Do you want to be brave or safe? You can be one or the other but you can’t be both. (1 Kings 16:29-33; 17:1)

Although Joshua was born a slave in Egypt and faced overwhelming obstacles in his life, he became one of Israel’s greatest leaders. His legacy was defined by his faithfulness. Learn how Joshua developed this characteristic. (Numbers 14, Joshua 6, Joshua 24)

In this message we will explore the reasons why Moses was not only a great leader but was also quite ordinary. In many ways Moses is like you and me and this can encourage us to think God wants to use ordinary people in heroic ways for the kingdom of God. (Exodus 15:13)

Noah walked with God. And although the road wasn’t always easy, He wasn’t alone. Anchoring himself in God allowed Noah to be a man of character and an ordinary hero of our faith. The question is – are you walking with God or with someone else? (Genesis 6, Colossians 2)

We need to stop living like Heaven is only a myth or a dream. We need to start living like Heaven is real and the place we were made for. That reality should change not only how we live out our lives but who we live it for. (Colossians 3:1-4; Matthew 5:19-21)

In eternity, God’s people will not be disembodied spirits floating in outer space somewhere. We will be redeemed people, in redeemed bodies, in a redeemed universe living on a redeemed earth. How exciting is that! (2 Peter 3:10-13; Revelation 21:1—22:1-5)

Before we can enter heaven a transformation needs to take place that will be completed with a new resurrected body that will be given to us at the return of Jesus Christ. What will our new body be like? Will we know each other? How will we relate? (1 Corinthians 15:1-58; Philippians 3:20-21; 1 John 3:2-3)

If heaven is the Christian’s hope, why aren’t we more excited about it? We can’t hope for what we don’t desire. Heaven is not only a real place but it’s God’s home and the Christian’s future home. God wants us to not only long for it but live for it. (1 Corinthians 2:9, 10; John 14:1-6)

The truth of Jesus’ resurrection gives us the confident assurance that our faith in Jesus is not misplaced. This living Hope causes our hearts to burn with grateful devotion and compels us to give our lives completely to the one who gave his for us. (Luke 24:13-35; 1 Peter 1:3)

Almost 2,000 years after Abraham offered his son, Isaac, God the Father watched his own son carry wood up the same hill. Jesus was bound and laid on an altar of wood. Nowhere is God’s love for us seen more clearly than in the cross.