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The disciples argued over who was the greatest, and Jesus answered by placing a child among them. In the Journey to the Cross series, Pastor Dale shows how Jesus defines greatness.

1. Our natural desire for greatness must be kept in check, because God is the one who promotes.

2. Greatness requires conversion and change: responding to Jesus like a child, dropping what we are doing when he calls.

3. Conversion and change need humility, because God opposes the proud and gives grace to the humble.

On the mountain of the Transfiguration, Moses and Elijah disappeared and the disciples saw only Jesus. In the Journey to the Cross series, Pastor Dale explains why Peter, James, and John needed to see this.

1. Jesus fulfilled the law of Moses, so no one is made right with God by keeping rules.

2. Jesus fulfilled the prophets, including some 300 Messianic prophecies.

3. Jesus is the only way, the truth, and the life, and our faith belongs in him alone.

Jesus' ministry was so effective that it is worth asking what a church or ministry should look like by his example. In the Journey to the Cross series, Pastor Dale looks at how Jesus did ministry and what we can learn from it.

1. Jesus ministered in the area assigned to him, and each of us has an assignment from God.

2. Jesus ministered by both preaching and teaching the word: preaching brings life change, and teaching brings growth.

3. Jesus ministered to the spiritually, mentally, and physically sick, and healing is still part of his work.

We are saved to serve, yet many people give reasons why they cannot. In the Journey to the Cross series, Pastor Dale looks at the fishermen Jesus called and asks what kind of people he chooses.

1. Jesus calls team players.

2. Jesus calls people with a teachable spirit.

3. Jesus calls people with a tender heart, and only the Holy Spirit can give us one.

At Jesus' baptism the heavens opened, the Spirit came upon him, and the Father declared him his beloved Son. In the Journey to the Cross series, Pastor Dale shows what that moment means for every believer.

1. Born again believers are adopted as children of God.

2. Born again believers are given the Holy Spirit, who changes us and empowers us.

3. Born again believers are the apple of God's eye.

The first recorded words of Jesus were that he must be about his Father's business, and his last were 'It is finished.' In the Journey to the Cross series, Pastor Dale looks at the twelve-year-old Jesus in the temple and asks how we can finish the work he started.

1. Jesus recognized his purpose and mission, and so should we.

2. Jesus had an obedient attitude, humbling himself to do the Father's will.

3. Jesus had a resolute commitment to God and his work, and we are called to the same.

Labels such as stupid, lazy, or worthless can follow us for years and quietly shape who we become. In the Ghost of Christmas Past series, Pastor Dale shares how a label nearly held him back and how God's labels set us free.

1. Labels have the potential to shape your life, and words have power.

2. Labels can destroy your life when we believe them, because they are lies used to hold us back.

3. Labels can turn your world around when they come from God, who gives hope and a future and beauty for ashes.