Pulpit & Politics

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Baptisms and Spaghetti

Alex came to know Jesus through one of our community groups and today we baptized him and his girlfriend Marcy who also knows and loves Jesus. Sheer awesomeness. This is a real encouragement for not only those of us who were fortunate to see God at work in Alex's life over these last few years, but also an encouragement to all community groups and missional communities everywhere. Our God is mighty to save, He is mighty to save indeed.

And our God is mighty to grace us in the middle of our suffering. I say this because last week we had 3 deaths in our church. And we've been going through a series on Heaven and Hell at the same time! It's been sobering for our little church, but it's also been a time for us to reflect on the good news of the triumph of Jesus over sin, death, our idols, condemnation, and hell in a way that hits home. These baptisms were a sweet thing for us at New Hope today. And we are grateful for it. Oh, and we had some epic homemade spaghetti afterward too!

Thank you, Lord.

So... Are You a Jig-A-Boo?

Listen carefully. Listen well.



Do not quench the Spirit. Do not treat prophecies with contempt but test them all; hold on to what is good, reject every kind of evil. (1 Thessalonians 5:19-22 NIV)

Living Missionally: Two Models Worth Looking At

Not a bad way to think about missions and not a bad model (from both) to follow as we try to live missionally right in our own neighborhoods. What if we simplified things and just did this? We might actually get somewhere.

Soma Communities - Tacoma, WA from Verge Network on Vimeo.

The Austin Stone Community Church - Austin, TX from Verge Network on Vimeo.