Tag: Dave Fields

What Child Is This? | Part 4: The Magi: Coming to Jesus, Bringing Your Best | Matthew 1:18-25; 2:1-12

We are gathering to celebrate that God has truly come to be “with us” in the birth of Jesus. And, like the Magi we read…

What Child Is This? | Part 3: Herod: Threatened by the True King | Matthew 2:1-20

If Jesus is King, Herod is not. More to the point: if Jesus is King, I am not. Matthew presents Jesus as the True King,…

What Child Is This? | Part 2: Joseph: Faith In the Dark | Matthew 1:18-25

The story of Jesus’ coming, as explored from Joseph’s experience, shows us what it means to live with faith "in the dark," and faith that…

The Heart of God | Part 11: The Good News of God's Final Judgment | Romans 12:14-21

The Heart of God | Part 10: The Cross and the Justice of God | John 18:28-19:7

The Heart of God | Part 8: Jesus Is King! (But You Still Have to Pay Your Taxes) | Romans 13:1-7

The Heart of God | Part 7: True Worship and Justice | Amos 4-5

The Heart of God | Part 5: God and Economic Justice | Deuteronomy 8

The Heart of God | Part 3: God of All Creation | Genesis 1:26-28;2:15

The Heart of God | Part 1: Jesus and the Justice of God | Luke 4:12-30

The Parables of Jesus | Part 7: Lost and Found: Luke 15:11-32

The Parables of Jesus: Part 4: The Kingdom Is Like...: Matthew 13:31-36,44-52

The Parables of Jesus: Portraits of a Kingdom | Part 1: The Sower: Mark 4:1-20

ephesians: Living In Sync with Reality | Part 15: Stand!

ephesians: Living In Sync with Reality | Part 13: Fueled for Love

ephesians: Living In Sync with Reality | Part 12: Leave the Light On

ephesians: Living In Sync with Reality | Part 11: The Culture of the Kingdom

ephesians: Living In Sync with Reality | Part 9: Putting On the New Life

ephesians: Living In Sync with Reality | Part 8: Unity, Diversity, Maturity

ephesians: Living In Sync with Reality | Part 6: Joyfully Captive to Jesus

ephesians: Living In Sync with Reality | Part 4: Alive!

ephesians: Living In Sync with Reality | Part 3: Knocking on Heaven’s Door

ephesians: Living In Sync with Reality | Part 2: Adopted

SHAPE: Your Gifts for God's Good Purposes | Part 8: The Whole Church Part Two: Partners in Ministry

SHAPE: Your Gifts for God's Good Purposes | Part 7: The Whole Church Part One: Paul’s View on Women in Christ’s Ministry: 1 Timothy 2:11-15

SHAPE: Your Gifts for God's Good Purposes | Part 4: Abilities

SHAPE: Your Gifts for God's Good Purposes | Part 2: Spiritual Gifts

SHAPE: Your Gifts for God's Good Purposes | Part 1: God's Good Idea

With Us While We Wait (Advent 2023) | Part 4: Wonder

With Us While We Wait (Advent 2023) | Part 3: Witness

With Us While We Wait (Advent 2023) | Part 1: Watch

Come and See: Encounters with Jesus in the Gospel of John | Part 12: Do You Love Me?

Come and See: Encounters with Jesus in the Gospel of John | Part 11: What is Faith? Mary and the Resurrected Jesus

Come and See: Encounters with Jesus in the Gospel of John | Part 10: Jesus, Pilate, and the Truth

Come and See: Encounters with Jesus in the Gospel of John | Part 8: The Grieving Sisters: How do we face grief and even death?

Come and See: Encounters with Jesus in the Gospel of John | Part 5: What Kind of Solution Does Jesus Offer?

