United with Christ. United in acceptance. United in love. All forming comm-UNITY.
Archive for the ‘Love’ Category
Week 3: Unity – United in Love
Saturday, June 23rd, 2012
Already Forgiven, no confession required, pt2
Sunday, April 22nd, 2012
The purest form of love heals grudges, guilt, and pain. Find freedom in passing it on.
NOTE: Audio level at the beginning of the podcast is low but will correct itself midway through the talk.
Accepted. No Exceptions. pt2
Sunday, September 25th, 2011
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
Sunday, August 8th, 2010
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.
Religiously Transmitted Diseases, pt. 3
Sunday, June 27th, 2010
Religiously Transmitted Diseases, pt. 2
Sunday, June 20th, 2010
The Naked Gospel
Sunday, June 6th, 2010
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.
Woven Together, Pt 4
Sunday, November 29th, 2009
Why do we need others? Why do we need friends? Why can’t we live in solitude?
Doesn’t it seem, at times, like life would have less drama and be less difficult if we didn’t have to deal with people? Jesus didn’t live in solitude, and we don’t believe any of us were meant to live in solitude either. Friendships have purpose…they strengthen you, they make you happier…and make life more beautiful.
Woven Together, Part 3
Sunday, November 22nd, 2009
Why do we need others? Why do we need friends? Why can’t we live in solitude?
Doesn’t it seem, at times, like life would have less drama and be less difficult if we didn’t have to deal with people? Jesus didn’t live in solitude, and we don’t believe any of us were meant to live in solitude either. Friendships have purpose…they strengthen you, they make you happier…and make life more beautiful.
Woven Together, Part 2
Sunday, November 15th, 2009
Why do we need others? Why do we need friends? Why can’t we live in solitude?
Doesn’t it seem, at times, like life would have less drama and be less difficult if we didn’t have to deal with people? Jesus didn’t live in solitude, and we don’t believe any of us were meant to live in solitude either. Friendships have purpose…they strengthen you, they make you happier…and make life more beautiful.