This week we begin our series in Joel. The Day of the Lord is the key theme to Joel as he describes a people who are in desperate need of repentance. Joel not only shows us our need for repentance but the God who can provide the forgiveness.

This week, we explore the concept of Christ as our Eternal King. Where Adam failed, Christ succeeded, and reigns supreme for us, not as a tyrant, but as a benevolent monarch who works all things for our good.

Advent is not just about a baby in a manger -- it's about the seed of the woman crushing the head of the snake from Genesis. This week, we explore how God shows himself to be his people's champion from Genesis 3 all the way through Revelation 22.

Is baptism required for salvation? Is it optional? How should we view baptism in the lives of believers and the normal operation of the local church? Today, we explore baptism as a sign and seal of the New Covenant and look at the grace it gives to those who receive it in faith.

The role of women in the book of Mark should not be underplayed. While the men went about in varying degrees of blindness, the woman with the issue of blood, the Syrophoenician woman, the widow with her offering and Mary of Bethany all seemed to understand who Jesus was far better than the men. Today, as we examine these stories, we see pictures of biblical womanhood and examples that everyone can learn from.

We say that the Bible is inerrant (that is, it contains no errors), yet the longer ending of Mark appears in double-brackets in most modern English translations. These double-brackets indicate that those verses are unlikely to have been included in the original manuscript. How do we deal with such passages? In today's combination sermon & lecture, we get an introduction to textual criticism, inerrancy, and the sufficiency of the Word of God as originally penned by its Holy Spirit-inspired authors.

From Genesis 27-32 we encounter the life of Jacob. As we pick up in our series, we see how God uses a man that was not worthy in any way and how Jesus does the same for us.