In the Parable of the Ten Bridesmaids ask yourself: 1) Who is the bridegroom and who are the bridesmaids? 2) How are foolishness and wisdom illustrated? 3) How does this parable apply to me? See if you are one of those who are prepared for Jesus Christ to return.

This is the season for New Year's Resolutions. And since Sunday falls on January 1, we are going to spend the morning examining Three Resolutions You Should Make in 2017, straight from Paul's letter to 1 Timothy.

At Christmas, we celebrate the remarkable reasons Jesus came. Most of the reasons revolve around His substitutionary death for sin—the baby Jesus came to die. This is a great seasonal reminder of the greatest miracle that ever occurred—the birth of God as a baby.

To get your college degree, there are necessary steps you must take. To get your promotion at work, there are necessary steps. To raise children, there are key steps. And there are necessary steps in your relationship with Christ, which we discover today in Philippians 3:12-14.

This week, Paul describes three of the immeasurable advantages to knowing Christ: 1) having the correct righteousness, 2) enjoying the deepest relationship, and 3) anticipating the eternal bodily resurrection.

Teaching for moms of young children by Meredith Hubbs.

Paul told us in verses 4 to 6 about all his massive religious advantages, and now he tells us what he thinks of all his good achievements, along with his amazing intimacy and love for Christ. You will be blown away by what it means to forsake all for Christ.

The greatest danger of putting confidence in the flesh would be to trust our own efforts to earn our salvation. Personal religious efforts to be saved was the Judaizers’ dogma and being a super-Jew is how Paul first tried to earn his salvation. In this passage, Paul will describe every way he took to be righteous before God as a non-Christian--but no man can ever earn his own salvation.

We start Philippians chapter three and our pursuit of Christ. Paul begins with a few of the requirements needed to run hard after Christ, like sustaining a heart of joy, remaining discerning, and maintaining genuine Christianity.