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Grace For Y’all Part 2
Hello everyone, this is the other half of team Gee. I want to echo what Michelle said in her post about Redemption Group Training, that it would be intense. We knew we would be confronted by our sin and we knew we would have to be vulnerable in front of strangers,...
Individual Sin, Community Redemption
Not sinning is not the opposite of sinning. Wait, what?! If that were true, the day a new believer was baptized it would be the responsibility of the church elders to lock that individual in an anechoic chamber and remove all possible temptations to sin. The...
Grace For Y’all
Team Gee (or one half, I should say) here—at 38,000 feet. I’m writing this on our return flight to California (oh, how we’ve missed you!), after spending almost a week in Texas. Jon and I had the privilege of participating in a Redemption Group Immersion—an...
No, uh…No, Really
Have you ever watched something, done something, or read something that did nothing to enhance God's Kingdom or your life on this earth; something where you walk away saying, "that is two hours of my life on earth that I will never ever be able to get back?" I just...
Element Time [From the Illustrious Jonathan Whitaker]
I have a super power. I know you’re skeptical, but it’s true. Ask my wife, Jennifer. I have known for many years that I have this special ability, and it never fails… lines form behind me. Yes, that is my secret super power. When I arrive at a restaurant, movie...
Goals Are Good
I know the World Cup is going on right now and the moment I say “goals” you are thinking of Germany knocking out Brazil, 7-1, but I am not talking about Soccer…I am talking about goals for just about everything in life. Recently my wife and I hiked down a couple of...
When We Struggle
Sometimes the circumstances or realities of my life push me to flounder until I remember who God is… It reminds me of Hagar in the book of Genesis. In chapter 16, she named an area "The God Who Sees" when God met her in great distress. Later, in Genesis 21:8-21,...
Who Wants Responsibility?
A funny thing happened at Element on a recent Sunday morning, I was making a sermon illustration and it turned out better than I ever dreamed. If you missed it, this is what happened. I showed everyone in the room a 20$ bill, it was easily identified by most...
Imputed Righteousness
If we were to read Romans chapters 1-3:20 (which you should, because Romans is amazing) without an understanding of the gospel, without knowing of our rescue, we could and should come away feeling desperate, lost, and hopeless. It’s a good thing we don’t stop at...
Circle of the Beatitudes
We spent the last 4 months going through the beatitudes, we are now continuing on to the rest of the Sermon on the Mount. As we rounded out the beatitudes a lot of you mentioned that you had never heard them explained the way we talked about them. You also...
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ELEMENT’S MISSION
To Glorify God by teaching and living out the Scriptures, transforming community into Gospel Community, and planting churches.
