Awaken Church

In this final letter to the church, Jesus calls out this church for being lukewarm. Jesus wishes that this church was good for something. How do we avoid being like this church, by letting Jesus in.

The church in Sardis had a reputation for being alive, but Jesus sees beyond the surface to the heart of this church. Jesus calls this church dead. But He tells them what to do to become alive again.

The church in Thyatira was a church known for tolerating false teaching and sin in their church. And Jesus brings strong correction to this church.

Compromising can be a good thing in the family, in business, and with peace treaties with nations, but it is dangerous in a spiritual sense. It is possible to not reject Jesus but to restrict His influence in our lives.

God desires devotion over doctrine. As we conduct ministry in our lives our works should be rooted in a foundation of devotion to Christ Jesus. We want to pay attention to the warning given to the church of Ephesus and hold firmly the devotion we have for Christ. It is from this devotion to Christ that leads us in our daily interactions with others so that we are presenting a Jesus who places an e...

John finds himself in the middle of persecution and he is on the island of Patmos. But in the middle of this tribulation, John gets a picture of Jesus and reassurance in this bad place.

Revelation is one of the most mysterious, controversial, neglected books of the Bible. It’s a book that has attracted and repelled people. But what we see in the opening of this book should encourage us and make us love Jesus more!

When Jesus died on the cross, the Bible says that a curtain tore in two from top to bottom. This gives us a lot of reasons to celebrate this Easter!

The world as we know it is coming to an end, and the question is are you ready for His coming Kingdom.

What is the most important word? According to John, it's Jesus! John shows us who Jesus is and why He is so special.

The prophets were sent by God to speak in a loud and clear way that Jesus is the Messiah.

Why did God give us the law? He gave us the law not to earn a relationship with Him, He gave us the law to lead us to Jesus. So that in Him, we can have a relationship with God.

In this story, God shows us that just as Abraham, the father was willing to sacrifice his son Isaac, God the Father one day will sacrifice His Son Jesus.

The call of Abram serves as a model for the call on a Christ follower. The emphasis on obedience in this section is juxtapose the complete denial of Yahweh at the Tower of Babel in the previous chapter. These two stories situated next to each other in the text highlights the failure of man when he places his faith in his own works. However, no matter how impossible a situation is, when one trusts...

From this very familiar story in Genesis 3, we see what went wrong with the world God made, and how we still feel the effects of that today.

To understand the story of the Bible, we have to know where it all begins. And God gives us this introduction to Himself in Genesis 1:1.

The Bible tells one amazing story. Its important for us as believers to know who the Bible is about and the plot and the end of the story.

Communion isn't supposed to be something we take as some spiritual ritual, but there is a powerful expression of worship behind it.

Every fictional story has an underlying story that points to the greatest story ever told. And at Christmas time, we have deep longings and desires that only God can fill. And the Christmas story celebrates God sending His Son into the world to save us.