Jesus was the First-Fruit Offering
The following is an email our team received on April 11th from our team leader as we prepare for this coming mission trip back to “the Land” of Israel. We leave in a couple of days for this trip, and I wanted to spend these next days sharing more about the Jewish roots of our […]
From the Very Beginning
God planned, from the very beginning, to populate the earth with many sons. Knowing that God is perfect and infinite, this might surprise you if you see yourself as a broken, sinful person. But God sees you as uniquely perfect and eternal because He made you that way, and although Adam fell and introduced sin […]
New Mission Trip Israel – Preparing in Mind
As Kara and I prepare to return to the Israel in several days, I’m prompted to think of the unrest boiling, as always, over there. Have you ever thought about what that struggle really represents? And who is actually battling? “And as for Ishmael, I have heard you: I will surely bless him; I will […]
His Image and Likeness
Today, we’ll begin a new train of thinking. God created Man to bear His image and likeness and rule the world with Him as His perfect sons. When Man fell from grace, we maintained His image but lost His likeness. The fullness of God’s plan was to send His Son Jesus to bear witness to […]
Mission Trip Israel – What I Learned
From this experience, I really had to learn to rest and trust in God. I could do nothing – and everything was in His hands. That is always the case in life, but too often I allow myself to think that I am the master of my own life, when in reality, it can all […]
Questions for Review – The Gospel of The Kingdom of God
The message that Jesus preached and lived has been badly distorted by the Church over the centuries. His life, death, and new life introduced the Kingdom of God and this was the good news that He preached. You would be hard pressed to find Jesus preaching a message of Salvation in the scriptures because this […]
Mission Trip Israel – The Hospital: Part 5
I want to say a word about the Muslims there. About half way through they moved us from one room to a bigger one that Glenn and I shared with an older man (who had to have a body guard because he had dementia and would wander off) and with Tony, a young Muslim man. […]
Specific Preaching of the Gospel of the Kingdom of God
The message that Jesus preached and lived has been badly distorted by the Church over the centuries. His life, death, and new life introduced the Kingdom of God and this was the good news that He preached. You would be hard pressed to find Jesus preaching a message of Salvation in the scriptures because this […]
Mission Trip Israel – The Hospital: Part 4
The burning and subsequent healing in the hospital really helped us to understand just how small we are, and just how big God is to have all of these brothers and sisters in Messiah come out and support us. We knew no one there, but God knew all of them there, and he brought out […]
The Essence of the Gospel of the Kingdom of God
Now, we will briefly discuss the essence of the Gospel of the Kingdom of God. In the beginning God created man in His own image and likeness. His intention was that He would have many sons to be His Family and share His Glory. For this very reason, He created the heavens and earth and […]