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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 […]

Jesus Missionary Communities

It’s GO Time

Reading and praying through 1&2 Chronicles and Ephesians this morning I was really impacted by the correlations I could see with the Lord’s help in prayer. It’s amazing to realize […]

Gospel on the Ground

Humbled by Jesus’ Love

I have this photo of me and my two amazing brothers center-stage in my mind as I think of God’s adopting of us and making us blood relatives of Jesus! […]

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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 […]

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YOUR Word & my heart

Over the next month our Jesus community will be soaking in Psalm 119 and the book of John. We are intentionally getting our devotional life in order, prepping our homes […]

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No THING Special, but ONE GLORIOUS GOD THROUGH JESUS

Jesus, Jesus, Jesus, there’s just something about that Name… As […]

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Go Home and Multiply

This morning I could not find my prayer journal as I left it at my office. In prayer a few people came to mind as I read in Leviticus, Romans, […]

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House Church and Normal People

In these video blog entries I share a little of what we are learning about ministry in the house church model, similar to Crowded House or We Are Church or […]

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Plurality of Spiritual Leaders

We all need it, God’s work through mentors and godly men and women in our lives, and yet we so easily want to be islands. Even in a large church […]

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 […]

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Scarcity and Genuine Jesus-Followers

There is a scarcity of genuine Jesus-followers. I only have a couple of minutes to write this post, but I felt a strong prompting to make this statement while in […]

Gospel on the Ground

Healing Vs Hacking

It is creeping it’s way into the advice from an actual guru I saw posting an ad on Youtube to many I hear comments from around my town. Tricks of […]

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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!

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