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Pastor Clay has been taking us through Jesus' teaching regarding the end times found in Matthew chapters 24 and 25 in a series entitled, "2012: The Days After Tomorrow." Last week we saw that the Bible clearly states that no one knows the exact time of the return of Jesus, but as Pastor Clay pointed out, that's no excuse for not being ready. Today we're going to hear more about how we can be ready for the end times even though we don't know when it will be. These are certainly strange days that we live in and many of the signs Jesus gives about the last days look a lot like the days we are living in today. How can we be ready? What should we be doing? These are some of the questions Pastor Clay will address today.

The return of Jesus Christ; for Christians, it's something to look forward to. From time to time, someone comes along who claims to know the exact date of Jesus' return. Obviously no ones gotten it right yet, but is it possible to know when Jesus is coming back? As Pastor Clay will show us today the short answer to that question is, no and the bigger question to ask is what are we doing to prepare for His coming? Jesus makes it clear in His teaching in Matthew chapter 24 that we can't know when it's going to happen but that's no excuse for not being ready now.

We're in the middle of our series on the end times entitled, "2012: The Days After Tomorrow." In this series based on Jesus' teaching in Matthew chapters 24 and 25 Pastor Clay has already walked us through the destruction of Jerusalem and the signs that will point to the end times. Today we're moving into the section of Matthew 24 where Jesus begins to describe the signs of His return at the end of the age, and quite frankly some of those events will make earthquakes and other such events seem insignificant compared to what will happen. For rebellious men and women, the end will not be something to look forward to.

We're continuing our series entitled "2012: The Days After Tomorrow," based on Jesus' teaching in Matthew chapters 24 and 25. There's a lot of uncertainty in the world today and as you're probably aware, there are all kinds of speculations about whether the end of the world is coming soon? As we've already discovered in this series, Jesus isn't holding anything back and some of what He has to say is hard to hear because He tells about the events that will transpire during The Great Tribulation Period and as your going to hear Pastor Clay say, it's not like any time the world has ever seen before.

This week, we're taking a little break our current series, "2012: The Days After Tomorrow," to focus on something that's a very important part of the life of Cross Culture Church, Life Groups. As you're going to hear Pastor Clay say today, Life Groups, which are small groups of men and women who meet together during the week, are the best tool we have for building our relationship with God and with each other and relationships are the purpose of life.

Does it seem like there has been an increase in both natural and manmade disasters? There have been wars and political uprisings being reported constantly on the evening news. So are these things signs of the end times? Today we continue our study of Matthew chapters 24 and 25 in a series entitled, "2012: The Days After Tomorrow." Pastor Clay is walking us through Jesus' teaching about the end times as He answers His disciple's questions about what to look for and when will these things take place? As you'll hear Pastor Clay say today, what we're learning about the there and then, should help us in our here and now.

We just started a brand new series last week entitled, "2012: The Days After Tomorrow," a series based on Jesus' teaching in Matthew chapters 24 and 25 known as the Olivet Discourse. Today we're looking at some of the signs that Jesus said would characterize the last days, and one of those is false Christ's. As you'll hear Pastor Clay say today, there are 20 major religions recognized in the world today and the result is that billions of people are being spiritually deceived. So, what's our responsibility as Christians? Is there anything we can or should do? Pastor Clay's going to address those very questions and others today.

Most of us have seen or read the stories over the last couple of years about the Mayan calendar's supposed prediction that the world will end in 2012. Hollywood has made blockbuster movies about the end of the world. The current political and economic instability throughout the world have certainly raise people's fears and anxiety, but could we really be in the last days? We're excited about you joining us today as we kick off a brand new series that's going to look at that very question. In Matthew chapters 24 and 25 Jesus sits down and answers His disciple's questions about the end times, and as Pastor Clay's going to explain, what Jesus told them must have come as quite a shock.

Well, Christmas has come and gone and 2012 is here, but before we leave the Christmas season we wanted to spend one more week in our Christmas series entitled, 'Birth Announcements.' Today Pastor Clay is taking us to Luke chapter 2 and the announcement of joy. Joy is something that this world can sure use more of, and as we'll hear today the coming of the Christ child brought joy in an unusual way, but it changed the world forever.

Today, Pastor Clay is picking up where he left off last week in Luke chapter 1. Two thousand years ago, the angel Gabriel brought an announcement to a young woman named Mary. Gabriel's announcement of grace certainly changed Mary's life but it really changed all of our lives. Last week, we learned how this announcement revealed that God had a design all along and that His design was not just for Mary's life, but for our lives as well. This week, let's see what else we find in this "announcement of grace."