The Gathering

How do you face your suffering?
A solid and useful way for Christians to view and deal with suffering in the world.

Help in transitioning into the person God wants us to be. Given on Pentecost Sunday how to deal with the changes all our lives experience. Both large and small, external and internal. And how God through the Holy Spirit can transition us into the person He dreams we will be.

Helps answer the question of my final judgment standing before God. Deal with your own life, not anyone else, as you face the ultimate "soul searching" experience before God.

What does God have in store for us after we die? Heaven is the ultimate conviction that LIFE, not death is our final reality.

The concept of Hell and what form it takes. If Heaven is the place we become the person God created us to be is Hell the place we through free will separate from God and become the person we create ourselves to be.

Where does the idea of Heaven come from? Not only will Jesus return to establish the Kingdom of Heaven and earth as a new creation but he has already begun that transformation.

What is the scriptural view of life after death?
What happens to us in the afterlife is oriented toward Hope and not toward judgment.

Personal interactions with Christ seldom happen in big "burning bush" moments but God is always there beside you. Be attentive and look for Him. Although He might not take the "form" I am expecting Jesus can be found in every aspect of our lives.

Why believe in the resurrection? Death does not end your life, God is beginning a new thing in you.

What can we learn from the Easter story?
Hope for the future not remorse for the past.