“Even in the doing, God was and is at work in repentance, baptism and the receiving of the Holy Spirit.”
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It Is in Both
“It’s not a mere encounter in the physical, but we bear witness in this PLACE of a HISTORICAL FIGURE who has impacted us in our spirits. The physical and spiritual are essential in our telling of the story of Jesus.”
The Minimum for the Church
“We will not succeed in the minimums without drawing close to him who said he’d never leave us nor forsake us.”
There Are No Dead Ends
“It was Jerusalem that needed to turn around and go back the way it came. That’s what the prophets called Jerusalem to do, and that’s what Jerusalem refused to do.”
The Same Holy Spirit
“With repentance and baptism in Jesus’s name, we are awakened to the Holy Spirit, the presence that is upon us, fills us and empowers us, will enable us to share the good news of Jesus in word and deed as Jesus and the early church did.”
Don’t Lose Them
“The crux of it all remains verse fourteen: “SO IT IS NOT THE WILL OF YOUR FATHER IN HEAVEN THAT ONE OF THESE LITTLE ONES SHOULD BE LOST.” — NO SEPARATION. Establishing, maintaining and reconciling relationships between God and God’s people.”
From One Mountain to the Next
Matthew 17: 1-9 A teenage girl nervously took the wheel for her first driving lesson. As she was pulling out of the parking lot, the instructor said, Turn left here, and don’t forget to let the people behind you know what you’re doing.” The young girl immediately turned to the students sitting in the backseat…
What Am I Convinced Of?
What am I convinced of these days? Jonathan said to the young man who carried his armour, ‘Come, let us go over to the garrison of these uncircumcised.; it maybe that the Lord will act for us; for nothing can hinder the Lord from saving by many or by few.’ – 1 Samuel 14: 6…
Manifestations of God in You
1 Corinthians 12: 1-11 I don’t want you to be uninformed. There are gifts of the Holy Spirit given to believers, “there are varieties of activities, but it is the same God who activates all of them in everyone.” Each Sunday morning as they began their Sunday school class, the fifth graders would line up…
When God Comes (Four Years Ago)
It was four years ago today (thank you, Facebook) I preached a sermon that was the public catalyst in my leaving a denomination. The spiritual impetus to surrender my ordination was being unequally yoked with a denomination that had no value or respect for what I believed, taught and espoused about God. My calling grew…
Psalm 102 in The Message 