What exactly is an ark? It's not a boat or a ship. It's a box. It's the box God designed and Noah built as sort of a fallout shelter when God would flood the world - it was the place where Noah and his family would find salvation. If Noah reflects Christ, what does the Ark reflect?

The most popular Bible story in the whole world might just be the story of Noah and his ark. Noah was unlike anybody else of his generation - he stood out. How can we be like Noah and "stand out" in the time we find ourselves in?

As we wrap up this series, we read about the kind of heart that Jesus speaks about in his teaching as being the kind that produces life change - the fruitful heart.

In our lives, there are a lot of things that can choke out our pursuit of a relationship with God. Jesus said that those things can be like weeds and thistles, crowding out our hearts and killing the seeds he has planted in our hearts. How do we weed out that garden, so to speak, so our faith can grow?

Jesus taught us that we should love God with our whole mind. Sometimes, our faith story is based more on feelings and fear, thus creating a shallow heart. What do we do about that?

Before there were modern personality tests that put people in boxes, Jesus taught a way that actually categorizes people based on something that matters most of all - the condition of their hearts. We kick off this new series by looking at one of those hearts: the 'hard heart.'

The longest season of our existence comes after we leave this life - the season of eternity. The truth is that everybody spends eternity somewhere, either with Jesus or without him. Everything else in this life is nothing compared to that season. So where will YOU end up?

Towards the end of our lives, the "winter" season sets in. We don't move as fast as we used to, and a lot of things that once excited us don't anymore. We are longing for a home we've never been to, but we know who is king of our lives and where we're going!

Middle age. It's a time of reflection, assessment, and change. There is a season for everything, and the "fall" season of life is all about decisions and growth. Can we trust God in the midst of all the change and transitions?

When we reach age 20, we enter the 'summer' season of our lives, which can be categorized with one word: busy. If we're not careful, and don't seek out rest and time with God and some time for ourselves, we're on a one-way road to burnout... or worse.