Loving People In The Aftermath of the Volcano Fuego Tragedy
El Rodeo, Guatemala In February 2019, I traveled back to Guatemala City, Guatemala to visit my...
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How Liturgy Transformed My Prayer Life
Prayer is the most important part of the Christian faith experience but sadly often neglected by many believers. How does liturgy help?
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Surprise! God Really Likes us | FITC59
Does God really like us? According to Genesis 1, the answer is yes! In this new series, Jonathan explores God’s Passion for People and asks, why?
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Justice – Grace Nation’s Core Values Part 2 | GOF95
Millennials are the justice generation. On today’s episode, Pastor Jonathan explores the theme of Justice and asks, what does the Bible really have to say about justice? Millennials look at their world through a lens of justice. So is it possible that Evangelical’s treatment of LGBT+ people has led to their exodus from the church? The answer is yes. So how should we respond?
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Compassion – Grace Nation’s Core Values Part 1 | GOF 94
LGBT+ people sometimes criticize Evangelicals for lacking compassion for Queer people. To address this issue, Dr. Jonathan explores the interaction of Jesus and a leper to see how Jesus’ was motivated by compassion to cross social boundaries and love a man who was “unclean.”
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