REGATHER & RESTART – EZRA 06 — The Resistance
https://vimeo.com/369211870 So obviously, a lot to talk about today. A lot going on. If you’re joining us online, if you’re hearing me on audio or video… then this is a big day for our church. We are making a change. And I know that change is hard… all change...
REGATHER & RESTART – EZRA 05 — Transcendence
https://vimeo.com/367638235 We are looking at the Book of Ezra. Ezra is the story of a comeback. A spiritual comeback for God’s people. It was bottom of the ninth, two strikes, two outs, and BAM, an out of the park walk off grand slam to win the game. My...
REGATHER & RESTART – EZRA 04 — Grace In The Old Testament
https://vimeo.com/364677753 Every time we gather, I ask you to open your Bible. There is a reason I ask you to open your Bible—actually, there are literally hundreds of reasons I ask you to open your Bible. But of all the reasons, the main one is this: the...
REGATHER & RESTART – EZRA 03 – How To Have a Comeback, Part 2
https://vimeo.com/363197607 Our society is fragmented. As a people, we are fractured and broken apart. I know there are exceptions, but would you basically agree that our culture is fragmented? There’s a report out about something that is happening in...
REGATHER & RESTART – EZRA 02 — How to Make a Comeback
https://vimeo.com/361697407 The title of this series of posts is Regather and Restart. The subtitle is a Journey Through the Book of Ezra. This is an expository study of the Bible. This means we are going verse by verse through a book of the Bible, or sometimes...
How the Church Murdered Grace
The heart of Scripture is Christ. The heart of Christ is grace. The heart of Grace is the Cross.
Without Christ’s Cross, there is no grace, not in reality, and not conceptually either. There is no such thing as a Christless grace, yet this is certainly abroad in the land. But even worse, there is no such thing as a Crossless grace, and this is pandemic.
REGATHER & RESTART – A Journey Through the Book of Ezra 01 – The Three Realms
https://vimeo.com/360163694 This new series answers some painful questions, some confusing questions, and some difficult questions about life and God. We are going to work our way through a book of the Bible verse by verse. This is called expository study, or...
Summertime Scripture Stories 14 — The Story of the Story of the Bible
https://vimeo.com/358832408 This post is wrapping up the sermon series called Simply Said Soulful, Satisfying Scripture Stories. My last post for this series is: The Story of the Story of the Bible Look, every day you're confronted with choices, You have to...
G.R.I.T. 10 — Future Grace
https://vimeo.com/183242176 This quality called GRIT wears a thousand faces. It’s the toughness of a fighter in the UFC. It’s the warmth of a parent feeding a newborn in the cold, dark night. The rapture of an accomplished musician. The satisfaction of a hard...
G.R.I.T. 09 — Transcendent Purpose
https://vimeo.com/182336134 September 11 The TV in the living room showed live footage of smoke rising from a New York Skyscraper. Those pictures are etched in my mind. At the time, I didn’t realize how profound that moment was. Nobody realized how it would...