God's new creation will be a place where He is in full control, and where we enjoy full fellowship with Him.  A portion of the new creation is offered to us in the new birth in fellowship with the Spirit.

The central hope of our faith is the resurrection.  And the evidence for this hope is found in the empty tomb.  Because Jesus lives, we will live.

The Christian's identity must be anchored in Jesus as Lord.  When it is, there is a gracious work of the Spirit to retrain the mind and our affections after God's will, purpose, and plan. Today we will see how Paul instructs the church to do just that.

The soul has been gifted as life to the human having been raised from the dust.  But the soul has also been lost in our rebellion.  It is the grace of our God that can protect and persevere our wayward souls through His Son, and in the process sustain the work of redemption to remake our very souls in conformity with His will.

How do we identify a follower of Jesus? The answer isn't easy; it's obvious, but it isn't easy. The feature characteristic of one who follows Jesus is an evidencing of the love of Jesus.

Imitation is tricky word.  It can refer to a faithful reproduction or false forgery.  In our call towards discipleship we taught to pattern our lives after our Lord - to imitate Jesus.

The life of a disciple is the primary evidence to a watching world of having encountered the living God. When we are born into God's family our lives will be a reflection of His leadership

Do Christian's really need to "go to church"?  Is a "church" even a place where people can "go"? What if, instead of a building, the church was a people who defined themselves in relationship with God and in community with Christ and one another?

The indwelling the God's Spirit is the number one most important and essential component to true discipleship. Without God's Spirit we are left under the curse of self-rule, self-righteousness, and death.

The Christian's path towards maturity must begin with Jesus' righteousness and not a self-determined form of external adherence to a list of do's and don'ts.  For our righteous acts are but filthy rags before the perfection of God Almighty.