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Are you a Christ follower? One of the ways we can tell for sure is how He has changed our lives. Though our decision to follow Him may not result in earthly wealth, power and esteem, it will certainly result in surrender to and complete trust in Him. We'll examine what God calls us out of and what He calls us to when we decide to follow Jesus.

On a day we celebrate fatherhood, it's the perfect Sunday to take a closer look at "how we should pray" as Jesus demonstrates in Matthew 6. The Lord's Prayer demonstrates how God relates to us as His children, how we should see Him, and how prayer invites Him to be Lord of our lives and circumstances. Will we as His children trust in His kindness and declare Him to be King?

As Paul continues to share the gospel in Athens, he encounters an alter inscribed with "TO AN UNKNOWN GOD." Seems silly to not know what or who you are worshiping, doesn't it? But Paul used this situation to share who God is to a people who did not know him. Will we be people bold with the Gospel, and able to share Christ in any circumstance?

There are so many good things we can be doing throughout our lives and with the time we have, but If we are to truly become the people Jesus calls us to be—we MUST be a people who rightly view and consume the Word of God. How we view and engage the Bible makes all the difference!

Why did Jesus have to suffer, die, and rise from the dead? This question is arguably the most important question anyone will ever ask. Why is this so important? There are very real and lasting implications in how we answer. Our responses have a direct affect on our life today, for the rest of our time on earth, and for all of eternity.

As physical and spiritual beings, we have the ability to tap into the power of the spiritual realm—both the spiritual realm of light and the spiritual realm of darkness. God's Word instructs us how to be influenced by the Holy Spirit and how to avoid being influenced by evil spirits, which will open us up to oppression and darkness. When we seek Jesus through the spiritual disciplines of the faith, we find freedom.

As we continue in Acts, we encounter a woman named Lydia. Through her leadership, generosity, and receptiveness to the Gospel, Lydia became a catalyst for spreading God's message. We'll see through her example and several others God's design for women to think and serve and lead in the Church.

As Christians, we may find ourselves disagreeing (sometimes sharply) with our brothers and sisters. Is someone right? Is the other party wrong? We'll look at a contentious situation between Paul and Barnabas and how God worked through it and received glory in spite of their differences.

What about those Old Testament laws? Do they still apply to us today? What about the new thing Jesus did? We will look at how Christ fulfilled the orders from those laws, and what applies to His people today.

The grace of God is an incredible thing. It frees us from a bunch of rituals and traditions that we may think we need to continue doing in order to maintain the salvation Christ gave us at the cross. So what's the harm in placing unnecessary rules and regulations and traditions on people, and how do we avoid it?