An Amazing and Terrifying Night

Text: Luke 9:28-36Speaker: Jason Ching6/19/16[Listen or Watch] The transfiguration event brought the disciples a new fullness in their understanding of who Jesus was. Seeing Christ more fully will change us today as well. What would have been unexpected about this passage?  What makes Peter’s offer funny/inappropriate?  What ways do you struggle to understand Jesus for […]

The Life of a Disciple Part 2

Text: Luke 9:23-27Speaker: Jason Ching6/12/16[Listen or Watch] Jesus explains why anyone would take up the demanding call of being his disciple. What is the life and death paradox that Jesus gives (v.24)? How does that paradox help make sense of the demanding call to discipleship?  Luke 9:25 teaches an important principle about the worth of […]

The Life of a Disciple Part 1

Text: Luke 9:23-27Speaker: Jason Ching6/12/16[Listen or Watch] Jesus calls anyone who would follow him to count the cost of what true discipleship is. What are the three “steps” of being a disciple of Jesus?  What are concrete examples denying yourself for Christ?  How did Jesus practice what he commands his disciples to do?  How do […]