There are a lot of views of Heaven, even secular ideas of what an afterlife is like. What Dreams May Come is an aesthetically beautiful and though provoking movie that posits that Heaven is uniquely personal to each person. Watch this clip and discuss what you think (and if you have time, I’d thoroughly suggest watching the whole movie.… Read more →
Preaching Series
“What is Grace?” Follow Up
At Edge, Jos talked about grace. In a nutshell grace is freedom; freedom from a live tied to the Law which cannot be fulfilled by us, freedom from the burden of sin, and freedom to explore life and explore faith without having to worry about the unknown because the Grace of God goes before us and allows us to find… Read more →
“What is Forgiveness?” Follow Up
Last night I asserted that Biblical forgiveness is drastically different to how the world sees and understands forgiveness. The world sees and understands forgiveness as something that only empowers the self: If someone has hurt me, it is taught, that forgiveness is important, even imperative, if I ever want to move on. So for me to forgive whoever hurt me… Read more →
“What is Wisdom?” Follow up
Building off of what Courtney shared with us on what wisdom is from a biblical perspective, I wanted to share with you a short devotional reflection on the difference between wisdom and knowledge. Courtney pulled from King Solomon and the book of Proverbs, using the verse “The fear of the Lord is the beginning of all wisdom, and knowledge… Read more →
“What is Hope?” Follow up
A few weeks ago Hayley spoke on “what is hope?” She touched on Abraham and Sarah’s story about God’s promise to give them a child, even at a ridiculously old age, and that hope – Biblical Hope – is more than just wishing for something good to happen. It’s trusting in God’s word. There’s a difference between placing our… Read more →
“What is Worship” follow up
We started this series, “What is…?” a few weeks ago and we started off by looking at ‘what is worship?’ We took away the “worship team” so there was no music and we examined what true worship means. True worship is a live dedicated to serving God in humble reverence of who God is. That means that worshiping God… Read more →
Fear, Despair, and Confusion vs. Hope
Last night I tried to evoke our imaginations to picture ourselves as someone close to Jesus during this week leading up to Easter. He spoke a lot of confusing things about him having to go away and that the disciples will mourn him, and it’s hard to really imagine how they felt because, of course, we know what he’s talking… Read more →
You, Me, And the Pharisees
Last night at the Living Room Daniel preached on Jesus’ parable of the Wicked Tenants… Matthew 21:33-45 (NIV) The Parable of the Tenants 33 “Listen to another parable: There was a landowner who planted a vineyard. He put a wall around it, dug a winepress in it and built a watchtower. Then he rented the vineyard to some farmers and moved… Read more →
Who Is The Servant?
Last night, Daniel (our guest preacher) raised a thought provoking and challenging question…”who is the servant?” or perhaps more appropriate, “who is A servant of God?” Our reading was the 4th of the Servant Songs in Isaiah found in within chapter 52:13-53:12. And if you don’t have a Bible of your choosing with you, you can read over that here:… Read more →
Re-learning Reliance on God
Last night at the Living Room (or Sunday 19/3/17 depending on when you read this) I talked about the Servant’s strength based off Isaiah 50. And the basic meat of the message was that back in Isaiah’s day the words of the prophet rang loudly because the people had stopped relying on God for their help – their basic strength to… Read more →