Warehouse 242 : Sunday Talks

Mark 16:1-8 - Because of Jesus’ death and resurrection, death itself is starting to work backwards and new life is blooming far as the curse is found. Jesus is alive, and by faith, you have come alive in him. Let nothing move you from your faith in a risen Jesus. Don’t let the coronavirus move you. Don’t let this quarantine move you. Keep standing on the rock of a risen Jesus.

Mark 14:32-42 Jesus experiences and knows both our physical exhaustion and our spiritual exhaustion. Your friendship with God doesn't depend on how well we keep watch with Jesus. Your friendship with God depends on the definitive work of Jesus on your behalf, which is a free gift. That is good news for the exhausted!

Mark 13: 32-36 - In the midst of chaos and crisis, Jesus calls us to discipleship.  May we surrender to our God who is steadfast, just, compassionate and purposed.

Mark 12:28-31 - When the contagious love of God takes hold of our hearts, we are set free to love God and our neighbors.

Jesus destroys the whole religious system and rebuilds a new way of relating to God.

 Ask for the heart of God. Ask for new life. 

In order to get the gospel of Jesus we have to encounter the glory of Jesus.

 Jesus uses His authority to embody the good news. And as the “Living Good News,” He invites his followers to first experience the good news personally, and then He empowers them to join Him in sharing and living the good news.

Faith is the antidote to fear. Do not fear, but believe!

The heart is the ground that needs urgent preparation.

The point of Sabbath rest is not following certain rules (do this; don’t do that) but for receiving and giving true refreshment.

Who is Jesus, and what does it mean to follow him? That is the question that motivated Mark to record the story of Jesus, available to us as the second book of the Bible’s New Testament. As we encounter this story today, how will we respond? Will we hear the call of Jesus to follow him, not as a distant call but as a personal and immediate one? And what does it look like to respond to the call of...

Christmas is a chance to move closer to those in crisis.  We will love others as Jesus has loved us. The poor and hurting of our world can be reached by God through the way we choose to celebrate Christmas.  The love of God is magnificent - b/c of this love, we ought to be incredibly aggressive and love the world in radical ways - we ought to out-love everyone else in the world.

The best gifts celebrate a relationship and most often they require our time and energy. Relational giving means that we think about the other person - who they are and what they care about. We focus more on giving our undivided presence and less on a pile of presents under the tree.

In our hearts we know mindless consumption is not the way to celebrate Jesus. But spending less does not mean spend nothing. Rather, we will thoughtfully evaluate what companies and causes we support through our purchases.

Nearly every character in the Christmas story that encountered our King responded in the same way: worship. In each story, we see that worship being fleshed out in unique ways. Mary worships by making much of God. Elizabeth worships by making room. Joseph worships by making commitments. The shepherds worship by making known the good news. The magi worship by making time to pursue. What does it loo...

If we are already as close to God as possible through union with Christ, then spiritual disciplines are not the means of drawing closer to God, but the means of growing in awareness and enjoyment of our union with Christ. Spiritual disciplines are about creating the conditions in which we can savor our union with Christ and continue to conform to his image. Just as Jesus was one with the Father an...

If we are united to Christ, then the mission of Jesus becomes our mission. Being united to Christ is the foundation of following after Christ. Of course, Jesus is the only Christ and his mission was unique, but in union with him, we are called to follow a similar pattern of life, which includes loving God and neighbor, seeking the lost, eating and drinking with sinners, and suffering for the sake...

If you are united to Christ, then you are also united to everyone else who is in Christ. This is the deepest possible belonging that goes way deeper than affinity, friendship, or any other ordinary bond. We belong to each other because we belong to Christ (body and soul; in life and in death), and this liberates us to love each other based on an unbreakable bond.

It is common to think that faith is a decision to trust in a God who is far away. In reality, however, the faith given to us by the Spirit is the gateway into intimate relationship and mystical union with God through Christ. In this introductory week, we’ll unpack this core truth and begin looking at some of the vast implications.

Jesus pursues the blind man and heals him, interrupts religious systems that often isolate people, invites us to see in a whole new way, and offers good news.