The disciples who witnessed the transfiguration of Christ were told by God to hear Jesus. They were to listen and obey Christ. But the response of the three, especially Peter shows they really didn’t hear what was being said. And often we don’t hear what God is saying to us.

The resurrection of Jesus guarantees the availability of God’s kingdom to all would otherwise be rejected. Jesus came to open the kingdom to all and especially to the outcast and religiously condemned.

In the life of Gideon you can see the progression of faith. He began with no faith and evolved to the kind of faith that was recorded in Hebrews 11.

For a community of believers to function as God designed they must understand the importance in love. Peter places a high premium on love among the brethren. In this message Michael Durham explains how love is to function in the body of Christ.

For a community of believers to function as God designed they must understand the importance in love. Peter places a high premium on love among the brethren. In this message Michael Durham explains how love is to function in the body of Christ.

Faith cannot rest on appearances. To make judgments based upon only what you see or hear is unwise. You can end up believing a lie.

One man or even a staff of pastors cannot truly shepherd a church as needed. But God designed the church to ensure that everyone is receiving the pastoral care required.

The church has as its basic nature the essence of community. This is because it springs from the greatest community of all, the trinity of God.

Although the word community is never used in the Bible the concept is definitely there. The church is not an event or place but a community of believers. How the church functions depends on its nature and essence. However, many local churches are not communities and therefore do not function as God intends.

This story is about God acting in man so that God can be seen and a man trying to act like God and failing. The story of Jesus walking on the sea and Peter’s attempt to do the same is an amazing picture and explanation of the Christian life.