Rooted Together

Paul gives the Thessalonians a 3 part ending: a prayer, commands about work, and confirmation and confidence in the authority of the letter. #rootedtogether #newtestament #2thessalonians #jesus #paul #bible #gospel

What is God saying today through this difficult and often mysterious chapter? God is refocusing our hearts to good teaching, hope in Jesus, and encouragement in an uncertain world. #rootedtogether #gospel #2thessalonians #newtestament #manoflawlessness

When we suffer or go through life’s difficulties we often excel at keeping our eyes on our problems but often find ourselves failing to keep our eyes on Jesus. As a result we miss the grandeur of God and miss out on the riches of that relationship. #rootedtogether #newtestament #2thessalonians #gospel #jesus

Paul ends his first letter to the Thessalonians by pointing them to how to live in anticipation of Jesus return! #rootedtogether #newtestament #gospel #god #jesus

How should we live in light of the gospel? Paul encourages us to live holy lives, love well, and grieve in hope! How will you live? #gospel #newtestament #rootedtogether

A church is a community connected by one Spirit. It is a community that encourages one another through difficult times. #church #community #rootedtogether

Our lives, lives in faithfulness to Christ is like the proverbial stone thrown in a pond. Our faithfulness creates ripples of the gospel leading to ripples of joy throughout the church.

A faithful life produces joy and encouragement for the body of Christ. Do our lives make an example of the gospel leading to Christ or away? Let’s dig into this wonderful letter together! #letters #Paul #rootedtogether #newtestament

Paul makes it to Rome and Luke ends the book open ended as if calling us to join in the building of God’s Kingdom. #rootedtogether #gospel #acts #jesus #newtestament

The book of Acts rushes towards the end as Paul boards a boat destined to crash. Yet through God’s grace everyone on board is saved. Who will we look to as the storms of life crash in?

Paul stands before King Agrippa and makes a plea for all listening to follow after Christ. Oh that our trials would be means of gospel conversations. #rootedtogether #acts #God #Jesus

Paul’s life is marked by the gospel. What is our lives marked with?

Paul, stands before Felix and defends himself and finds many opportunities to share the gospel.

Paul has his trial in front of the Sanhedrin. He must have felt discouraged but we see that Jesus doesn’t just send a get well soon card he is standing by Paul. He stands by us as well.

Introducing my new podcast, or at least my rebranded podcast.

Paul shares his testimony and is beaten for it and yet his primary concern is sharing the gospel.

Paul’s journey to Rome begins that will ultimately take him to Rome.

I’m this chapter we see that when God is first in our lives it impacts how we relate to others, how we see and expend our time, and how we live our lives.

Have you ever met a person who was by all metrics religious but devoid of the Spirit? Paul brings life-giving hope and clarity to the people of Ephesus.

Discipleship is dynamic and can happen in structured settings or everyday life and ministry. In this episode we see how Paul disciples Aquila and Pricilla who disciple Apollos who disciples others. We too should be discipling others as we are also being discipled!

We are all called to intentionally and faithfully share the gospel with everyone we meet. In Acts 17 Paul demonstrates how to do this as he is recorded as going to the synagogue "as usual" for it was his habit to do so. Whether it is our schools, jobs, or social clubs we must have places where we intentionally build relationships in which we can have gospel conversations.  Paul shared the gos...

God uses all things, even hardships to advance His Kingdom. In this chapter, Paul follows God's call to go to Macedonia where he will be beaten and arrested. Why would God call Paul to go to a place where hardships would be waiting? Hardships can sometimes be a vehicle of God's grace. For Paul, being placed in the prison wasn't ideal but it leads him to a chance to share Christ and lead the jailor...

What do we do when there are disagreements? We see in Acts chapter 15, that a correct view of God will mend division and broken relationships.  #Journeyingthroughscripture #bible #God #Newtestament 

How do we measure success or even calling? If we take the world's definition, then Paul and Barnabas should have quit after the first two cities. The formula for this chapter is preaching-interest-opposition-persecution-ran out of the city. But I've left an important detail out. Paul and Barnabas made many disciples in each city, evidenced by their going back to encourage and build up those discip...

In all we do, we do them in the power of the Holy Spirit, being saturated in the presence of God. What does this look like? It looks like understanding the importance of seeking God. It's been a part of my personal journey recently, as it seems to be a theme God is teaching me through my Bible reading, a book I'm reading, and sermons I am listening to. This was important to the early church it sho...