This week Anne Rice wrote on her Facebook page: “For those who care, and I understand if you don’t: Today I quit being a Christian. I’m out. I remain committed to Christ as always but not to being “Christian” or to being part of Christianity. It’s simply impossible for me to “belong” to this quarrelsome, hostile, disputatious, and deservedly infamous group. For ten years, I’ve tried. I’ve failed. I’m an outsider. My conscience will allow nothing else.” Read More…
We had a camera issue for our last baptism service, but we have camera’s in triplicate this next time. It’s all good, because God was glorified. Check out the video.
We started public services with around 50 people on Easter Sunday. This first month of church for me as been truly wonderful. Vanessa and I absolutely love New City. This past weekend we had over 60 with 25 in Kids’ City. Our church is so full of life. Read More…
As we anticipate the first public service of New City Christian Church I am asking for your prayers. I believe that God works through prayer. Please watch this video and partner with us in praying for New City Christian Church, the City of Albuquerque, and the region of the south west.
Matthew 5:33-37. When Micah gets caught he says, “Just kidding.” He wasn’t “just kidding,” he was lying. I have seen many contracts with “just kidding” written eloquently in the fine print. It seems we never grow out of the “just kidding” phase. This is exactly what Jesus confronting in these verses. Read More…
(To see all the entries on the Sermon on the Mount click here) Matthew 5:31-32. It is clear that God hates divorce (Malachi 2:14-16). Young couples should know that God takes marriage very seriously. Marriage is a metaphor God gives for His relationship to us (Ephesians 5:22-23), and as two become one, a marriage contributes to the Imago Dei of humanity (Genesis 1:27). God’s view of marriage is wonderfully sacred and mystical (Malachi 2:14-16). God hates divorce for what it does to His glorious image in humanity and the pain it causes people as the mystical union of two becoming one is broken. Divorce is a sin like every other sin; it needs the forgiveness that Christ has died for (Matthew 26:28; 1 John 1:9). Forgiveness and healing awaits the believer who has suffered from the hurt caused by divorce. Read More…
Many dads are jacked up and that’s why some people rarely spend time to think about God as a Father. Jesus introduces the Father and child relationship to us. It is Jesus’ relationship to His father that should be our focus. In Luke 15:11-32 Jesus tells a story about a father and his two sons. Two things stand out about the father in the story: he is an approachable and forgiving father, and he is a strong and leading father. Read More…
