The Bible is Anti-Racist: A Vision for Racial Justice and Social Transformation

Although we are universally created in the image of God and thus share a common identity as his beloved children, ever since the Tower of Babel human beings have been deeply divided by our differences. Down through the ages various groups and individuals have been demeaned, devalued, and oppressed because of their ethnic identity, cultural heritage, and the color of their skin. This is a great evil rooted in the sin that first separated Adam and Eve from their Creator and caused them to hide from him in shame. Racism in countless forms has continued to plague humanity ever since…

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A House Divided: Standing Together in Polarized Times

“If a kingdom is divided against itself, that kingdom cannot stand. And if a house is divided against itself, that house will not be able to stand.”

Mark 3:24-25

Jesus launched his public ministry by announcing the imminent coming of God’s Kingdom, meaning the inbreaking of God’s will being done on earth as it is in heaven. He implemented this Kingdom vision by inviting people into the New Covenant, a new way of being in relationship with God and with each other. His primary expression of this Covenant community was the gathering of disciples in the extended family home of Simon and Andrew in Capernaum. When his biological family came from Nazareth to challenge the sanity of Jesus’ actions, he made it clear that this Kingdom community was a new kind of Covenant family…

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Adapt and Thrive: The Power and Opportunity of Home-Based Mission

Much like the impact of our current pandemic on modern churches, the first church in Jerusalem faced unexpected challenges that prevented them from gathering in large groups for worship. But Jesus had already given them a pattern to follow which allowed them adapt and thrive in the midst of this new challenge. We have the opportunity to thrive as well by equipping and empowering our leaders to follow that same pattern in the next phase of this crisis…

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