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As believers, our hope does not end in this world, but rather we have hope that extends even beyond the grave. When we know Jesus, death is not the end—it’s the doorway into a new and glorious eternity! Join Derek today and find out more.

True hope is much more than wishful thinking. It can give you a completely new outlook and revolutionize your life! Today you will hear Derek explain the “Relationship Between Faith and Hope.”

In today’s session Derek looks at the kind of love we have for God—a love that is a decision we need to make, rather than an emotional feeling. It can be a personal decision or a corporate one where we all decide to love one another. And we are to love one another from a pure heart, fervently. This is only possible because we have been born of the seed of the Word of God.

Let’s listen today as Derek continues to bring to light illustrations from the Word of God that demonstrate God’s fathomless, never-failing love for you and for me. Hear how God made the greatest investment in the universe for you.

Today, Derek speaks about the next main event which will follow the resurrection of believers—and that is the Judgment of Believers. That phrase may surprise you. You may not think there will really be a judgment of believers. But indeed there will be! The Scriptures are very clear about that.

The resurrection was clearly predicted in the Old Testament Scriptures. As well as increasing our understanding of the resurrection, this teaching provides an outstanding example of the amazing accuracy of biblical prophecy.

Some people don’t realize that there is a spiritual world. They think everything begins and ends in this world and there’s nothing beyond. But the spiritual world is as real and objective as the physical world. The really important difference between the two worlds is that the physical is temporary and transient; the spiritual is eternal and unchanging.

Today Derek identifies the door of the sheepfold, who is Jesus, the only way to enter. Jesus made this clear in the parable, but then He also said that He was the shepherd. Derek takes this paradox, “How can He be both the door and the shepherd?” He reveals that Jesus as the door is Jesus crucified; whereas Jesus as the shepherd is Jesus resurrected.

In delving further into this picture of the vine and the branches, Derek shows us that God expects us, as the branches, to produce fruit. Every branch in us that does not bear fruit is pruned away. What kind of fruit is God looking for? First is the fruit of the Spirit, which makes up aspects of our character. The second type of fruit would be those whom we have won to the Lord through our lives.

Today Derek looks at how men responded to the One who came into this world to save them. Most people just saw Jesus as a man, not as the Son of God. But all of creation knew and responded to their Creator. Storms, trees, animals, and demons all knew Him for who He really was. How do we respond to that fact today?