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In 539BC the people of Judah are released from exile in Babylon and allowed to return home to rebuild the temple. But this is not just a story about going home. It's a story about God restoring a people to himself. We'll see how it points to the restoration we all need, and how God sovereignly works to bring it about.

What’s wrong with the world? There are so many ways of answering that question, but there is one thing that almost all answers have in common: people. There is something clearly wrong with us. This passage points us to the heart of our problem, how we can be transformed and how that impacts our lives forever.

One of the most basic expressions of real faith is prayer. Yet prayer can be a struggle for us. We know that we're supposed to pray, but sometimes we wonder what difference it makes. James assures us that prayer is powerful, and teaches us how we can become people of prayer.

The resurrection of Jesus is central to the Christian message. But to most Australians, the idea of someone rising from the dead sounds more like a fairy tale than a foundational truth to stake your life upon. How certain can we be that Jesus rose again, and why does it matter so much?

Some people misunderstand the purpose of Jesus's death and who he specifically died for. How can Jesus' death bring hope when we've all been bad at one point or another? The historical account of Jesus's death in Luke 23 shows us how we can have certain hope in uncertain times.

Our perception of what will occur when the world ends impacts how we live in the present. For example, how we use our wealth, spend our time, and our willingness to compromise can indicate our beliefs about the future. How does real faith transform the way we live in these last days?