Rhythms Of Grace Community Fellowship

Follow Me Part 5

In Mark's gospel, he calls the church to abandon its imperialistic dreams on the one hand and its passive non-involvement on the other and to become for the world what Jesus was for the world. That is what discipleship, following Jesus, really means.

Follow Me Part 4

The love which Jesus incarnated, by which we are saved, is to become the love which fills us beyond capacity and flows out to heal the world.

The Revolution of the Cross Part 6

Sin, for Paul, is not simply breaking the moral code - it is the missing of the mark of genuine humanness through the failure of worship or rather through worshiping idols rather than the true God.

Follow Me Part 3

In the Kingdom of the Son of Man, the power that counts is the power of love. It is the rule of Emmanuel - God with us. If we celebrate that fact, as we do the Eucharist - let us heed the call that goes with it - that we should go into the world to follow this Emmanuel.

The Revolution of the Cross Part 5

Most people suppose that when Paul explains what is wrong with the human race, he focuses on "sin". This is wrong. What Paul says about sin in Romans 1&2 is secondary to what he says about idolatry. The primary human failure is a failure of worship.

Follow Me Part 2

The whole point of John's gospel is that this is how God's power, the power of self giving love, the power of truth and the power of God's kingdom is being established. Then the risen Jesus breathes the Spirit upon his disciples and says, "As the Father has sent me, so I send you."

The Revolution of the Cross Part 4

The crucifixion of Jesus in 33 AD, nobody in that world would have been able to hear the word "cross" without feeling the horror and shame of it. All of this needs to be in our minds and imaginations if we are to glimpse, let alone understand why that "word" was revolutionary!

Follow Me Part 1

The longer you look at Jesus, the more you want to follow him - that is, if it's the real Jesus. Plenty of people have made up a Jesus for themselves. One that makes them feel happy from time to time but doesn't challenge them. He doesn't suggest that they get up and do something about the condition of the world.

The Revolution of the Cross Part 3

 To understand any event in history, you have to put it firmly into that history. Unless we allow first century contexts and insights to surround the event - we can be sure we'll fail to get hold of its original meaning.

As the Father Has Sent Me

 The whole point of John's gospel is that this is how God's power, the power of self giving love, the power of truth and the power of God's kingdom is being established. Then the risen Jesus breathes the Spirit upon his disciples and says "As the Father has sent me, so I send you."