Come and See: Encounters with Jesus in the Gospel of John | Part 2: Jesus and the Wedding Feast

Come and See: Encounters with Jesus in the Gospel of John | Part 1: Nathaniel, the Skeptical

Travelling Light | Part 9: Unburdened of Pride | 1 Corinthians 3 & 4

Travelling Light | Part 6: Becoming Generous

Travelling Light | Part 1: Learning the Unforced Rhythms of Grace | Matthew 11:25-30

Exodus: What We Mean When We Say God | Part 15: The Golden Calf and the Broken Covenant

Exodus: What We Mean When We Say God | Part 11: Need Each Other

Exodus: What We Mean When We Say God | Part 9: The Song of Freedom

Easter: What We Mean When We Say God | Resurrection Sunday: Hope Has a Name

Exodus: What We Mean When We Say God | Part 6: Slow to Anger / Ten "Strikes" and They’re Out

Exodus: What We Mean When We Say God | Part 5: Dealing with Discouragement

Exodus: What We Mean When We Say God | Part 3: Reckoning with the Holy Other

Exodus: What We Mean When We Say God | Part 1: Keeping His Promises

ascribe: A Series on Worship | Part 5: Worship and the Table

ascribe: A Series on Worship | Part 3: Worship and Justice

ascribe: A Series on Worship | Part 1: Worship and the Meaning of (Your) Life

Waiting for the Light | Part 5: The Light Has Come

Waiting for the Light | Part 4: The Home We Long For

Waiting for the Light | Part 1: Living in Advent Between the Advents

RUTH: Tragedy, Providence, Loyalty | Part 5: Recalculating Route

RUTH: Tragedy, Providence, Loyalty | Part 3: Unexpected Hope

RUTH: Tragedy, Providence, Loyalty | Part 1: A Journey for the Broken-hearted

THINKING CHRISTIANLY: On Loving God with Our Minds | Part 6: Beauty

THINKING CHRISTIANLY: On Loving God with Our Minds | Part 4: Scripture

THINKING CHRISTIANLY: On Loving God with Our Minds | Part 3: Reason

THINKING CHRISTIANLY: On Loving God with Our Minds | Part 1: Made for This

SHAPED BY THE SPIRIT: The Fruit of Life with God | Part 11: Empowered for Missional Engagement

SHAPED BY THE SPIRIT: The Fruit of Life with God | Part 10: In Step with the Spirit

SHAPED BY THE SPIRIT: The Fruit of Life with God | Part 1: LOVE

Jonah: Meeting the God of Mercy | Part 5: The Prodigal Prophet

Jonah: Meeting the God of Mercy | Part 4: Dust and Ashes

Jonah: Meeting the God of Mercy | Part 2: Asleep

Jonah: Meeting the God of Mercy | Part 1: Running from God

LIVING HOPE | Part 10: A God-Gifted Status

LIVING HOPE | Part 9: Transforming Expectations

FEAR TO FAITH | Easter Hope for a World in Pain

LIVING HOPE | Part 5: Foreigners and Exiles

LIVING HOPE | Part 3: Family Resemblance

LIVING HOPE | Part 2: Seeing Our Suffering with the New-Birth Perspective

LIVING HOPE | Part 1: Living Hope

Speaking of Jesus | Part 6: Telling the Jesus Story

Speaking of Jesus | Part Two: Community & Evangelism

Speaking of Jesus | Part One: Good News

Heaven & Nature Sing! | 'Joy to the World'

Heaven & Nature Sing! | ''O Come All Ye Faithful'

Heaven & Nature Sing! | 'O Little Town of Bethlehem'

Heaven & Nature Sing! | 'O Come, O Come Emmanuel'

Being Human | Part 6: Reality (How NOT to Be Immortals)

Being Human | Part 5: Mind (How NOT to Be Fortune Tellers)

Being Human | Part 2: Power (How NOT to Be Superheroes)

Why Church? | Part 4: Sent

Why Church? | Part 3: Serve

Why Church? | Part 1: Gather

CITIZENS OF THE KINGDOM | Part 10: You Are the Salt of the Earth

CITIZENS OF THE KINGDOM | Part 8: Blessed Are The Peacemakers

CITIZENS OF THE KINGDOM | Part 7: Blessed Are The Pure In Heart

CITIZENS OF THE KINGDOM | Part 5: Blessed Are Those Who Hunger And Thirst For Righteousness

