In contrast to those who prayed for show or because they thought it earned them favor with God, Jesus presents us with a roadmap for how God wants his people to pray to Him. It begins with understanding our familial relationship to to an infinitely holy God.

Religious practices such as fasting and prayer are intended to draw us nearer to God. In our sin and pride, we twist them into means of getting others to recognize our supposed spirituality. Jesus exposes our sinful tendencies and calls us to true devotion.

in this lesson we see that Jesus shows Peter and us, that forgiveness has no limits.

Does the way we pray reveal a heart that desires to glorify God, or to glorify ourselves? How do we pray when we have nothing to gain from it or when no one sees except God? Jesus describes the wrong and right approach to this critical spiritual practice.

The way we participate in religious practices like giving, prayer, and fasting displays whether we are truly seeking God’s glory or seeking glory for ourselves. It’s not enough to do the right things if our hearts are still bent on self.

in this lesson Mike completes his explanation of Jesus’s four steps to confronting a brother in sin.

When defining true righteousness, what really matters is not man’s definitions, but God’s character and God’s Law. The essence of true righteousness is to love as God Himself loves. But God’s love is much different than the world’s conceptions of love – it is extended even toward enemies. Pastor Shane Koehler describes the love that God demands.

In this first lesson of our new study in 1st Corinthians, we explore the prominent 1st century city of Corinth and we highlight a few of the key characteristics of the church to whom the apostle, Paul, wrote.

In this lesson , we look at a message from the beginning of 2020, but this time through the lens of what has transpired in the last 10 months.