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At Denver Community Church, we explore and participate in the life of Jesus, so that we can be a healing presence in our world. Download the latest teachings here.
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Monday Aug 26, 2019
Monday Aug 26, 2019
This verse from I John speaks of the return of Jesus, and John invites us to be ready and prepared for when Jesus comes again. What if our preparation included living each day in light of the reality that Jesus is already here, that he is already with us, that God is around us all the time? But how do we live this way in the midst of the demands and pressures of life? And what does it mean to experience God’s presence anyway? The story of Mary and Martha’s interaction with Jesus and with each other from Luke 10 provides some fascinating perspectives on being present with the God who is already present with us.
Wednesday Aug 21, 2019
Wednesday Aug 21, 2019
Much ink has been spilled about the return of Jesus. But here is the thing: every single bit of what’s been said is total conjecture and speculation. All of it. According to Jesus, we are not to worry about it at all, nor is it something we need to know. So why does John mention it? Because it’s not that it’s not important, but that we have focused on the wrong thing.
John speaks of the return of Jesus as a time of “revealing” or a time when he will be “made manifest”. This revealing and manifestation speaks toward all things – who we are, what’s in our hearts, what kind of life we have chosen to live – it’s a revelation of it all. This is the insistence of John, not the times, dates, hours or order of events.
Tuesday Aug 13, 2019
Tuesday Aug 13, 2019
Baptism – one of the sacraments of the Church – has long been a tradition and way for us to acknowledge God at work in our lives and our commitment to modeling our lives after Jesus. It is a public expression of our commitment to Jesus and our desire to be identified with him and his death, burial and resurrection. Baptism is a symbolic experience of a change of mind and a change of direction (repentance) and commitment to a new way of life (belief and faith).
Thursday Aug 08, 2019
Thursday Aug 08, 2019
The most common phrase in the Sermon on the Mount, “You have heard it said ... but I tell you …” (Matt 5.21-48). In these verses, Jesus talks about murder, oaths, adultery, divorce, retaliation and love for our enemies. This was a new teaching in his day that was provacative, and we will ask, “What can it teach us today?”
Monday Jul 29, 2019
Monday Jul 29, 2019
The most common phrase in the Sermon on the Mount, “You have heard it said ... but I tell you …” (Matt 5.21-48). In these verses, Jesus talks about murder, oaths, adultery, divorce, retaliation and love for our enemies. This was a new teaching in his day that was provacative, and we will ask, “What can it teach us today?”
Monday Jul 22, 2019
Monday Jul 22, 2019
The most common phrase in the Sermon on the Mount, “You have heard it said ... but I tell you …” (Matt 5.21-48). In these verses, Jesus talks about murder, oaths, adultery, divorce, retaliation and love for our enemies. This was a new teaching in his day that was provacative, and we will ask, “What can it teach us today?”
Thursday Jul 18, 2019
Thursday Jul 18, 2019
The most common phrase in the Sermon on the Mount, “You have heard it said ... but I tell you …” (Matt 5.21-48). In these verses, Jesus talks about murder, oaths, adultery, divorce, retaliation and love for our enemies. This was a new teaching in his day that was provacative, and we will ask, “What can it teach us today?”
Monday Jul 08, 2019
Monday Jul 01, 2019
Monday Jul 01, 2019
We don’t really need teachers. At least that’s what John tells this community because we possess an inner witness. And growth and maturity are the process of learning to trust that inner voice. We needn’t be alarmed by this kind of thinking, this is exactly what Jesus promised his followers. He said that the Spirit will come and “he will guide you into all the truth.” It is this same Spirit that pays witness and corroborates the matter with our spirits (See Romans 8.16).
Perhaps what we need to learn it to listen, because this voice is already within us. If we do that, then we must learn to trust. For if we do that, we will be led and guided toward what is true. And to think, all of this is already within each of us!
Tuesday Jun 25, 2019
Tuesday Jun 25, 2019
Jesus, in John’s Gospel, prays for those who will believe in him because of the message of his disciples. John records his words, saying, “… that all of them may be one, Father, just as you are in me and I am in you.” There’s that language that John frequently uses, “in me” and “in you” and “in Christ” and “in God.” Of course, we can be so familiar with a term or phrase that we may not even know what it means or think to ask what it means at all.
And sometimes it proves difficult to consider and define what it actually means. So what if, in this case, we learn by doing? What if we better understand ways we can rest in Christ and in God – develop a deep relationship – so that we can understand something at a deeper level, maybe a place beyond words?