Count it all joy, my brothers [and sisters], when you meet trials of various kinds …
—James 1:2
As we meet in homes and house churches this Sunday, January 16th, let us lean in with joy.
Continue reading “Count It All Joy (James 1:1-4)”Count it all joy, my brothers [and sisters], when you meet trials of various kinds …
—James 1:2
As we meet in homes and house churches this Sunday, January 16th, let us lean in with joy.
Continue reading “Count It All Joy (James 1:1-4)”Advent begins…
Continue reading “Behold! Keep Watching (Advent begins)”We put no obstacle in anyone’s way, so that no fault may be found with our ministry, but as servants of God we commend ourselves in every way: by great endurance, in afflictions, hardships, calamities, beatings, imprisonments, riots, labors, sleepless nights, hunger; by purity, knowledge, patience, kindness, the Holy Spirit, genuine love; by truthful speech, and the power of God; with the weapons of righteousness for the right hand and for the left; through honor and dishonor, through slander and praise. We are treated as impostors, and yet are true; as unknown, and yet well known; as dying, and behold, we live; as punished, and yet not killed; as sorrowful, yet always rejoicing; as poor, yet making many rich; as having nothing, yet possessing everything.
—Apostle Paul (2 Corinthians 6:3-10)
As we meet in homes and house churches this Sunday, November 21st, let us lean in with thanksgiving. We surely have needs to share, and know people who need the genuine love of Jesus to overwhelm their hearts, whether those we will see this coming week, or in other places.
Continue reading “A River of Patience & Paradox Runs Through It (Sunday, November 21st)”The work of Christ in justifying us is “outside-in,” that is it originates outside of us, and then what is true about us now in Jesus becomes real through faith. The process of sanctification is “inside-out,” for God the Spirit changes our hearts and not merely our behavior.
On Sunday, November 14th, we gathered all together to worship the triune God. Here is teaching from that worship gathering, on Justification and Sanctification.
Continue reading “Outside-in & Inside-out (Sunday, November 14th)”“Come and have breakfast,” Jesus told them.
—Gospel of John 21:12
On Sunday, October 24th, we gathered all together to worship the triune God. Here is teaching from that worship gathering, on the Gospel » Community » Mission.
Continue reading “GCM: Gospel » Community » Mission (Sunday, October 24th)”“The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand; repent and believe in the gospel.”
—King Jesus (Gospel of Mark 1:15)
This announcement by the coming King, Jesus of Nazareth, rivals all other calls for our attention and obedience.
As we meet in homes and house churches this Sunday, October 17th, let us eagerly recognize God’s Kingdom in reality at work, and receive and share His grace all the more. We need one another to grow in community for change is a community project. In being honest with one another we honor Christ as King and honor one another as kingdom citizens with His care.
Continue reading “On Mission Together with the Gospel of the Kingdom (Sunday, October 17th)”“The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand; repent and believe in the gospel.”
—Gospel of Mark 1:15
Yours, O Lord, is the greatness and the power and the glory and the victory and the majesty, for all that is in the heavens and in the earth is yours. Yours is the kingdom, O Lord, and you are exalted as head above all.
—1st Chronicles 29:12
On Sunday, October 10th, we gathered all together to worship the triune God. Here is teaching from that worship gathering, on the Gospel of the Kingdom.
Continue reading “GCM: Gospel of the Kingdom (Sunday, October 10th)”Jesus is full of grace and truth, and from His fullness we have all received, grace upon grace. Abiding together in the light of the grace of Christ, we shall gather to pray, sing, learn, feast, and grow. As we seek to apply the truths of the Gospel of Grace we meet in house churches this Sunday.
We need one another to grow in Christ for true change is a community project. The forces of shame and fear are strong, yet Christ is stronger still with the power of His Truth and Grace (John 1).
Continue reading “Living Together in the Gospel of Grace (Sunday, October 3rd)”And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we have seen his glory, glory as of the only Son from the Father, full of grace and truth. … For from his fullness we have all received, grace upon grace. For the law was given through Moses; grace and truth came through Jesus Christ. No one has ever seen God; the only God, who is at the Father’s side, he has made him known.
—Gospel of John 1:14, 16-18
On Sunday, September 26th, we gathered all together to worship the triune God. Here is teaching from that worship gathering, on the Gospel of Grace.
Continue reading “GCM: Gospel of Grace (Sunday, September 26th)”Living in light of the cross of Christ, we shall gather to pray, sing, learn, feast, and grow. As we seek to apply the truths of the Gospel of the Cross we meet in house churches this Sunday.
Continue reading “Living in Light of the Gospel of the Cross (Sunday, September 19th)”