Parables - The Mustard Seed / Yeast
When Jesus compares the kingdom is like a mustard seed, he is telling us that God takes the improbable and does the undeniable. And he is reminding us that the kingdom grows in order to bless the wor...
14 Jul 201340min
Parables - The Weeds and Wheat
It isn't hard to look at the world and know that it is not now how God intended it. Jesus used a parable to illustrate this reality and to affirm that a time is coming that God will set things right....
7 Jul 201331min
Parables - The Sower
Jesus said the gospel is like seed which falls on all kinds of soils. The soil represents the heart of those who hear it. Some receive it with a hard heart, others with a shallow heart and still oth...
30 Jun 201335min
Living Mission - To the Ends of the Earth
We are all given the call to be witnesses of Jesus. And our life's impact will be far greater than we can imagine, having global and eternal implications. Some are called to go to foreign lands and ...
23 Jun 201321min
Living Mission - In Our Samaria(s)
When Jesus told the disciples that they would be witnesses in Samaria, it was far more revolutionary than just suggesting another geographical advance. Samaria was a place of different religion and c...
16 Jun 201332min
Living Mission - Locally
When Jesus sent out his disciples, he had a paradigm in mind. They came to announce the kingdom, traveled with nothing, entered into the homes of others and were prepared for rejection. So when he c...
9 Jun 201341min
Living Mission - The Primacy of Prayer
Why does Jesus pray so intently in the garden before the cross? Why do the disciples pray so devotedly in the upper room before the Spirit comes? Why does Daniel pray so boldly under the threat of d...
2 Jun 201321min
Constructing Vision - Our Effort, His Power
Why does the apostle Paul use words like toil and struggle when he talks about his ministry? He does so because Jesus has become his overarching pursuit and he has given his life to it. What might i...
26 Mai 201348min
