The Story
The Gospel
[ From Walk with ME by Tom Grassano ] I had the privilege of leading the chapel ministry for my son’s university hockey team. In our first meeting with 12 of the players, I asked each to share three things about themselves the others did not know. It was an entertaining way to break the…
Read MoreClimbing that mountain
Why do we do what we do in ministry? Is it because man opened the door and it seemed the best thing to do? Or did we receive a mandate from God? Did we climb a mountain and, upon reaching its summit, gain a vision from God that we are willing to sacrifice all for?
Read MoreJesus – Creator and Carpenter
When the Word speaks the word, things happen. The seas divide. Land appears. Mountains. Valleys. Canyons. Rivers. Lakes. Streams. Deer. Eagles. Salmon. Humpbacks. Lions. … Man. Woman. All because He, the Word, spoke.
Read MoreIt is better to give than receive.
For over 20 years, we have seen how some types of giving are constructive and join long-term strategies of empowerment but other types of giving can truly be “band-aids” that further disempower people and rob them of dignity, providing little more than momentary relief that is not partnered with strategies for long-term change.
Read MoreQui est veritas?
What has happened in our nation? Once “one nation under God,” we are now one nation under many gods. These opposing views battle against each other: The question today is not where the thinking of this world will lead our culture. That is evident. The true question is whether Christ-followers will hold to absolute truth in an age of relativism and tolerance.
Read MoreUnexplainable Things
God sets us on a journey, a quest of discovery, a path far different than we would have ever imagined and could have never designed. The Great Architect and Composer of lives and destinies sets us on this journey of unexplainable things. And what do we discover?
The mighty, awesome, powerful, amazing, unexplainable God.
The Light shines in the darkness
When we are faced with situations like I wrote to you about in my last entry, we see only a few choices:
We can cut and run.
We can stay in the safe walls of our church or ministry center.
We can go to the location where the heart of the problem is and confront it head-on.
We chose Option C.
Read MoreA Tragic Death – A Need to Press On
One of the young men I knew was brutally murdered a month ago. He left his apartment one block from The Harvest Center to run an errand. Some youth were sitting on the hood of his car. He politely asked them to get off, informing them he had to go somewhere. Spewing profanity, one said, “I’ll get off when I feel like it.” After trying several more times for over ten minutes, the young man slowly pulled his car out of the parking space until they jumped off his car … Senseless death and violence.
Read MoreBringing Tranformational Change
“I heard a voice thunder from the Throne: “Look! Look! God has moved into the neighborhood, making his home with men and women! … The Enthroned continued, “Look! I’m making everything new” (Revelation 21:3-4 TMSG).
This is what God has begun in the neighborhood of the South Bronx. He is doing it in Detroit. This is what God wants to do in your neighborhood!
Read MoreThe Call to Effective Outreach in Cities
The gospel, if allowed by the church, will powerfully affect our lives. IF allowed. IF our faith is not considered a sub-culture, but a counter-culture. IF our faith possesses a radical commitment of all that we are to all that He is in every part of our lives. IF allowed, the gospel will permeate every part of the human being to the very core – as the Word says, the marrow (Hebrews 4:12) – of our being, and thus to the very core of our homes, our churches, our families, our city and our culture.
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