In Luke chapter 7, Jesus spoke of John the Baptist, describing his as a prophet, and even as the greatest prophet up to that time. But then our Lord said, all who are in the Kingdom of God will be greater than John. He is challenging us to think of ourselves as greater than the greatest prophet of the Old…
When God speaks, we should listen. Every Christ follower gives assent to this principle. The entire Bible is replete with the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit speaking: In the beginning, God spoke, and created everything with His words (Genesis 1). In the beginning was the Word, and that Word became flesh (John 1). We have life, not simply…
In 2010, we ended a long season of serving in difficult and what felt like mostly fruitless endeavors as community group leaders in Silicon Valley. Divorces, funerals, betrayal, fruitless ministry, loss of property, and bad health ended this season. 2011 opened to an amazing time of new friendships and Holy Spirit encounters with a time to heal in Santa Cruz.…
As in every chapter, the key to our living for Christ rest in what the Bible says regarding our regular day to day lives. If each generation of disciples after the original Apostles had certain expectations or practices in the Lord, then we should have similar exceptions and practices. We stated our basic foundation for this is found in Jesus’s…