Life is hard. The Bible knows it. The Bible speaks to it. We have great hope in the redemption of our bodies: our resurrection.

Because of Jesus’ death for us on the Cross, we can be adopted by our heavenly Father, made children of God and become inheritors of the immeasurable riches of His Kingdom.

Our relationship with God changes forever when the Holy Spirit takes up residence in our life.

Just like at the first Pentecost, when the Holy Spirit comes he convicts and the response is to repent.

God wants to fill you with his Holy Spirit. Understand the differences between receiving the Holy Spirit, a baptism in the Spirit, and being filled with the Spirit.

The Rev. Bill Haley speaks to The Falls Church from Luke 11:5-13 and Ephesians 5:15-21, giving an introduction to the ministry of the Holy Spirit and what it means to be filled by him.

"The Kingdom of God" is The Age of the Spirit. In this age God pours out His Spirit on the elect and comes to dwell in their hearts in the Person of the Holy Spirit. No one is saved apart from the regeneration of the Holy Spirit. Similarly, the process of sanctification is all about learning to walk in the Spirit, submitting more and more of your life to the Spirit. The key question is not “how much of the Holy Spirit do you have?,” but “how much of you does the Holy Spirit have?” One implication of being filled with the Spirit is worship!

The Rev. John Yates speaks to The Falls Church. God gives us his Spirit to help us do what he calls us to do.

When Jesus looked at the crowd he had compassion on them because they were harassed and helpless like sheep without a shepherd. Jesus tells us that the way to address these needs is to ask the Lord of the harvest to send out workers for the harvest. May we follow Jesus’ example and (1) be people who see and people who care, (2) be people who asks God to send out workers for the harvest, and (3) be the people who uses us to answer our prayer and make us disciples who make disciples!

We live in an age where God is expanding His kingdom one person at a time. Jesus chooses to use us to expand His kingdom by our actions and with our words. Three things to do to effectively tell others about the gospel of heaven: (1) Make time in your life to hang around with people that don’t know Jesus. (2) Think through your testimony and what your life was like before you met Christ, how you met Christ and what’s your life like since you met Christ. (3) Learn a simple illustration to explain the good news of the gospel of the kingdom of heaven.

In the gospels, when people recognized who Jesus was and came to Him in humility they were transformed. Like them we are called to recognize who Jesus is, to come to Him and to be transformed by Him. And having experienced Him, like those who experienced Him in the gospels we are called to bear witness by telling others what He has done for us.

The Rev. Nicholas Lubelfeld speaks to The Falls Church from John 1:1-14. “The Christmas Gospel goes behind the event itself and compels us to consider not so much the history as the mystery of the nativity story.” (Frank Colquhoun) How? In old-fashioned language: By the mystery of the incarnation the Son of God became the Son of Man so that by the miracle of regeneration the sons of men might become the sons of God.

The Rev. John Kurcina speaks to The Falls Church from John 14:12-31. The sermon looks at the plight of orphans (& widows) in the ancient world in order to more fully understand the gospel promises for a family and home that Jesus gives to his disciples in John 14.

Why is prayer important in a time of hardship, and, more than that, how do we pray? The Rev. Wright Wall speaks to The Falls Church from 1 Peter 4:1-7. We need to be self-controlled and think soberly so that we can pray as we ought to pray.

The Rev. John Kurcina speaks to The Falls Church from 1 Peter 1:1-9. The foundation for holy living and for trusting God in hard times is the living hope of our imperishable inheritance through the resurrection of our Lord Jesus, “kept in heaven for you…the certainty of Heaven assures us of joy.”

The Rev. Bill Haley speaks to The Falls Church from Hebrews 13:18-25, in the conclusion to the church's eight-month study of the book of Hebrews. This message was given at the Saturday 5 p.m. service, the Sunday 9 a.m. service, and both 11:00 a.m. services.

The Rev. Dean Miller speaks to The Falls Church from Jeremiah 2:11-18, 15:16-21, and 17:13. This message was given at the 9 a.m. service and both 11:00 a.m. services.

The Rev. Bill Haley speaks to The Falls Church from Deuteronomy 34:1-8. This message was given at the 9 a.m. and large 11:00 a.m. informal service.

The Rev. John Yates speaks to The Falls Church from Hebrews 8:1-13. This message was given at the 9 a.m. service and both 11:00 a.m. services.

