Description:  The “student-friendly” testing methods of today, many times, don’t adequately prepare young people for the real life testing they will encounter after school is over. We will look at three such life tests.

Key Verse: John 12:48-50; Romans 1:22; James 1:2-4 & 12; Proverbs 16:25; John 14:6; Acts 24:14

Description:  King Solomon explains how one can live successfully through the long dry periods in between the high and low moments in life we will call “in the meantime”.

Key Verse: Ecclesiastes 3:1-22; Matthew 28:20

Description: Let’s examine how God may have chosen the one who would be the mother and raise the one who would become the Savior of the world.

Key Verse: Luke 1:25-56 (NASB)

Description: How do we reconcile the various passages that explain how we are saved? Salvation from eternal destruction is what the Bible is really about. 

Key Verse: Luke 7:50; Romans 10:13; 1 Corinthians 15:1-2; Colossians 1:13; Acts 2:40; Ephesians 2:4-10; Mark 16:16; Romans 3:21-22; James 2:14; Matthew 28:18; Romans 6:4; Galatians 3:27; 1 Peter 3:21; Romans 10:17; Acts 2:36-40

Description: In these shaky times, we all need a reminder that even when we’re faced with the worst possible situation, God will not allow us to be tempted beyond our endurance.

Key Verse: 1 Corinthians 10:13; 2 Kings 18-19

Description: Practical ways to overcome the reality of failure, injustice and adversity in our present lives.

Key Verse: Hebrews 12:14-15; John 8:32; Hebrews 10:1-18; Romans 6:3-7; 1 John 1:8-9; Matthew 5:9; Psalm 10:16-18

Description: Let’s learn about Jesus’ Lordship over the most hopeless situations in our lives.

Key Verse: Mark 5:21-34; Leviticus 15:25-33; Mark 9:24; 1 Corinthians 1:30

Description: Because the sense of smell has a great potential to arouse a variety of emotions, it is no surprise that the Bible uses the experience of smell to create certain images and teach certain lessons.

Key Verse: Genesis 8:21; Philippians 4:18; Ephesians 5:1-24, 6:1-20

Description: The most significant, life-changing event in all the history of mankind is the resurrection of Jesus Christ. Let’s look at why this is.

Key Verse: Romans 1:3-4, 6:3-5, 8:11; Psalm 16:10; Matthew 27:62-66; Acts 2:29-36, 17:29-32, 4:8-10; 1 Corinthians 15:3-8, 12-14, 20-23, 54-57; Hebrews 2:14-15; John 6:39-40, 10:17-18

Description: As Christians, there will come to a time in our spiritual lives where everything we know and have practiced is put to the test, our “moment of truth”. It is helpful if we understand this ahead of time, before the test is actually upon us. In order to gain insight and better prepare us for this experience, let’s look at an event in the life of Abraham and how this great man of faith reacted when he had to face his own "moment of truth".

Key Verse: Genesis 22:1-19; Hebrews 11:17-19