In a magnanimous show of Eternal Love, Jesus came to live amongst us. He chose to die in our place. He rose from the grave to share resurrection life with…
A Pentecost People What we call waiting for God, God calls maturing His children. What we call late or 11th hour answers to prayer, God calls perfect timing. So, the…
The Salvation of every individual is the premeditated, Eternal plan lodged in, and launched from, the heart of the Father. Jesus embodied that plan and brought it to fruition by…
For Jesus’ disciples, the Pentecost event initiated in them, gave birth through them, Jesus’ Church. For us, Pentecost shapes, gives current expression to, the Church into which we were born.…
Three long days. 72 hours. Troubled sleep. Lots of pacing and avoiding eye contact with the others. A few forced attempts at prayer each day. Mounting stress. Each evening, watching…
Twelve run-of-the-mill, invisible-to-society, guys are handpicked by the God of Creation to get to know, intimately, the King of Kings and Lord of Lords in the person of Jesus Christ,…
If the disciples’ heads weren’t spinning literally, they certainly were, figuratively. Each time Jesus spent time with them after his Resurrection, their experience of his alive-again-from-the-tomb presence was dizzyingly surreal.…
Unlike any Rabbi they’d ever heard of, Jesus seemed so much like one of the guys. Yes, he wielded astonishing power and authority, did miracles, and scared them witless sometimes,…
As we imagine the disciples’ head-spinning days following the Resurrection, we can also picture the unaltered, laser focus of Jesus. Looking back at his previous interactions, teachings, and examples, one…
John Wimber, Founder of the Vineyard movement, would say, ‘Everybody gets to play.’ To that end, next Sunday, we all get to be the message. Here’s the loose structure that…
