Sunday Sermon by Kevin Jensen — Esther was courageous and wise, but what saved her and her people from Haman was more than just her brave action. Events stacked up in favor of the Jews: the king couldn't sleep, just the right chronicles of his reign were read to him, Haman prepared to kill Mordecai but with terrible timing. Coincidences? Or could it have been that God was behind all this? Text: Esther 5-7

Sunday Sermon by Kevin Jensen — Haman hates the Jews and wants to wipe them all out. Esther faces a decision: whether to risk her life to save her people. Why do she and Haman see the Jews so differently? Because of God and how Esther sees him at work in her life. Text: Esther 3-4

Sunday Sermon by Kevin Jensen — Esther's story begins with trouble both personal and societal. God is not mentioned in the entire book of Esther, and he seems unlikely to appear in Esther's difficult situation. Yet, just as Romans 8:28 reminds us that God works in every situation for the good of those who love him, God is at work in Esther's life—in the background, just behind the scenes, preparing her for the work he has in store for her. Texts: Esther 1-2, Romans 8:28

Sunday Sermon by Jim Mendenhall — One man, Nicodemus, believed in Jesus, but struggled to fully understand his teaching, then to confess his belief openly. This lesson looks at three episodes in the development of Nicodemus's belief in Jesus. Text: selections from John

Sunday Sermon by Kevin Jensen — Revelation's glimpse of eternal life, right near the end of Scripture, offers this strange and wonderful promise: God's faithful people will reign forever! What does this mean? We look at this promise as it occurs four times in Revelation and links to the creation story at the beginning of Scripture, giving us great hope in what God has prepared for us in eternal life.  Text: Revelation 22:1-5

Sunday Sermon by Kevin Jensen — In Revelation 19, Jesus appears not as the suffering servant or our great sacrificial lamb, but as the mighty warrior who is King of Kings and Lord of Lords. To say that Jesus is King and Lord was dangerous in the cultural context of the churches to which Revelation was written, for only the Roman emperor could be called Lord of all. For Christians, though, Jesus is Lord and King above all others, and so we give him our highest loyalty and obey him above all others.  Text: Revelation 19:11-16

Sunday Sermon by Kevin Jensen — From the letter of Paul to the Ephesians, we look at how living out God's call to mutual submission redefines what it means to hold authority and honors Jesus our King in our homes. Text: Ephesians 1:15-23, 5:21 to 6:9

Sunday Sermon by Kevin Jensen — The way we should relate to one another in the church is modeled after the way Jesus conducted himself in obedience to God and for our sake: with humility, pursuing the interests of others even over his own. Because he humbled himself and obeyed God even to death on a cross, God exalted him as king over all forever. Text: Philippians 2:1-16

Sunday Sermon by Kevin Jensen — Just as a person must conduct themselves properly and dress appropriately in the presence of the president or the king, so we also must conduct ourselves in a way that honors Jesus our King. We must dress in a manner appropriate for those in his service, taking off old, sinful behaviors and putting on traits of godliness. Text: Colossians 1:13-14, 2:12, 3:1-17

Sunday Sermon by Kevin Jensen — Even as he was dying on the cross, Jesus was still king. But what kind of king was he? We look at four leadership qualities modeled by Jesus in his trial before Pilate and in his death. Text: John 18:33 to 19:30