Red Rocks Baptist Church

With much exposure to Scripture and a familiarity with the Bible comes the temptation to dismiss Jesus. Understanding the truth about Jesus leads to only one logical conclusion: follow Him.

Christians can hear the name of Jesus so often that they take Jesus for granted and thus grow comfortable, even apathetic, to Him. But Acts 3 is clear that Jesus is God's Agent who does God's will and brings salvation to the world.

The prosperity gospel, by crook or by hook, has seeped into gospel-preaching churches and into the hearts of Bible-believing Christians. The gospel's true objective is not to make us materially and physically prosperous, but to proclaim the message of eternal life and forgiveness of sins in Jesus' name.

Jesus is the Great Shepherd who leads the sheep. To follow him, we must know how he leads. The Shepherd leads us as our provider, protector, and Lord.

Many people in our culture think of Easter more as a day for chocolate and cute bunnies. Resurrection Sunday is so much more than that. When Jesus rose from the dead, He opened the door to eternal life for everyone who trusts in His name. This is what makes the resurrection so important.

What is a culture of grace? A united gathering of redeemed sinners who live life through a gospel lens, remembering God's mercy to them, celebrating God's grace in the gospel, humbly relating to others, and treating others as Christ treats them. Sadly, when it comes to church cultures, many Christians have sad stories about sinful church cultures full of conflict, selfish rivalry and disunity.

The early church quickly began to live out their faith in Christ, united in doctrine and practice. The early church's example shows us principles and applications that we can wisely apply to our context as we seek to know Christ and make him known.

Many churches and many Christians view church membership in the same way: quaint, a relic from a bygone era. Peter called the crowd to respond to the shocking news that they crucified the Messiah by repenting, believing in Jesus, being baptized in His name, and forming the first local church. Every believer in Jesus must be baptized and should become part of a local church.

That the Spirit has arrived, the last days begun through the life, death, and resurrection of Jesus, who has poured out the Spirit, which proves that Jesus of Nazareth is both Lord and the Messiah.

Without a biblically accurate understanding on the Spirit's ministry, we'll have wrong expectations about how the Spirit works today. Wrong expectations result in both an incorrect view and practice of ministry.