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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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Sunday Jul 05, 2015
Sunday Jun 28, 2015
Sunday Jun 28, 2015
A man born blind is healed and all hell breaks loose. Which, of course, raises the question, “Why would people be upset about a blind man receiving his sight?” Questions abound in this powerful narrative about who can see and who is blind and who needs healing and exactly how Jesus was involved in the whole thing.
The religious miss it. But there is one thing that becomes abundantly clear in the milieu of all of this. A man was blind and now he sees. And this results in the blindness of many. It causes us to wonder who really knows Jesus? And how is it that so many of us miss him?
Sunday Jun 28, 2015
Sunday Jun 28, 2015
A man born blind is healed and all hell breaks loose. Which, of course, raises the question, “Why would people be upset about a blind man receiving his sight?” Questions abound in this powerful narrative about who can see and who is blind and who needs healing and exactly how Jesus was involved in the whole thing.
The religious miss it. But there is one thing that becomes abundantly clear in the milieu of all of this. A man was blind and now he sees. And this results in the blindness of many. It causes us to wonder who really knows Jesus? And how is it that so many of us miss him?
Sunday Jun 21, 2015
Sunday Jun 21, 2015
Jesus takes his disciples to the most pagan of areas and in that place, Peter drops the bomb. “You are the Christ.” This is no small statement. It places the hopes of Israel squarely on the shoulders of Jesus, and declares something deeper about the person of Jesus. He is God in form – one who was from the beginning of time. It is this recognition that will conquer the Gates of Hell and will overcome. In fact, this affirmation from Peter was so massive that Jesus pointed out it was not something revealed to him but his own mind or the mind of any person, but through God himself.
Sunday Jun 07, 2015
Sunday Jun 07, 2015
Simeon holds the newborn Jesus and says he is a light for the nations. There is something bigger going on here – echoes of a man called out of Ur to be a blessing for all nations. Simeon points toward the reality of the salvation that came with Jesus. He was so sure of it he did not have to stick around to see the salvation fulfilled.
Which raises the question: saved from what? Simeon had far more in mind than the modern Western idea of salvation (meaning going to heaven). This salvation was about things happening here and now on this earth.
Sunday Jun 07, 2015
Sunday Jun 07, 2015
Simeon holds the newborn Jesus and says he is a light for the nations. There is something bigger going on here – echoes of a man called out of Ur to be a blessing for all nations. Simeon points toward the reality of the salvation that came with Jesus. He was so sure of it he did not have to stick around to see the salvation fulfilled.
Which raises the question: saved from what? Simeon had far more in mind than the modern Western idea of salvation (meaning going to heaven). This salvation was about things happening here and now on this earth.
Sunday May 31, 2015
Sunday May 31, 2015
On a sleepy, quiet night in Bethlehem, a few shepherds were tending their sheep. Nothing ever happened in Bethlehem in the evenings, except for this night. This night was different and would forever be known because of what happened.
In the midst of the darkness the glory of God broke in and lit up the fields where the shepherds tended their sheep. An angel told the shepherds everything was about to change. Of course, that’s not exactly what they said, but the words indicated something new was born. Peace would come to all humanity.
And what exactly is this peace? It’s God’s shalom. It’s all things being reconciled. Wholeness. Healing. Connection. This is what was promised. It’s about the hope that everything that is right here and right now can be and will be repaired.
Sunday May 31, 2015
Sunday May 31, 2015
On a sleepy, quiet night in Bethlehem, a few shepherds were tending their sheep. Nothing ever happened in Bethlehem in the evenings, except for this night. This night was different and would forever be known because of what happened.
In the midst of the darkness the glory of God broke in and lit up the fields where the shepherds tended their sheep. An angel told the shepherds everything was about to change. Of course, that’s not exactly what they said, but the words indicated something new was born. Peace would come to all humanity.
And what exactly is this peace? It’s God’s shalom. It’s all things being reconciled. Wholeness. Healing. Connection. This is what was promised. It’s about the hope that everything that is right here and right now can be and will be repaired.
Sunday May 24, 2015
Sunday May 24, 2015
We don’t often consider the influence Mary, the mother of Jesus, had on her son. But her song can tell us much about what she knew. Her song was far more than a woman who was excited about the impending birth of her child. For Mary, the birth of Jesus would prove to reshape the very world we live in.
This is a political song, which makes sense, since the gospel was a political term. Mary knew that the birth of a king would surely shake the earth to its very foundations. The birth of Jesus was about all of life and involved all people. It would be a threat to the powers and liberation for the oppressed. These are the first words we hear that reshape the way we think of good news.
Sunday May 24, 2015
Sunday May 24, 2015
We don’t often consider the influence Mary, the mother of Jesus, had on her son. But her song can tell us much about what she knew. Her song was far more than a woman who was excited about the impending birth of her child. For Mary, the birth of Jesus would prove to reshape the very world we live in.
This is a political song, which makes sense, since the gospel was a political term. Mary knew that the birth of a king would surely shake the earth to its very foundations. The birth of Jesus was about all of life and involved all people. It would be a threat to the powers and liberation for the oppressed. These are the first words we hear that reshape the way we think of good news.