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Marriage and Family: Mutual Submission
Without the Spirit, we cannot submit to Christ, and without Him, we cannot submit to each other, married or not. Ephesians 5:21-33 - 21 ...

Dr Alfonse Javed
May 1, 202510 min read


Walking in Wisdom
Be watchful of your priorities, pursuits, and the purpose of life. Give God your first fruits, not the leftovers. Ephesians 5:15-21 -...

Dr Alfonse Javed
Apr 26, 20259 min read


Becoming Easter People
Don’t stay in the hopeless dark shadows and death of your old life. Start fresh with the glorious hope of renewal and eternal life of...

Dr Alfonse Javed
Apr 19, 202510 min read


A Reflection on a Dying Man’s Final Words
In our Sunday morning services, we have been going through the book of Ephesians verse by verse. I am in the habit of not breaking away...

Dr Alfonse Javed
Apr 17, 20253 min read


Examine Your Allegiance
When we do not imitate God and do not manifest His characteristics, we prove by our actions that we do not belong to God but to the...

Dr Alfonse Javed
Apr 12, 20259 min read


Practical Christianity: Missional Conduct
Like tongue and temper, temptation needs to be consistently and constantly monitored in the fellowship of believers. Alone, we cannot do...

Dr Alfonse Javed
Apr 5, 202510 min read


Practical Christianity: Missional Challenge
Our encounter with Christ changes our philosophy, practice, and purpose of life which changes our thinking, understanding, and living. ...

Dr Alfonse Javed
Mar 29, 202510 min read


Practical Christianity: Missional Community, Part 2
Christ has equipped the church with supernatural unique spiritual gifts to raise up spiritually mature Christians to build the church. ...

Dr Alfonse Javed
Mar 22, 202510 min read


Practical Christianity: Missional Community, Part 1
Do not ask what the church can do for you but rather what Christ wants you to do individually, collectively, and communally for His...

Dr Alfonse Javed
Mar 15, 202510 min read


God’s Heart for the Nations
Live your life in such a way that when you die, people remember it, but then it points their eyes to the greater story that one day the...
Bryan Padgett
Mar 9, 202535 min read


Practical Christianity: Missional Calling, Part 2
Act out your faith because that’s what it means to walk in a manner worthy of your calling. Let’s not do church— be the church. ...

Dr Alfonse Javed
Mar 2, 20259 min read


Practical Christianity: Missional Calling, Part 1
Pursue the calling to which you have been called and surrender to the Lordship of Christ by letting Him rule over your life and...

Dr Alfonse Javed
Feb 23, 202510 min read


Praying with Purpose: Fullness of God, Part 2
God is able to do far more abundantly than you can ever think or ask. Take your prayer life seriously. Your spiritual growth depends on...

Dr Alfonse Javed
Feb 16, 202510 min read


Praying with Purpose: Fullness of God, Part 1
Pray to the Father, in the name of Jesus and in the power of the Spirit. Ephesians 3:14-21 14 For this reason I bow my knees before...

Dr Alfonse Javed
Feb 9, 20259 min read


The Mystery of Christ, Part 2
Learn from Paul as we minister to people— before we share the gospel, the good news, people need to hear the bad news first, or else they...

Dr Alfonse Javed
Feb 2, 20259 min read


The Mystery of Christ, Part 1
The mystery of Christ has been fully revealed to the apostles and the prophets to create a humanity that never before existed in Christ...

Dr Alfonse Javed
Jan 26, 20259 min read


Unity in Christ
Jesus came to reconcile a broken relationship between God and man and to establish a community in the unity of Christ— the church. ...

Dr Alfonse Javed
Jan 19, 20259 min read


A New Humanity in Christ
The way we behave and interact with each other and those outside the church can either pull people toward Christianity or push them...

Dr Alfonse Javed
Jan 12, 202510 min read


What God Desires
God is after your heart and to have a relationship with God means that you are willing for God to change your heart. Matthew 12:1-13 -...

Dr James Miller
Jan 5, 202517 min read


The Future Church
I have no greater joy than to see and to hear that my children are walking in the truth. Matthew 18:1-6 - 1 At that time the disciples...

Pastor Caleb Hanna
Dec 29, 202424 min read


God’s Grace on Christmas
There is no greater good than telling people what grace is, what it does, and why people need God’s grace on Christmas. Ephesians...

Dr Alfonse Javed
Dec 22, 20249 min read
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