compassion – Grounded Gospel

Our Slaughtered Savior

I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep. – John 10:11 We too quickly move on from this as “first world Christians” walking […]

home church

It’s Been a While…

It’s been a while since I’ve blogged or put anything out on YouTube because we have been super busy with getting this new home and adjusting our sails a bit. […]

home church

Churches in The Bars?

Why does this sound so odd? There are various reasons that I don’t even need to list because they are so obvious. That said, since we are the church as […]

The City of Merced

Bringing Home the Broken Among Us

A deep desire in my heart is to see Jesus followers deepen in the showing of hospitality while using discernment as to what is truly helping those we seek to […]

Jesus Missionary Communities

Abide with Us, Spirit of the Living God!

“Then the Spirit of God clothed Zechariah the son of Jehoiada the priest, and he stood above the people, and said to them, “Thus says God, ‘Why do you break […]

Gospel on the Ground

Healing from Within

Over the course of the last several weeks we have been studying Jesus in the book of John, as well as experiencing Jesus’ healing power in our lives as a […]

Jesus Missionary Communities

Jesus Missionary Communities – strengths maximization

So I’ll admit that what reminded me is this was […]

Friends around the USA

Held and Loved

Behold what a Savior we serve. It’s life-giving to realize that Jesus really is Who He says He is. Jesus gives us life and His Spirit and His future! We […]

Gospel on the Ground

Ransomed & Our Usefulness

Since Jesus died for our sins we will today… Agape love being placed into our lives by the Holy Spirit means that we will today… The Father loves us. The […]

Gospel on the Ground

JESUS, Born to Die

Jesus Christ was born to die for all who simply repent and believe in His life being poured out for the forgiveness of our sins! That’s the story we can […]

Gospel on the Ground

Only One True Hero for Me

Do you have some heroes or some central ideals you tend to wrap your identity around? So have I at various points in my life. I haven’t moved on from […]

Gospel on the Ground

Grounded in the Gospel

The Gospel puts our eyes where they belong, gazing steadily into the Father’s heart as we encounter our God, holy and yet loving, awesome and yet approachable, beyond us and […]

house church

Eternal Life Shows Up HERE and NOW

If we truly engage with Christ and His followers in the love Jesus modeled for us, our confidence in God’s eternal love grows!

house church

SMALL & USEFUL Jesus Clusters

Jesus is our orientation! Jesus is our ever-fixed mark, the One we gaze upon in worship and the One we follow with a blood hound like tenacity. As we band […]

church planting

Slavery Today in the USA

This number is way low when we consider various kinds of sexual bondage beyond what I’m mentioning here, yet it is estimated that among our very own boarders there are […]

The City of Merced

Miracle on G Street

Two fun stories from our JMC family. One of my co-pastors and I had a wonderful conversation this morning about God’s provision and he shared how God provided the housing […]

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