If you had to say farewell to your family what would that farewell conversation sound like?
If you sat with a gathering of close friends whose friendship had been forged in the fires of doing life intentionally for the Kingdom, and you knew this was the last time you would look into their faces on this earth, what would shape your conversation? [more...]
How do we move from “Hope so?” to “So hope!”
Hope is not a mindset; it is a heartset.
The root of hope is the resurrection. [more...]
Jesus is the visible image of the invisible God.
The good news is that because we can know Jesus, we can know God.
If there has ever been a time the world needs God, surely it is now. To know God we must take time and create space where we cultivate our hearts toward God. [more...]
If you have a passion for reaching those who seem “out of reach,” this is the passage of Scripture you’ll want to master.
This week we will open our Bibles and walk into Athens with Paul and learn from one of history’s most effective evangelists how to communicate effectively with people whose worldview is incompatible with ours.
Jesus offers abundant life. Life of meaning and significance. Lives of influence and power. But how many of us have made the decision to follow Jesus, and now wonder where we’re supposed to go, what we’re supposed to, how we’re supposed to live? [more...]
Do we worship the same God? Can we assume that people know what we mean when we talk of God? How are we to talk of God with those who not only do not know the God of whom we speak, but hold polluted–even pagan–ideas about the very nature of God? We will explore how [...]
Last week, Acts 15 reminded us that we are a mess; the early church was a mess; that everyone everywhere is a mess. We also discovered that Jesus’ presence in our lives can make us a beautiful mess. It is undeniable that there is longing inside every human heart to be more than a mess. [more...]
Life is a mess!
You don’t have to be an investigative reporter to validate that statement! The simple act of knowing people affirms this fact. Life is a mess because we are a mess! [more...]
The Antioch Idea was revolutionary. Revolutions are not the same as resolutions. Resolutions are decisions with the intention toward motion. Revolutions are not incremental. Revolutions are not small alterations of the existing reality.
Revolution brings a new reality. [more...]
The church at Antioch changed the world.
Why? What happened? What happened in that place among those people that had never happened before? [more...]
