Acts

Pride: Putting God on Trial

The sin of pride puts us over others: our fellow human beings and God. We want to put our will in the place of God’s will. When the two do not agree we turn on God rather than s...

The Church as Martyr

Fear can hold us back from stepping out of our churches and homes with the good news of the kingdom. Prayer and the Spirit are key to us taking up our missional calling.

The Church as Outpost

In Christendom, it was assumed that Jesus resided inside the church building. If people wanted to encounter the holy they should go to the church. In post-Christian society, Jes...

The Action of the Church

Too often we put the activity of the church into an “either/or” situation. Either we preach the gospel of Jesus or we care for the poor and the marginalized. But, when we proper...

A House Divided

A chain is only as strong as its weakest link. The fifth key to spiritual victory is to keep our unit strong from within. Our enemy is looking for weaknesses in our relationship...

Stay Together

Like a lion, Satan looks for stragglers who are easy prey. Each of us is at risk as individuals, especially when God is active in our lives. If he can take us down, he will. So,...

We Are Spiritually Equipped

We believe that God has gifted his body of believers, men and women equally, for the work of discipling and mission. Every believer has been equipped by God’s Spirit to build up...

We Are Discipleship Focused

We believe that God is transforming us into the image of his Son. This means that we are intentionally submitting ourselves to be re-formed through daily practices that lead to ...

Empowered to Serve

We are protectors of people! The hero is a servant of the people, putting their own life at risk to save the ordinary citizen. At the most basic, we are called to care when no o...

Empowered to Deliver

Here we come to save the day! The hero’s life is about rescuing people from bad situations. We have been called to do the same. The people around us are in peril whether they kn...

Empowered to Preach

What’s our super power? We have to know what we are about, what our strengths and limits are. When we come into new situations there is only one power we can rely on and that is...

Empowered to Respond

A people without fear! When we are called to help there is no situation that can keep us away. This is what we train for, to rush in where our help is needed most.

Empowered to Explain

We are part of a dynamic duo! It’s always important to remember that we are the sidekick not the main hero. Part of our job is to come alongside and assist the hero to save the ...

Empowered to Proclaim

With great power comes great responsibility! The church has received the Spirit and his power so that we can be unstoppable witnesses of God’s saving of the world.

Sources of Illness

All illness results from sin, but not all illness is because of sin, and certainly not all illness is sin. Part of the context for understanding divine healing is to recognize t...

What Just Happened?

On the day of Pentecost there was a lot of noise and it was clear that something was going on, but no one knew exactly what it was. Some thought it was important and some though...

Duplicate Yourself

It is a win when God’s people pursue a life of discipleship and become deeper, more authentic disciples, but we are not the end goal — the kingdom is. When Jesus calls his disci...

Train Vs. Try

In the same way we need to be intentional when pursuing a new goal, so we need to be intentional when it comes to growing as a disciple of Jesus — it doesn’t happen by accident....

Waterlogged, Drifting, and the Legend of Scott Sterling: A Message on Baptism and What it Means to be All-In for Jesus Christ

It’s time to give 100% of ourselves and we do this through the waters of baptism. We (metaphorically) die to our old self, and (metaphorically) live a new life in Christ — we jo...

Ordination Service; Seth Freeman and David Schuchardt