1 Peter 1:14-16 (NIV) As obedient children, do not conform to the evil desires you had when you lived in ignorance. 15 But just as he who called you is holy, so be holy in all you do; 16 for it is written: “Be holy, because I am holy.”

1 Peter 1:15-16 (NIV) But just as he who called you is holy, so be holy in all you do; 16 for it is written: “Be holy, because I am holy.” The main idea behind holiness is not moral purity but the idea of “apartness.” The idea is that God is separate, different from His creation,…

Leviticus 11:44-45 (NIV) I am the Lord your God; consecrate yourselves and be holy, because I am holy. Do not make yourselves unclean by any creature that moves along the ground. 45 I am the Lord, who brought you up out of Egypt to be your God; therefore be holy, because I am holy. The laws…

This week in lesson two of our series “A Call to Holiness” we take a look at the book of Leviticus.

Romans 12:1-2 (NIV) Therefore, I urge you, brothers and sisters, in view of God’s mercy, to offer your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and pleasing to God—this is your true and proper worship. 2 Do not conform to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will…

This Sunday we looked at Matthew 2:1-12 and three responses to the arrival of the king.

In our Sunday morning small group study we are in the book of Ephesians and the focus of the study is our identity in Christ. The first three chapters of Ephesians show us who we are in Christ and the last three chapters show us what our response should be to that. Paul, inspired by…

Today we take a look at the most detailed biblical account of Jesus’ birth as we look at Luke 2:1-21.

In part two of a three part series on the birth of Jesus we focused on Matthew 1:18-25 and Joseph.

Jesus’ genealogy is given in two places in Scripture: Matthew 1:1-17 and Luke 3:23-38. Matthew traces the genealogy from Jesus to Abraham. Luke traces the genealogy from Jesus to Adam. However, there is good reason to believe that Matthew and Luke are in fact tracing entirely different genealogies. For example, Matthew gives Joseph’s father as…