Encouragement doesn't get a lot of attention compared to other aspects of Christian life, i.e. prayer, theology, the Bible, etc., but it's so important that your very own spiritual livelihood may depend upon it. Encouragement got the early church through very difficult times - it was cold water for parched souls. Find out today why it may be what you've been missing.

Every once in a long while a formula is discovered that changes everything. Whether Newton's Law of Universal Gravitation or Albert Einstein's famous E=mc2, such breakthroughs were catalysts for scientic advancement. In the spiritual realm there exist formulas that serve as catalysts for spiritual growth. Today we look at one that has too often been neglected by the Church, but has the potential to radically transform our inner being.

Do you want more out of your friendships? Less drama, more love and acceptance? We all do. The problem, however, is that humankind is prone to division. Since Cain and Abel brother has been turning against brother. There is a solution, however, and His Name is Jesus. Listen today to find out how Jesus can radically transform our relationships.

Is Jesus' command to love our neighbors as ourselves realistic? And He doesn't just stop there - He says that we need to love fellow believers even more! It's hard to enough to love our biological families and even our close friends that much, let alone people we don't know that well, even if they are in our churches. Why is such love so important?

What if pain, that which we do all that we can to avoid, actually turned out to be one of the greatest means of personal growth available to us? Would that change how you view hardship, suffering or persecution in your life? Today, the author of Hebrews shares with us the amazing privilege we experience as children of God.

With the culture around us waiving high the banner of "more," it can be hard to believe that less may actually be more. In today's passage, Jesus confronts us with the cold, hard reality that if we are to grow in fruitfulness, sometimes things need to be cut out - and not only cut out, but replaced by something that leads to true joy.

We're always being bombarded with messages telling us that what we have and what we've experienced is not enough and that we need more. But is there a point when more becomes less? In today's lesson on kingdom economics, we'll learn how less can be more and the secret to multiplied fruitfulness.

Most of us want to live for a long time, but does quanitity of time necessarily equate to quality of time? Today our guest speaker, Dr. Ryun Chang, takes on a deep dive into the lives of two kings. Both lived, but who truly lived well, and why?

How does one practice the discipline of "denying one's self" in the midst of an increasingly individualistic, materialistic, and hedonistic society? Today Pastor Andy Kim from Radiance Christian Church shares with us how Jesus answered this question with another question of his own - one personally directed to each and every one of us.

False spirituality has perhaps done more to damage the witness and effectiveness of the Church than all the persecutions of the past two millenia combined. Strong kingdoms don't tend to fall when confronted by outside forces, but rather when sabotaged from within. Today we're going to examine THE litmus test that Jesus gave us by which to evaluate the genuineness of all spirituality - including our own.