Posts Tagged ‘discipleship’
Fill the House! Crowd the Kingdom!
Fill the House! Crowd the Kingdom! Newbreak’s Sermon Study Guide is an in-house resource that serves sermon-based Life Groups and/or individuals who want to reflect further on how the message contributes to their spiritual formation. In this week’s study, we look at a time Jesus compared the kingdom of God to a party in which…
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Fill the House! Crowd the Kingdom! What makes for a great party? Great food and drinks? Great company? Entertainment? Whatever it may be, these images fall short of imagining what God might have in store for his people. Jesus tells a parable about the kingdom of God and compares it to a great feast (aka…
Read MoreMore Than Enough
More Than Enough Newbreak’s Sermon Study Guide is an in-house resource that serves sermon-based Life Groups and/or individuals who want to reflect further on how the message contributes to their spiritual formation. In this week’s study, we look at a famous story–the miraculous feeding of 5,000+ people. However, we look at this story not merely…
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More Than Enough Will it be enough? It’s a question many of us have struggled with at one time or another. When it comes to our needs, they aren’t a surprise to God. These obstacles can actually become opportunities for God to reveal who he is. Lean in as we look to what Jesus teaches…
Read MoreJesus Sees You
Jesus Sees You Have you ever carried a label that has hurt you? It is like being known by a reputation rather than for your name–known by something you have done instead of someone you are striving to become. Jesus meets a woman at the table who is known simply as a “sinful woman,” but…
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Jesus Sees You Newbreak’s Sermon Study Guide is an in-house resource that serves sermon-based Life Groups and/or individuals who want to reflect further on how the message contributes to their spiritual formation. In this week’s study, we look at a story of devotion and compassion as a woman known by reputation (“a sinful woman”) and…
Read MoreThe Physician at the Table
The Physician at the Table Newbreak’s Sermon Study Guide is an in-house resource that serves sermon-based Life Groups and/or individuals who want to reflect further on how the message contributes to their spiritual formation. In this week’s study, we begin a series exploring Christ’s encounters with people at the table. Meals are something that is…
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The Physician at the Table “Follow me.” These are not just famous words Jesus said to twelve disciples, he calls this out to everyone everywhere, at every time. Jesus calls us to follow him. Follow him to the table and watch him offer us the healing where we need it most–our sin. Tierrasanta Campus Blank…
Read MoreBe Busy, Not Hurried
“How are you?” The answer to this common formality of the question has some of the most templated answers in the English language. “Good! But busy.” “Tired, but good!” It’s amazing how many of our answers are some sort of combination of “good” and “busy” as if those two go together like peanut butter and…
Read MoreWhat If You Never Understand Why You Went Through That Unbearably Painful Circumstance?
Without a doubt, and with plenty of data to support it, the problem of suffering is one of the biggest obstacles for those who are skeptical of an all-powerful, all-good God. We could even assume that you have had a big question about this topic yourself, or at least someone close to you has. When…
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