Tag: culture

• God is Bigger than Our Ugliest Moments

  But with loud shouts they insistently demanded that he be crucified, and their shouts prevailed. So Pilate decided to grant their demand. He released the man who had been thrown into prison for insurrection and murder, the one they asked for, and surrendered Jesus to their will. Luke 23:23-25 I am no fan of politics. As […]

  Blake

  February 15, 2018

  Church Unity, conflict

  anger, angry, church, conflict, crowd, crucifixion, culture, Luke 23, mob, relationships

• Being Ananias: Ministry to those we Fear

  Then Ananias went to the house and entered it. Placing his hands on Saul, he said, “Brother Saul, the Lord—Jesus, who appeared to you on the road as you were coming here—has sent me so that you may see again and be filled with the Holy Spirit.” Immediately, something like scales fell from Saul’s eyes, and he […]

  Blake

  October 5, 2017

  Everyone’s a Minister, Genuine Community, missional, Spiritual Formation

  Acts 9, Ananias, blind, Christian, church, community, conversion, culture, healing, Jesus, ministry, Paul, Saul

• Who Will Carry You?

  And they came, bringing to him a paralytic carried by four men. And when they could not get near him because of the crowd, they removed the roof above him, and when they had made an opening, they let down the bed on which the paralytic lay. And when Jesus saw their faith, he said to the […]

  Blake

  December 8, 2016

  5 Principles of Unity, Christian Accountability, Church Unity, Everyone’s a Minister, Genuine Community

  accept, accountability, affirmation, carrying, Christian, church, comfortable, culture, entitled, love, Mark 2, mat, millennial, normal, Ortberg, responsibility, truth