This Sunday we get to hear from the team we sent to Austria and the amazing things God did in and through them.

In this final session of this series, Pastor Tim focuses our attention on the older brother and how his selfishness and desire to earn righteousness in the fathers eyes resulted in him missing out on so much that the father offered BOTH of his sons.

In this session, we learn that the father allows his son to take half of his inheritance, leave, and squander it away. This isn't something we would allow! It just seems reckless and wasteful! And all without a word of warning from

But, the father does it willingly, without a lecture or guilt. And as the son returns, he not only runs to him, he throws a huge party to celebrate his return.

In this session, Pastor Tim shares with us three specific insights when looking at the story of the Prodigal Son, specifically with the son, and how despite his confidence of the decisions he made, things had to get worse and worse before transformation took place.

The story of the "Prodigal Son" is all of us. And for many of us, there are still friends or family members in our lives that are lost. They've known the love of Jesus and turned away.

This Sunday, Pastor Tim encourages us to renew our faith in Jesus and pray, together throughout the series, for all the prodigals in our lives to return.

What we DO is just as important as what we SAY. And the difficult (but necessary!) challenge for followers of Christ is to walk the fine line of participating in political conversation and remaining true and faithful to God's word.

As followers of Christ, how we respond to political authority and, more importantly, how we show honor and respect towards political offices can either show how we "fit" into the cultural norm, OR can set us apart. Our response speaks volume to our walk with Christ and our love for His people.

It's our responsibility to steward our voice in a way that shows the love, grace, and truth of our faith in Jesus. This isn't accomplished through shouting matches, or endless debates, or fights over opinions. It's done by seeking Kingdom perspective in all things.