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Discipled Through Real-Time Engagement
29 Jul 2022 at 11:30am
by pastor.rocklyn

Last Updated on July 29, 2022 by pastor.rocklyn On July 29, 2022, “Discipled Through Real-Time Engagement” – YouTube (01:04:21) ,my interview by Brandt and Charlotte Gillespie appeared on the PrayTV YouTube channel of Congregation Leon de Judea in Boston. In the interview I discussed material covered in our discipleship curriculum: Following Jesus – Life Church You [...]
Adventures in Teaching the Gospel:  A Workshop on Discipleship
29 Jul 2022 at 10:54am
by pastor.rocklyn

Last Updated on July 29, 2022 by pastor.rocklyn On February 24, 2022 I conducted “Adventures in Teaching the Gospel:  A Workshop on Discipleship“ (01:02:18) for the Black Scholars and Professionals (BSAP) ministry of InterVarsity Christian Fellowship (IVCF). It builds on material covered in our discipleship curriculum: Following Jesus – Life Church You can watch the video below:
What To The Slave, Is The Fourth Of July?
4 Jul 2022 at 8:12pm
by pastor.rocklyn

Last Updated on July 5, 2022 by pastor.rocklyn On July 5, 1852, Frederick Douglass delivered a speech at a meeting organized by the Rochester Ladies’ Anti-Slavery Society at Corinthian Hall in Rochester, New York. It has generally come to be known as “What to the Slave Is the Fourth of July?”. In it, the great [...]
If Manasseh Can Get Saved ? Anyone Can Get Saved!
13 May 2022 at 9:13pm
by pastor.rocklyn

Last Updated on May 14, 2022 by pastor.rocklyn Do you have difficulty facing God because of some major wrongdoing on your part? Genuine repentance (changing your mind, turning around) makes a difference! Check out the story of Manasseh in 2 Chronicles 33 (the version in 2 Kings 21 doesn’t tell the whole story). Even if [...]
Valentine?s Day ? I?m Still A Fan!
7 May 2022 at 4:45pm
by pastor.rocklyn

Last Updated on May 7, 2022 by pastor.rocklyn I was recently asked for my thoughts about a video that was posted on Facebook. The video makes the claim that true Christians don’t celebrate Valentines Day. I disagree! The Video Here is the video that I was asked to comment on: The Speaker The speaker, Daniel [...]
God Saved Me On April Fools? Day
1 Apr 2022 at 3:15pm
by pastor.rocklyn

Last Updated on June 11, 2022 by pastor.rocklyn God Saved Me On April Fool?s Day! April Fools’ Day is special for me! It was on that day in 1979 that I began following Jesus! I was sitting in my MIT dormitory room in MacGregor House G Entry 4th floor looking out at the Charles River [...]
We're Blessed!
10 Jul 2018 at 6:28pm
by pastor.eva

Hi Life Church Family: I hope you were built up by the message "Berakah-Blessed" this past Sunday. I just want to encourage you. As followers of Jesus, we are God's children. As God's children, we have a birthright. Because we have a birthright, we inherit the Lord's blessing. We are blessed!! We have the Holy [...]
He?s Adjusting My Vision
1 Oct 2016 at 2:50pm
by pastor.rocklyn

Last Updated on October 1, 2016 by pastor.rocklyn Guest speaker Bishop Marvin L. Sapp preached a powerful word entitled “He’s Adjusting My Vision” at the 2016 Jubilee Convention Wednesday (9/28/2016) evening service at Jubilee Christian Church. The link above is to the video of the entire service (also embedded below). Jubilee Senior Pastor Matthew Thompson introduces Bishop Sapp [...]
N. T. Wright: The Kingdom and The Gospel
19 Jun 2015 at 2:49pm
by pastor.rocklyn

Last Updated on July 4, 2015 by pastor.rocklyn N. T. Wright, the former Bishop of Durham for the Church of England, is a devoted pastor, a renowned biblical scholar, and a prolific author. Over the past year or so the following books of his have given me a much better understanding of God’s Kingdom and of [...]
Paul and the Faithfulness Of God ? Harvard Divinity School
19 Mar 2014 at 8:49pm
by pastor.rocklyn

Last Updated on March 20, 2014 by pastor.rocklyn N. T. Wright, the former Bishop of Durham for the Church of England, is a devoted pastor, a renowned biblical scholar, and a prolific author. I have been blessed by several of his Wright’s books and video clips over the past few years. On Friday November 13, [...]
Look Back and See God
26 Jan 2014 at 8:24pm
by Valerie Copeland

As I look back I see You; I see your hand, your hand that has guided me through, disappointment and pain, heart ache and shame, darkness and disdain. As I look back I hear you; I hear your voice, your voice calling me back to you, talking me through disappointment and pain, heart ache and [...]
My Spouse is Falling Short
6 May 2013 at 11:00am
by Valerie Copeland

Why aren't we better prepared for the disappointment we?ll experience in our marital partner? It seems to me it should be part of the discussion in premarital counseling. I am certain that I have disappointed my husband in many ways. Some of them he has freely expressed to me, others I strongly suspect. You see, disappointment [...]
The "Gravitational Model" ? A Metaphor
18 Aug 2011 at 4:29pm
by pastor.eva

I've been intrigued lately by discussions of Bounded versus Centered Set Thinking about the Gospel and the possibility of a Blended approach.  Please see the following links if you are not familiar with these concepts. Bounded versus Centered Set Thinking Blended approach As I've thought about this over the past couple of weeks, I've developed [...]
Prioritizing the Priorities
18 Jan 2010 at 10:40pm
by pastor.eva

If anyone had ever told me I'd feel excited about a purse, I'd have thought they were joking, or perhaps had mistaken me for someone else. But here I am, smiling at the thought of my newest shoulder companion. It's not just that it's pretty, at least in my opinion. What sets my heart aflutter [...]
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18 Nov 2009 at 12:17am
by admin

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