There is an epidemic of fatherlessness in our world. I was reminded of this when our study last Sunday morning took us to the topic of who God is - a loving, perfect Father. As I prepared my notes, I was struck by the unavoidable problem that would confront me - a large percentage of the congregation would not connect with the concept of a good Father. And that is tragic...

On Sunday we talked about the times in our lives when people are watching us the most closely. While I wish those moments were our greatest successes, they're not. The people in our world are watching us most closely when we're going through a crisis… a trial… a seemingly hopeless situation. They're straining to see if there's anything different about us because when the heat is on, the truth tends to reveal itself.

On Sunday we took a look at Paul's instructions to parents and what it looks like to parent out of reverent submission to the Lord. When addressing fathers, Paul exhorts us in Ephesians 6:4… "And you, fathers, do not provoke your children to wrath, but bring them up in the training and admonition of the Lord."

My favourite colour is black. For real. It's mystical slimming properties and the fact that it goes with anything is a Godsend to my increasing waistline and partial colour blindness. My 3-year old son, Caleb, will often come up to me and point out the fact that there is black somewhere in his outfit. He'll say, "My belt is black! And black is your favourite colour!"

Why does God deserve our best? Watch this special video devotional based on Malachi 1 that reveals a lot about us and even more about our amazing God.

In John 6:44 Jesus says, "No one can come to Me unless the Father who sent Me draws him…" Time and time again, this verse is proven in the way God reaches us with salvation...

As we’re studying through Ephesians chapter 3, we’ve discovered the process that God used to make Paul into such an effective minister of the Gospel. The amazing thing is, it's the same process that God uses to make every single one of us ministers!

This past Sunday, we studied Ephesians 1:3-8 together. It's an incredible section of Scripture that outlines some of the blessings we have as Christians...

If you're in the place of still trying to discern what it is that God has made you to do, I want to encourage you to aggressively pursue clarity in this area by doing these 3 things....

We spent our first teaching on the Book of Ephesians looking at the Apostle Paul, and the incredible certainty of purpose and calling he demonstrated when he identified himself in verse 1 of chapter 1 as, "Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God…"

This morning, we watch Felix Baumgartner attempt to skydive from 120,000 feet above the earth!