WHAT MAKES YOU HAPPY, PART 1: NO THING.  No thing can make you happy.  Happy is about who, not what.  The path to happiness begins with who.

 

HOW TO WIN AN ARGUMENT: you can have peaceful disagreements without making enemies if you approach arguments with the principles of Jesus.

HOW TO WATCH THE NEWS: Many of us watch the news and become discouraged and afraid.  This teaching looks at ways to respond to the news as a representative of Jesus, bringing healing and hope to those inundated with bad news.  You can make a difference for yourself and your friends and family by how you respond to the news.

REDEFINED BY JESUS: an Easter story from John 21. Jesus wants to redefine you no matter who you have been.  Let him do it.

THE FUTURE OF THE RCA:  Eddie Aleman’s vision [Eddie is the general secretary of the RCA] for the RCA is based on Revelation 7 v.9.  A vast crowd looking to report for duty to Jesus.  Let’s go for it. It will be a struggle, but Jesus will wipe every tear from our eyes.

WHAT DEFILES YOU:  We’re defiled by what comes out of our “inner pig”, not by what we take in.  Things on the outside can’t hurt us if we don’t let them.  So don’t let them.  Instead, be kind because that is who you are and kindness doesn’t defile.