The Hills Church, Fort Worth, Texas

God wanted a blessing spoken over his people. But what's the point of a blessing? What if it's more than just a religious "raise your glass" moment? This ancient blessing gives us a glimpse into God's Nature and God's favor.

Have you ever had someone tell you something that was absolutely useless? For some a study of heaven is that way. But the earliest Christians did not share that opinion. The would doubt it your view of heaven was biblical it it wasn't practical.

Feeling the tension of having to adjust to our current reality while longing for a different reality is not new for followers of Jesus.

Only three questions ultimately matter:where did we come from? Why are we here? Where are we going? We are beginning a series to explore the Christian answer to the third question. We contend that Jesus has a unique authority to speak with certainty about the here and the hereafter.

It doesn’t matter where you here the good news of Jesus’ resurrection; it matters where you look after your hear it. Easter is a call to “get your hopes up"!

As Paul comes to the last of his letter, he brings us back to what's of first importance.

There is something about the bent of human nature - the Bible calls it "the flesh" - that requires laws and punishments before it will do what it ought to do. and because that is true, rules-based religion will always have some appeal.

Freedom is a special gift that should only be surrendered for the good of others. Often we are encouraged to give up our freedom by following rules and laws. But the gospel teaches us that we have been freed, once and for all.

The book of Galatians is wrestling with the issue of family--who can rightly consider themselves to be the children of God.

In the book of Galatians Paul argues strongly that all attempts to supplement Christ by trying to help God do what only God can do, results in replacing Christ. The written Word has one purpose: to lead us to faith in the living Word.