Pursuing God with Dave and Gene

Based on what we've shared about the resurrection in our episodes this week, here are some questions to ponder: 

When did you believe in the events of the resurrection? When did you accept the events of the resurrection? When did you share the events of the resurrection?

Pursuing God with Gene Appel is designed to help you pursue God, build community, and unleash compassion. Grounded in Scripture and shaped by Eastside’s conviction that God’s grace is for everyone, each episode invites you to discover God’s presence and activity in your life.

This week has been dedicated to exploring the historical and present impact of the resurrection of Jesus. The resurrection is an event that happened and changed our world. It's how God worked in history to restore the relationship with broken people like us. 

What you believe about Jesus matters. Would you declare your belief in prayer for the first or hundredth time today? 

Pursuing God with Gene Appel is designed to help you pursue God, build community, and unleash compassion. Grounded in Scripture and shaped by Eastside’s conviction that God’s grace is for everyone, each episode invites you to discover God’s presence and activity in your life.

The resurrection of Jesus has been scrutinized by more historians and scholars than any other event in the history of humanity. 

Thomas had evidence, but what do we have? There have been many attempts for people to try to explain away the resurrection through the centuries, and people have come up with all sorts of concocted ideas in order to explain away what really happened.

We hope the reality of this event will permeate lives and interactions.

Pursuing God with Gene Appel is designed to help you pursue God, build community, and unleash compassion. Grounded in Scripture and shaped by Eastside’s conviction that God’s grace is for everyone, each episode invites you to discover God’s presence and activity in your life.

We’re exploring what may be the most important event in human history: the resurrection of Jesus. Today we’ll look at it through Thomas’ point of view. He’s known as doubting Thomas, but he didn’t stay doubting.

Pursuing God with Gene Appel is designed to help you pursue God, build community, and unleash compassion. Grounded in Scripture and shaped by Eastside’s conviction that God’s grace is for everyone, each episode invites you to discover God’s presence and activity in your life.

For Week 6 of our New Testament Challenge, we’ll be focusing on the resurrection of Jesus, the crux of Christianity. 

The Christian faith is not based on a feeling or some sort of philosophy; it's based on a verifiable historical event, and it changed the world. 

Pursuing God with Gene Appel is designed to help you pursue God, build community, and unleash compassion. Grounded in Scripture and shaped by Eastside’s conviction that God’s grace is for everyone, each episode invites you to discover God’s presence and activity in your life.

This week we have been deeply pondering the last week of Jesus in our New Testament Challenge. 

Jesus paid the price so we could be forgiven and stand blameless before God on the merits of the lamb of God who paid the price for us. Have you received that payment? If you've received the payment, have you forgiven yourself?

Pursuing God with Gene Appel is designed to help you pursue God, build community, and unleash compassion. Grounded in Scripture and shaped by Eastside’s conviction that God’s grace is for everyone, each episode invites you to discover God’s presence and activity in your life.

When we read about how Jesus was crucified, it is easy for us to miss the full impact of what really happened that day and what it means for humanity.

Take a moment to visualize and accept the full weight of this sacrifice.

Pursuing God with Gene Appel is designed to help you pursue God, build community, and unleash compassion. Grounded in Scripture and shaped by Eastside’s conviction that God’s grace is for everyone, each episode invites you to discover God’s presence and activity in your life.

During the Last Supper, Jesus washes the feet of the disciples. He serves them.

Can you pray for someone, even someone unworthy of it, whom you can serve like Jesus did Judas and His disciples at the Last Supper? Doing so reflects the kingdom Jesus brought. 

Pursuing God with Gene Appel is designed to help you pursue God, build community, and unleash compassion. Grounded in Scripture and shaped by Eastside’s conviction that God’s grace is for everyone, each episode invites you to discover God’s presence and activity in your life.

As we look closely at Jesus’ final days, we are looking at a very dark portion of the New Testament. 

Jesus rode into Jerusalem on the back of a donkey the Sunday before Passover, which shows God left no stone unturned to demonstrate His love for humanity. 

Pursuing God with Gene Appel is designed to help you pursue God, build community, and unleash compassion. Grounded in Scripture and shaped by Eastside’s conviction that God’s grace is for everyone, each episode invites you to discover God’s presence and activity in your life.

For Week 5 of our New Testament Challenge, we’ll be focusing on the word “final."

We’ll explore a week of finalities for Jesus… His final visit to the temple, His final teaching, His final supper, His final moments with His disciples, and His final hours on the cross. What does all of it mean for us?

Pursuing God with Gene Appel is designed to help you pursue God, build community, and unleash compassion. Grounded in Scripture and shaped by Eastside’s conviction that God’s grace is for everyone, each episode invites you to discover God’s presence and activity in your life.