Genesis Church

The religious mind often changes the Good News from a story of God's unconditional, loving acceptance into a loveless deposition of a legal case, requiring proper acknowledgment of guilt, accompanying shame, appropriate, verifiable repentance, and then a trial period for behavior modification. The younger son (known as the prodigal), doesn't change the Father's mind about him, rather he is greeted...

A Better View Pt3 - end or our Easter Series. Forgiveness does not require restitution or sacrifice. Then why was Jesus crucified? "The cross is not what God inflicts upon Christ in order to forgive. The cross is what God endures in Christ as he forgives." —Brian Zahnd

God does not require a sacrifice to FORGIVE! Salvation is about rescue NOT repayment. Discover the wonder of the Good News announced by Jesus in the Gospels.

"I Don't Ever Want My WHY to Take Me Away From Him!" Bill Johnson Many Christians in the West, particularly those of certain bible teaching groups, have SIGNIFICANT issues living with mystery (uncertainty), all the while demanding triumphant responses and biblical absolutism. This IS NOT the story of Easter.

John 5:40(MSG) “You have your heads in your Bibles constantly because you think you’ll find eternal life there. But you miss the forest for the trees. These Scriptures are all about me! And here I am, standing right before you." (s) A Truth Seeker is one who seeks Jesus and incarnationally lives with this question; "How can I love and affirm others as God/Jesus loves them"

When we are faced with life events that shake us to our core, challenging all we believe, even our faith, this message will provide 4 important keys.

When you believe that you are acceptable, no matter what, you can be honest with yourself, and that is when you are the most powerful to grow. You Are Enough!

“Sawubonoa!”, which is Zulu for, hello. It means, “I see you and by seeing you I bring you into being.” Thank you for seeing me. You didn’t have to hold up, wait for me, talk. You had important things pressing you. You “brought me into being”, and by doing so gave me the gift of feeling loved and appreciated.

Christian growth does not happen by first behaving better, but by believing differently and with awareness of who God made you to be in Christ.

What if your fear was really an act of the imagination... a gateway into a life of abandonment to God's dreams for you?

God uses what we often view as upside down to uncover His radical love and redemptive purposes. Heres the second message in Jeff's current talk on deconstructing what we think of church and gathering together. Are you ready to accept the challenge to question?!

God uses what we often view as upside down to uncover His radical love and redemptive purposes. Heres the second message in Jeff's current talk on deconstructing what we think of church and gathering together. Are you ready to accept the challenge to question?!

God uses what we often view as upside down to uncover His radical love and redemptive purposes.

Bells, Choir, music, solos, and encouragement. Wonder of His Love - this Christmas Eve @7p, Join Us in the sanctuary of St. John's.

Description:In this series we are going to explore the differences between knowing the Bible and knowing Christ, knowing scripture and knowing the reality of Christ in us.

In this series we are going to explore the differences between knowing the Bible and knowing Christ, knowing scripture and knowing the reality of Christ in us.

Remember... with God Perception Is NOT Reality...He FLIPS It! Brokenness Doesn't Define You!

Break the SILENCE! The gift of acknowledgement, permission, and recognition!

There is a way to remove violence from disagreement, retaliation from pain... it requires forgiveness rather than condemnation, a choice to honor rather than display indignity.

Do you find it difficult to be around people who are different from you? Are you easily upset by the lifestyle differences of people who don't believe or practice your faith or beliefs? This message will give you things to consider and help you embrace a more loving YOU!

There is a way to remove violence from disagreement, retaliation from pain... it requires forgiveness rather than condemnation, a choice to honor rather than display indignity.

Is it possible that God is SO good, the Gospel so scandalous, that redemption will reach all of humanity and all death will be swallowed up in the VICTORY of God's love?

If the Gospel is about a system of correct beliefs with the objective of going to Heaven at life's end, coercing others into accepting Jesus lest they be eternally punished could possibly make sense. However, what if the Gospel is NONE of this?

As long as the cross is the place where an angry god poured out his wrath upon his own son, you will never see the beautiful cross as the self-sacrificial giving of the crucified God in love for the world.

Look with us at several key scripture passages utilized to expound the idea of Hell, Hades, Lake of Fire, Eternal Punishment, Everlasting Punishment, and Judgment. You will find our time together uplifting and liberating!