Crossway Christian Church

In Ephesians 6, we see that we are engaged in a spiritual warfare, and our enemy is very real. He is powerful and he is dangerous, and we would be wise to listen to what God has to say. Guest speaker is Deacon Doug Brubaker.

The gospel is the good news! Here we look at the essential elements of the gospel.

Here we see both how we become disciples of Christ and how we continue to live as disciples of Christ. In these verses, Luke lays out for us the basics of discipleship.

Seeing Jesus' authority gives us confidence in him. Seeing his authority will give us confidence that he is able to save us from our sins and care for us now.

Jesus preaches about his work as the Messiah and how he will bring the salvation of God to sinners. We see how Jesus viewed his own life and ministry and purpose. Here we see exactly what Jesus thought and taught about himself and what it meant for him to be the Messiah and how he would accomplish that great ministry.

Here will see Jesus venture out into the wilderness where there is not only wild animals lurking but an ancient foe who led the first man to bring sin and death into the world. Luke shows us that Christ is the perfect Savior for all people. Because of his saving work we are assured of victory on the last day, but more than that, we can have victory now over sin.

From John's words and Jesus' genealogy, four pictures emerge that tell who the Christ is and how he is superior than John.

John receives the word of God. See the effects in John's day and the saving purposes of God. Also, sets a pattern for the word's effect today.

Luke makes it clear that Jesus was just like any other boy, yet he was more than any other boy. He was the Son of God and, even at twelve years old, was growing into the perfect Savior of the world.

When Christ is born, Luke is clear in showing that the new age has dawned and the glory of the old covenant is fading away.

Zechariah, the priest, is blessing - or, praising God for what He has done. We see here what Zechariah was doing then has implications for how we should live today.

God has given us instructions about what kind of speech should characterize our words and why we should speak that way.

When we look to the Bible, prayer is all through it. Why is such attention given to this religious practice? Because it's more than just a religious practice. For Christianity, prayer is more than duty to do, it is part of the way we cultivate a relationship with God. Here we see what it means to pray according to the instruction and hope in God's word.

At its simplest: the word of God (the Bible) is the means by which God speaks to his people. Without regular Bible intake and prayer, our fellowship with God becomes weakened and sickly and less that what it should be. Here Jesus shows us how the Word of God is the means of creating and cultivating our fellowship with God.

Jesus Christ humbled himself to take on human form and make himself nothing. His obedience to the cross is a sure token of his deity and authority.

The story of the first Christmas is an amazing one. Not just because of what it means - that God the Son took on flesh to be the Savior of the world; that's amazing - but more amazing is how that actually played out in the course of human history.

How the Gospel Helps Us Makes Sense of Newtown. When we see suffering around us we often ask, "Why?" Here we find the foundational truths about God and suffering.

Who was this man, John, and how did his birth provoke such joy and fear in this small town? Through these events we want to see God himself, his character, his power, his glory.

To magnify something is to emphasize its greatness. Here we see Mary putting God on display for what he has done. We should follow her example. We should seek to magnify God in our own lives.

In this passage, we see the visitation of the great and the greater. And in this scene, what we see more than anything is what it means to encounter the Lord Jesus Christ.