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The Not Yet Kingdom – Pt 2

While the kingdom of God is very much present in our lives now, the kingdom also has a future tense, when it comes in its fullness.

The Already Here Kingdom – Pt 1

This first of a two part series examines the present reality of the kingdom of God - Jesus said that it is here, now!

Just a Cold and Broken Hallelujah

Join us as we ponder and meditate about the love of God expressed to us and for us and with us in the life of Jesus, who experienced the disappointments, betrayals, and rejections common to us all — and through it all served us with his love — and he still does!

Love Is Action

God’s love, in action, is far from a dream-like never-never fantasy land. God’s love is real, it exists in and through the tough times, the trenches, the pits and ditches into which we fall — it is with us as we walk through dark valleys of our lives.

You Are My Friends

He doesn't call us a slave or a servant- nor does he insist that we keep our distance, as he is our teacher and we are merely his disciples and students.

All is Forgiven – Love, Papa

"To err is human, to forgive is divine." Divine forgiveness, illustrated in the Parable of the Unforgiving Servant, involves no bookkeeping.

The Widow’s Offering

Greg illustrates how easy it is to misunderstand and abuse the teaching available to us in the Bible - and confesses to doing so himself.

Blowing in the Wind

It's the title of a famous folk song, but more importantly the wind is a metaphor describing the work of God. Join Greg as he explains John 3:8.

Why Is Jesus the “Good” Shepherd?

In the parable of the Good Samaritan, Jesus used a person whose race and religion was despised as a metaphor of his own work - in the parable of the Good Shepherd he compared himself to a profession that didn't have the best reputation. Why?

Without Him, We Can Do Nothing!

Jesus' parable of the vine yields incredible insight into the nature of our relationship with him.

God’s Grace Is For Everyone

Since Jesus invites us to the kingdom of heaven in spite of what we have done, rather than what we have done, does that mean there are no limits to God's grace?

The Perfect Storm

While the storms of our lives do not define or limit our relationship with God, they can be traumatic and disconcerting. Join Greg as he offers fresh perspective about the blessed assurance we can all have in and through Jesus Christ.

Comfort For Everyone

Christ in us enables us to be wounded healers - transformed by God's grace that we may be vehicles of God's love, offering comfort for others in the same way we have been comforted by God.

The Great Reversal

Greg explains that Jesus' parable of "The Workers" in Matthew 20 is a picture of God's grace, and that the kingdom of heaven reverses the values and expectations of the kingdoms of religion. Luke records Jesus saying, "What is highly valued among men is detestable in God's sight."

The Commands of God and the Tradition of Men

Sin management is the focus of Christ-less religion - attempting to make bad people good, or at the very least better. But Jesus' mission is not about making bad people better. Jesus comes to make spiritually dead people live!

Knowing the One True God

God is seen and known only by and through Jesus, who came to reveal God. We pray for those who are yet to see and know the One true God.

Whatever Happened to Grace?

God resists the proud, but gives grace to the humble. His grace is resisted by religious high places, but the spiritual gravitational pull of grace causes it to flow to low places.

Religion Attempts to Overthrow Grace

The early New Testament church quickly learned that they could not deceive or manipulate God. The relationship he offered them, and that he offers us, is one that we can only receive, not gain or earn. We have nothing to offer God that he doesn't already have.

Downward Mobility

Jesus disciples all wanted to be rich and famous, but the kingdom of heaven is founded on an opposing value -- serving others rather than serving ourselves. https://www.ptm.org/mp3/FreeDwnld/RCWR262.mp3

Growing Beyond Our Expectations

What did Jesus mean when he said, Blessed is the man who does not fall away on account of me?