JAKE STIMPSON | REVIVAL | AWAKENING | FIRST LOVE | REVELATOIN 2 | ASBURY | EPHESUS
“A church should be a camp of soldiers, not [a] hospital of invalids. But there is exceedingly much difference between what ought be and what is, and consequently many of God’s people are in so sad a state that the very fittest prayer for them is for revival. Some Christians are, spiritually, but barely alive…” – Charles Spurgeon. With all the talk of revival going on, it’s time to search our hearts and let God bring us back to our first love.
JAKE STIMPSON | ISRAEL | CRUCIFIXION | VIA DOLOROSA | GARDEN OF GETHSEMANE | LAST SUPPER
Follow along in this series as Jake shares some of the things that impacted him the most about his recent trip to Israel.
“Jesus loves you.” It’s a phrase we’ve heard over and over again. But have you ever thought about just how radical His love is, to be willing to suffer on the cross in our place?
JAKE STIMSON | CHURCH | EKKLESIA | LOVE | AGAPE | 1 CORINTHIANS 13 | SELFLESSNESS
Jesus told His disciples, “This is my commandment, that you love one another as I have loved you.” What does it mean to really walk in that kind of love toward one-another?
JAKE STIMPSON | HISTORY | JESUS | IMPACT | CHANGED THE WORLD | GREEK EMPIRE | ROMAN EMPIRE
Why do we believe what we believe? Where did our modern, western worldview come from? Does the Bible really promote racist, sexist, repressive, anti-education attitudes?
JAKE STIMPSON | HISTORY | JESUS | IMPACT | CHANGED THE WORLD | GREEK EMPIRE | ROMAN EMPIRE
Where did we get our modern worldview from? Why do we see things the way we do? Why do we think humility is something good? Why is hypocrisy so despised? Why do we think there is honor in loving and forgiving those who hurt you? It’s all because of Jesus’ radical influence on our modern world.
JAKE STIMPSON | CHURCH-PLANTING | CHURCH | COMMUNITY | NEW TESTAMENT | LOVE | SERVE | KOINONIA
John 13:34-35 – 34 I am giving you a new commandment, that you love one another; just as I have loved you, that you also love one another. 35 By this all people will know that you are My disciples: if you have love for one another.” The Bible’s picture of the church is more than just a weekly gathering. It’s a family who lay their lives down for one another.
ESTABLISHING CHURCHES 3 - Five Characteristics of this New Kind of Community
JAKE STIMPSON | CHURCH-PLANTING | CHURCH | COMMUNITY | LOVE | UNITY | WORD OF GOD | BOOK OF ACTS
Does something about the American church experience seem odd to you? Like it’s so different from what we see in the New Testament? If you’ve ever felt like that, you’re not alone. Jesus’ heart for the church was not to have a weekly religious meeting but to have a community of radical love, unity, and devotion to the Word of God, a community that would bring healing and restoration to a broken world.
JAKE STIMPSON | CHURCH-PLANTING | CHURCH | COMMUNITY | KOINONIA | ACTS 2 | ACTS 4 | LOVE | FELLOWSHIP
The New Testament picture of church is more than a building with a steeple and stained glass windows. It’s more than a weekly religious service. It’s a life-changing, devil-stomping, sin-crushing community of love.