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The people of God are both gathered and scattered for the glory of God.  Jesus has sent out his disciples as ambassadors of his kingdom to bring his peace and power into the world.

Prayer is a key way in which the people of God stay connected to the Vine; how the body stays connected to the Head which is Jesus.  The people of God pray to the Father for their basic needs.  But i…

The Bible is critical to our identity as the people of God.  It speaks his word to us with authority by relaying the gospel and its implications on our lives.  When we embrace it with an open heart a…

Going to church is not a new invention.  For thousands of years the people of God have gathered in sacred assembly one day out of the week to recenter around one God, in His presence, to encourage on…

Being the People fo God is an identity, not an event.  And most of that takes place on the 6.5 days we are NOT "in church".  The Apostle Paul and the early church show us what this looks like.

As the people of God, the church is the body of Christ but made up of many parts.  Each part does its work for the common good which makes the fullness of Jesus known out into the world AND matures t…

In his letter to the Ephesians, Paul makes it clear that we ARE one in the Gospel, and can maintain that same oneness through the Gospel rather than our own efforts or legalism.  And when we are one,…

Paul picks an interesting analogy for the people of God: a body with Jesus as the head.  It's meant to indicate the power that Jesus has, but also his loving connection to his people.  Our goal as in…

In Hebrews 10 the author encourages us that in the midst of struggle and turmoil to not turn back to religion, but instead rely on our relationship with Jesus to draw near to God, hold on to hope, an…

After Jesus ascends to heaven, Peter assumes the role of being the rock of the early church that fishes for people.  And rather than trying to gain power to control a physical empire, Peter tells a n…

Peter's stunning and dramatic fall is met by the even more stunning and dramatic forgiveness of Jesus.  In this story we see the incredible reversals that happen in Peter through the reconciling and …

In the famous story of Peter's denials of Jesus, we find that Peter is actually declaring all that he is not.  And Jesus is declaring "I am".  And what Peter learns is still true for us today: that G…

In the Garden of Gethsemane, as Jesus prayed in sorry, Peter slept in sorrow.  And what he learned there and teaches us is that prayer is a powerful guard against the enemy of our souls and a guide f…

In John 13, Peter learns what it means to be cleansed by Jesus and to join him in serving others.  We learn that when our identity is rooted in the Gospel, we can join Jesus in serving others, too.

Jesus' cursing of a fig tree is meant to show his disciples the danger of external religion.  This story, married with the cleansing of the temple, points out that while everything might look good fr…

In the Kingdom of Jesus, Peter discovers that forgiveness is not a religious obligation, but is instead a motivation of the heart that has grasped the Gospel.

In a strange story that seems to center on a fish with a coin in its mouth, we actually find that Jesus is revealing to Peter that "the family of the King is free."  In Peter's context and ours, this…

At Hope Alliance, we are all about "Simply Jesus".  He is first, everything else is second.
At the transfiguration of Jesus, God confirms that everything is fulfilled in and around Jesus...the Law, th…

In a very famous account of his life, we find that Peter "the rock" believes Jesus is the Messiah, but quickly becomes Peter "the stumbling block" when he questions Jesus' method and mission of suffe…