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Send us Fan Mail In a moment of time, John was granted a picture: the book of Revelation. And just like how we see different things at different moments in time, we also have various pictures of Jesus in our minds. But during Holy week, we witness Jesus in a different light, engaging in debates, healing people, and ultimately dying on the cross. Then, in Revelation 1, we see Jesus revealed to John...

Send us Fan Mail This is the last sermon in the Radical Discipleship series, where we embark on a journey to discern what it truly means to live a life of radical obedience and unwavering devotion to our Lord and Saviour, Jesus Christ. This particular episode is dedicated to a deep dive into the topic of radical revolution and its connection to the solemn occasion of Palm Sunday. Our sermon is fou...

Send us Fan Mail  We are in a series on Radical Discipleship and last week, Michael summarized the previous 11 weeks to help us integrate all of these into our entire lives as we follow Christ. We have two more weeks in this series: the root of this discipleship Luke 9:23. Radical means the essence or extreme nature of following Jesus. Last week’s summary leads us into the conversation for this we...

Send us Fan Mail Support the show Pastors Eric, Mark, Susan, Daniel, and other Village leaders open the Scriptures as the witness to God’s kingdom breaking into our lives. Scripture gives us more than abstract ideas. It is the Word of God, given to form us, confront us, comfort us, and teach us how to follow Jesus. Each episode invites us to listen and respond. We are learning to understand the Bi...

Send us Fan Mail Eric Cepin 3-12-23 Being a disciple is radical and extreme: Luke 9:23 is our anchor, our theme verse, that tells us to take up our cross and follow Jesus. We’ve been applying this idea to many different ideas: courage, waiting, hospitality, gender, ect. Today, we will talk about radical marriage...and this applies to singleness as well. Continue Support the show Pastors Eric, Mark...

Send us Fan Mail Questions: 1. Who gets to tell you who you are? (whether you know it or not, you have to wrestle with this daily!) 2. What holds your affection(s)? What is the object of your desire(s)? (The answer to this question may help you with the first question!) 3. A mind-blowing statement: Something you never knew: You have a body! This is brilliant! If you remember nothing else, remember...

Send us Fan Mail Some questions: ● What transforms hardship into discipline? Ans: Submission ● To whom should we submit? Ans: The Father of spirits ● What is the benefit? Ans: Peace, righteousness, life, goodness, holiness peace Read More Support the show Pastors Eric, Mark, Susan, Daniel, and other Village leaders open the Scriptures as the witness to God’s kingdom breaking into our lives. Script...

Send us Fan Mail Two ideas to wrestle with today: We are all parents: you are a parent if you are in the kingdom of God. and  Who is God calling you to parent? Radical parenting looks at parenting in a different way than you might think of it. In Mark 3,  Jesus has been called insane and accused of being the devil and his family is worried. The crowd tells him his mother and brothers are there and...

Send us Fan Mail  This morning, we read I Peter 2:2-9. This was written by Peter, an apostle, and you can read his story in the Gospels and Acts. Peter wrote I and II Peter but most likely he dictated the first and wrote the second himself. The reason for that is that I Peter is a piece of beautiful literature and II Peter is just about the worst! This is an interesting sidenote. Continue Reading...

Send us Fan Mail Today, I want to start with a beautiful picture of Martha Stewart saying, “Do you know that unwelcome guest that everyone wishes would leave already?” This idea of the unwelcome guest is something we are familiar with: we talk about who is welcome and unwelcome in our culture or our lives: if they are hard to live with and hard to engage with, we wish they would leave. We deal wit...

Send us Fan Mail We are in a series called Radical Discipleship : every single topic in this series is prefigured by “Radical” because we are talking about things that are extreme, cutting to the root or base of a matter. What are the basics, the essence, of following Jesus and how can we do this in the most extreme way possible? Luke 9:23: “And he said to all, “If anyone would come after me, let...

Send us Fan Mail Ask this question : Is it worth it? (There is a Worth It TV show where they talk about items, tacos for example, at different price points and then they decide which one is truly worth it.) We need to ask “Is it really worth it to deny myself and take up my cross”? Is this worth it? We need to know what Jesus is offering because there is no reason to do this otherwise.  If you rea...

Send us Fan Mail You can be radical for many reasons; radical means either getting down to the core of something or extreme. You can be a radical (extreme) fan of a football team. Discipleship means following Jesus and it can be extreme as Jesus said “Whoever wants to be my disciple must deny themselves and take up their cross daily and follow me.” Your agenda is submitted under Jesus’s way. Also,...

