Special guest for Engage Newark.
Special guest for Engage Newark.
When Jesus stood before Pilate, Pilate gave the religious leaders a choice: choose the way of violence and power personified by Barabbas or choose peace and surrender personified by Jesus. We still have the same choice today and many religious leaders still choose political power and control rather than Jesus. The Gospel calls for us…
We often confuse the love of power with the power of love. Jesus stood between two political powers that pulled him in the direction of power and yet he refused to take on political power to instead show the power of sacrificial love.
Following Jesus’ arrest, Peter followed at a distance until he got to the courtyard fire pit. There, he denied Jesus 3 times and didn’t even realize what he had done until a rooster woke him up. Following Jesus from a distance generally makes denying him easier, but Jesus always provides a way back, for Peter…
It was hard for the disciples to stay attentive and attune to Jesus praying in the garden and yet we see Jesus not wanting to do the thing God wanted for him to do. Jesus’ response was to go forward and say, “…nevertheless, not my will but thine. ” Join Reverend Rachel Billups in this…
We often want to be the hero of the story, we see ourselves as the one who does the right thing, that does the noble thing. In the tragic story of Jesus being betrayed by Judas we would like to think that we are the ones who are always betrayed, we are the ones who…
At his final meal with he disciples, Jesus displayed patience and understanding, eating with even the person who was about to betray him. Jesus eats with everyone…who we exclude from our table says more about us than it does them. Join Sean Lennon as he challenges us to invite all to the table.
Jesus came out of the wilderness after 40 days of fasting and praying and everything was going great! He was preaching and teaching and the people loved him! That is, until he went to his hometown and his home synagogue and read the scriptures and explained the meaning…and then everyone wanted to drive him out!…
Zaccheaus used his greatest limitation – his short stature, to breakthrough and find Jesus. Join Pastor Reggie Byrd as he helps us understand that your weakness becomes you strength when God is in it.
It was the passion of Nehemiah that led him to restore the walls and doors of Jerusalem and provide safety for his people. But how can you know what your passion is?
One of the greatest strengths of the church is that we can be unified in our diversity of backgrounds, skills, socio-economic status, gender, ethnicity and on and on the list goes. Jesus, the head of the body, bring equality to the variety of parts that make up the body. Our job is to put Jesus…