Three ways Christianity is utterly unique among world religions, plus a point about apples.

Stan encouraged us to speak life and to be there for each other with encouragement when needed.

This one's about Jesus becoming -- and remaining -- a full human, and some implications of that.

"And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us..." (Jn 1:14)

Jesus often told people that. "This happened because you believed." How do we grow in the faith Jesus walked in?

This talk is about our task as leaders to engage people in a way that invites them to excercise their own faith and collaborate with the Spirit, not just "minister to" them.

It's based on the way Jesus engaged the two blind men who chased him down and demanded a meeting in Matthew 9:27ff.

We took time to pray over individuals today. Here's the audio of that if anyone's interested.

Jesus said it isn't the healthy who need a doctor, but the sick. And he didn't come to call good folks, but broken people. This is why we've called the church a kind of hospital for souls...

Carl on Matthew 13.

"And Isaac redug the wells of his father Abraham..." (Genesis 26).

This talk is about the motive underneath all other human pursuits.

Section 1: Data on Happiness

Section 2: A few philosophers (and a mathematician)

Section 3: A castrated medieval theologian on happiness

Conclusion: How Christianity is completely unique.