PHILEMON: A LETTER BORN IN CONFLICT Paul, a prominent author in the New Testament found himself in quite the predicament. He has led Philemon, a wealthy land owner and now Pastor of the assembly in Colossae into a relationship with Jesus. But Philemon also has a runaway slave named Onesimus, who made his way from Colossae […]
ARE YOU RUNNING FROM GOD? Jonah tried. Recently I had the privilege of preaching through the book of Jonah and unfolding this fishy tale about God, nature and a disobedient Hebrew prophet. Throughout this short, bizarre, and powerful tale we get to see both Jonah’s heart and God’s heart on display and through them both, […]
The Revelation of Jesus Christ is the great capstone of the entire Bible. All other 65 books throughout both the Old and New Testament flow in a stream making their way into the ocean of the Revelation. It’s also the fourth largest book in the New Testament and the only book of the Bible titled […]
There is a lot of information today about who Jesus is and what He is all about. The April 9th 2012 Newsweek magazine had Jesus pictured as a metro-sexual in the midst of Manhattan calling His people to “leave the Church and follow Him.” Lots of people are making false assumptions about Jesus while the […]
Encountering God occasionally and living in constant communion with God are two different things. Many people encounter God from day to day, but struggled to live in a place of constant communion with Him. In this series on the major Doctrines of the Bible we will learn how to create a resting place in our […]
Growing in passion for Jesus is mostly about understanding Jesus’ passion for us. In my reading of the Bible and in my opinion there is no other book like the Song of Songs when it comes to line upon line truths about growing in Passion for Jesus. This book is unlike any other book in […]
It’s clear that we live in an hour of unprecedented pressures. There are economic pressures, social pressures, moral pressures, global pressures and religious pressures. What’s most important in the midst of these many pressures is that we don’t lose our way in Christ. Jesus promised us that in this age, pressures will continue. So it’s […]