The Table California

As we celebrate the birth of Jesus, we keep one eye on the manger and one eye on the cross. Communion celebrates the cross of Christ and all that He now joins us to through communion with His body and blood. Communion joins us to:      -divine life      -the cross      -family      -the spiritual realm      -profound mystery For more information on THE TABLE please visit: www.thetablecalifornia.co...

We continue looking at the words of Jesus in Mark 11:17, "My house shall be called a house of prayer for all nations." Today we talk about what it means to be a family of prayer...specifically, becoming a family that knows how to wait on God in prayer and comes to Him in prayer as sons and daughters. For more information on THE TABLE please visit: www.thetablecalifornia.com

We continue looking at what Jesus said in Mark 11:15-17, "My house shall be called a house of prayer for all nations." What does it mean to be a house of prayer? Tonight we looked at the priesthood of all believers and the necessity of ministering to the Lord first. This is part I of the message. Part II will be shared next week. For more information on THE TABLE please visit: www.thetab...

Tonight we shared some of the vision the Lord has given us for how we will gather in the coming weeks and Hannah Riedel taught us about knowing our identity in Christ. Please check out the list of Bible verses that Hannah references in her message. They are a powerful tool for study and prayer. You can access them on the sermon notes section of the website. For more information on THE TABLE please...

Tonight we talked more about what it means for the church to be the HOUSE of prayer of all nations. Do we need buildings, brands, and leaders...and if so, what are those things in the house of the Lord? For more information on THE TABLE please visit: www.thetablecalifornia.com

What does it mean to be a covenant people? Tonight we looked at 3 qualities of the covenant family of God as seen in Genesis 9: covenant people are blessed, they understand the tension of covenant freedom and restriction, and the covenant family honors the signs of the covenant. Also, all sermon notes from our Sunday gatherings are now available on the new website: www.thetablecalifornia.com For m...

We began our discussion on discipleship this week, answering the questions we introduced last week from chapters 1 and 2 of "The Master Plan of Evangelism" By Robert Coleman. The questions for next week from chapters 3 and 4 are: Chapter 3 1. What is the first and most important thing a disciple learns to do? 2. What would disqualify someone from being a disciple? 3. What does Jesus dema...

Tonight we look at 7 reasons why God wants to bring His people to the end of themselves. We continue our journey through Genesis and discuss why it was necessary for Noah to be brought to the end of himself before the Lord brought him into the next season. For more information on THE TABLE please visit: www.thetablecalifornia.com

From October, 22...Tonight we talked about the significance of THE TABLE before continuing our walk through Genesis. The Lord was the one who closed the door behind Noah. Doors protect, doors separate, and doors connect. What do we do when a door closes and the new door has not yet opened? What do we do when we want to take something, or someone, from a previous season into a new season...but the...

From October 29...Tonight we take a break from our walk through Genesis to look at the vision the Lord is giving us for this church family. We see in Jesus' words in Mark 11 that the house of God is a "House of prayer for all nations." "House" speaks to the family of God living in communion with one another. "Prayer" speaks to the family of God living in communio...

This is the audio from the discussion time at our first house church gathering. We introduced the book we will be reading  over the next few weeks, "The Master Plan of Evangelism" by Robert Coleman ($7 on Amazon...highly recommended). We will begin our study of discipleship next week. Read the first two chapters and consider these questions as you read: Chapter 1 1. What qualities was Je...

How nice it would be if our obedience was immediately followed by reward. But the way of the kingdom often takes us through the process of suffering...as a RESULT of our obedience. This was the case for Noah; obedience to all that God commanded him to do followed by 120 years of labor, ridicule, and trial. Mature saints understand this walk of obedience and the embrace the pressure and the trials,...

