Last week we talked about faith from Matthew 9 and we didn’t spend a whole lot of time looking at the end of the chapter when Jesus looks at the crowds and he had compassion on them and he said, the harvest is plentiful, there are souls that are ripe for harvest, people who are […]
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Vision for the Church: Gospel and Spiritual Fruit (pt2 of 4)
Paul is an interesting person. Sometimes, he seemed shizophrenic. At times, he was so humble. He referred to himself as a chief of sinners. And to the weak, he became weak, to the Jew he became a Jew, and so on. He was so accommodating. Yet, in Gal 2, we see quite a different side […]
Vision for the Church: Gospel and Spiritual Fruit (pt1 of 4)
Read Acts 2:42-47. Acts 2 42 They devoted themselves to the apostles’ teaching and to the fellowship, to the breaking of bread and to prayer. 43 Everyone was filled with awe, and many wonders and miraculous signs were done by the apostles. 44 All the believers were together and had everything in common. 45 Selling […]
Vision for the Church: Fellowship (pt3 of 4)
One Body – One Level, Not Two Levels I am not sure if this is how you conceive of fellowship, or a church. You may be hearing all this talk about one body and being interconnected and prioritizing church and you’re thinking to yourself, this doesn’t apply to me. I am here to be served. […]
2012 Vision – The Life of Jesus and the Good Samaritan (pt2 of 4)
v45 is a weird verse. Luke 9 45 But they did not understand what this meant. It was hidden from them, so that they did not grasp it, and they were afraid to ask him about it. Of course, this was a prediction of the cross where Jesus would die for their sins. And we […]
Quotes on “From Eternity to Here” by Frank Viola (Ch 5)
Quotes on “From Eternity to Here” by Frank Viola (Ch 5) The church, the bride of Christ, is the Second Eve. She is Christ in another form for she was taken out of Him. She takes the name of her Bridegroom. Just as Eve had Adam’s name before the fall, so the bride of Christ […]