Thursday, July 28, 2011

Being A friend of Jesus means the world hates you?

Why Does Everyone Hate Me? - John 15:18-25

Pastor Skip Heitzig explains how the world misinterprets us Christians as trying to be superior over our peers when we choose to leave our former life to follow Jesus Christ. He tells of a story of the man that invented the umbrella. This man was ridiculed and rocks were thrown at him the first time he used his new invention.



"There is a flipside to being a friend of Jesus. That's true of any friendship. Whenever you ally yourself and make friends with someone, you will incur some enemies because of it. Likewise, some who don't like Jesus won't like us either—and we discover there are quite a few who don't! Let's find out why, and how we can raise our heads high and prevail."

'Riptide' is a full length DVD documentary that examines the history, impact, and future of the Jesus Movement that began on the West Coast of the US in the late 1960s and the early 1970s. With dozens of high-profile interviews, music by Dominic Balli, Sarah Kelly, Crystal Lewis & Ives, and includes exclusive interviews with Chuck Smith, Greg Laurie, and Mark Driscoll.






  

Thursday, July 21, 2011

Needtobreathe Concert in Bethlehem Pennsylvania August 5th



Performing at The ArtsQuest Center at SteelStacks (Bethlehem, PA) on Friday, August 5, 2011 (7:00 PM).

Jesus picks His friends, we just have to "grab the rope"...

Pastor Skip teaches a great message on John 15:12-17. Does Jesus pick who He saves? Skip tackles that tough topic in this church service.


"We can get through almost anything in life with friends to share our sorrow and divide our grief. A Chinese word for friend is peng-yu and it has a much fuller meaning than in English. It means "one who brings completion and sums up beauty." The ancient Hebrews saw true friendship as an ideal to pursue and a blessing to enjoy. In these final moments with His followers, Jesus uses a most tender term for their relationship—they were friends! What does that friendship look like?"