A healthy and happy church is marked by the relationship between its leaders and its people: selfless shepherds who joyfully labor and loving sheep who pursue peace with each other.

You can't sleepwalk through life and actually live. Being prepared for the Day of the Lord means living faithfully today, walking on the right path, ready for Christ's return.

Death does not have the final word, but hope does. We can be encouraged that in the end, Christ will return, he will raise the dead to life, and we will be with him forever.

Though differing eschatological views have long been debated, we can be certain that Jesus will come back again, and his return will change everything.

We are all motivated by our desire for more, but what do we want more of? Christians should desire more of the main thing, which is love, and to aspire to a quiet life of good witness and integrity.

God's desire is for us to be holy. Our sanctification happens through continual instruction from God's Word, which will lead to profound change in our lives even when our circumstances don’t change.

Paul’s prayer for the church is for their spiritual endurance, always trusting God’s plan, growing in love, and being ready for Christ’s return.

Being a Christian involves connection and community. By God's design, the church is comprised of a unity of diverse parts: one body in Christ, all different, but connected.

The work of missions is the central task Christ has commissioned us to do, and it is carried out primarily through the planting and strengthening of churches.

We are created to live in relationship with God, and one another in the church. Of course doing so brings a bit of risk, but it also reaps great reward in the Christian's life.