What makes someone a good father? Our Father in Heaven is a good, good father and provides for His children.  How often are you telling Him what you need?

Jesus prioritizes the coming of our Father's Kingdom.  Why is it that we so often minimize its importance by giving little or no thought?  This teaching will put the fervency in your prayer for God's Kingdom to come.

There are lot of different ideas on prayer, but in this teaching from the Sermon on Mount we learn first-hand from Jesus how and to whom should we should be addressing our requests. 

To whom are your prayers directed? Do you wonder sometimes whether anyone is really listening? Are your prayers are a monologue or dialogue?

This  study in Matthew 6:5-8 will begin our journey into the supernatural realm of prayer.  Prayer is possibly the simplest and yet most often under-performed  "practice of righteousness" in the faith, and dare I say misunderstood. 

Pastor Alan uses the analogy of "fans and followers" as Jesus warns His listeners about the hypocrisy and self-centered motives of the religious elite in their practice of righteousness.

Jesus finishes this part of the Sermon on the Mount with an extraordinary command, to love one's enemies, and clarifies the extent of God's standard.

This teaching looks at some of the most difficult and misunderstood teachings in the Sermon on the Mount.

Jesus enters Jerusalem on a donkey to the cheers of his disciples and to the complaints of the religious establishment. How does this historic first century event still mark time for us today?

What is the difference between the "old" covenant and the "new" one, and why is that important to make sure we understand.

Why do we swear oaths and take vows? How is it that we could return to time when our "word alone is our bond."