As Jesus prepares His disciples for His departure from them, He promises them that He's not going to leave them helpless, nor will they be alone. He promises that His relationship with Him will continue to grow even though He's returning to His Father.

When the angel Gabriel appeared to Mary to announce that she had found favor with God and had been chosen to give birth to the long-awaited Messiah, Mary responded with faith, humility, and obedience. Now it's our turn to experience the favor and the power of God. Like Mary, we have to respond to God's call with faith, humility, and obedience.

There's a very unusual story in the Bible about how God nearly killed Moses before he ever returned to Egypt to deliver the people of Israel from slavery. Why would God do that? What was going on in this story? It all came down to a question of integrity.

One of the earmarks of a genuine surrender to Jesus is a changed life. A saved person lives differently than he or she did in the past. That life is marked by holiness.

Pastor Jason shares about the key for blessings - obedience.

In part four of our series, "Answering Our Culture," we dive deeper into the reasons why we can trust the Bible.