Together 4/27/2014

Whether we like it or not Christ has united us all. It's not up to us. It's God's will. Listen to what Paul has to say about this.

Will You Believe? 4/20/2014

Encountering a dead person resurrected from their grave must be incredibly unsettling—to say the least. Women came to Jesus' grave expecting to see a lifeless corpse that they would anoint with spices as was their custom.  

But when they arrived they were ambushed. Their world suddenly turned on his head. The marker of death, gone! And replaced with a frightening, unsettling, idea: The dead body of Jesus was no longer dead.

Christians are those who believe that the book end to our life, death itself, was unhinged by Jesus. His life which began with a virgin birth did end... but then un-ended by a resurrection from death.

For those who say, “Jesus is my one and only God who lived, died and rose from the grave for my life,” for those who willingly say, “I believe it,” for them there is no more fear in death. The entrance into Heaven itself now lies wide open for all who believe.

Would you believe? 

Self-limiting 4/13/14

Are you holding yourself back?  Towards the end of Jesus' life he entered the famous city of Jerusalem. He was so famous by then that they started a parade! And as they were on their parade route, some people began to ask what was going on. "Who is this guy?"  The paraders responded saying, "This is Jesus, the prophet from Galilee."  Prophet? If that's all they said then they had a limited answer. And if our view of Jesus is limited, your very life's story will be limited.  Do you need to enlarge your view of Jesus? A complete and full life is waiting...

God of Miracles 4/6/14

Where was the last time you said, "wow, that's a miracle!"

One of the most intriguing aspects about Christianity is the miraculous. We believe that miracles are possible and do happen. Yet we are prone to get ahead of ourselves here. As we will see in our Bible reading, God often does the miracles in spite of us rather than because of our own faith, or our power, or our etc... If we get ahead of ourselves we end up missing the miracles God is really doing all around us!