I'm excited about what is ahead of us at The Dwelling Place. This is our next Teaching Series: So, if you are visiting in town or looking for a gathering of God's church to connect with, come worship and fellowship with us this Sunday 10:30 am.
In the movie Superman Returns, Superman comes to see Lois and explains why he left and came back. He takes Lois for a flight through the night sky high above the earth. As they hover, Superman says: S: What do you hear? L: Nothing. S: I hear everything.... S: You wrote "The world does not need a Savior, but every day I hear people crying out for one." Isn't that so true. If you have [...]
"Going deep is our part, going big is God's part." "And they devoted themselves to the apostles' teaching and the fellowship, to the breaking of bread and the prayers. And awe came upon every soul, and many wonders and signs were being done through the apostles. And all who believed were together and had all things in common. And they were selling their possessions and belongings and distributing the proceeds to all, as any had need. And [...]
This has been an incredible journey for me to this point. We have finished our last week in this series at The Dwelling Place, but have only begun to scratch the surface of how this all applies to us practically as the church. Our goal was to lay a firm foundation for our ecclesiology. I believe the first layer has been laid well. It's now up to all of us to act as wise builders [...]
Our western consumer mentality has created an expectation and co-dependency in institutional church to provide for our every spiritual need. This has supplanted the all sufficiency of Christ and placed expectations on the church that she can't meet. When these expectations are not met, people get offended or dissatisfied. We must become self-feeders for spiritual growth. There is a season of dependency in discipleship, but many people get used to this provision and never learn [...]
