Captivated PT2: Captivated By The Heart Of Jesus
Captivated PT2: Captivated By The Heart Of Jesus
Scripture tells us the Jesus is the exact representation of the heart and character of God. Jesus is what God is like as a human, and Jesus is a man of deep visceral emotion. His heart is huge and it feels with a depth of feeling that we struggle to imagine. When we read the gospel accounts of Jesus life we might expect that his primary disposition toward the world is anger over sin or frustration with our failings, but that is not the dominant response of Jesus, compassion and mercy is.
Captivated PT 1: Captivated By The Humility Of Jesus
Captivated PT 1: Captivated By The Humility Of Jesus
As humans, we are creatures drawn to beauty. What we find beautiful we give attention to. What we give attention to we become captivated by. Those things that captivate us become the things we love and the things that direct our lives. In Part 1 of our Captivated series Andrew talks about the humility of Jesus and how it has captivated his own heart.
Prologue PT 11: God’s Vision For Community
Prologue-PT 11: God’s Vision For Community
In light of Genesis 2, what might God’s heart be for community? What does a Kingdom of God community look like?
Prologue: Spiritual Practices: Guided Prayer For Forgiveness
Spiritual Practices: Guided Prayer For Forgiveness (working through relational strain)
We want to go beyond information into revelation and experience. Information does not bring about transformation, but encountering God through scripture, spiritual practices and prayer do bring transformation. In this guided prayer we want to practice a way to work through difficult relationships, hurtful experiences and painful encounters with others.
Prologue PT 10: God’s Vision For Relationships—Kingdom Leadership, Headship and Authority
Prologue PT 10: God’s Vision For Relationships—Kingdom Leadership, Headship and Authority
In Genesis chapter 2, God creates woman from man, but what is really taking place in this story? Is Eve really made from just a little rib? In Genesis chapter 2, God is laying out his vision for relationships and the radical difference between his kingdom vision for relationships and vision of the world around us. God reframes what leadership, headship, And authority within our relationships should look like under his rule
Prologue PT 9: The Tree of Life
Prologue PT 9: The Tree of Life
When Adam and Eve were in the garden there were two trees planted in the centre, the tree of the knowledge of good and evil and the tree of life. The story focuses on the tree of the knowledge of good and evil and the restriction that God placed on it, but there is another tree present that Jesus wants to invite us to give greater attention to—the tree of life.
Prologue PT 8: Eden As A Cosmic Temple And The Test At The Tree
Prologue PT : Eden As A Cosmic Temple And The Test At The Tree
In this episode we unpack more of what the Garden of Eden actually was and what the tree of the knowledge of God and evil was. What was the was the writer of Genesis trying to communicate to us that has application for us in our own lives today.
Prologue: Taking It Deeper - Conversation on being in the image of God
Taking It Deeper - Conversation on being in the image of God
In this conversation between Pastor Andrew and Pastor Brenda, we enter into dialogue together to unpack more of our last podcast episode and Andrew’s teaching on Genesis 2 and the image of God. We also take things deeper and move from information into a way to practice the presence of God in your own life.
Prologue PT 7: The Image in the Garden
Prologue PT 7 - The Image in the Garden
What was the Garden of Eden? Did it cover the whole earth? Was it a really beautiful orchard, or was there something greater going on? In this Episode we are talking more about the identity of humanity and the purpose of Eden as a divine throne room where heaven met earth. A place where the divine unseen realm met the natural realm, a place of deep connection to God.
Prologue Pt 6: Genesis 1 And Our Identity In The Image And Likeness Of God
Prologue Pt 6: Genesis 1 And Our Identity In The Image And Likeness Of God
Scripture opens with a stunning portrait of God; a window into what he is like. In a stunning turn, the writer of Genesis describes all of humanity as being made in the image and likeness of God, but what does that really mean and was the image of God broken when mankind sinned in the garden?