Tag Archives: Jesus Christ
KS West Dreams for the UMC
At the young adult clergy booth at the Kansas West Annual Conference, participants were invited to add a post it note sharing dreams for The United Methodist Church. The responses were (in no particular order): Be Bold to no longer support abortion All means All.. Love God. Love people. Relevance To respect & value young [...]
My Vision for the United Methodist Church
I have been thinking a lot about the United Methodist Church, including the Top 5 Reasons I Stay in The United Methodist Church earlier in the week. My vision for the United Methodist Church is that: Every church or charge will have at least one new member join by profession of faith each year. United Methodists [...]
Response to Who is Jesus to you?
I received an email response to the post, Who is Jesus to you? from Adam, a Resurrection attender, and thought it was well worth sharing with you. With his permission: Andrew, I think this is an interesting question, but so is your answer: “Jesus is my Lord and Savior. He continues to teach me about [...]
iCampus – What about the incarnation?
This is a series of responses to questions about an internet campus from a previous series of posts. Do you have any other questions? Feel free to leave them in the comments and I will try to respond to each one. Thanks! Matt Judkins offered this comment at LifeChurch.tv Internet Campus – Not (3 of [...]
iCampus – Why start an internet campus?
This is a series of responses to questions about an internet campus from a previous series of posts. Do you have any other questions? Feel free to leave them in the comments and I will try to respond to each one. Thanks! Why start an internet campus? This is a great question and a fundamental [...]
What is the time table between Jesus passion predictions in Mark?
I have had the opportunity to lead the Builders Sunday Morning Small Group for three weeks studying the gospel according to Mark. This question was from a breakout group studying Mark 8:31-9:1, 9:30-32 and 10:32.34. It is hard to determine the exact time table between each of these episodes. There are six days that are [...]
Did Peter know what he meant by saying, “You are the Christ?”
I have had the opportunity to lead the Builders Sunday Morning Small Group for three weeks studying the gospel according to Mark. This question was from a breakout group studying Mark 8:27-30. Peter’s confession is the first human confession that is recorded in Mark. To this point in the narrative the naming of Jesus identity [...]
Can one be saved by faith in God alone, without faith in Christ?
As I was picking up my things after teaching the Builders Class, I was asked this question by a member of the small group (Bible 101)that was coming into the same room at 10:45. This question touches on the issue of Christianity and other religions and my first response would be to be in reference [...]
Scripture: Flexible and Resilient
Back in December, I started thinking about what would be the opposite of the scriptures being fragile. (See the comment conversation at – Were there really wise men?) I believe that the word of God as contained in the Old and New Testaments is both resilient and flexible. Let me be clear that I do [...]
God’s Work through Sinful People
I received this question from Craig via email. This question is in reference to this past weekend’s sermon which you can watch here. This weekend Adam mentioned that “give us this day our daily bread” was in part an invitation to place our trust in God. He made reference to one of the scriptures that [...]
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