This week we look at Jesus’ prayer for his disciples (and us) to the Father.
A new work of God in San Diego's East Village
A new work of God in San Diego's East Village
Sermons on Calling (Page 2)
This week we imagine what it means to abide in Christ through the image Jesus gives us of a vine and branches.
This week we look at the community in Acts 4 and how it calls us to an impossible task of loving. We try to release ourselves to God in order for God’s work to be accomplished in and through us.
This week we listen to the Christ Hymn and try to live into the pattern of Jesus’ life it sets out. We hope to have this song echo in our lives and shape us more into the shape of the Cross.
This week we look at Jesus driving out people from the temple and what that might tell us about how we should relate to our religious systems and beliefs. We try to open ourselves to death and therefore resurrection.
This week we talk about what it means to actually follow Jesus. We talk about how commitment to Christ can be a risky and dangerous thing. The Kingdom of God is opposed to the kingdoms of the earth and claim victory without weapons.
This week we learn what the Gospel is from Jesus himself. We try to imagine what it must have sounded like to hear that God’s kingdom was coming in a world that is more distant from actual kingdoms.
This week we learn about how we are called as the church to be shaped by Christ rather than what the world wants us to be shaped as.
This week we learn about how to give and receive love. We learn how to need people and how to be needed by people and how this need calls us to discipleship. Our mutuality is part of our sanctification.
This week we learn about how to pray for God to overturn this world. We learn how we need to turn away from the kingdoms and systems of this world and prepare for the coming of the Lord. The coming of the Lord will mean the end of the current age, kingdoms, and systems, so…