Even with the birth of Jesus, the world was and is! still dark and we are still waiting. So what are we waiting for? What was Simeon waiting for, and how can we learn from him?

Mary was the first person to learn about the incarnation, the method God's salvation plan, and the name Jesus. She was the first person to have faith in this message. She was the first Christian. So what did her faith look like? And does ours look like hers?

How can we learn from John the Baptist as we prepare, like he did, for the coming of our Lord Jesus?

He came once as a baby. He's coming again as a Creator, riding on the clouds. The Advent season is about remembering Jesus' first coming so that we an properly anticipate his return!

True gratitude is proven in generosity. Paul believed that Jesus makes Christians generous. So how do we think rightly about what we have, and live as truly cheerful givers?

When we believe the Gospel and receive God's Holy Spirit, we join the front lines of a cosmic battle. Our life and relationships become the new territories to be won for Christ. But the enemy is cunning and we're not strong enough. So how do we be strong like God? How do we put on God's strength?

Guest teacher, Don Straka, opens Psalm 77 with us and explores what it means to lament in the presence of God.

If the Christian life is a life of "submitting to one another" (5:21) then how does that submission show up in the unique and various roles and relationships that we find ourselves in?

As a family that imitates God and loves like Christ, what does it mean to walk together as children of light, as wise, and as filled with the Spirit?

In the midst of Paul's practical and ethical exhortations, he anchors Christian ethics in a simple description of what it means to be and live as a Christian. Being a Christian is all about imitation, love, and substitution.