Send us Fan Mail Radical Courage is the first sermon in the Radical Discipleship series. Why radical? In planning for this series of sermons, there was one sermon called radical hospitality and one called radical evangelism and we figured out that everything is radical when you follow Jesus: in fact, Jesus said you have to deny yourself and take up your cross. We connect ourselves with crosses tod...

Send us Fan Mail Pastor Mark offers his thoughts on Psalm 146.  For an extended conversation on Advent, follow the link below. Advent 2022 Support the show Pastors Eric, Mark, Susan, Daniel, and other Village leaders open the Scriptures as the witness to God’s kingdom breaking into our lives. Scripture gives us more than abstract ideas. It is the Word of God, given to form us, confront us, comfort...

Send us Fan Mail Pastor Eric teaches on Psalm 80 Advent Meditation Page Support the show Pastors Eric, Mark, Susan, Daniel, and other Village leaders open the Scriptures as the witness to God’s kingdom breaking into our lives. Scripture gives us more than abstract ideas. It is the Word of God, given to form us, confront us, comfort us, and teach us how to follow Jesus. Each episode invites us to l...

Send us Fan Mail Psalm 72 Of Solomon. 1 Endow the king with your justice, O God,     the royal son with your righteousness. 2 May he judge your people in righteousness,     your afflicted ones with justice. 3 May the mountains bring prosperity to the people,     the hills the fruit of righteousness. 4 May he defend the afflicted among the people     and save the children of the needy;     may he c...

Send us Fan Mail Psalm 122 A song of ascents. Of David. 1 I rejoiced with those who said to me,     “Let us go to the house of the Lord.” 2 Our feet are standing     in your gates, Jerusalem. 3 Jerusalem is built like a city     that is closely compacted together. 4 That is where the tribes go up—     the tribes of the Lord— to praise the name of the Lord     according to the statute given to Isra...

Send us Fan Mail Romans 16 I commend to you our sister Phoebe, a deacon[ a ][ b ] of the church in Cenchreae. 2 I ask you to receive her in the Lord in a way worthy of his people and to give her any help she may need from you, for she has been the benefactor of many people, including me. 3 Greet Priscilla[ c ] and Aquila, my co-workers in Christ Jesus. 4 They risked their lives for me. Not only I...

Send us Fan Mail Romans 14:1-8 Support the show Pastors Eric, Mark, Susan, Daniel, and other Village leaders open the Scriptures as the witness to God’s kingdom breaking into our lives. Scripture gives us more than abstract ideas. It is the Word of God, given to form us, confront us, comfort us, and teach us how to follow Jesus. Each episode invites us to listen and respond. We are learning to und...

Send us Fan Mail Romans 12 9 Love must be sincere. Hate what is evil; cling to what is good. 10 Be devoted to one another in love. Honor one another above yourselves. 11 Never be lacking in zeal, but keep your spiritual fervor, serving the Lord. 12 Be joyful in hope, patient in affliction, faithful in prayer. 13 Share with the Lord’s people who are in need. Practice hospitality. 14 Bless those who...

Send us Fan Mail Romans 12:1-8 Support the show Pastors Eric, Mark, Susan, Daniel, and other Village leaders open the Scriptures as the witness to God’s kingdom breaking into our lives. Scripture gives us more than abstract ideas. It is the Word of God, given to form us, confront us, comfort us, and teach us how to follow Jesus. Each episode invites us to listen and respond. We are learning to und...

Send us Fan Mail Romans 6 Support the show Pastors Eric, Mark, Susan, Daniel, and other Village leaders open the Scriptures as the witness to God’s kingdom breaking into our lives. Scripture gives us more than abstract ideas. It is the Word of God, given to form us, confront us, comfort us, and teach us how to follow Jesus. Each episode invites us to listen and respond. We are learning to understa...

Send us Fan Mail Romans 7 and 8 Support the show Pastors Eric, Mark, Susan, Daniel, and other Village leaders open the Scriptures as the witness to God’s kingdom breaking into our lives. Scripture gives us more than abstract ideas. It is the Word of God, given to form us, confront us, comfort us, and teach us how to follow Jesus. Each episode invites us to listen and respond. We are learning to un...

Send us Fan Mail Romans 3:21-31  The Climbing Wall of Faith Support the show Pastors Eric, Mark, Susan, Daniel, and other Village leaders open the Scriptures as the witness to God’s kingdom breaking into our lives. Scripture gives us more than abstract ideas. It is the Word of God, given to form us, confront us, comfort us, and teach us how to follow Jesus. Each episode invites us to listen and re...