Are you prepared for when the grid goes down? A burgeoning market of media, books, and preparedness expos have spawned to help you. If you want the best resource available, you’ll want to lean into Sunday’s gathering.

Do you want to see Jesus? I’ll tell you how you can see Him. He is closer than you ever thought. Jesus promised He would never leave us. We too easily miss Jesus ‘cause we’re not looking in the right direction.

How on God’s green earth can I muster the right motive? Can love be demanded? Certainly not. So if giving to another is transactional at worst or mere obedience at best, then what? Maybe giving is just practice for something more important.

What child is this? That’s the question posed by Mary, her husband, shepherds, peasants, angels, and kings. Do you know the answer? Who is this Jesus? After some 2000 years, we’ve only just begun to know!

How do you measure an act of generosity? If one person’s trash is another person’s treasure, then one person’s sacrifice may be insignificant to another--and vice versa. So, what you treasure may provide the measure.

When we are looking out for ourselves, it’s hard to see others. It’s hard to see Jesus. But Jesus is looking out for us. To the degree we are confident of Christ’s care for us, we will in the same measure be set free to take care of others.

The wise men came from the East to worship the Christ. But news of the birth of Jesus upset King Herod—so he sought to kill his rival. From day one, people were either for or against Jesus.

I love to pose the question: If everyone wants to go to heaven, then why does nobody want to die? Something in us resists the “consolation” prize of heaven. Consolation is for those who lose, but we win in the end!

Accompanying reading:

Revelation 1-5; 19-22

The Story, Chapter 31

If you were going somewhere and were told at your destination you would be bound and sentenced to death, would you turn around? Or would you continue to your inevitable demise?

Accompanying reading:

Acts 20-23; 27-28

Ephesians 1-6

2 Timothy 1-4

The Story, Chapter 30

One of history’s greatest U-turns is the story of the Apostle Paul. What about you? Do you have a U-turn story? Are you ready for a U-turn now?

Accompanying reading:

Acts 13-14; 16-20

Romans 1; 3-6; 8; 12; 15

1 Corinthians 1; 3; 5-6; 10; 12-13; 15-16

Galatians 1; 3; 5-6

1 Thessalonians 1-5

The Story, Chapter 29