Jesus calls us to "strive to enter that narrow door" Don't put your faith in the deep freeze, struggle against the desires of the flesh daily. Jesus has opened the way, given you the life, strive to enter so you don't find yourself standing outside on judgment day.

We begin looking at the hard sayings of Jesus. How should we hear "I came to cast fire on the earth....Do you think I came to bring peace? No" but we learn that these are good things for us. Jesus endured the cross, the wrath of God, for we who are His joy. Now, in that faith we run our race with endurance.

What did Abram have to fear? How did God comfort him? How can Jesus say "do not be anxious"? God is our peace and comfort, it is in His Word we have faith. This saving faith looks to God's promises fulfilled in Christ and carries us through this world.

It can be difficult to find true contentment in a world filled with "stuff" and seemingly better options all around. So where should our focus be? Well, with the things that will last.

THE question on everyone's mind throughout history. Death looms over us, how do we conquer it?

We celebrate our nation's freedom...how do we use that freedom in our lives and what does it mean for our faith?

On the Day of Pentecost God poured out His Spirit and the apostles proclaimed God's Word to many nations. But why are there all these languages? What does it mean that God poured out His Spirit on the Apostles and they spoke in languages of those gathered in Jerusalem? Rejoice as we hear God's Word in our language today.

Jesus prayed that we would all be united with Him and the Father. He then went and did what needed to be done to accomplish that unity. Sin continues to afflict us, but in Christ we are forgiven, we then forgive others, and this creates unity.

The 12 pearly gates stand open, set upon the 12 foundations. The Lord welcomes us into eternal peace.

Acts 11 gives us a dramatic shift in the thinking of the early church, but not God's mission. God desires all to be saved...ALL people means Gentiles, too. So when God tells Peter to eat the unclean animals, He is telling Peter that no one is outside of God's grace. So now the Gospel goes into all the world, thanks be to God.