Rev. Ken Russell BCYD PAOC

We are called to move beyond following the crowd to follow Jesus, even in difficulty or when its not popular.Watch at: https://vimeo.com/358709045

Clean or unclean - In our day what one person considers dirty or unclean another person may believe it is clean and many times this comes down to interpretation and/or upbringing. In others words it comes down to your heritage.

Your heritage or upbringing will determine what you like or do not like. How you do things and what you place importance on, how you celebrate and how you go to church.Watch at: https://vimeo.com/352342693

Discipleship - In the kingdom of God, power and importance are flipped upside down.

Living with kingdom values means valuing the vulnerable and sacrificing for others.

The cost is high. What are you placing in front of your relationship with God? Money, power, relationships?

Watch at: https://vimeo.com/350828934

Take up your cross - Today I reveal one of the biggest secrets in all of scripture (that is staring you in the face) and I will tell you exactly what it means and I will give you the powerand thenits all up to you

Today, before you leave you will know exactly what it means to be a disciple of Jesus.

Cultural norms broken - These two stories reveal an incredible aspect of the coming kingdom of God: victory over shame and death.

This story involves Jesuss interaction with a woman whose medical condition left her a complete social outcast. She likely was infertile because of her condition, jeopardizing her primary role and source of value in her culture.