CITIZENS OF THE KINGDOM | Part 1: The Character of a Kingdom Citizen

Letters From Jesus | Part 7: Laodicea

Letters From Jesus | Part 5: Sardis

Letters From Jesus | Part 4: Thyatira

Letters From Jesus | Part 1: Ephesus

David: After God's Heart | Part Eight: David and Absalom

David: After God's Heart | Part Six: Death and the Dance

Revolution of Love | Easter Sunday: The Day that Changed the World

ACTS: God’s Mission, God’s People, God’s Power – Part 17

ACTS: God’s Mission, God’s People, God’s Power – Part 16

ACTS: God’s Mission, God’s People, God’s Power – Part 14

ACTS: God’s Mission, God’s People, God’s Power – Part 13

Lovers in a Dangerous Time | Part 5: Feasting And Fasting

Lovers in a Dangerous Time | Part 4: Sing It Out

Lovers in a Dangerous Time | Part 2: On Time

Lovers in a Dangerous Time | Part 1: Solitude

ACTS: God’s Mission, God’s People, God’s Power – Part 11

ACTS: God’s Mission, God’s People, God’s Power – Part 10

ACTS: God’s Mission, God’s People, God’s Power – Part 9

ACTS: God’s Mission, God’s People, God’s Power – Part 7

ACTS: God’s Mission, God’s People, God’s Power – Part 6

ACTS: God’s Mission, God’s People, God’s Power – Part 4

ACTS: God’s Mission, God’s People, God’s Power – Part 2

ACTS: God's Mission, God's People, God's Power - Part 1

Bold as Love Part 5

David: After God's Heart | Part Three: Friendship in the Face of Foes

Life. Shared. | Part Five: Missional Community

Life. Shared. | Part Three: Christian Friendship

Life. Shared. | Part Two: Being the Community of Christ

Life. Shared. | Part One: Created for Community

Expecting: Awaiting the God of the Unexpected | Advent IV – Galatians 4:4-5

Expecting: Awaiting the God of the Unexpected | Advent III – Luke 1:39-56

Colossians: Rooted in Jesus | Part 7 – Colossians 4:2-18

Colossians: Rooted in Jesus | Part 5 – Colossians 3:1-17

Colossians: Rooted in Jesus | Part 4 – Colossians 2:6-23

Colossians: Rooted in Jesus | Part 2 – Colossians 1:15-23

Colossians: Rooted in Jesus | Part 1 – Colossians 1:1-14

Tech-Wise: Living with God's Wisdom in a Digital Age | Part 5

Tech-Wise: Living with God's Wisdom in a Digital Age | Part 3

Tech-Wise: Living with God's Wisdom in a Digital Age | Part 2

Tech-Wise: Living with God's Wisdom in a Digital Age | Part 1

Kingdom Come: The Gospel of Matthew | Matthew 28

Kingdom Come: The Gospel of Matthew | Matthew 27

Kingdom Come: The Gospel of Matthew | Matthew 24

Kingdom Come: The Gospel of Matthew | Matthew 21

Kingdom Come: The Gospel of Matthew | Matthew 19

Kingdom Come: The Gospel of Matthew | Matthew 17

Kingdom Come: The Gospel of Matthew | Matthew 16

Kingdom Come: The Gospel of Matthew | Matthew 28

Kingdom Come: The Gospel of Matthew | Matthew 21

Kingdom Come: The Gospel of Matthew | Matthew 11

Kingdom Come: The Gospel of Matthew | Matthew 10

Kingdom Come: The Gospel of Matthew | Matthew 9

Kingdom Come: The Gospel of Matthew | Matthew 5

Kingdom Come: The Gospel of Matthew | Matthew 3

On Purpose | Chapter 5: Engage

On Purpose | Chapter 1: Purpose

God with Us | Part 2: Matthew 1:18-25

God with Us | Part 1: Matthew 1:1-17

The Story of Hope | Part 3: The King of the Kingdom

The Story of Hope | Part 1: Exile and Homecoming

The God Question | Part 7: Was Jesus Really Raised From the Dead? How Can We Believe That Today?

The God Question | Part 5: Why So Many Rules? Doesn't Christianity Limit My Freedom?

The God Question | Part 4: If God is Good and All-Powerful, Why is There Evil in the World?

The God Question | Part 2: Does Science Disprove God? What About the Bible?

The God Question | Part 1: Is It Reasonable to Believe in God?

