College Avenue Baptist Church - San Diego

We are God’s representatives on earth, reflecting God, and carrying out our God-given responsibilities.

According to the Bible, what should be the major purpose of your life?  If you consider the major commitments or goals of your life at the present time (with respect to friendships, marriage, education, job, use of money, church relationships, self-care, etc), are you living as though your goals are aligned with the Bible? 

This series provides biblical guidance for answering 3 life-changing questions:

Who Am I? – Genesis 1:26-28

Why Am I Here? – John 17:4

What Do I Do Best? – Romans 12:3-8

Jesus’ teaching cannot be ignored because He teaches with God’s authority.

Jesus is a king, but a strange king.  In this series, Upside Down, we’ll explore one of Jesus’ most extensive and poignant teaching moments known as the Sermon on the Mount. This Sermon is the most complete description in the Bible of the appropriate lifestyle of a committed follower of Jesus.  In His kingdom manifesto, Jesus offers a fundamentally different approach to life.  We invite you to join us as we unpack what is probably the best-known, most often quoted, and probably the least understood and least obeyed of Jesus’ teachings. Let’s learn from Jesus as He goes against the grain of our nature and our culture as He turns everything upside down.

 

There is no middle ground with Jesus. 

Jesus is a king, but a strange king.  In this series, Upside Down, we’ll explore one of Jesus’ most extensive and poignant teaching moments known as the Sermon on the Mount. This Sermon is the most complete description in the Bible of the appropriate lifestyle of a committed follower of Jesus.  In His kingdom manifesto, Jesus offers a fundamentally different approach to life.  We invite you to join us as we unpack what is probably the best-known, most often quoted, and probably the least understood and least obeyed of Jesus’ teachings. Let’s learn from Jesus as He goes against the grain of our nature and our culture as He turns everything upside down.

On Sunday, August 29, 2010, we celebrated our great God together with our brothers and sisters in Christ from La Promesa and Vietnamese Faith Baptist Church.  This was a multi-cultural, multi-generational, trilingual worship service in English, Spanish, and Vietnamese. 

Love your neighbor. 

Jesus is a king, but a strange king.  In this series, Upside Down, we’ll explore one of Jesus’ most extensive and poignant teaching moments known as the Sermon on the Mount. This Sermon is the most complete description in the Bible of the appropriate lifestyle of a committed follower of Jesus.  In His kingdom manifesto, Jesus offers a fundamentally different approach to life.  We invite you to join us as we unpack what is probably the best-known, most often quoted, and probably the least understood and least obeyed of Jesus’ teachings. Let’s learn from Jesus as He goes against the grain of our nature and our culture as He turns everything upside down.

Ask, and if it is good for you to have it, God will say 'yes.'

Jesus is a king, but a strange king.  In this series, Upside Down, we’ll explore one of Jesus’ most extensive and poignant teaching moments known as the Sermon on the Mount. This Sermon is the most complete description in the Bible of the appropriate lifestyle of a committed follower of Jesus.  In His kingdom manifesto, Jesus offers a fundamentally different approach to life.  We invite you to join us as we unpack what is probably the best-known, most often quoted, and probably the least understood and least obeyed of Jesus’ teachings. Let’s learn from Jesus as He goes against the grain of our nature and our culture as He turns everything upside down.

As followers of Jesus, we must not have a spirit of condemnation and harsh criticism toward other people.

Jesus is a king, but a strange king.  In this series, Upside Down, we’ll explore one of Jesus’ most extensive and poignant teaching moments known as the Sermon on the Mount. This Sermon is the most complete description in the Bible of the appropriate lifestyle of a committed follower of Jesus.  In His kingdom manifesto, Jesus offers a fundamentally different approach to life.  We invite you to join us as we unpack what is probably the best-known, most often quoted, and probably the least understood and least obeyed of Jesus’ teachings. Let’s learn from Jesus as He goes against the grain of our nature and our culture as He turns everything upside down.

If we commit ourselves to God, He commits Himself to us. If we commit ourselves to God, He will free us from anxiety and worry. 

Jesus is a king, but a strange king.  In this series, Upside Down, we’ll explore one of Jesus’ most extensive and poignant teaching moments known as the Sermon on the Mount. This Sermon is the most complete description in the Bible of the appropriate lifestyle of a committed follower of Jesus.  In His kingdom manifesto, Jesus offers a fundamentally different approach to life.  We invite you to join us as we unpack what is probably the best-known, most often quoted, and probably the least understood and least obeyed of Jesus’ teachings. Let’s learn from Jesus as He goes against the grain of our nature and our culture as He turns everything upside down.

What we value determines who we live. If we value that which is eternal, we will choose to serve God.  If we value that which is temporal, we will serve money. 

Jesus is a king, but a strange king.  In this series, Upside Down, we’ll explore one of Jesus’ most extensive and poignant teaching moments known as the Sermon on the Mount. This Sermon is the most complete description in the Bible of the appropriate lifestyle of a committed follower of Jesus.  In His kingdom manifesto, Jesus offers a fundamentally different approach to life.  We invite you to join us as we unpack what is probably the best-known, most often quoted, and probably the least understood and least obeyed of Jesus’ teachings. Let’s learn from Jesus as He goes against the grain of our nature and our culture as He turns everything upside down.

When you fast, don’t do it for show

Jesus is a king, but a strange king.  In this series, Upside Down, we’ll explore one of Jesus’ most extensive and poignant teaching moments known as the Sermon on the Mount. This Sermon is the most complete description in the Bible of the appropriate lifestyle of a committed follower of Jesus.  In His kingdom manifesto, Jesus offers a fundamentally different approach to life.  We invite you to join us as we unpack what is probably the best-known, most often quoted, and probably the least understood and least obeyed of Jesus’ teachings. Let’s learn from Jesus as He goes against the grain of our nature and our culture as He turns everything upside down.