Rainbow Garden - #16

Storybook Room #475 - Housefly #2

Pete's Bible Readings - Esther 1 through 2

Many Christians can’t properly explain the gospel to others and even believe other religions can lead to salvation. This sad state of the church is why we need to teach the gospel—the whole gospel.

We tend to focus on Jesus’ death or his Resurrection, but we need to teach the gospel beginning in Genesis. Explain that God created a perfect world, but we rebelled against him and the just penalty for that sin is death. But Jesus came and died, taking that penalty upon himself. Now God can freely justify us who believe because of what Christ did. Jesus then rose from grave and offers eternal life to all who believe in him.

The struggle is real—but so is God’s love. In this powerful message, Pastor Ben Young gets honest about life’s hardest seasons and what Scripture says about suffering. Drawing from Romans 8 and 2 Corinthians, he reminds us that we grow stronger through struggle, not avoiding it. And in the middle of it all, nothing—not fear, failure, or even death—can separate us from God’s love.

There’s plenty of bad news in the world today, but one of the greatest problems is that we’re not sharing enough of the good news. Dr. Tony Evans explains why sharing Christ isn’t just about what you say, but how you live.

It's not about what we deserve, but what God created us to experience in relationship with Him.

True growth comes when we respond to criticism with grace, discernment, and a focus on building up, letting every word and action edify ourselves and others.