Christ Church Studies

Jesus came not to be served but to serve, and likewise he tells his followers that they are servants of God and called to serve one another. In this session, we discuss how service follows from thanksgiving and is central to the Christian life.

Jesus came not to be served but to serve, and likewise he tells his followers that they are servants of God and called to serve one another. In this session, we discuss how service follows from thanksgiving and is central to the Christian life.

How should we respond to the overwhelming goodness and generosity of God? Simple: show forth God’s praise. In this session, we discuss what that means, focusing especially on why praise is a duty of the people of God and why it is also public.

How should we respond to the overwhelming goodness and generosity of God? Simple: show forth God’s praise. In this session, we discuss what that means, focusing especially on why praise is a duty of the people of God and why it is also public.

Give us such an awareness of you mercies, we pray, yet often we live unaware of and ungrateful for the gifts of God. In this lesson, we consider the common reasons for our inattention and ingratitude and ask how we can become more attentive and aware.

Give us such an awareness of you mercies, we pray, yet often we live unaware of and ungrateful for the gifts of God. In this lesson, we consider the common reasons for our inattention and ingratitude and ask how we can become more attentive and aware.

We are given a great gift: a promised future in which we experience and share in the glory of God. Yet, as C.S. Lewis observes, we remain half-hearted creatures, fooling about when infinite joy is offered us. In this session, we examine why God's promises far exceed all the smaller hopes that often occupy our thoughts.

We are given a great gift: a promised future in which we experience and share in the glory of God. Yet, as C.S. Lewis observes, we remain half-hearted creatures, fooling about when infinite joy is offered us. In this session, we examine why God’s promises far exceed all the smaller hopes that often occupy our thoughts.

The apostle Paul writes, "He who began a good work in you will bring it to completion by the day of Jesus Christ." Even our spiritual growth is a gift of God; we need only make ourselves available to his work. In this session, we discuss the means of God's work, the means of grace by which he converts and transforms our lives.

The apostle Paul writes, “He who began a good work in you will bring it to completion by the day of Jesus Christ.” Even our spiritual growth is a gift of God; we need only make ourselves available to his work. In this session, we discuss the means of God’s work, the means of grace by which he converts and transforms our lives.