God who became one of us (Gospels)

                            CLICK FOR AUDIO:    MOTIVATE –          As a child I grew up watching Saturday morning cartoons. I think the 1980’s were the golden age of cartoon television. There were super-heroes like: Batman who fought crime with his savvy detective skills Superman…

Jesus Encounter: Lazarus (John 11)

MOTIVATE The Christian gospel is a unique message. Every other religious movement or idea has a founder or at least sparked by an individual that is now dead. Even if they were prophetically inspired by a divine being they have ceased to exist. Yet, not Christianity. Christianity is different in that it is not about…

Jesus Encounter: Blind Man (John 9)

MOTIVATE –          Great Question: Why do bad things happen to good people? Cancer effects 11 million people; Disabilities effects 49 million people; Death effects 100% We live in a fallen world, tainted by sin and the effects of human choice. Suffering, sickness, disease, disability and death are a reality not because God is out to…

Jesus Encounter: Samaritan Woman (John 4)

  MOTIVATE Have you ever been wounded? I’m not talking about as a teenager riding your bicycle down a hill at a high rate of speed only to end up with two bloody knees, a skinned elbow and side with rearranged facial features. Nor am I talking about the time when your aunt threw a…