If You Only Knew…
Today, we’re going to meditate on John chapter 4, and I have to say that this may be one of my favorite chapters in Scripture. The more I’ve been meditating on it, the more I see the spiritual gold it…
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Blessed are the Meek
“Blessed are the meek, for they shall inherit the earth.” Matthew 5:5 We are continuing on this journey together as we try to discover how to witness to our yet to believe friends. And the question is really how do…
Blessed are Those Who Mourn
“Blessed are those who mourn, for they shall be comforted.” Matthew 5:4 This is now week 12 meeting as Ethos Communion Church. We are still in our soft launch stage, and trying to hone in on the vision that God…
Blessed are the Poor in Spirit
Matthew5.3 ““Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.” Well, we just concluded a series on The Harvest from Matthew 9 which began shifting our gears as a church to prepare to bring in this…
The Work of Harvesting
Now, as we move forward as a church, I’ve come to realize that it’s very important that we don’t just try to plan out our church in a conceptual, cerebral, manner where we attempt to design a theoretically perfect church.…
When Loss is Gain
It’s been well over a month since the funeral for my father-in-law. This is the sermon I preached that day. “For to me to live is Christ, and to die is gain. If I am to live in the flesh,…
Heart of the Harvester
This is the sermon I preached yesterday (2024-04-28) for Ethos that follows last week’s sermon on the Huge Harvest. Praise the Lord, we are now nine weeks into soft-launching Ethos Communion Church! It is wonderful that we have made it…
Huge Harvest
“Then he said to his disciples, “The harvest is plentiful, but the laborers are few.” Matthew 9:37 Almost twenty years ago, in 2005, I received my call to ministry. I was in India, looking out at a landscape of green…
Children of God Without God
Well, another week has come and gone. It’s another week since we’ve planted the church. Another week since my Father-in-law died and has gone to be with the Lord. It’s another week since we have moved from Atwater Village to…
Surprised by Joy
This is the sermon I gave this past Sunday for Ethos Communion Church. It’s a pretty important concept for me, so I’m posting it here. Updates This past week, I went to an EFCA Assessment retreat for church planters. If…