk ourselves out of God's calling.