We continue our journey through God's story today, looking at Genesis 6:14-22. We look at the magnitude of Noah's obedience and how the ark that carried him and his family through the storm foreshadows the salvation that we find in Christ. For more information on THE TABLE please visit: www.thetablecalifornia.com

This morning Bob shared part 2 of the message he began on Thursday night. We walked through Romans 5 and 6 and saw how powerful this gospel is that we have received...and the incredible born again life we have now received. We are a new humanity! The question is, do we actually know what we have received? Do we know the power of the cross to bring us into victory over sin and this age? Do we actua...

We were honored to have Bob Gladstone share with us tonight. Bob and his wife, Jeana, give leadership to a house church community in Charlotte, NC. Bob shared with us God's eternal purpose in conforming us into the image of His Son...and how often this looks like trials, wilderness, and testing. How we approach these seasons of difficulty directly impact the image of Jesus that we bear in our...

This morning we look at a fascinating passage from Genesis 6. As enticing as it is to go down the rabbit hole of the mystery of Nephilim and fallen angels, the real story of Genesis 6 is the scandalous grace that God pours out on Noah. Grace is always looking for a place to land. In Noah's day, grace found a righteous man to preserve humanity...and 2,000 years ago Grace stood up from His thro...

This morning we were so blessed to have Scott Volk share with us. Scott posed the question to us, asking if we would be the church, not just attend the church. To rightly be the church, we must diligently preserve the unity of the Spirit, become irresistibly hospitable, and live radically generous. This was a timely and foundational message for our church family.  For more information on Scott Vol...

Enoch walked with God and was no more. What does it mean to walk with God? Are we living lives that can be described as "walking with God"? Today we continue our journey through God's word, looking at Genesis 5. We look at how a life of faith can cause us to defy the gravitational pull of Adam's grave. As always, if you would like to have a copy of the transcript from this or a...

The Bible teaches us that salvation comes to us as a free gift of grace by faith alone. The gift of freedom from sin and union with God is freely given to anyone who believes that Jesus is who He says He is…and it is exclusive of our effort or works or good ideas, family lineage, nationality, cultural upbringing, or denominational heritage. Nothing we can do for God through religious works will ca...

Jesus is the Seed of the Redeemer that would defeat the serpent. He so completely entered into the full depth of Adam's Fall and brought salvation and freedom to the sons of Adam. Today we looked at the las half of Genesis 3; the judgement proclaimed to the serpent, Adam, and Eve...the curse on our land, the significance of toiling for bread for a land of thorns and thistles, and the sword th...

Analisia Cook shared with us this morning from Genesis 2:1-3, the Sabbath rest of the Lord. We looked at the origins of this holy day, it's role in Israel's history, and how Jesus treated the Sabbath. We also asked the important question for ourselves; is the Sabbath for the New Covenant or is it fulfilled in Christ, no longer to be observed? For more information on THE TABLE please visi...

This week we continued to look at Genesis 3 and the effects of the Fall. Adam responded to God walking in the garden with fear and shame. His sin had created a mythological god who he had never seen before. As sons and daughters of Adam, we also respond to God through that lens of Adam's brokenness, until the blood of Jesus washes us of our sin and the Holy Spirit opens our eyes to see the be...

It could be said that Genesis 3 is one of the most important chapters in the Bible. Everything was going so good in creation, until it wasn't. The story of Adam and Eve's disobedience is our story. We were with them in the garden on the day they were deceived. To understand the world around us, and the powerful grace of the cross of Christ, we must understand Genesis 3. For more informat...

Today we continue our journey through God's story beginning in Genesis. We will take a look at God's design for the family and, ultimately, the church. When God formed a counterpart for Adam, He not only gave him a helper, He gave humanity a living, breathing metaphor that would point to the Bride that He one day would give to His Son.  For more information on THE TABLE please visit: www...

Today we look at the significance of Adam's assignment in the Garden and how it foreshadows the churches assignment today. We also look at our connection to the land God has planted us in and how the land will reflect in the natural what we are experiencing in the spiritual. And as always, we want to find what the passage we are studying says about the nature of God, where Jesus is in the pas...