We debrief a little from Sunday's sermon and hear from our friend Uriah McCarthy about his journey and where he senses God calling him. 

Jesus does away with the excuse of just "following the law" as he points out that it isn't enough to just not kill but in fact murder begins in our heart when we are held captive by anger. Too easily that condition becomes our normal state and we let anger drive and control us until we are, as Jesus points out, consumed completely. Jesus offers us another way, the way of the lamb. 

Lance Linderman and Micah Bentley debrief on Sundays sermon which was based on Matthew 5:16-20. 

Matthew 5:16-20 - Why is it that so many people claim to be followers of Christ (Kingdom dwellers) but their lifestyle and values look more like non-dwellers? Anger levels = about equal. Divorce rates = about equal. Greed = about equal. Consumption = about equal. What is going on here? Is there not an obvious difference in the lives of Kingdom-dwellers? What did Jesus mean that our righteousness must be greater than the religious people of His day?

Our prayer team leaders Christina and George Trifanoff sat down with us to discuss the subject of prayer and their experience of the community!

Micah and Gavin have a conversation with special guests Lance Linderman (Coffeeshop owner) and Frank Foley (Chef) about Sunday's passage Matthew 5:13-16. 

 Erik Lundin speaks on Matthew 5:13-16

In dialogue one seeks understanding of the other person. Our first DIALOGUES event created space to discuss the enneagram with author and speaker Chuck DeGroat.

Gavin and Micah debrief on Sunday's kickoff to the Jesus 2020 series and the reality of "kingdoms". 

Jesus announced that the Kingdom of God had come and that it was open to everyone who wished to dwell in that Kingdom. What did He mean? What is this Kingdom? He explains it in a series of short descriptions of “realities” (Beatitudes) for those who are dwellers. This was incredibly good news for people of Jesus day because they had been marginalized and excluded from the kingdom (on earth) for so long they no longer thought they were Kingdom-worthy. Jesus declared that they were the perfect people to consider moving into the Kingdom of God. In fact the only people who really do dwell in His Kingdom are those who possess the perceived “downside” of the Beatitudes.