Author: eengle

Listen to Pastor Jonathan Woolner speak on Sunday, September 4th.

Times of change are a great time for self-inventory. Adam and Eve blamed each other for their problems. Let’s not do the same.

Matthew 7:6

Discern the difference between what you can control and what you can’t control. Worry is lethal to thriving. Worry separates you from thriving in the present.

Matthew 5-7

The progression of the sermon on the mount goes from worrying to judging. This is a sequential set of teachings that are not arbitrary or random.

If we do not entrust the things that we worry about to God, we will spend a huge amount of time trying to control others. You can’t control people, places, or things. Be ruthless in examining your heart. Give without strings attached. What is keeping you from facing you? Entrust the situation you can’t control into God’s loving care. This is His church, we entrust it into God’s loving care.

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Listen to Pastor Jonathan Woolner speak on Sunday, August 28th about tribes, from a biblical perspective. Let’s stay in the hands of Jesus. God is doing something here. We are all in this together. Lean into the heart of Jesus.

Genesis 12:1-9

Abram is called to go, and he went. He was told he would be a blessing to all other nations. We are called to be a light and a blessing to the world, not just to preserve our own tribe.

Matthew 5:13-15

We are called to be salt and light to the world.

 

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Listen to Jonathan Woolner speak on Sunday, August 14th about the danger of ego and power combined with technology. God at times will scramble the plans of those who want to be in place of God, as He did for the plans of Nimrod. 

Read along in Genesis 11:1-8

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Listen To Jonathan Woolner describe the point of the story of Jonah and the fish on Sunday, August 7th. Many Old Testament stories are weird and have unexpected twists that challenge our presuppositions that we are the good guys and they are the bad guys. We are challenged to love our enemies and know that God wants to redeem us all. 

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Listen to Pastor Jonathan Woolner speak on Sunday, July 3rd about the selection process of Jesus, choosing a few people to be his disciples across many groups of people who would not normally regard each other as peers. They would have to learn and practice patience & forgiveness to carry out His plans together in unity. We have to learn and practice these things as well to work together for the kingdom of God. 

Read along:

“As Jesus walked beside the Sea of Galilee, he saw Simon and his brother Andrew casting a net into the lake, for they were fishermen. “Come, follow me,” Jesus said, “and I will make you fishers of men.” At once they left their nets and followed him. When he had gone a little farther, he saw James son of Zebedee and his brother John in a boat, preparing their nets. Without delay he called them, and they left their father Zebedee in the boat with the hired men and followed him.” -Mark 1:16-20 NIV

 

“Once again Jesus went out beside the lake. A large crowd came to him, and he began to teach them. [14] As he walked along, he saw Levi son of Alphaeus sitting at the tax collector’s booth. “Follow me,” Jesus told him, and Levi got up and followed him. While Jesus was having dinner at Levi’s house, many tax collectors and “sinners” were eating with him and his disciples, for there were many who followed him.” -Mark 2:13-15 NIV

Read Ephesians 3 this week!

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