God’s Plan ‘A’ calls us to be disciples, or apprentices, of Jesus, ambassadors of reconciliation, telling of, and living out loud, the love we’ve received to people the world over.…
-our confidence- Some of Jesus’ last words to the disciples were: ‘you will receive power.’ And so, on the day of Pentecost, Peter, ready-fire-aim Peter, mouth-engaged-before-brain Peter, stood before several…
-our Exemplar- Jesus’ cousin, John, called the Baptizer, was an eleventh-hour miracle for the elderly priest Zechariah and his wife, Elizabeth. His unusual name, the prophetic words spoken about him,…
-our provision- From Old Testament Judaism governed by the Law of Moses, to the breaking in of the Kingdom in the person of Jesus, the Christ, the Son of God,…
The Father sent his Son on a mission of Divine Love. The Son victoriously and world-changingly completed his leg of the mission and returned home to his Father. With great…
The Holy Spirit’s arrival was announced by a citywide Sight & Sound Extravaganza. That’s how people were drawn to witness, firsthand, the promised gift of the Father. Sure enough, the…
Mission completed. Day 40 of 40 arrived. No more time together. No more face-to-face teaching. No more familiar fellowship. It was another chilling ending, another scary beginning. Following Jesus now…
- over death – Man was created by God as an eternal being. The tragic disobedience in the Garden of Eden is described in James 1:15: ‘desire conceives sin, and…


