Different by design

by | May 31, 2016 | Weekly Words

But grace was given to each one of us according to the measure of Christ’s gift. | Ephesians 4.7 One of the biggest mistakes Christianity has made is to read the gospel through a Platonic lens. Plato believed that everything on this earth was nothing more than...

Are you ‘filled with the Spirit?’

by | May 10, 2016 | Weekly Words

Therefore do not be foolish, but understand what the will of the Lord is. And do not get drunk with wine, for that is debauchery, but be filled with the Spirit, addressing one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making melody to the Lord with...

When the Gospel is not enough

by | May 4, 2016 | Weekly Words

I am astonished that you are so quickly deserting him who called you in the grace of Christ and are turning to a different gospel—not that there is another one, but there are some who trouble you and want to distort the gospel of Christ. But even if we or an angel...

Mission and Discipleship

by | Apr 20, 2016 | Weekly Words

The mission of our church is simple (in concept, not implementation). As a church, we want to live out the Great Commission, given to Jesus by His disciples at the end of His life: And Jesus came and said to them, “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given...

A functioning body

by | Apr 13, 2016 | Weekly Words

But God has so composed the body, giving greater honor to the part that lacked it, that there may be no division in the body, but that the members may have the same care for one another. If one member suffers, all suffer together; if one member is honored, all rejoice...

Raised to New Life

by | Mar 31, 2016 | Weekly Words

And if you call on him as Father who judges impartially according to each one’s deeds, conduct yourselves with fear throughout the time of your exile, knowing that you were ransomed from the futile ways inherited from your forefathers, not with perishable things...