From the moment Jesus announced “The Kingdom of God is here; Turn and believe the Good News,” followers of Jesus have lived under the public authority of Jesus the Lord.

Jesus’ disciples are called to do the politics of Jesus as set out in Matthew 5-7 and throughout the four Gospels.  This vision is lived out in the ekklesia - the called out – the “citizens of heaven doing the business of heaven.”

Yet in 2024, the power of identity politics in the U. S., on the left and the right, within the churches, threatens to marginalize, if not obliterate the church’s public witness to Jesus.

Join our discussion of the chaotic partisan politics of 2024 seen through the lens of Jesus the Lord.

From the moment Jesus announced “The Kingdom of God is here; Turn and believe the Good News,” followers of Jesus have lived under the public authority of Jesus the Lord.

Jesus’ disciples are called to do the politics of Jesus as set out in Matthew 5-7 and throughout the four Gospels.  This vision is lived out in the ekklesia - the called out – the “citizens of heaven doing the business of heaven.”

Yet in 2024, the power of identity politics in the U. S., on the left and the right, within the churches, threatens to marginalize, if not obliterate the church’s public witness to Jesus.

Join our discussion of the chaotic partisan politics of 2024 seen through the lens of Jesus the Lord.

From the moment Jesus announced “The Kingdom of God is here; Turn and believe the Good News,” followers of Jesus have lived under the public authority of Jesus the Lord.

Jesus’ disciples are called to do the politics of Jesus as set out in Matthew 5-7 and throughout the four Gospels.  This vision is lived out in the ekklesia - the called out – the “citizens of heaven doing the business of heaven.”

Yet in 2024, the power of identity politics in the U. S., on the left and the right, within the churches, threatens to marginalize, if not obliterate the church’s public witness to Jesus.

Join our discussion of the chaotic partisan politics of 2024 seen through the lens of Jesus the Lord.

From the moment Jesus announced “The Kingdom of God is here; Turn and believe the Good News,” followers of Jesus have lived under the public authority of Jesus the Lord.

Jesus’ disciples are called to do the politics of Jesus as set out in Matthew 5-7 and throughout the four Gospels.  This vision is lived out in the ekklesia - the called out – the “citizens of heaven doing the business of heaven.”

Yet in 2024, the power of identity politics in the U. S., on the left and the right, within the churches, threatens to marginalize, if not obliterate the church’s public witness to Jesus.

Join our discussion of the chaotic partisan politics of 2024 seen through the lens of Jesus the Lord.

From the moment Jesus announced “The Kingdom of God is here; Turn and believe the Good News,” followers of Jesus have lived under the public authority of Jesus the Lord.

Jesus’ disciples are called to do the politics of Jesus as set out in Matthew 5-7 and throughout the four Gospels.  This vision is lived out in the ekklesia - the called out – the “citizens of heaven doing the business of heaven.”

Yet in 2024, the power of identity politics in the U. S., on the left and the right, within the churches, threatens to marginalize, if not obliterate the church’s public witness to Jesus.

 Join our discussion of the chaotic partisan politics of 2024 seen through the lens of Jesus the Lord.

From the moment Jesus announced “The Kingdom of God is here; Turn and believe the Good News,” followers of Jesus have lived under the public authority of Jesus the Lord.

Jesus’ disciples are called to do the politics of Jesus as set out in Matthew 5-7 and throughout the four Gospels.  This vision is lived out in the ekklesia - the called out – the “citizens of heaven doing the business of heaven.”

Yet in 2024, the power of identity politics in the U. S., on the left and the right, within the churches, threatens to marginalize, if not obliterate the church’s public witness to Jesus.

 Join our discussion of the chaotic partisan politics of 2024 seen through the lens of Jesus the Lord.

From the moment Jesus announced “The Kingdom of God is here; Turn and believe the Good News,” followers of Jesus have lived under the public authority of Jesus the Lord.

Jesus’ disciples are called to do the politics of Jesus as set out in Matthew 5-7 and throughout the four Gospels.  This vision is lived out in the ekklesia - the called out – the “citizens of heaven doing the business of heaven.”

Yet in 2024, the power of identity politics in the U. S., on the left and the right, within the churches, threatens to marginalize, if not obliterate the church’s public witness to Jesus.

Join our discussion of the chaotic partisan politics of 2024 seen through the lens of Jesus the Lord.

From the moment Jesus announced “The Kingdom of God is here; Turn and believe the Good News,” followers of Jesus have lived under the public authority of Jesus the Lord.

Jesus’ disciples are called to do the politics of Jesus as set out in Matthew 5-7 and throughout the four Gospels.  This vision is lived out in the ekklesia - the called out – the “citizens of heaven doing the business of heaven.”

Yet in 2024, the power of identity politics in the U. S., on the left and the right, within the churches, threatens to marginalize, if not obliterate the church’s public witness to Jesus.

Join our discussion of the chaotic partisan politics of 2024 seen through the lens of Jesus the Lord.

Luke, a medical doctor is in a jail in Ephesus in about 56 A.D. caring for the needs of the prisoner, the Apostle Paul, whom Luke frequently accompanied on his preaching tours.  In about 70 A.D., Luke, after the martyrdom of his mentor, the Apostle Paul, in Rome, writes Luke-Acts, a two volume work telling the story of Jesus in Luke and his Spirit filled church in Acts.

This is the only book in all of scripture written by a Gentile.  His two volume work is longer than all of Paul's letters combined.  He writes his Gospel to Theophilus, a Gentile believer, "… so that you may know the certainty of the things you have been taught."  Luke's Gospel contains the apostolic witness to the life of Jesus as Luke had received it from Paul, John Mark, and others.

You might ask "Why read the Gospels?"  The answer: Because we seem to know why Jesus died but we do not seem to know why Jesus lives.  The Gospels are our primary apprenticing tools for Discipling the church into the living presence of Jesus.

Come join on us in our exploration of the "Greatest Story Ever Told."

Luke's Good News-Part 16-The Scandal Of Christ's Cross

Luke, a medical doctor is in a jail in Ephesus in about 56 A.D. caring for the needs of the prisoner, the Apostle Paul, whom Luke frequently accompanied on his preaching tours.  In about 70 A.D., Luke, after the martyrdom of his mentor, the Apostle Paul, in Rome, writes Luke-Acts, a two volume work telling the story of Jesus in Luke and his Spirit filled church in Acts.

This is the only book in all of scripture written by a Gentile.  His two volume work is longer than all of Paul's letters combined.  He writes his Gospel to Theophilus, a Gentile believer, "… so that you may know the certainty of the things you have been taught."  Luke's Gospel contains the apostolic witness to the life of Jesus as Luke had received it from Paul, John Mark, and others.

You might ask "Why read the Gospels?"  The answer: Because we seem to know why Jesus died but we do not seem to know why Jesus lives.  The Gospels are our primary apprenticing tools for Discipling the church into the living presence of Jesus.

Come join on us in our exploration of the "Greatest Story Ever Told."