Christ Church Dunn

How is the kingdom of God a direct challenge to the world that we live in?

When Jesus teaches us to pray "your kingdom come, your will be done," it's an invitation to find our all in God's plan of redemption: the kingdom of God.

"Hallowed" is a word we don't use often in our day-to-day lives. So what does it mean for us to pray that God's name be hallowed? What is God's name?

Jesus teaches us to pray "Our Father in Heaven?" But what does it mean to pray this? What is heaven?

The first words Jesus teaches us to pray in the Lord's Prayer is "Our Father." What is the significance of calling upon God as Father?

Prayer is our family talk as God's children with our Father. In Matthew 6, Jesus teaches us to pray in a way that isn't just words, but is meant to form us and propel us into mission.

Prayer is not performance: before others, before ourselves, or before God. Prayer is family talk.

We can drop the religious costumes and bring our worst to God, finding true transformation that leads us to love what He loves and value what He values.

In Jonah 3 we see what happened when Jonah preached the worst sermon in history, what it means to define "repent" apart from shame, and how God sovereignly works to bring his grace to our graceless world.

How can we know that God loves us? Is it that we can remember coming to faith in Jesus? Is it because a religious authority told us so? Can we know at all?