How Many Nations Under God?
Living under the new covenant of Jesus’ blood, we also get to see the beautiful picture of Jesus drawing people from every nation, tribe, and tongue to Himself....
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February 24, 2022 by Justin Edgar
"We fail to remember that God is as the Psalmist describes: an abundant fountain, a river of delights, a full house, a radiant light. The Psalmist knows God never operates out of scarcity. Where we must begin with Deeper is recognizing the ever flowing depths of the fountain of God. He is living water, because it is always abundant and always flowing. Scarcity mindset keeps us from going deeper, because we are afraid the safety net either isn’t there or doesn’t go deep enough. We won’t risk, because we can’t. We can’t possibly risk such things. There might not be anything left. There might not be any left for me. We are all like Goldilocks lamenting lost porridge, broken chairs, and occupied beds. But God always has room and always makes room. He is an overflowing fountain."...
February 17, 2022 by Emily Spare
Abiding through the fall at City Pres meant holding on for dear life to your life preserver ring hoping the other side of the rope is attached to the rescue boat, continually clinging, continually waiting. But abiding in the new year at City Pres is what I think we’re being called into: “Deeper.” ...
February 1, 2018 by River Reifenrath | Tags: Family, gospel, albuquerque, reconciliation, adoption, blog, love, culture, Jesus, God, Church, redemption, Albuquerque Church, Church blog, Genesis, Nations, Heritage, Genesis 10
Living under the new covenant of Jesus’ blood, we also get to see the beautiful picture of Jesus drawing people from every nation, tribe, and tongue to Himself....
Keep ReadingAugust 31, 2017 by Josh Spare | Tags: gospel, albuquerque, idols, hope, rest, culture, Jesus, God, Church blog, Busy, Time, Weary
How often do I “rest” by binging on show after show? Or fritter my time away on silly articles on Twitter or Reddit? Or squander my Saturday on a unimportant book?...
Keep ReadingNovember 18, 2016 by Josh Spare | Category: Gospel | Tags: Man, social media, technology, God's glory, culture
Leave it to sinful man to conflate their good, God-given capability for developing technology and for building wonderful things with their own ego-driven self-aggrandizement....
Keep ReadingNovember 10, 2016 | Category: Gospel | Tags: Singleness, Church, relationships, culture,
Michael Kelshaw's sermon on "Singleness Reimagined" had me thinking about several conversations I've had that I would love to revisit with the Good News he shared. ...
Keep ReadingNovember 4, 2016 | Category: Gospel | Tags: culture, Life, wisdom, Attention, Pace, Demands, Intention, Folly
What in my day-to-day life is directing me to wisdom? To God? I came to a disheartening realization…nothing....
Keep ReadingOctober 15, 2016 | Category: Gospel | Tags: gospel, friendship, love, ministry, culture, Intentionality, Race, Religion, Diversity, Ethnicity, Christianity, Differences
Sunday we heard a call to action for the Christian church. The Bible tells us that it is important for us to work towards uniting God's people together. It will help us to become outward oriented and compel us to humility, as we see the fallenness in ourselves and others and the glimpses of God's glory reflected in others around us....
Keep ReadingOctober 12, 2016 by Pastor Jesse Harden | Category: Gospel | Tags: gospel, culture, Christ, Church, Race, Diversity, Ethnicity, Racism, Social Justice, Change
The Gospel not only reimagines race, it turns our conception of race in America on its head, completely upside down, and gives us a perspective and reality of a truly diverse people seen and celebrated for their distinctiveness while at the same time abolishing any and all disparity between them....
Keep ReadingAugust 12, 2016 | Category: Gospel | Tags: marriage, gospel, culture, grace, God, Christ, Sexuality, Perceptions, Sex, Beliefs, Values, Cultural Messages, Identity, Reimagine, Implications, God's Word
Today's culture sends all kinds of messages about sexuality, and God's Word speaks to each and every one of them. ...
Keep ReadingAugust 11, 2016 by Justin Edgar | Category: Gospel | Tags: culture, Context, Cultural Context, Authenticity, Sexuality, Perceptions, Views, Jesus, grace, Mercy, God, Christ, gospel, Sex
Our priority as a church is to be a faithful presence of Jesus in a broken world, that we would live, speak and serve as the very presence of Jesus, and this includes in the area of sexuality....
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