by Steven Baines | Mar 15, 2019 | News
Friday, March 15 We have all been rejected and rejection doesn’t feel good. It can be devastating. In the scripture, Jesus’ message and ministry are rejected. The Pharisees are trying to dissuade Jesus from going to Jerusalem. But Jesus doesn’t fall for their ruse....
by Steven Baines | Mar 14, 2019 | News
Thursday, March 14 Christians are called to reflect on the meaning of Jesus’ life and death and on the role we play in continuing his mission. As in all the gospels, the Pharisees in Luke are largely antagonistic to Jesus and Jesus to them. Though the Pharisees’...
by Steven Baines | Mar 13, 2019 | News
Wednesday, March 13 The Old Testament has some pretty brutal stories, and the book of Revelation is filled with harrowing images that still make their way into blockbuster horror movies, but few moments in the Bible make my hair stand on end like those episodes where...
by Steven Baines | Mar 12, 2019 | News
Tuesday, March 12 Dr. Ruth Anne Reese of Asbury Theological Seminary describes in her commentary of Luke 13 three distinct uses of the Greek word, thelo, meaning “desire,” “wish,” or “want.” The Pharisees warn Jesus that Herod wants to kill Jesus (vs.31). Jesus...
by Michael McMahon | Mar 11, 2019 | Friday Music at Midday, News
Please join us at National City Christian Church this Friday, March 15, at 12:15 p.m.for our free weekly Music at Midday concert. Organist Jacob Reed, a student at the Yale Institute of Sacred Music, will perform works of five composers, two of them women. Jacob Reed...
by Steven Baines | Mar 11, 2019 | News
Monday, March 11 What is your mission? Do you know? Do you have a clear picture? Jesus came to earth knowing what his mission was. He varied his “tactics” or approach. He was always about ministering to others through feeding, healing, teaching, even as he approached...
