Special guest for Engage Newark.
Special guest for Engage Newark.
In the 2nd halves of Matthew 24 and Matthew 25 we find Jesus’ words on his second coming…but the end result for our preparation is the same: endure to the end by loving God and loving others.
Matthew 24 is full of dark and gloomy words that Jesus gives to warn his disciples about the destruction of the Jerusalem Temple and His own 2nd Coming. But, in the midst of it, he provides Hope for the believers and encouragement for them to enduring to the end through loving God and loving others.
The New Testament writers often echo the words of Jesus in regards to how to live life and how to be prepared for the 2nd Advent of Jesus. In this message we focus on both letters to the Thessalonians and the 2nd letter of Peter to discover that living a quiet life of holiness and…
This Advent, while we celebrate the First Advent of Jesus, we are Preparing the Way for the 2nd Advent. This first week is an introduction, a foundation on the important words found in the New Testament about the 2nd Coming and the primary theological systems that inform our understanding about Jesus’ 2nd Coming. Above all,…
Jesus gives us an example of how people should live in the kingdom while in social situations. In Luke 14 Jesus is at a dinner party, talking about dinner parties. As we head into the Thanksgiving celebration season, this is a good reminder of how we can make people, our families and friends feel most…
This final excuse of Moses was the real reason Moses tried to decline God’s direction to free the Hebrew slaves: I don’t want to? We tend to not give the real reason for not doing God’s will, we invent lots of other excuses, but the real reason is that we don’t want to.
Of all of Moses’ five excuses, this is the one that was probably a legitimate reason for why he could not be expected to convince a million people that they should not be slaves and why he could not speak to the most powerful man in the world, Pharaoh. Why would God choose someone with…
Moses gave 5 excuses for why he could not go and release the Hebrews from bondage in Egypt, one of them was that people might doubt him. Sometimes doubt can motivate someone to do better and be better but sometimes it becomes a crutch to not do what we are called to do.
Jesus has placed in the heart of every person a dream, a kingdom vocation that helps them fulfill the purpose that they are designed to fulfill. Ben Hardman brings a message of inspiration and challenge to help us fulfill our kingdom dream.
Moses had five excuses for why God should not call him to go rescue the Hebrews from Egypt. His second excuse was “I don’t know enough” which was framed by him asking, “What will I tell them if they ask who sent me?” Moses was limiting himself by what he didn’t know. Sometimes we have…