Jesus isn’t mainly interested in rescuing people from their sins, he is mainly interested in ushering people into the presence of the Father. His death on the cross for us wasn’t about avoiding something negative but was about giving something to us which is unspeakably precious – access to the Father.

While behaviour can be loud and obvious, good parents look through what they can see to the unseen motivations driving it. The word the bible uses to describe these unseen motivations as the heart. Biblical parenting is about shaping the heart of a child not merely behaviour modification.

While Jesus intends for the church to be a powerful force in the world, it’s power has tended to ebb and flow with the unity or disunity within it. Listen in as Peter explains some of the key principles of unity within a church and how God plans on us being a powerful people.

Humans are not reservoirs of power and strength. If we don’t stay connected to Jesus, they will seep out of us. In this message, Peter talks about how power goes wrong, how we can get it back, and how we can keep it.

God used his power to bring about order and goodness in the story of creation. On the sixth day he created humanity and gave them power so they could bring about order and goodness, under his rule. He made us to be a miniature version of who he is.

God intends for humanity to be strong and powerful. The problem is, most of the time human strength is either left unused or is used to abuse. God has a plan to get you strong. Growing in strength is about becoming truly human again.

Jesus taught that our earthly decisions have eternal consequences. In the parable of Lazarus and the Rich man, Jesus says that what we decided about him will decide where we spend eternity.

In the parable of the Shrewd Manager, Jesus teaches how we can invest our temporal money to get an eternal return.