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Surprisingly, Jesus said very little about heaven. He spoke more about eternal life and how one can enter heaven than He did about the place of heaven. Although the details are incomplete, it is probably because a full understanding of heaven would make it difficult to concentrate on the responsibilities God has given us on earth. Yet the Bible reveals some realities about heaven to whet our appetites for this future destination.

What happens after I die? Who has not asked that question? But there are all kinds of crazy answers to the question. In this message we will explore what the Bible says happens after we die. What we learn about eternity should give us a better perspective on how to live today.

How do you remain hopeful in a hopelessly broken world? Every one of us will wrestle at some level with this dilemma. If you have ever had something you placed your hope in come crashing down around you, you know: marriage, career, wealth, health, engagement, academic, athletics – you name it. We must learn the only way to maintain hope in a broken world is to place our hope in God.

The Bible is not filled with feel-good messages for a world we don’t live in. We find God speaking directly into uncertain times. We see his hand in the midst of uncertainty. That’s where He does some of His best work.

Our view of the manger has become so become so clean and proper. But the real truth is that first century mangers were dirty and messy. The manger puts Jesus at the center of a mess, not a masterpiece. Jesus came to the manger because humanity needed to be rescued. Not rescued from a sanitized petting zoo, but from a filthy, dirty stable. It was a mess, just like us! In this message we find that Jesus didn’t mind the mess of the manger, and He doesn’t mind our mess, either.

700 years before Jesus Christ was even born, a prophet of God explained Christmas before anyone had even experienced Christmas. Seven centuries before that cradle rocked, the stars shown, the Wise Men gave and the angels sang, Isaiah dipped his prophetic pen into inspired ink and wrote what has become the centerpiece and cornerstone of Christmas prophecy. We will learn in terms no one can misunderstand, just what Child this was.