The parable of the Good Samaritan requires that we wrestle with three questions about the road to being a neighbor: a good question, a wrong question, and a convicting question. Jesus uses this parable to flip the word “neighbor” from a noun to a verb, from a narrow definition to a broad one, and from a law to be kept to an evidence of faith. Watch the Message Listen to the Message: Download the sermon notes

God has a plan His people can trust. No matter how winding the narrow road, live with integrity, and trust God to work out His plan. Watch the Message Listen to the Message: Download the sermon notes

How do we stay motivated to keep walking the narrow road? The account of the transfiguration of Christ gives us three principles to answer this question: 1) by finding time to retreat for prayer; 2) by maintaining the picture of the glorified Christ; and 3) by sharing our firsthand experiences of the majesty of Christ. Mountaintop experiences give us eyewitness status for telling others about Jesus. Watch the Message Listen to the Message: Download the sermon notes

The scriptures in Matthew 7 that talk about the narrow and wide gates function to invite the reader to obey the teaching of Jesus. What type of road am I on? What do the road signs indicate, and what is my destination? Jesus offers directions to help us find the right road! Watch the Message Listen to the Message: Download the sermon notes

The two greatest gifts you can give your mom are acceptance and appreciation. Be thankful that God chose your mom to bring you into this world, and be thankful for all that she has done for you. Every godly woman is a spiritual mother who can invest in the lives of younger women. “A righteous person is one who lives for the next generation.” —Dietrich Bonhoeffer Watch the Message Listen to the Message: Download the sermon notes

The Resurrection of Jesus changes everything! It changes our perception of Jesus, our understanding of Scripture, and the direction of our lives. Despair becomes hope, and defeat becomes victory! Watch the Message Listen to the Message: Download the sermon notes

The Resurrection of Jesus Christ proves the Bible is trustworthy, it proves Christ’s deity, and it proves the inevitability of the judgment of God. Christianity is the only faith with a living Savior, and He is coming again! Watch the Message Listen to the Message: Download the sermon notes

Why is the logo for the Christian faith the cross, an instrument of death? The Cross of Christ is the determiner of destiny for everyone. In the Cross, God punishes sin, but saves the sinner. Our sin nature was crucified with Christ, and its power over us was broken. The Cross is God’s invitation to peace! Watch the Message Listen to the Message: Download the sermon notes

As followers of Christ, we must learn to live in the tension of hostility to the gospel and at the same time the desperate need for the gospel, which alone can rescue people from hell. God’s will is that the sum of our lives would communicate the love, grace, mercy, and forgiveness of God that we have experienced. Does your life show you live for the gospel as you relate to people? Watch the Message Listen to the Message: Download the sermon notes

We live in a world where people die every day, and calamity happens to good and bad people. The real calamity is to die and face the judgment of God without the blood of Christ to protect you. Christians have the truth that helps people be ready! “How much do you have to hate somebody to believe everlasting life is possible and not tell them that?” —Penn Gillette Watch the Message Listen to the Message: Download the sermon notes