Teacher: Bill Dogterom
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Mark: Drop Everything; Be With Jesus – Do What Jesus Did
September 15, 2019 — Costa MesaWhen Jesus calls us to follow Him, it is a call first to be with Him – to learn life from Him – so that we can join Him in his mission – bringing the Good News of God’s Kingdom come, and pushing back the darkness!
Scripture: Mark 3:13-19 -
Mark: Drop Everything; Follow Jesus
September 8, 2019 — Costa MesaJesus comes and proclaims the availability of the Kingdom of God – and there is only one possible response – to repent, to reorder life in the light of the reality of the Kingdom. Mark models this in the invitation that came to four fishermen – and which comes to us – to leave the life you have built for yourself, and learn the new life of the Kingdom from Jesus.
Scripture: Mark 1:14-20 -
Beauty of the Church: Ephesians; Holiness is Usefulness
August 18, 2019 — Costa MesaJesus has invested His whole self in the Beauty of the Church – not simply so the Church can enjoy the benefits of His grace, but so that the Church can partner with Him in His mission to redeem the whole universe. In order for the church to be useful, it must be holy – otherwise it is part of the problem.
Scripture: Ephesians 4:17-5:20 -
Beauty of the Church: Ephesians; Grow in Love
August 4, 2019 — Costa MesaPaul knows that the radical vision for the church as the Body of Christ will only happen by the grace of God. His strategy is to pray – that we all grow up in love, both received and given – with an awareness that God has the ability to make it so. And so much more!
Scripture: Ephesians 3:14-21 -
Beauty of the Church: Ephesians; All Play – Together
July 28, 2019 — Costa MesaChurch is the brand new iteration of life – former identities replaced.
Scripture: Ephesians 2:11-22, 3:1-13 -
Now Live: Practices That Support Life in the Spirit
June 30, 2019 — Costa MesaThe Holy Spirit does not come primarily to empower individuals – but to build a new community, the church. The church responds by deliberately engaging in practices that support the life the Spirit brings – enabling it to increasingly become a church that Jesus can trust.
Scripture: Acts 2:41-47 -
Now Live: The Church Jesus Trusts; Bears Witness
June 16, 2019 — Costa MesaThis Second Sunday of Pentecost provides the opportunity to reflect on how Jesus builds His church. Looking at Peter’s sermon on the Day of Pentecost, it quickly became clear – the foundational reality of the church is that it makes a clear declaration in word and practice that Jesus is Lord!
Scripture: Acts 2:14-47 -
Now Live: Waiting…
June 2, 2019 — Costa MesaJesus has made it increasingly clear – He did not raise from the dead simply so they could enjoy His presence once again! This is part of a plan to save the world. He intends His disciples – us – to partner with Him by telling His story, testifying to the reality of Resurrection Life by the way we live and speak. He knows we need the same power by which He was raised from the dead – and so He instructs his disciples to wait until they are baptized into the Holy Spirit.
Scripture: Acts 1:1-11 -
Now Live: The Road to Emmaus
May 19, 2019 — Costa MesaJesus’ resurrection reframes and redefines everything – including all our past understandings of how things have to be. In yet another playful moment with His friends, Jesus unpacks the story they have believed – but in a way that would never have occurred to them. They were missing the essential piece – pain and death as prelude to life.
Scripture: Luke 24:13-35
