Here are five suggestions toward living like the community we are as the church that I mentioned in my sermon this past week. If God has created us as a new sort of revolutionary community, then we need to inch toward that reality in our local churches. What would you add to this list? Stop …
Pressing On
Forgetting what is behind and straining toward what is ahead, I press on toward the goal to win the prize. (Philippians 3:13) There are times in life when we feel worn down and wounded. We wonder if it is possible to carry forward with what each day holds, or even if it is worth carrying …
What Most Clearly Reveals the Power of God?
I am not ashamed of the gospel because it is the power of God. (Romans 1:16) When we consider the power of God, we may think of a variety of things. We may think of the ferocious winds during this past week that tangled trees in utility wires, peeled weak walls off buildings and fueled …
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To Whom Shall We Go?
Recently, I was reading from John's Gospel, chapter 6. It is an action-packed portions of Scripture. To kick things off, Jesus feeds a group of at least 5,000 people by dividing up 5 barley loaves and 2 fish. The people are so eager after Jesus' miraculous feeding that they are ready to start a revolution …
Interrupted by God (Paul)
So far in our exploration of hearing from God we have talked about expecting God to speak into our lives and letting Him whisper into our exhaustion. However, there is another, and perhaps more difficult, aspect of listening to God that must be considered. We get a glimpse of this challenging aspect of listening to …
Matthew Erickson 