The Rev. Bill Haley speaks to The Falls Church from Hebrews 6:1-12. This message was given at the 9 a.m. and large 11:00 a.m. informal service.

The Rev. Jim Byrne, Director of TFC Student Ministries, speaks to The Falls Church from Hebrews 4:11-13. This message was given at the Saturday 5 p.m. service, the Sunday 9 a.m. service, and the large 11:00 a.m. informal service.

The Rev. Robert Watkin speaks to The Falls Church from Hebrews 3:1-6. This message was given at the 9 a.m. and large 11:00 a.m. informal service.

The Rev. Bill Haley speaks to The Falls Church from Hebrews 2:5-18. This message was given at the 9 a.m. service and both 11:00 a.m. services.

The Rev. John Yates speaks to The Falls Church from Ephesians 4:17-5:2.

The Rev. John Yates speaks to The Falls Church from Ephesians 3:14-21.

The Rev. Bill Haley speaks to The Falls Church from Ephesians 2:11-20.

The Rev. John Yates speaks to The Falls Church from Ephesians 2:1-10. NOTE: This message followed a reading from John 3:1-8.

The Rev. John Yates speaks to The Falls Church from Ephesians 1:15-23.

The Rev. John Kurcina speaks to The Falls Church from Luke 15:17-32, the parable of The Lost Son.

The Rev. Robert Watkin speaks to The Falls Church from Luke 15:11-24, the parable of The Lost Son.

The Rev. Bobb Fickley speaks to The Falls Church from Luke 15:11-24, the parable of The Lost Son. This message was given at the Rite II Holy Eucharist held at 11 a.m. in the Historic Church.

The Rev. John Yates speaks to The Falls Church from Luke 18:18-29, the encounter between Jesus and The Rich Young Ruler.

The Rev. Dean Miller speaks to The Falls Church from Luke 19:1-10, the encounter between Jesus and Zacchaeus, "The Rich Public Servant".

The Right Rev. Martyn Minns, missionary bishop for the Convocation of Anglicans in North America, speaks to The Falls Church on the Sunday of Pentecost, at a service of Confirmation. He speaks from Romans 8, about God's Holy Spirit as an "power source" for living.

The Rev. Justyn Terry speaks to The Falls Church from Romans 6:1-11 about the nature of our renewal in Christ, and our freedom from sin in light of the Resurrection.

The Rev. John Kurcina speaks to The Falls Church from Romans 6:1-11 about living in light of being a New Creation in Christ. This message was given at the Saturday 5 p.m. family service.

The Rev. John Yates speaks to The Falls Church from 1 Corinthians 15:35-49 about the real-ness of the resurrection and the implications for eternity.

The Rev. John Kurcina speaks to The Falls Church from John 1:35-46. This message was given at both the Saturday 5 p.m. family service and the Sunday 11 a.m. Rite II Holy Eucharist held in the Historic Church.

The Rev. Robert Watkin speaks to The Falls Church about the example of Philip ministering to the Ethiopian, and lessons we can learn about reaching the world with the Gospel.

The Rev. John Kurcina speaks to The Falls Church about the lesson St. Peter learned in Acts 10 about God's desire to reveal himself to all peoples.

The Rev. John Kurcina speaks briefly to The Falls Church from John 1:1-14 at the service of Advent Lessons and Carols on December 21, the Fourth Sunday of Advent.

John Yates speaks to The Falls Church about the church and its approach to culture.

Randy Newman has been with the staff of Campus Crusade for Christ since 1980 and currently serves with the Academic Initiative Team, as part of the ministry to university professors. He ministers on campuses and elsewhere in our nation¹s capital to students, professors and policy shapers. His teaching responsibilities have included serving with the Chaplain¹s office at the Pentagon. He is an honors graduate from Temple University with a degree in Music Education. He also has a Masters of Divinity degree from Trinity Evangelical Divinity School. Randy is a Jewish Believer in Jesus and is the former editor of The Messiah-On-Campus Bulletin. He lives in Annandale, Virginia together with his wife Pam and their three sons; Daniel, David, and Jonathan. He enjoys jazz, classical music, cooking, and easy crossword puzzles. He is the author of numerous articles and the books Questioning Evangelism: Engaging People¹s Hearts the Way Jesus Did and Corner Conversations: Engaging Dialogues about God