Well, it is almost Spring 2010 and our new MasterWork study will begin Sunday March 7^th and continue for a 13 week period.  The author of our first four lessons is none other than Max Lucado.  He is the Minister of Writing and Preaching at Oak Hills Church in San Antonio, Texas.  His radio ministry, Upwords, is heard in over fourteen hundred radio markets around the world.  Here is Max’s intro to these lessons:

Jesus’ lasts moments were not left up to chance.  God chose the path; He selected the nails.  Our Lord planted the trio of crosses and painted the sign.  God was never more sovereign than in the details of the death of His Son on the cross.

 Did not a kinder death exist than six hours hanging between life and death, all spurred by a betrayer’s kiss?  “Oh, Father,” you pose, heart-stilled at what could be, “I’m sorry to ask, but I long to know, did You do this for me?

Dare we pray such a prayer?  Dare we think such thoughts?  Could it be that the hill of the cross is rich with God’s gifts?  Let’s examine them, shall we?  Let’s unwrap these gifts of grace as if – or perhaps, indeed – for the first time.  And as you touch them – as you feel the timber of the cross and trace the braid of the crown and finger the point of the spike – pause and listen.  Perchance you will hear Him whisper: “I did it just for you.”

 Max Lucado

Wow, what a powerful beginning to this study which will lead us to Easter.  Join us at 9:45 each Sunday morning as we develop and mature believers who desire to go deeper into the spiritual truths of the Word of God.

 Dean Gibson