Our strength and fruitfulness as believers is derived from a real and ongoing relationship with Jesus Christ, starting with believing in and receiving His love for us always.

On a Lord's Day afternoon, around 80 residents at our Regional Juvenile Justice Center heard the good news of Christ's resurrection; and were given the opportunity to respond with faith in Him for the forgiveness of their sins.

From history and the Bible, Alan Latta shares about some leaders in the past and Biblical heroes who happened to be single, as well as some in our day who have been a positive influence in his life and ministry.

In our last session, Bobby Underwood ably shared his testimony about his experience of being confronted when he needed it. In this session, Pastor Alan teaches about how to confront those who need it and how to respond when we need it as well.

Like a jeweler displaying his jewels on dark fabric, so Jesus used his impending - though temporal - doom and gloom as a back drop to display precious promises to His followers who would need such encouragement in a few hours. May this attitude and practice be ours, enabling us to encourage others in the midst of our own possible discouragement.

From Jesus Christ's exclusive declaration for His being the only way to the Father, the truth is declared about the life we are called to live for the glory of His name.

Receiving Christ's undeserved love for ourselves leads us to His command to love one another the same. Loving us first set the stage for our loving obedience to His will for us to love.

In this teaching, the truth is declared concerning Christ's loving His disciples till the very end of His physical life. If He - our Lord and Master - was willing to wash the dirty feet of those who would betray, deny and abandon Him in just a few hours, how much more willing should we be to serve others?

In this sermon, you will hear the importance of heeding the call of God now. While His grace is extended to us - freely - today, it may not always be extended indefinitely. Therefore, those who the Holy Spirit is drawing to Jesus today would do well to respond sooner than later.

Why did Jesus refer to Himself as the Son of Man, more than any other of His many identifications? In this teaching, Pastor Alan proclaims some of the encouraging things about our Savior being the Son of Man, for us.