Billions watched William and Kate make their vows and heard that Jesus Christ is the hope for life in the life to come. It's obvious that the Jesus movement didn't die out quickly in the 1st Century, but what should this tell you about who you should trust?

If the crowd that killed Jesus can be forgiven by His Father, then there is nothing that you have done that can't be wiped clean. We can know this is true because we can listen to Peter as he preaches only a couple months after the crucifixion to the crowd that yelled "Crucify him!" This message will help you learn how even murderers can dance.

Twenty days into the New Year and Christmas is long behind us. Hopefully your kids received some gifts that still work and still satisfy them. Most things that produce that initial surge of happiness soon fade away in forgotten memories. But there is a gift that keeps on giving -a gift that does go on forever?

Have you ever heard the expression "snake bit?" Every time you turn around something else catastrophic happens. Well the truth of the matter is, the entire world has been snake bit. We live in a culture that spends its youth trying to get wealth, and then its wealth trying to get youth. What is the root of all this tedious hopelessness? When we believe in Jesus does this end life's problems? Many media preachers make this promise, but examine the biblical documents for yourself. Are bad circumstances and hard times evidences of God's displeasure?

Many of you have experienced great losses in life -the bankruptcy of your business, the loss of a job, the death of a child, or the loss of a life partner. The waves of grief--the shock, denial, and numbness followed by floods of anger, fear, anxiety and depression -feel like life has become a gigantic storm at sea. How can we find solace in the storm? Can we be sure that we and our loved ones will land safe on shore?

Unbelief, agnosticism, a denial of the spiritual side of life in the market place of every day life--this is the society we live in. From public school Christmas programs that are afraid to mention that, in fact, this is the celebration of Jesus' birthday to courtrooms that deny that there is any absolute standard that determines what is right and wrong, we daily face an atmosphere which is sometimes hostile toward spiritual values, but more often just simply denies that these values have any application to life. How does this constant exposure to this anti-Jesus assumption affect our lives?

"It's just not convenient now! Another time!" It is one thing to use this excuse to ward off an over zealous salesperson, but have you used these words in your relationship with God? "Later, another time! Sure, I know that Jesus died for me! I know that He rose again! But I'll take care of that some other day!" Beware, these stalling words could put you in a spiritual haze that could keep you from ever making the right decision about Jesus Christ.

You have all heard of the Apostle Paul, the champion of justification by faith alone in the early church. But do you know about his nephew? As American believers we tend to think about the big people God uses—the Rick Warrens, the Matt Chandlers, the David Platts—but these men would be the first to admit that it is the hundreds of thousands of little people who every day are used by God to do the little right things that powerfully build the Kingdom of God.

The Cornell astronomer, Carl Sagan, devoted much of the last part of his life to using radio telescopes to listen for voices from outer space. Make the claim that you have gotten in touch with the beyond and you can generate a best seller. But is there someone who actually did see the One who can tell us what happens after we die and can guarantee that we will end up on the right side?