LAKE TRAVIS--One of the true tests of leadership is how well you are able to pass things onto the next generation. Throughout history, including Biblical history, we see leaders rise up and lead a generation into God’s purposes. But then the next generation falls and fails. Many times this is because the leaders simply didn’t know how to hand things over—and often times, leaders don’t even want to! God, the Alpha and the Omega, sees beyond our short-sightedness and thinks in generations. That’s why he gave very careful instructions to Elijah on how to pass his mantle to Elisha. The challenge is: do we think about the next generation today? Are we passing on what God has given us? Or are we holding on tightly? How can we do this well? Join us as we unpack the importance of the next generation from 1 Kings 19:19-21.

JOHNSON CITY--“God, having raised up his servant, sent him to you first, to bless you by turning every one of you from your wickedness.” (Acts 3:26.)

In this section on the book of Acts, we se Peter get up and preach the gospel again—this time in response to a miraculous healing! What can we pick out from Peter’s preach that teaches us the gospel better? And how can we use what we see there to become better teachers of the gospel? Let’s find out!

In ancient Greek religion and myth, Dionysus is the god of wine-making and revelry, orchards and fruit, vegetation, fertility, festivity, insanity, ritual madness, religious ecstasy, and theatre. He was also known as Bacchus by the Greeks. He was thought to free people from self-conscious fear, and if anyone opposed his “freedoms”, Dionysius would destroy them. In other words, he was literally the god of hedonism. We might look at this and think, “Well, I don’t subscribe to a life of reckless partying,” but we might not realize how much we are living in distracted times! The heart attitude that Dionysius represents goes deeper than we might expect.