God calls us to join his “mission” to reach the world with his gospel, his love, his kingdom. Yet we can have fears when stepping out to follow Jesus. In this last message of the series, Pastor Dan shares how God can help calm these fears; help us face these fears and come to understand […]
There are many events in the Old Testament where people rejected God’s message and messenger; the result was always judgment. Jesus prepares his disciples for a similar eventuality: As they would go to preach the good news, they would find rejection. Jesus wanted them to leave that rejection to God. In due time God always rewards […]
Jesus gave clear instructions for how his disciples were to go out on their first “mission”. Jesus also predicted that some would receive; and that some would reject – the message that the disciples would be bringing. We can follow their lead and take comfort from Jesus’ words as we also share the gospel with […]
As we think about our mission in life; our mission as a church; Pastor Dan suggests we pay attention to Jesus charge which he gave his disciples. It it just possible that Jesus instructions then are equally valid for us today. Start local; start in familiar places. Preach the Gospel and express Jesus love in […]
God has invited us to a wonderful mission. Are we ready? Are you ready? A missional church defines itself in terms of its worship and its mission – a worshiping people who are also “sent ones” who take the gospel to and incarnate the gospel within a specific cultural context. – The church has a […]
Last week Pastor Dan challenged us to consider if we are apathetic, ignorant or afraid when it comes to our response toward those outside the church. This week the challenge is similar, but the perspective is “compassion”. Jesus went out of his way to demonstrate ‘how’ to have compassion. Are we paying attention or just […]
The Church universal generally, and Stonebridge Church specifically, has a mission. God wants to reach the world with the good news: How to be in a right relationship with God. Failure to achieve this mission might be due to ignorance, apathy or fear. But God does provide, he does equip his people to accomplish what […]