Vista Community Church

In the first two episodes of the "Do you know...the Bible" mini-series Pastor Mike talked about Who the Bible is to, and What the Bible is about. In this third episode he covers What the Bible is for. Hopefully a few more Bible episodes will come about in the future so he'll have the opportunity to create a few more titles that end with prepositions!

COVID is changing the way the world [c]onnects with each other, [c]ongregates in large groups, and gathers [c]ontent; it's also exposed systemic/operational weaknesses in all sectors of society; and it's particularly exposing the inadequacies in the church's approach to reaching the post-christian communities we live in. [re]church is our attempt to [re]shape...to learn, grow, and get better at what church does.

Scriptures for the Week

God's telling one big beautiful story in the Bible, and we get to peek in, be steeped in it, and be changed by it all. The whole story can be captured, generally, with the acrostic G.O.S.P.E.L. (for which I borrow heavily from NT Wright's sweep: Creation, Fall, Israel, Jesus, Church, Eternity...or maybe he uses Re-Creation.)

To [re]church properly we've got to understand the purpose of the Bible, and that starts with three basic questions: Who was it written to? Who was it written for? And, why?

If you're having trouble finding, receiving or keeping up to speed with the Vista information flow Mike's guidance and tutorial here with respect to our website, facebook page and instagram feed might just be the thing you need. He's also very excited (maybe too excited) about a discovery he made that was a game-changer for him!

Bill throws Jesus under the bus according to analysis a middle schooler could correct.

We're crankin' now! Even though we've got six [re]church episodes previously published, iTunes has only just caught up us this weekend getting our graphics and episodes released. So now we've officially begun. It's going to be a blast! I hope you can listen almost everyday, Vista, it'll be helpful many respects. Subscribe and invite one another so we can stay on the same page through this pandemic...

Scriptures for the Week

There multiple reasons, but three stand out, as to why we need to be committed to adapting the way we do church now and in the future...