Port Orchard Church of the Nazarene

This week, Pastor Jerry continued in the Evangelism series, focusing specifically on how Jesus saved us from sin. The word 'saved' typically has an implication of helping somebody who needs to be rescued, but it turns out there was more to the cross than that. When Jesus died for us, He freed us from our sins and brought us into the life of freedom we were designed for. Pastor Jerry dives into this in this week's message.

This week, Pastor Jerry continued in the Evangelism series, focusing specifically on how Jesus saved us from sin. The word 'saved' typically has an implication of helping somebody who needs to be rescued, but it turns out there was more to the cross than that. When Jesus died for us, He freed us from our sins and brought us into the life of freedom we were designed for. Pastor Jerry dives into this in this week's message.

In the fourth installment of the '''Learning, Living and Giving the Good News of Jesus" series, Pastor Jerry focused on how Jesus shows us God’s Perfect Love. In 1st John 4, John writes about how we need to "love one another, for love is from God; and everyone who loves is born of God and knows God... The one who does not love does not know God, for God is love." In addition to exploring this passage, Pastor Jerry also responds to more questions from the congregation.

In the fourth installment of the '''Learning, Living and Giving the Good News of Jesus" series, Pastor Jerry focused on how Jesus shows us God’s Perfect Love. In 1st John 4, John writes about how we need to "love one another, for love is from God; and everyone who loves is born of God and knows God... The one who does not love does not know God, for God is love." In addition to exploring this passage, Pastor Jerry also responds to more questions from the congregation.

Continuing on in his Evangelism series, Pastor Jerry focused more on the negative consequences of well-intentioned, albeit misinformed, messages. As Pastor Jerry has mentioned, there have been several well-regarded preachers trying to simplify the gospel through the wrong lens, unintentionally making God seem as scary as they can with as few words as possible. In addition to wrestling with this, he responds to a few more questions he has received relating to evangelism.

Continuing on in his Evangelism series, Pastor Jerry focused more on the negative consequences of well-intentioned, albeit misinformed, messages. As Pastor Jerry has mentioned, there have been several well-regarded preachers trying to simplify the gospel through the wrong lens, unintentionally making God seem as scary as they can with as few words as possible. In addition to wrestling with this, he responds to a few more questions he has received relating to evangelism.

This week, we were joined by guest speaker Dan Schiopu from Woodland, Washington. He spoke about how some verses, such as Exodus 2:4, have been left in their time, despite the fact that they still have perfectly valid- albeit less literal- applications today. Additionally, he spoke on a few areas where the Bible seems to contradict itself, and how to handle seemingly conflicting scriptures. He also pointed out that ultimately, we matter more to God than what we believe.

This week, Pastor Jerry elaborated a bit on evangelism. Many Christians believe in the idea that others will see God in the way they live their lives. While this is perfectly good and valid, some people leave it at that and never actually share the good news of the Gospel with anyone. Pastor Jerry expands on how to effectively balance these and how both are important aspects of our Christian walks.

This week, Pastor Jerry elaborated a bit on evangelism. Many Christians believe in the idea that others will see God in the way they live their lives. While this is perfectly good and valid, some people leave it at that and never actually share the good news of the Gospel with anyone. Pastor Jerry expands on how to effectively balance these and how both are important aspects of our Christian walks.

It seems that an unfortunate number of people suffer from a severe case of 'evangel-phobia,' which is the fear and/or disgust of everything associated with the word “evangelism." This is obviously quite unfortunate, because the word “Evangelism” means, "proclaiming and sharing the good news of the salvation story." Pastor Jerry discusses this in this week's sermon.