In this last installment of our OT survey we examine the Southern Kingdom in exile under the Babylonians, the Persians, the Greeks and finally the Romans. This final chapter of the survey shows that God was laying the final framework for the coming of the Messiah!

Anthony Testa teaches the church about what it means to have "intent", and how we apply this to our love for God. We must first learn how much God loves us, then we have to understand what God says it means to love Him- this is often different than what we think it means to love Him.

Chris Zillman speaks on this Easter Sunday about all that is, all that had been, and all that will be because a man rose  from the day. In our lives we can believe that anything is possible ay any moment because a man rose from the dead. No victory is impossible, because a man rose from the dead.

An interesting aspect to the human heart is our strong inclination for exploration. We love to explore. One of the realms yet wide open for exploration is the personality of God, and who he is. In this sermon, Chris Zillman endeavors to explore what God desires and the consequences of this knowledge.

A sermon by Chris Zillman. We become used to certain questions to the point that they have become void of actual meaning. Yet some of these questions, though perhaps not academically profound, are the most important. “Do you love me?” “Will you follow me?” We must be wary of allowing hearts or minds to become disconnected from their answers.

A sermon given by Chris Zillman that discusses the importance of doing the right thing regardless of its consequences. We must be willing to choose what is right over what is easy and understand that this decision isn't always one of morality, but more often is a decision dictated by our actual love for God.

Sam Hastings preaches on the subject of mindset- will we choose to be a victim or choose to be a victor. Those choices do not hinge upon circumstances, but upon attitude. Being a victor sometimes has little to do with success or happiness, and being a victim often has little to do with loss or sadness. We can choose who we want to be, and in Jesus that choice is always victory.

In this lesson by Chris Zillman, the question of why the Book of Ruth begins to be answered. Ruth finds its origins in a story that took place 700 years before its own telling. This is a story of family, of redemption, and how the two in combination have such far reaching consequences we would be foolish not to take such a lesson to heart as God's family.

Chris Zillman asserts that we must learn to suspend our assumptions about life when we base those assumptions strictly upon what we see. God has opened the eyes to many people in the Bible only to reveal that what people thought and assumed, based upon what they saw, was incorrect. One can never discount the variable that is God, and one can never assume they know what God will do.

In this lesson, Chris Zillman explains how grace has been robbed of much of its meaning. It lives in our country without proper context and without proper respect. In many circles it has been cheapened and the sacrifice through which it came has therefore also been cheapened. We must allow grace to be the fuel which moves us from day to day, in order to achieve this we must reestablish its meaning and importance.

Chris Zillman

Dave Weidner