What happens when someone encounters the real, authentic Jesus? Saul, an infamous oppressor of Christians in the first century had his life turned completely around after an encounter with the real Jesus for the first time (instead of the false view he had had of Jesus previously). Jesus changes everything.

The Good News is that Jesus has accomplished the perfect plan of God to destroy death and bring forgiveness of sins to everyone in the world who will repent and trust in him.

I want to show you a God so loving, so deeply merciful to his children, that he would die by their hands, take their punishment on his own back, and set them free of the death they deserve. I want to show you a God so powerful and triumphant that he could bear the weight of an eternal death sentence and cut it down to three short days. And I want to show you a God who did not go about this task of dying and rising because he fell victim to his enemies. He did it all according to his carefully laid plan. I want share with you the tactically planned victory of an unjust crucifixion.

Fulfilling the mandate God has for his church requires every member to be in a group of fellow Christians where you are known, fed, led, and protected.

The Apostle Paul engages his Greek audience in a fruitful discussion of the Gospel by understanding and caring about their views of the world.