Living Stones Christian Church - East Bay

God calls us to a politics of love rather than fear.

God calls us to a politics of love rather than fear.

What is Jesus' definition of leadership vs. the World's definition?

Christians sadly, embody the same partisan and political divisions of the world. But we have something the world doesn't: God.

What if God is in our political disagreements? What if there is something he is trying to teach us, form us, sanctify us in our conflicts? What if he is can make something new if we discern his presence in our radically opposing passions and beliefs?

This draws heavily on Tim Otto's "Oriented to Faith" and David Fitch's "Church of Us v Them"

Money, Family, Education, Comfort, Security, Health, etc - life in the burbs can be oriented around so many things. But what if God has an even bigger purpose for us? What if God is bringing his kingdom – and inviting us to join him? What would it look like to join him in his work of compassion, justice, and sharing about his good news? What would sharing the good news look like here in our pluralistic, post-Christian circles? C.f. Redemptive Presence

Where we live tends to be about proximity to schools, safety, home values, or consumer preferences. But what if it is true that "the Word became flesh and moved into the neighborhood"? What if God has you where you are for a reason, to join him in his mission? This message delves into a Theology of place and the call to the practice of "neighboring". C.f. Value of Redemptive Presence

We live in a world so oriented around the worship of Mammon that it's hard to see Money soberly. But our worship belongs to God, and so we are called to a radically new relationship with money. How are we to use, spend, seek, and give money as people? E.g. Divine philanthropy (Malcolm Foley).

We often separate work and school from our spiritual lives, which allows the worldly logics and values of work and school rule how we live in those spaces. But what if God is deeply present at work and school? What if he has a purpose? How might this impact how we approach work and school as people who realize Jesus is bringing his good Kingdom everywhere? (Testimonies, TEDTalks, Panel of student and workers?). C.f. Value of Repurpose

Fall Launch Panel: Worship, Hospitality, & Small Groups

Today, what we seek more than timeless principles is an experience of the Ultimate. God is the ultimate reality, but he is not just a philosophy we "believe in; '' he is a person whose presence, love, and power we experience through his initiation and our response of obedience. How do we actually experience this God? C.f. Our value of soul