Posts by Mosaic Church
SPIRITUAL GROWTH
Reviewing Peter’s growth through Christ is an interesting study, perhaps one that somewhat matches your own. Spiritual growth usually takes a circuitous path and while my experience with it is perhaps not as dramatic as Peter’s, it has been rocky at times nonetheless. Let’s take a very macro review. In the beginning of his discipleship,…
Read MoreHOLY MOLY
“Holy” is a word similar to “glory” in that we say it often in worship, perhaps with the idea of it having some exalted meaning, but in reality, are unsure exactly what that exalted meaning is. It doesn’t help that, from Batman to the President, we use “holy” to qualify everything from buckets to cows…
Read MoreGOTCHA
Recently, we have talked much about the humanity of Jesus. He was misunderstood, rejected, and accused falsely…in other words, “He was despised and rejected by mankind, a man of suffering, and familiar with pain. Like one from whom people hide their faces He was despised, and we held Him in low esteem.” Isaiah 53:3. There…
Read MoreOUR “WHOSOEVER” GOD
John 3:16 (NKJV) For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. This scripture, which we all know by heart, says “whosoever”, which is an all-encompassing term, without exclusion/all inclusive. God doesn’t reject people who believe in Him, regardless…
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“HAS NOT” VERSUS “CAN”
Sometimes when reading the Old Testament, I feel sorry for the Israelites. Imagine being the guinea pigs, in a manner of speaking, with all of your obvious failures laid bare for everyone to read and disparage afterward for thousands of years. It is so tempting to read their story of freedom from slavery and wonder…
Read MoreA PRECLUSION FOR LONELINESS
Community is about inclusion. Think about Martin Luther King, Jr.’s speech in 1963 in front of the Lincoln Memorial. It was about inclusion of people of color along with elimination of the manacles of segregation and chains of discrimination. Lack of inclusion creates loneliness. With our schedules the way they are, there is little to…
Read MoreMisaligned and Misunderstood
THE WORD IS ALIVE AND IT CUTS LIKE A SWORD THROUGH THE DARKNESS
John 1 (NKJV)”1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. 2 He was in the beginning with God. 3 All things were made through Him, and without Him nothing was made that was made. 4 In Him was life, and the life was the light of men. 5 And the…
Read MoreWEARY IN DOING GOOD
Galatians 6:9-10 “Let us not become weary in doing good, for at the proper time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up. Therefore, as we have opportunity, let us do good to all people, especially to those who belong to the family of believers.” If anything has characterized the past couple…
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