The church should be the safest place in the world. But it is only safe to the degree that it can embrace people, without judgement, no matter where they are in their life journey.

Ontologically and culturally, God relocated to where we are. The church should do the same with the world. We should get as close to the world as we can without sinning or apostatizing.

Our world is divided. Tribalism, nationalism, and denominationalism define humanity. The church is called to be a table where strangers meet and find common ground.

One of the greatest illusions of the human mind is that “I am here and you are over there.” The truth is, we’re all connected. “Us vs them” is a patently false construct of reality.

Both capitalism and socialism have pros and cons, but both systems are prone to corruption and ultimately unsustainable. The church is called to operate by an alternative economic system defined by the positive elements of both.

Planting a church in any location on earth constitutes a strategic territorial claim for the kingdom of God. We are saying, “This city was purchased by the blood of Christ, it belongs to Him, and we are here to take it for Him, person by person, home by home.

“Get out!” With those words, God launched His church with an ancient man named Abram, and the movement to “get out” continues today. Real Christianity is a cycle-breaking enterprise of revolutionary proportions.

If the church is merely an extension of the world's value system of greed and political power-mongering, then the church is unnecessary.

In this message, Jeffrey Rosario revisits John 5 to reflect on the story of Jesus’ encounter with the paralytic at the pool of Bethesda.