![The Shape of Love: The Cross | John 15:9-14 Lesson [Slideshow]](https://catchforchrist.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/Shape-of-Love-Bible-Study-326x245.png)
What is love? What does love look like? True, crucial love looks like the Cross (Latin: crux). It consists of a vertical component (obedience to God in Christ) as well as horizontal component (self-sacrificially striving for another’s ultimate good). We should love Jesus and love like Jesus because He first loved us…
![Water Into Wine: A Taste of What's To Come | Jn 2:1-11 Lesson [Slideshow]](https://catchforchrist.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/Water-Into-Wine-Meaning-326x245.png)
Did Jesus just want to keep the (wedding) party going? More importantly, His first “sign” signifies how, in His ministry, the Old (water) will be fulfilled and replaced by the New (wine) as the Old Testament prophets predicted…
![Divine Paternity Test(s) | Luke 4:1-13 Sunday School Lesson [Slideshow+]](https://catchforchrist.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/Luke-4-1-13-Temptation-Jesus-Bible-Study-326x245.png)
All of the tests were intended to disrupt Jesus’ faithful, obedient, submissive relationship to the Father. We too, led by the Holy Spirit, can rely on Scripture when tested…
![The Appeal of Grace, The Appeal of Faith (Luke 23:32-43 Bible Study) [Slideshow+]](https://catchforchrist.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/The-Appeal-of-Grace-The-Appeal-of-Faith-1-326x245.png)
If “faith” without works is dead (Jas 2:17, 26), did the “thief” on the cross have true faith if he had little time for works? I argue that — perhaps in response to the gracious intercession of Christ — the criminal has a change of heart and responds with a request — an appeal of (true) faith. Thus, Jesus responds accordingly
![The Only Kind of Faith That Works, Is Faith That Works (James 2:14-26) [Bible Study Slides]](https://catchforchrist.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/The-Only-Kind-of-Faith-That-Works-Is-Faith-That-Works-326x245.png)
“Faith” that does not produce works — acts of godly obedience and mercy — is not true faith at all. There is a difference between believing *that* Jesus is Lord and believing *in* Jesus as Lord
![Faith: It's What We Do [James 2:14-26 Sermon Video & Text]](https://catchforchrist.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/Faith-In-Action-Faithlife-326x245.jpg)
The only kind of faith that works, is faith that works. “Faith” that does not produce godly works of mercy and obedience is dead. True, saving faith is active faith. Faith: it’s what we do.
![The Christmas Story (Part 2) | Luke 2:1-20 Bible Study [Slideshow]](https://catchforchrist.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/The-Christmas-Story-Part-2-Bible-Study-Luke-326x245.png)
Caesar Augustus was thought to be a divine god, Son of God, and “savior of the world” whose birth meant peace, hope, and good news [euangelion (think evangelize, evangelism)] for all people. But Jesus is the true…
![The Christmas Story (Part 1) | Matthew 1:18-25 Bible Study [Slideshow]](https://catchforchrist.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/Nativity-326x245.jpg)
View/download slides from a Bible study on Matthew 1:18-25, which describes the birth (more literally translated “the genesis”) of Jesus the Messiah. If God created this massive, incredibly fine-tuned universe, is a virgin conception…
Joseph is told to name Jesus “Jesus” because Jesus would *save* his people from their sins — our self-separation from/ rebellion against/dysfunctional relationship with God (cf. Mt 1:21)…
Brothers and sisters, if we claim to love God, does it not make sense to love God on God’s own terms?
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