This week on our journey through the New Testament we stop off and talk about the cross and being born again. Why the cross? What does it mean to be Born Again? Join un as we go on this 13 week Discipleship Journey through the NT and look at the big pillars of following Jesus. …
Discipleship Journey 2.0 Week Two
The NEW Episode of the Discipleship Journey is OUT NOW! During this next 13 weeks we are digging deeper into the New Testament and bringing out key elements that the disciple should understand. This week we ask the question: Why does Jesus coming as a human matter? The Incarnation is such a big scary word, …
Discipleship Journey 2.0 Week One
Listen to Episode One Here Over the next 12 weeks we will be taking a journey to become more like Jesus. We will look into the entire New Testament and dig deeper into some of the basic principles of the faith. This is the introductory episode to this journey. This week we talk about why …
Pursuit Table Talk Episode Forty-Eight: The 2020 Christmas Special
This is our special edition 2020 Christmas Episode. We talk about what the incarnation is and why it is important to understand the empathy of the creator God. We also talk about our Joy to The World Moment of the Week and our Top Five Christmas Movies of All Time. Pastor Mike gives his criteria …
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Always On: The Good, Bad, and Ugly of the Virtual Space
As I read the book Always On by Angela Gorrell I found myself intrigued, shaking my head in agreement, becoming disheartened, and even on the verge of alarm by the journey she takes us on. Gorrell takes the idea of what she calls, “the new media”, and walks through the good, the bad, and …
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From Earth to the Moon (Episode 10): How this Episode shows us Discipleship.
We have all heard the story of Apollo 13 or at least know of the movie starring Tom Hanks. We may have also heard of Apollo 11 who were the first mission to land on the moon. NASA had an extensive Apollo program that covered 17 missions. This particular episode covers the idea that NASA …
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What is Christian Education?
This week I read a chapter from A Theology of Christian Education by Estep, Anthony, and Allen. I read chapter 25 aptly entitled, "What Makes Education Christian". I will be framing this blog post based on four reflection questions from that chapter. How would you have defined Christian Education before reading this chapter? What about …
Discipleship Journey: Border Crossing
Small Group Philosophy
As I think about small groups and what they mean to me, I find my answer in how Christ himself did ministry. Jesus had his group of twelve that he spent the last three years of his life doing life together. In his journey with these twelve men I saw three main ideas that pop …
