In this second installment of our three-part Life and Death series we turn our attention to the resurrection. We take a look at what the gospel is and how it reverses the twin problems of sin and death. Once again, our title is taken from Paul’s words to young Timothy: “There is laid up for me the crown of righteousness.”

In this new three-part series we take a look at the biblical perspective of life and, especially, death. Part one addresses the looming reality that is death. Coming face to face with our own mortality can be disorienting. The apostle Paul wrote to his young friend and student Timothy: "I am ready to be poured out like a drink offering" and "my time is at hand." In this first presentation we use this passage from 2Timothy 4 to begin our exploration of death from a biblical perspective.

Are you a fruit lover? Well, guess who else is. God! Jesus Himself said it this way: “When you produce much fruit, you are my true disciples. This brings great glory to my Father” (John 15:8, NLT).

This presentation is all about identity. Did you know that there are 60,000 different species of tree in the world? What lessons are there for us contained in this incredible variety? Is there such a thing as an “average” tree? Or an “average” person? This presentation will definitely have you thinking in a new and encouraging way!

The roots of a tree or a plant serve several essential functions. In this presentation, we take a closer look at two of those functions: anchoring and absorbing.

Your soil is where your planted and what your planted in. That is, your environment. In our opening message we take a look at aspects of our environment—our soil—that we do and do not have control over.

According to Paul, we live in a world that is under attack from demonic "rulers and authorities" that operate on the spiritual plane of reality. Our world is a territory under dispute. Every city, home, and individual person is claimed by Satan and counterclaimed by God.

We live in a world defined by the abuse of power. Each human being possesses power, and the foundational question of life is, how will we use it?

You loving God and God loving you is not the full Christian experience. God actually wants you to change the way you relate to other people. In part 6 of our series, Power Dynamics, a study through Ephesians, we look at Paul's explanation of the practical implications of God's love. How should this love change our relationships?

In Christ a new human identity has been created. We see in him exactly what we were always meant to be. There are two yous: the old you defined by sin and guilt vs the new you defined by righteousness and innocence. The gospel intends to grow us up into the mastery of love-motivated relational dynamics.