Jesus promised His disciples three things — that they would be completely fearless, absurdly happy, and in constant trouble. — F. R. Maltby Jesus wants His followers to experience great joy. I am convinced of this. As late as His Last Supper discourse, He let them know they could find joy in part from their prayer life: Until now you have asked nothing in My name. Ask, and you will receive, that your joy may be full. – John 16:24 I know...

Happy Resurrection Sunday! The Lord is RISEN! The angel said to the women, “Do not be afraid; for I know that you are looking for Jesus who has been crucified. He is not here, for He has risen, just as He said. Come, see the place where He was lying. – Matthew 28:5-6 O death, where is your victory? O death, where is your sting?” The sting of death is sin, and the power of sin is the law; but thanks be to God, who gives us the victory...

  April 19, 2014 We have spent several months now exploring the church planting process. In fact, if we are really honest with ourselves, we’ve been looking into this for almost four years now. And yet… this is the first time I’ve created a blog post about this. I’m not sure that I expected the experience to be “blog worthy”, but now I believe that it is. Over the past few years, we had some fits and...

In the Spring of 2014, our House Church embarked on a study of the Passover and how we can see Jesus active and present in that experience. Pastor Cathy walked us all through a multi-week study of the Haggadah and the Passover Seder experience. This study culminated in a full Passover Seder dinner using a Messianic Haggadah. In addition, Pastor Chris led a workplace ministry activity to examine the connections between Christ and the Passover....

In the early months of 2014, our House Church group engaged in a study titled “Your Divine Design” using Chip Ingram’s study materials. This study does an excellent job of categorizing the gifts of the Holy Spirit and Chip does a great job of walking participants through a process of discerning which of the gifts we possess and, particularly, which are our strengths. Many of our church members had taken Spiritual Gifts...