This Father's Day, we look at Hebrews 10:19-25 and examine how, “The Church Is a People Who Gather for Jesus,” by asking and answering two questions: First, Why We Gather as a Church: We Gather Because of Jesus. Second, How We Gather as a Church: We Gather Intentionally.

As we look at Acts 2:37-47, we are going to see four “Signs of Growing Spiritual Life,” First, A Growing Devotion, Second, A Growing Awe, Third, A Growing Generosity, and, Fourth, A Growing Joy.

As we look at Acts 2:32-47 and the birthday of the church, we are going to see “The Church’s Signs of Life," and perform a spiritual APGAR test on ourselves, looking at our 1) Spiritual Appearance, 2) Spiritual Pulse, 3) Spiritual Grimace, and 4) Spiritual Activity and Respiratory Response.

Acts 2:11-28 shows us how “The Church Is to Be a People Fueled by the Joy of God,” by unpacking three truths: First, Jesus Died to Bring Us Joy. Second, Jesus Rose to Bring Us Joy. Third, Jesus Reigns to Bring Us Joy.

As we look at Acts 2:1-21, we will see how “The Church Is to Be a People Filled with and Empowered by God’s Holy Spirit.” To help us understand this, we are going to ask three questions. First, What Is This Power? Second, How Do We Get This Power? Third, How Does This Power Change Us?

As we examine Acts 1:1-11, we will see two ways that “The Church’s Purpose Is to Continue the Work of Jesus." First, The Church Is to Extend the Presence of Jesus. Second, The Church Is to Extend the Rule of Jesus.

As we think about the meaning of Easter, we see from Jesus’s own words “How to Find Easter Life,” and in Luke 9:18-26 we see the call to do three things. First, We Need to Think Like Jesus. Second, We Need to Die Like Jesus. Third, We Need to Live Like Jesus.

In the story of Mark 14:1-11, we see a woman who pours out an extravagant gift of love that receives two different responses, that of the disciples and that of Jesus. This makes us meditate on what it means to have a heart that truly loves Jesus and understands the cross.

As we look at the story of Palm Sunday in Luke 19:28-44, we will see how “The Church Is to Live as God’s City," and we will begin the count down to Easter Sunday by counting down three things this text teaches us about what it means to be God’s people and find true peace. First, we will see three kinds of responses to Jesus. Second, we will see two kinds of cities to live in. Third, we will see the one kind of king we need.

As we examine 1 Corinthians 12:12-28, we unpack one of scripture’s most famous pictures of the church, “The Church Is to Serve as Christ’s Body Here on Earth,” and this texts reminds us of two different ways this truth applies to us. First, We Are All United to Serve as Christ’s Body. And, second, We Are All Diversely Gifted to Serve in Christ’s Body.