Month: November 2013

11.24.2013

Chris Broom: Greetings from Orange County! God has truly been working powerfully over the past few weeks! Romans 8:28 states, “And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love Him, who have been called according to His purpose.” This was evident at our 2013 New Member Orientation on November 9th as around 60 gathered to celebrate all that God has done! We were […]

“Today Is the Day the Lord has Made”

Corey Blackwell How do you describe the kind of joy only the Lord can give? Pure joy! The South Central Ministry is dynamically growing not only in number, but even more so in spirit! Sunday March 17 we had five house churches! Can you imagine that just two years ago we were nine people meeting in a kitchen? Another milestone occurred on Friday night, March 15, as Lisa Davis the […]

John’s Baptism – November 17, 2013

Richie McDonnell- November 24, 2013 Greetings! God is doing incredible things here in beautiful Santa Barbara! Last week, God added John to our number through baptism! John is a freshman at UCSB, whom I met on the second day of this Fall semester. He has been coming around ever since, and after studying the Bible for several weeks, John came to the conviction that he was never Biblically converted to […]

European Missions Conference

This year’s amazing European Mission’s Conference was held November 7-10 in beautiful London, UK! Brandyn and I were very honored to attended and even speak at the conference! Lessons from this life-changing conference are available online at: http://www.londonchurch.org.uk/2013/european-missions-conference2013-2/ We very much enjoyed our time at the conference, with the disciples, and also sight seeing. Brandyn and I stand in front of iconic landmarks Big Ben, a red telephone booth, and […]

Jonah: Called and Ticked Off About It!

Introduction Jonah a prophet of the northern kingdom of Israel he is from Gath-hepher (a few miles north of Nazareth) active during the reign of Jeroboam II (c.786-746 BC), 8th century According to Jewish tradition Jonah was the boy brought back to life by Elijah the prophet in 1 Kings 17, and hence shares many of his characteristics (particularly his desire for ‘strict judgment’). The book of Jonah is read […]

Grace

The understanding of grace is the foundation for a love motivated relationship with God, rather than one that is works motivated. People from a religious background or having grown up in the church can struggle with having a Pharisee mind set, knowing the requirements of Christian life, but missing the heart motivation. Similarly, overachievers (in the world or the Kingdom) are valued by others and themselves based on their performance. […]