Yesterday, we at Alameda celebrated how God is using us to spread His Word through mission work at home and abroad. By partnering with some amazing missionaries and health organizations, we are taking the grace and gospel of Christ to Bolivia, Uganda, Austria, Ecuador, and New Zealand. We help support Great Cities Mission and tutor […]
Today, I started a “spin-off” series of our journey through the Gospel According to Luke called “The 4 Big Questions of Life.” There are some questions that are so important, so profound, and so big that every person asks them and every person yearns for them to be answered. Philosophers say that there are four […]
At Alameda, we are focusing on becoming a church that is actively making Jesus known throughout the world, starting with our own neighbors. Last Sunday I preached a sermon called “Why Our Neighbors Need the Gospel” and gave these five reasons… Like us, our neighbors have a sin problem that only Jesus can solve. Like […]
Luke 18:16 tells us that Jesus called children to him and said, “Let the little children come to me, and do not hinder them, for the kingdom of God belongs to such as these.” This was an incredible statement by Jesus because he was bestowing value on a group of people – children – […]
Yesterday, I was honored to co-preach with Alameda’s Connections Minister, Payton Minzenmayer. Our sermon was part of a current sermon series called “Transformed,” in which we are looking at the various characteristics of a person whose life has been transformed by Jesus Christ. You can view or listen to those sermons here. One aspect of […]
On Sunday I continued a sermon series that is examining what a person who has been transformed by Christ looks like and acts like. You can follow that series here. One of the ways that a Christ-follower is transformed is found in how he or she sees the world and interprets reality (this is often […]
On Palm Sunday 2017, ISIS terrorists killed 47 Coptic Christians in Egypt. Intended to crush the spirit of Christians in that part of the world, the attack had the exact opposite effect. This message from a Coptic priest is a powerful example of the kind of perseverance Christ produces. Glory be to God!
On Sunday I will kick off a brand new sermon series called “Transformed.” The purpose of the series is to examine the attributes of a person whose life has been transformed by the gospel of Jesus Christ. In doing so, my prayer is that all who hear this series will be challenged and inspired to […]
At Alameda Church of Christ, we are in a sermon series called “Living the Good News” in which we are learning how to share the gospel from the events of the gospel themselves. So far… From the announcement about Jesus’ birth we learned that one of the best ways to share the gospel is to […]
In Galatians 6:1-10 the apostle Paul describes what life in the new family of Christ should look like, and the traits he lists, explicitly and implicitly, are: (1) the restoration of sinners; (2) bearing one another’s burdens; (3) love of neighbor (“the law of Christ”); and (4) doing good to everyone. These traits of the […]
