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Fully Human vs. Sub-Human | Children vs. Dogs

And now it’s time to talk about dogs. I venture into a topic that I...

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A Hard Saying of Christ

This is a hard saying of Christ and a radical call to discipleship. And everyone...

January 2025

January 31, 2025

Guest Post | Relationship vs. Religion

Pastor Brandon dissects a couple lines of thought on religion, a term currently misunderstood in...

October 2024

October 10, 2024

On Love in Brief

By contrast, the fruit of the Spirit is love . . . Galatians 5.22-23 There...

July 2024

July 26, 2024

Another Sign?

Years ago, when I was at Messenger College a visiting preacher spoke at our chapel. He...

May 2024

May 03, 2024

Subsequence and Pentecost

The doctrine of subsequence more than likely comes to us from the Wesleyan tradition. It...

April 2024

April 27, 2024

Late Night Text

10:15 PM really isn’t that late, is it? After all, people stay up much later...

March 2024

March 01, 2024

Texts for Desperation

There are times of desperation. This is inevitable. There are times when you need hope,...

January 2024

January 14, 2024

Guest Post | Vernell Ingle, Teaching Pastor

Guest Post | Vernell Ingle, Teaching Pastor Christpoint Galena Lord of the Rings The...

January 09, 2024

Distorting the Truth

Distorting the Truth Pilate asked him, ‘So you are a king?’ Jesus answered, ‘You say...

December 2023

December 13, 2023

Texts for Tonight | Waiting

Texts for Tonight | Waiting Save me, O God, for the waters have come up...

October 2023

October 27, 2023

Pulpit Masters and Heterodoxy

Pulpit Masters and Heterodoxy "Anytime someone can stand in the pulpit and tell you what...

October 19, 2023

Rhema | It’s OK We’ll Make It

Rhema | It’s OK We’ll Make It Granted, this post is from a Spirit-filled perspective....

August 2023

August 03, 2023

Christ’s Authority | Spirit Filled Community, pt. 2

Christ's Authority | Spirit Filled Community, pt. 2 Our two main presuppositions or assumptions are...

June 2023

June 26, 2023

Communion, pt. 5 | Early Influences, Justin Martyr

Communion, pt. 5 | Early Influences, Justin Martyr For more on Communion in the Early Church...

May 2023

May 08, 2023

Even the Wind and the Sea Obey, pt. 3

Even the Wind and the Sea Obey, pt. 3 This is part of a series:...

May 01, 2023

Even the Wind and the Sea Obey, pt. 1

Even the Wind and the Sea Obey, pt. 1 He did not speak to them...

April 2023

April 20, 2023

A Question About the Question

Quick Question: Do you ever find yourself asking the wrong question? Sometimes I am seeking...

March 2023

March 02, 2023

Ephesians | time to consider the change of sanctification

Ephesians | time to consider the change of sanctification We’re discussing the Christian household code...

February 2023

February 27, 2023

Ephesians | interpreting Paul on submission

Ephesians | interpreting Paul on submission In the ancient Greco-Roman Empire something unique takes place....

February 02, 2023

who is this Man? part 2 of 2

who is this Man? pt 2 of 2 To read part 1 of 2 CLICK...

January 2023

January 30, 2023

who is this Man? part 1 of 2

who is this Man? pt 1 of 2 Mark 4.35-37 On that day, when evening...

January 19, 2023

what about the things we confess? | Philippians ii.12

what about the things we confess? | Philippians ii.12 That at the name of Jesus...

January 12, 2023

the name above all names | Philippians ii.10

the name above all names | Philippians ii.10 We're working through Phil 2.5-11 in this...

January 03, 2023

when you suffer, look to the cross | Philippians ii.7

When Paul is writing his Epistles, others are writing as well. The anonymous author of Hebrews...

December 2022

December 27, 2022

the worse death known to man | Philippians ii.6

the worse death known to man | Philippians ii.6 even the death of the cross....

December 19, 2022

in fashion as a man | Philippians ii.5

in fashion as a man | Philippians ii.5 I couldn’t pass this title up, even...

December 15, 2022

how can man become like God? | Philippians ii.4

how can man become like God? | Philippians ii.4 This is part of an ongoing...

December 12, 2022

the form of a servant | Philippians ii.3

Let this mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus (Philippians 2.5, KJV)...

December 08, 2022

being in the form of God | Philippians ii.2

What does it mean, being in the form of God? We're often so elated to...