GraceLife

For the past few years I have used a certain bible reading plan that has me in the Book of Revelation along with other books during the month of December.  As 2011 winds down (I’m writing this article on December 28), I find a great part of meditation unlike in years past is solely Revelation.
I [...]

“And He is the radiance of His glory and the exact representation of His nature,
One person esteems one day as better than another, while another esteems all days alike. Each one should be fully convinced in his own mind. The one who observes the day, observes it in honor of the Lord. The one who [...]

We live in a time of unprecedented opportunity for the gospel. The history of the church in the world is at a crossroads due to globalization and technological advancements in communication. The world is in a constant dialogue and the church has a voice in it. The turmoil in our society due to political and [...]

2.6 10 15
Numbers, that’s all they are. But, you add a few zeros behind them and they suddenly take on a different perspective:
2,600,000,000
10,000,000
15,000
The perspective is a much larger one but, still, they’re just numbers. Add some nouns behind them and they now come alive with a spirit of being:
2,600,000,000 image bearers of God…
10,000,000 little boys [...]

Many who know me know that I am a sports fan. I was raised a sports fan. We watched Monday night football every week while eating dinner on the couch. I attended Cal football games ‘religiously’ with my family for the first 23 years of my life.
I grew up reading the San Francisco Chronicle’s Sporting [...]

From the time we are born, we begin striving after things. First, it is simply things like food, sleep and your mother’s arms. Once we become a bit more mobile, our desires increase to the point where we want whatever is within reach, and a few things that aren’t! Those things that we desire and [...]

A personal and theological journey to the marrow of the faith

“For from him, and through Him, and to Him, are all things: to whom be the glory for ever” (Rom. 11:36)

I was not born a Christian. No one is. Becoming a believer is the result of an act of God the Holy Spirit upon the [...]

From Pastor Tim Menez
You then, my child, be strengthened by the grace that is in Christ Jesus, and what you have heard from me in the presence of many witnesses entrust to faithful men who will be able to teach others also.
2 Timothy 2:1-2
This month’s newsletter article provides a good opportunity to update the flock [...]

From Pastor Thomas Kruggel
Seven words…. that’s all. Short, simple and straightforward, yet profound, poignant and penetrating. I think my little six year old Poppy could read them, but I’m not sure that even Einstein himself could fully decipher them. This declaration spoken from Jesus’ lifelong relative (and “friend of the bridegroom” ) thousands of years [...]

This quarter and the next has afforded a group of us the opportunity to study the Book of Acts observing the advance of the gospel in the ancient world and the early missionary life of the Christian Church. Together our group has learned many things, but something I was not expecting was the impact the [...]