Christ was tested and tempted in the wilderness by Satan for 40 days and came out without falling. His example and the power of the Spirit shows us how we can overcome temptation as well.

DID YOU KNOW...Pastor Mike has a weekday radio program and now those programs drop on Spotify right after the morning airing. They can be found by searching for "A Place of Refuge Daily Radio Broadcast"

John the Baptist's ministry was getting people ready for the Messiah and readiness meant repentance. As we study his ministry in this study, we also examine whether we are ready for the Messiah's return and what that means for us.

As we study the text of Jesus knowing He was to be about His Father's business, we examine our own lives and how we can be about the Lord's business as well.

The birth of Jesus was fully controlled and preordained by God, which is one of our major focuses on this text and our applications from it.

We examine the birth of John the Baptist and the prophecies that followed.

If you didn't know, Pastor Mike's weekday radio program is now on Spotify as well. SImply search for "A Place of Refuge Daily Radio Broadcast" as a new episode drops each morning at 7:30am, M-F.

As we begin the new year, Pastor Mike takes time away from our study in Luke to remind us what is the foundation and blueprint for the church and how our church's vision should constantly be aligning with that so we know why we do what we do.

DID YOU KNOW...there is another place you can find Pastor Mike's teachings on Spotify? Because we have a radio ministry that airs weekdays on TruthFM 88.3, we have a Spotify podcasts for those radio programs which can be found by searching for "A Place of Refuge Daily Radio Broadcast". So if you aren't in the area to catch us at 7:00am or 5:30pm, you can listen to the current day's program beginning at 7:30am.

Our study through the book of Luke aligned with our Christmas Eve service so our study was an examination of Mary's song of praise *note, the audio in the first 60 seconds is poor due to microphone being off, but it is quickly corrected*

We introduce the Gospel of Luke and examine how both Zacharias and Mary each respond to the message from the angel Gabriel