The church is Christ's display of Himself in this present age. Both in the universal sense and in the local context, Christ uses the church to magnify Himself and aid believers. This lesson deals with the many illustrations used to explain the church.

Luke starts his Gospel with the purpose and organization of the Gospel. Luke, as a Gentile, wrote for a Gentile audience. He wrote specifically for Theophilus to understand what Jesus did and taught. It was an explanation of the origins of Christianity. Most importantly displayed that Jesus is the Savior of all the world, especially outsiders.

Sometimes we must be reminded that God is worthy of praise. In this psalm we are reminded of God's goodness and greatness that is displayed across the world. His goodness starts with atonement for sin to the clothing of all creation. His greatness is seen in establishing creation and calming the seas and nations.

God uses the Word to communicate to us and prayer is what we use to communicate with Him. Prayer is often easily understood but hard to put into practice. This lesson gives some of the basic questions that people have and answers those questions from the Word.

This sermon connects our series in Philippians to our upcoming series in the Gospel of Luke. Paul had argued that a mind set on Christ and thinking like Christ would bring joy to believers. John in this letter starts with the importance of focusing on Christ. Any person can enjoy fellowship with Christ like any of the apostles experienced. They can have fullness of joy because they can know Christ in the same way.

Grace had the opportunity to minister in the Ukraine for two weeks. This report gives some of the details of her trip to Ukraine.

The Word of God is God's communication to us. It is necessary to learn of salvation, but also to grow in holiness. The Word is inspired by God and is valuable to the believer be what they should be and to know God well.

This sermon concludes our series on Philippians. It reminds us that this letter was written first to recognize the gift of the Philippians to Paul. It was a also a reminder that Paul and the church at Philippi were both helping to advance the good news of Christ. Ultimately, they were living their life with a focus on Christ and having a mindset like unto Christ. Their focus on Christ led to strengthening their joy.

Many things need to be considered at the end of sermon series on Hebrews. How the book is arranged, some of the highlights and warnings. Ultimately, this book presents that Christ is better than anything and anyone. You must not turn away from Him!

Communion is an opportunity for the church to unify to remember the sacrifice of Christ. This regular activity of the church is an ordinance that is often misunderstood.