Bloom Church (St. Paul, MN) » Jesus

Accepted. No Exceptions. pt2

bloom — Sun, 25 Sep 2011 18:23:52 +0000

A new series about Christs unending love and the need to make sure we are spreading the contagious “good news” of the Gospel, despite the church’s reputation problem of being judgmental.

2 Corinthians 5:16-21
New Living Translation (NLT)
16 So we have stopped evaluating others from a human point of view. At one time we thought of Christ merely from a human point of view. How differently we know him now! 17 This means that anyone who belongs to Christ has become a new person. The old life is gone; a new life has begun!

18 And all of this is a gift from God, who brought us back to himself through Christ. And God has given us this task of reconciling people to him. 19 For God was in Christ, reconciling the world to himself, no longer counting people’s sins against them. And he gave us this wonderful message of reconciliation. 20 So we are Christ’s ambassadors; God is making his appeal through us. We speak for Christ when we plead, “Come back to God!” 21 For God made Christ, who never sinned, to be the offering for our sin,[a] so that we could be made right with God through Christ.

Why? pt1

bloom — Sun, 08 Aug 2010 18:52:37 +0000

Why worship the way we do? Why empower everyone? Why is it important that our pastors wear jeans? We’ll explore these and other ingredients that make up Bloom, including the reasons behind what we do and where we see it in the Big Book.

The Naked Gospel

bloom — Sun, 06 Jun 2010 22:50:09 +0000

More than a quarter of church-going believers admit that their spiritual lives are stagnant or dissatisfying. The Naked Gospel says so many are stalled because of the shallow “fluff’ they’re getting. Farley says we’re peddling a gospel that is compromised and virtually powerless to change lives after the initial salvation experience. The Naked Gospel offers a fresh perspective on grace and shows how to live uprightly, confidently, and without the guilt.

Andrew Farley is our first guest speaker and is the author of “The Naked Gospel“. He serves as lead teaching pastor of Ecclesia (ChurchWithoutReligion.com) and co-hosts “Real Life in Christ,” a television program that challenges many long-held notions about Christian living.

Andrew is also a tenured professor at Texas Tech University where he teaches courses in linguistics and an Honors course titled “Early Church and Contemporary Christianity in Conflict.”

Andrew enjoys snowboarding, wake boarding, surfing, tennis, golf, and just about any other sideways sport. He resides in west Texas with his wife, Katharine, and their son, Gavin.

Conversations With God, pt. 3

bloom — Sun, 23 May 2010 20:43:24 +0000

Debunking the overmistified and complicated ritual of prayer, which is really just having a simple conversation with a loving friend.

Conversations With God, pt2

bloom — Sun, 16 May 2010 16:03:20 +0000

Debunking the overmistified and complicated ritual of prayer, which is really just having a simple conversation with a loving friend.

Conversations With God, pt1

bloom — Sun, 09 May 2010 15:58:57 +0000

Debunking the overmistified and complicated ritual of prayer, which is really just having a simple conversation with a loving friend.

Finding Meaning, pt 5

bloom — Sun, 02 May 2010 15:54:58 +0000

Life’s detours, challenges, and new directions have left many of us wondering when we’ll get there. But, where is “there” anyway? What if “there” is actually here and the timing is now? A place where God meets you…