Tomorrow, Dwayne will be preaching on Matthew 15:21-28 and what it means to encounter outsiders. A desperate mom approaches Jesus to free her daughter from the demonic. He is in Gentile territory. She is a Canaanite, a Syrophoenician, a Gentile. She is outside the covenant and the covenant people....
Today, Dwayne will be preaching on John 6:1-35 and what it means to encounter the crowd. Jesus miraculously feeds 5000 men (plus women and children) with two small fish and five buns. He had been teaching all day when He had compassion for the crowd and wanted to feed...
The last couple weeks we've asked what would it look like for the religious leaders to encounter Jesus, and for the outcasts to encounter Jesus. Sean Rice will be preaching through 1 Corinthians 1:18-31, and helping answer a question: 'What would it look like if a...
What does it means to encounter rejection? She came to the well at noon. She was ostracized. Everyone in town gossiped about her. She was a Samaritan and one of the most unlikely converts, yet salvation is about God extending His grace to us. Jesus revealed to her that He...
Today, Dwayne will be preaching on John 4:1-42 and what it means to encounter rejection. She came to the well at noon. She was ostracized. Everyone in town gossiped about her. She was a Samaritan and one of the most unlikely converts, yet salvation is about God extending His...
What does it means to encounter religion? Nicodemus was a religious leader of his day who would have been faithful in his Bible reading, prayer and fasting disciplines (and in all aspects of the law). He would have had large portions of Scripture memorized, yet he didn’t have a...
