We Are Arising Together
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- C - Creation - What God had in mind
- O - Opposition - Not what Humanity is thinking
- M - Marriage vs. Merger - God wants close, we prefer distance
- E - Estrangement - ...and the distance grows
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- N - Nativity - God's response to Estrangement isn't wrath, it's Nativity
- E - Embodiment - Jesus Embodies who we're intended to be
- A - Adoption - We're all Beloved Children in God's eyes
- R - Restoration - God wants us to partner with Him to Restore His World
01.01.23 COME NEAR Introduction
1.08.23 Creation: Out of the Deep
1.08.23 Creation: Out of the Deep
How can 2 words tell so big a story?
1.08.23 Creation: Out of the Deep
1.08.23 Creation: Out of the Deep
1.08.23 Creation: Out of the Deep
Making Order out of Chaos
01.15.23 Creation: Humanity
1.08.23 Creation: Out of the Deep
01.22.23 Creation: Viewpoints
In the image of God He created them
01.22.23 Creation: Viewpoints
1.08.23 Creation: Out of the Deep
01.22.23 Creation: Viewpoints
As the 2 Creation stories demonstrate, we all don't think alike
01.29.23 Creation: Garden
02.05.23 Opposition: They Chose Poorly
02.05.23 Opposition: They Chose Poorly
God gets His hands dirty
(Apologies for the poor audio)
02.05.23 Opposition: They Chose Poorly
02.05.23 Opposition: They Chose Poorly
02.05.23 Opposition: They Chose Poorly
Deceived
02.12.23 Opposition: Two Brothers
02.05.23 Opposition: They Chose Poorly
02.19.23 Opposition: Tower of Babel
The apple doesn't fall far from the tree
02.19.23 Opposition: Tower of Babel
02.05.23 Opposition: They Chose Poorly
02.19.23 Opposition: Tower of Babel
Let's make a name for ourselves
04.16.23 Marriage vs. Merger: Huh?
04.30.23 Marriage vs. Merger: Abraham's Covenant
04.23.23 Marriage vs. Merger: Abraham's Call
Why does this make all the difference?
04.23.23 Marriage vs. Merger: Abraham's Call
04.30.23 Marriage vs. Merger: Abraham's Covenant
04.23.23 Marriage vs. Merger: Abraham's Call
God: Get going.
Abe Who are you again?
04.30.23 Marriage vs. Merger: Abraham's Covenant
04.30.23 Marriage vs. Merger: Abraham's Covenant
04.30.23 Marriage vs. Merger: Abraham's Covenant
Cutting a Covenant can get pretty messy
05.14.23 Marriage vs. Merger: Not an Easy Ask
04.30.23 Marriage vs. Merger: Abraham's Covenant
04.30.23 Marriage vs. Merger: Abraham's Covenant
Come near? Let Moses do it.
05.21.23 Marriage vs. Merger: Moses Asks...
05.21.23 Marriage vs. Merger: Moses Asks...
05.21.23 Marriage vs. Merger: Moses Asks...
...So God comes near
05.28.23 Marriage vs. Merger: Prophets
05.21.23 Marriage vs. Merger: Moses Asks...
05.21.23 Marriage vs. Merger: Moses Asks...
Hosea shows us the heart of God
06.04.23 Estrangement Judges
05.21.23 Marriage vs. Merger: Moses Asks...
06.04.23 Estrangement Judges
A Hot Mess
06.11.23 Estrangement Saul
05.21.23 Marriage vs. Merger: Moses Asks...
06.04.23 Estrangement Judges
Without Samuel, Saul doesn't stand a chance
06.18.23 Estrangement David
07.02.23 Estrangement Northern Kingdom
06.25.23 Estrangement Solomon
Man after God's Own heart...well sometimes anyway
06.25.23 Estrangement Solomon
07.02.23 Estrangement Northern Kingdom
06.25.23 Estrangement Solomon
Wisdom goes sideways
07.02.23 Estrangement Northern Kingdom
07.02.23 Estrangement Northern Kingdom
07.02.23 Estrangement Northern Kingdom
Another hot mess
07.09.23 Estrangement Southern Kingdom
07.02.23 Estrangement Northern Kingdom
07.02.23 Estrangement Northern Kingdom
Good thing there's Josiah
07.16.23 Estrangement Exile
07.30.23 Nativity: God's response to the human predicament
07.23.23 Between the Old and New Testaments
Calamity, pure and simple
07.23.23 Between the Old and New Testaments
07.30.23 Nativity: God's response to the human predicament
07.23.23 Between the Old and New Testaments
Things change A LOT between Malachi and Matthew. Join us on a whirlwind tour of Intertestamental Times
07.30.23 Nativity: God's response to the human predicament
07.30.23 Nativity: God's response to the human predicament
07.30.23 Nativity: God's response to the human predicament
God's response to Estrangement isn't wrath, it's Nativity
08.06.23 Embodiment: Jesus is the new Moses
07.30.23 Nativity: God's response to the human predicament
07.30.23 Nativity: God's response to the human predicament
What does Jesus Embodied Faithfulness look like?
08.13.23 Embodiment: What does Jesus embodied Holiness look like?
08.13.23 Embodiment: What does Jesus embodied Holiness look like?
08.13.23 Embodiment: What does Jesus embodied Holiness look like?
What does a Priest look like when he looks like Jesus?
08.20.23 Embodiment: What does Jesus embodied Power look like?
08.13.23 Embodiment: What does Jesus embodied Holiness look like?
08.13.23 Embodiment: What does Jesus embodied Holiness look like?
What does a King look like when he looks like Jesus?
08.27.23 Adoption: How might a Parent feel?
08.13.23 Embodiment: What does Jesus embodied Holiness look like?
08.27.23 Adoption: How might a Parent feel?
Brian shares from his own experience as an adoptive father.
09.03.23 Adoption: How might a Kid feel?
08.13.23 Embodiment: What does Jesus embodied Holiness look like?
08.27.23 Adoption: How might a Parent feel?
Colleen gives us insight into her adoptive sons' views, as told in their own words.
09.10.23 Adoption: It Makes all the Difference
09.10.23 Adoption: It Makes all the Difference
09.10.23 Adoption: It Makes all the Difference
Joanie asks, "Why does being Adopted as a Child of God change everything?"
09.17.23 Restoration is OUR Job
09.10.23 Adoption: It Makes all the Difference
09.10.23 Adoption: It Makes all the Difference
Restoration looks like the Holy Spirit empowered Church - it's how we Be The Church
09.24.23 Restoration via Buckets
09.10.23 Adoption: It Makes all the Difference
09.24.23 Restoration via Buckets
Bob leads us in the Arise Bucket Give-away
10.01.23 Restoration's End Goal
09.10.23 Adoption: It Makes all the Difference
09.24.23 Restoration via Buckets
Where is this whole Restoration Project headed? It might not be where you think...
10.08.23 Restoration Stories
10.15.23 Wrapping up COME NEAR
10.15.23 Wrapping up COME NEAR
We've all got one, and this is the good stuff.
10.15.23 Wrapping up COME NEAR
10.15.23 Wrapping up COME NEAR
10.15.23 Wrapping up COME NEAR
Will you?