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now

On 11 November, 2009 · Leave a Comment

Jesus saved you so you could go to heaven.

True. But also incomplete.

Jesus paid the penalty for our sins on the cross so that we could live in reconciled relationship with the Father, God.

And that relationship starts now.

Because Jesus story doesn’t end at the cross. And the resurrection seems to be more [...]

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the televangelist

On 5 November, 2009 · 2 Comments

by Brian Dormaier from TheyCallMePastorBryan

It is said, that once Jesus visited a town in Texas during the late 1980’s.  He didn’t visit the churches, but he was there, in the town’s slums, caring for the poor and healing the sick.  There was a very rich [...]

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heaven is confusing

On 4 November, 2009 · 1 Comment

You wont find a lot written about heaven in Scripture.

We essentially have a handful of descriptions and a couple dozen metaphors to decipher how heaven might look or feel. And most of us, if we’re honest, are a little nervous about it.

Eternity is a lot of time in one (vaguely described) place… major potential to [...]

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