Our God serves us to save us from selfishness, so as we serve we’re being truly human & like God.

Thomas is a 'seeing is believing' guy, and when he sees Jesus he believes not only that Jesus is alive but that he is life - the Christ & Son of God who gives real eternal life to all who trust him.

Lots of things make Christians & non-Christians feel like it's reasonable to hold God/Jesus at arm’s length. In fact it’s only reasonable to embrace Jesus because He is your King who longs to bring you peace & now is your only chance to see it.

In a merit-based-world, what do we have to do to do enough for God? Humbly ask God for mercy & then live an unmerited new life.

We may place our expectations on God but it's important to know he has expectations for us.

So often we use our money and our stuff to serve ourselves - but what would it look like for us to use our wealth to serve God? How could we be shrewd like that?

Jesus' parable of "the prodigal son" is a famous one. However, it's not actually a story about 1 son - it's about 2 sons who are both lost - and the astonishingly gracious and loving response of their father.

Jesus invites many to a wonderful feast.

The Kingdom of God is wonderful, to enter it we must make every effort to be repentant. This is God's work in us even as we must do the work also.

There are two kingdoms, judgement is coming, therefore Christians should be on guard.