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A citizen is defined as “a member of a state or nation, especially one with a republican form of government, who owes allegiance to it by birth or naturalization and is entitled to full civil rights.” If we are called to be citizen’s of the Kingdom of God, then what does it mean to owe allegiance to it? What does allegiance to the Kingdom of God look like in the everyday ordinary spaces of life? A...

A citizen is defined as “a member of a state or nation, especially one with a republican form of government, who owes allegiance to it by birth or naturalization and is entitled to full civil rights.” If we are called to be citizen’s of the Kingdom of God, then what does it mean to owe allegiance to it? What does allegiance to the Kingdom of God look like in the everyday ordinary spaces of life? A...

A citizen is defined as “a member of a state or nation, especially one with a republican form of government, who owes allegiance to it by birth or naturalization and is entitled to full civil rights.” If we are called to be citizen’s of the Kingdom of God, then what does it mean to owe allegiance to it? What does allegiance to the Kingdom of God look like in the everyday ordinary spaces of life? A...

The topic that Jesus spent most of his 3 years of earthly ministry talking about wasn’t money, heaven, or hell. He spent the majority of his earthly ministry talking about the Kingdom of God. But what exactly is the Kingdom of God (or in some places Kingdom of Heaven)? What is the Kingdom of God (or heaven) like? And why is it called an upside down kingdom? For our last week in our series we look...

The topic that Jesus spent most of his 3 years of earthly ministry talking about wasn’t money, heaven, or hell. He spent the majority of his earthly ministry talking about the Kingdom of God. But what exactly is the Kingdom of God (or in some places Kingdom of Heaven)? What is the Kingdom of God (or heaven) like? And why is it called an upside down kingdom?  This week we explore the Parable of the...

The topic that Jesus spent most of his 3 years of earthly ministry talking about wasn’t money, heaven, or hell. He spent the majority of his earthly ministry talking about the Kingdom of God. But what exactly is the Kingdom of God (or in some places Kingdom of Heaven)? What is the Kingdom of God (or heaven) like? And why is it called an upside down kingdom? In week 4 (our outdoor worship gathering...

The topic that Jesus spent most of his 3 years of earthly ministry talking about wasn’t money, heaven, or hell. He spent the majority of his earthly ministry talking about the Kingdom of God. But what exactly is the Kingdom of God (or in some places Kingdom of Heaven)? What is the Kingdom of God (or heaven) like? And why is it called an upside down kingdom? In week 3 of Upside Down we look at the...

The topic that Jesus spent most of his 3 years of earthly ministry talking about wasn’t money, heaven, or hell. He spent the majority of his earthly ministry talking about the Kingdom of God. But what exactly is the Kingdom of God (or in some places Kingdom of Heaven)? What is the Kingdom of God (or heaven) like? And why is it called an upside down kingdom? These are the questions we will explore...

The topic that Jesus spent most of his 3 years of earthly ministry talking about wasn’t money, heaven, or hell. He spent the majority of his earthly ministry talking about the Kingdom of God. But what exactly is the Kingdom of God (or in some places Kingdom of Heaven)? What is the Kingdom of God (or heaven) like? And why is it called an upside down kingdom? These are the questions we will explore...

During our Easter gathering we explored our final spiritual discipline celebration. We used Luke 24:1-12 as our primary text for the morning.

We explore the spiritual discipline of sacrifice.

We read in the Scriptures that we are to be formed into the image and likeness of Jesus. But practically how does this actually work? How can we be spiritually formed into the image and likeness of Jesus? In this series we will look at some classic spiritual disciplines that will help to spiritually form us in the way of Jesus and the Kingdom of God. For week 5 of our Lenten sermon series Formed w...

We read in the Scriptures that we are to be formed into the image and likeness of Jesus. But practically how does this actually work? How can we be spiritually formed into the image and likeness of Jesus? In this series we will look at some classic spiritual disciplines that will help to spiritually form us in the way of Jesus and the Kingdom of God. This week we explore the spiritual discipline o...

We read in the Scriptures that we are to be formed into the image and likeness of Jesus. But practically how does this actually work? How can we be spiritually formed into the image and likeness of Jesus? In this series we will look at some classic spiritual disciplines that will help to spiritually form us in the way of Jesus and the Kingdom of God. Join us for Formed. In Week 3 of Formed we look...

We read in the Scriptures that we are to be formed into the image and likeness of Jesus. But practically how does this actually work? How can we be spiritually formed into the image and likeness of Jesus? In this series we will look at some classic spiritual disciplines that will help to spiritually form us in the way of Jesus and the Kingdom of God. In week 2 of our Lenten Sermon series Formed we...

We read in the Scriptures that we are to be formed into the image and likeness of Jesus. But practically how does this actually work? How can we be spiritually formed into the image and likeness of Jesus? In this series we will look at some classic spiritual disciplines that will help to spiritually form us in the way of Jesus and the Kingdom of God.  On Sunday February 26- the first week of...

The New Testament book of Colossians is written to followers of Jesus living in the town of Colossae, a part of the Roman Empire. Colossae was known as a place of religious pluralism including emperor worship. How did these early Christians follow Jesus in that setting, and what can we learn about following Jesus in the midst of our own religious pluralistic society? We wrap up our Colossians Remi...

The New Testament book of Colossians is written to followers of Jesus living in the town of Colossae, a part of the Roman Empire. Colossae was known as a place of religious pluralism including emperor worship. How did these early Christians follow Jesus in that setting, and what can we learn about following Jesus in the midst of our own religious pluralistic society?

The New Testament book of Colossians is written to followers of Jesus living in the town of Colossae, a part of the Roman Empire. Colossae was known as a place of religious pluralism including emperor worship. How did these early Christians follow Jesus in that setting, and what can we learn about following Jesus in the midst of our own religious pluralistic society?  Here is the audio from w...

The New Testament book of Colossians is written to followers of Jesus living in the town of Colossae, a part of the Roman Empire. Colossae was known as a place of religious pluralism including emperor worship. How did these early Christians follow Jesus in that setting, and what can we learn about following Jesus in the midst of our own religious pluralistic society?  This episode we tackle C...

If God is love, which He is, then Advent celebrates the revealing of that love in the person of his Son Jesus. But what does Jesus coming into this world reveal about God, Jesus, ourselves and our world? Week 4 we look at Luke 2:8-20 and talk about Love is Here.  

If God is love, which He is, then Advent celebrates the revealing of that love in the person of his Son Jesus. But what does Jesus coming into this world reveal about God, Jesus, ourselves and our world? Week 3 of Love Revealed we look at Matthew 1:18-25 and talk about love being revealed to forgive sins. 

If God is love, which He is, then Advent celebrates the revealing of that love in the person of his Son Jesus. But what does Jesus coming into this world reveal about God, Jesus, ourselves and our world? This week we look at John 1:1-18 and talk about love being revealed to give life.  

If God is love, which He is, then Advent celebrates the revealing of that love in the person of his Son Jesus. But what does Jesus coming into this world reveal about God, Jesus, ourselves and our world? This first week of Advent we look at love being revealed to bring justice and explore Isaiah 42:1-9

The word cruciform simply means having the shape of a cross. So a cruciform life is a life that is lived in the shape and the way of the cross. But what does it look like in the everyday ordinary spaces of life to live a cruciform life? To take up the cross and follow Jesus? The sixth and final week of the Cruciform Life we explore the idea that the cruciform life is a life of love by looking at 1...