God tells Jeremiah he knew him before his conception. We look at the theme, present throughout the book, that God values life at every stage of existence.

We set up Jeremiah’s time as prophet (627-575 BC) by discussing the reign of Josiah, the likelihood of Hilkiah the high priest being Jeremiah’s dad, and what might have been if Josiah would not have died.

Jesus tells us to make sure we are right with others before offering gifts to God. Before we take The Lord’s Supper we should examine ourselves to make sure we are good with God.

Jesus often spoke in ways contrary to the popular thinking of his day. God works in mysterious ways and often makes the impossible possible.

Ken Boyd is a minister in our church who teaches a Sunday School class whose name is derived from this passage in Mark about a mustard seed.

As a church, we have a responsibility to follow God wholeheartedly. We have seen him do great things in our church during the past few years, but we should not take our eyes off him.

It says a lot about humans that God was able to become one of us. It says more about God that he was willing to do so.

Jesus was the perfect example of the best of what a human can be. Fully man, he never sinned. He endured temptation without giving into sin.

Passages written before the birth of Jesus foretold his death and suffering. He chose to follow through with those prophecies in order to save the world.

Becoming a human was a sacrifice for Jesus. According to the Bible, He is God and has always existed. We look at one of these descriptions in John 1.