Humans have been telling ghost stories ever since there have been humans able to tell stories about unexplainable happenings. Evangelical Christians have not done well offering explanations for the paranormal except by saying: “Ghost aren’t real!” In this series we are looking into ghosts, the paranormal and the paranormal occurrences in the Bible along with general understandings of the Holy Spirit.
Ghost Stories
Unity in Diversity: One Spirit, One Heart
This is our first Sunday in our new home with our new friends working to merge together as one body. Here we examine Paul’s words to encourage us to use our gifts as for the common good.
Hello, Goodbye – Make Your Mark
This is our last message as we say goodbye to our first home at 31 West. We are so thankful for our first six years together in our home and now we move away to our new location in another part of town having made our mark in downtown Newark and now moving on to…
Hello, Goodbye – Loving Acceptance
Our friend Reggie Byrd preaches on giving and accepting the Love of Jesus.
Hello, Goodbye – Our Call
Jesus dared to go to places where he was not welcome, like a party for tax collectors. He risked being ridiculed by the party attenders AND the establishment…and yet he went at the expense of his own reputation. Are you willing to connect to the person with that is the least likely candidate to be…
Hello, Goodbye: Reaching Our neighbors
Welcoming our neighbors means allowing them to be themselves when they are in our presence. The challenge from scripture is for us to welcome others as Jesus welcomed us – “as we are.”
Hello, Goodbye – The Peace Within
Peace is more than just the absence of conflict…our passage from Ephesians 2 teaches us that peace actually comes in the person of Jesus Christ. We are meant to be unified together, saying goodbye to the old person and hello to the new person that Jesus is creating in you.
Hello, Goodbye – Remember Who You Were
We need to remember who we were (and say goodbye to it) before we can move forward and say hello to who we are becoming. The past is lovely and nostalgic but we also must remember that it also has it’s moments of struggle and scars.
Dealing with Doubt: Does Prayer Actually Work?
Sometimes the things we ask God for in prayer actually happen…but what about when they don’t? Why doesn’t prayer work every time? Perhaps it’s our expectations that need to change to align with what prayer is and what prayer actually does.
Dealing with Doubt: Why Do the Innocent Suffer?
Natural disasters, sickness, violence, starvation…all bad things that happen to people, even good people. Why do bad things happen to good people? Jesus gives us some understanding on this topic and our friend Sean Lennon gives us some reasonable understanding to this complex topic.
Dealing with Doubt – What Is the Bible
The Bible is many things but it is also not many things. Listen in as our friend Tim Walk gives us a challenge to see the Bible as the Bible reveals itself.