Praying the Psalms: Learning to Pray with Jesus | Part 10

Praying the Psalms: Learning to Pray with Jesus | Part 9

Praying the Psalms: Learning to Pray with Jesus | Part 2

Living in the Light: Letters of John | Part 9

Living in the Light: Letters of John | Part 8

Living in the Light: Letters of John | Part 6

Living in the Light: Letters of John | Part 5

Living in the Light: Letters of John | Part 3

Living in the Light: Letters of John | Part 2

Jesus' Journey from the Cross

Alive | Jesus' Resurrection / Our Hope

Jesus' Journey to the Cross | Part 5: Grace Needed, Granted, Extended

Jesus' Journey to the Cross | Part 3: Desiring the Kingdom

Jesus' Journey to the Cross | Part 1: The Geography of Grace

Loving God: Worship and What it Means to be Human | Part 6 - Worship and Wonder

Loving God: Worship and What it Means to be Human | Part 3 - Embodying a Life of Worship

Loving God: Worship and What it Means to be Human | Part 2 - Becoming Amateurs

Loving God: Worship and What it Means to be Human | Part 1 - Everybody Worships

Christmas Revealed | Part 3: Revelation 12 (cont.)

Christmas Revealed | Part 1: Revelation 12

Real Joy in Real Life | Part 9: Philippians 4:4-9

Real Joy in Real Life | Part 6: Philippians 2:19-30

Real Joy in Real Life | Part 4: Philippians 2:1-11

Real Joy in Real Life | Part 2: Philippians 1:12-26

Real Joy in Real Life | Part 1: Philippians 1:1-11

Life Together - Part 7: Serve One Another

Life Together - Part 2: Accept One Another

The Trinity - Part 4: Being Home

The Trinity - Part 3: Loving God With Our Minds, Keeping Our Hearts On Fire

The Trinity - Part 1: Following Jesus to the Heart of the Trinity

Practices of Jesus' Followers - Part 4: Practicing Community: Being and Belonging in Community

What If? - Part Two: What If Jesus Really was Raised?

What If? - Part One: What If Jesus Really is God and King?

The Gospel in Focus - Part 2: Renovation of the Heart

Keeping the Main Thing the Main Thing

Invited - Part 6: The Gospel in Focus

Grieving In Hope

Invited - Part 5: Invitation Made Simple(r)

Invited - Part 4: Communicating The Good News IN Our Culture (Not AT It)

Invited - Part 2: Whose Invitation Is It Anyway?

Revelation 5 - The Triumph of the Lamb

Soma - Part 9: Jesus' Resurrection and the Death of Death

Soma - Part 6: Church Anatomy 101

Soma - Part 5: God's Gifts for the Common Good

Soma - Part 2: Bodies, Sex and Real Freedom

Soma - Part 1: Called to be a Contrast Community

The Gospel of Mark - Mark 15-16: The Darkness and the Dawn

The Gospel of Mark - Mark 11: Clearing the Way to God's Presence

The Gospel of Mark - Mark 10: Healing Our Blindness

The Gospel of Mark - Mark 6: What's In Your Hand?

The Gospel of Mark - Mark 4: Disclosing the Kingdom

The Gospel of Mark - Mark 3: Jesus, the Lord of Life

Young Adults - God and the Sciences Part 5

Young Adults - God and the Sciences Part 4

The Gospel of Mark | Mark 1: The Gospel of Jesus Christ

Young Adults - God and the Sciences Part 3

Young Adults - God and the Sciences Part 2

Young Adults - God and the Sciences Part 1

New Creation, New Beginning

Relationship Status and the Kingdom of God

Making Room #5 - Not Just for Us -- For the World

Making Room #4 - Praying the Jesus Prayer (Part Two - Forgiven and Forgiving)

Making Room #3 - Praying the Jesus Prayer (Part One)

Making Room #2 - Finding Rhythm

Making Room #1 - Expectancy

Living in Hope #11 - Becoming a Community of Hope: Part Two

Young Adults - Dating and Relationships Series (Week 2 - Difficult Questions About Sexuality - Part 2)

Young Adults - Dating and Relationships Series (Week 2 - Difficult Questions About Sexuality - Part 1)

Young Adults - Dating and Relationships Series (Week 1)

Living in Hope #9 - Becoming a Community of Hope

Living in Hope #7 - Resurrection Hope

Living in Hope #1 - Hope for the Future, Love in the Present

The Other Six Days #6 - Recovering Our Call

The Other Six Days #5 - The Great Exhale: Living Faith In and For the World

The Other Six Days #3 - Called: Joyful Service to God and Others

The Other Six Days #2 - Culture-Making and the Curse

The Other Six Days #1 - The Goodness of Work