Faith. Belief. Sounds easy, doesn’t it? As most of us admit, we struggle to have faith when we can’t see the outcome. When we struggle to make sense of our world and lives. Randy Meyers shares his own story about his cry for God to help his unbelief. Its a story that makes the gospel […]
The Transfiguration of Jesus. ?? What is this all about? Our Ruling Elder, Randy Meyers, takes us on a short journey to explore why this story is in the gospels at all. In isolation it might not seem to fit as well as we might think. But understood in context, Randy certainly helps put this […]
God calls us to join his “mission” to reach the world with his gospel, his love, his kingdom. Yet we can have fears when stepping out to follow Jesus. In this last message of the series, Pastor Dan shares how God can help calm these fears; help us face these fears and come to understand […]
Many Christians have misconceptions about what life should be like if “they believe in Jesus”. In Matthew 10 Jesus is rather plain: He did not come to bring peace but a sword. Not unity but division. He says that true believers will be hated, insulted, arrested, beaten, interrogated and even killed. Pastor Dan challenged us: […]
There are many events in the Old Testament where people rejected God’s message and messenger; the result was always judgment. Jesus prepares his disciples for a similar eventuality: As they would go to preach the good news, they would find rejection. Jesus wanted them to leave that rejection to God. In due time God always rewards […]
Jesus gave clear instructions for how his disciples were to go out on their first “mission”. Jesus also predicted that some would receive; and that some would reject – the message that the disciples would be bringing. We can follow their lead and take comfort from Jesus’ words as we also share the gospel with […]
As we think about our mission in life; our mission as a church; Pastor Dan suggests we pay attention to Jesus charge which he gave his disciples. It it just possible that Jesus instructions then are equally valid for us today. Start local; start in familiar places. Preach the Gospel and express Jesus love in […]
God has invited us to a wonderful mission. Are we ready? Are you ready? A missional church defines itself in terms of its worship and its mission – a worshiping people who are also “sent ones” who take the gospel to and incarnate the gospel within a specific cultural context. – The church has a […]