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WITWpt2 (shorts!): I’m like the disciples, I lack understanding.
At Element we are doing a series on Sunday mornings where we answer your questions that you gave to us last year in a series titled “What in the World Part I. Some of these questions are too short for whole sermon, plus we only have so many weeks for the current...
What is Evil
Last Sunday we started a new series, which is actually part two of a series we did last year, called What in the World. In this part of the series, I’ll be addressing questions you still had about the Bible. Someone asked about Abraham and Isaac, both patriarchs of...
The Mediocre News (The Mediospell)
I hope you all know how much I love Element and our Sunday gatherings, but occasionally, one of my favorite things to do is attend another church’s service. It’s always a tangible reminder of how diverse the Church is, and how beautiful it can be to see traditions...
The Problem With Labels
I think I am a bad Christian. I was reading a recent survey about movies made in 2016, and “who had seen what” over the course of the year. The Barna article stated, “Evangelicals were much less likely to view some of the other favorites among the general population...
What’s Your Category
Marketing and research into demographics is big money in advertising. Everyone is trying to put people in the correct hole in order find out how to market the right “stuff” (be it body wash, cable tv, or diapers young and old) so companies can make more money....
More Motivation
Look, I know we live in California and everyone likes to mock us when we complain about it being cold…but just because they live in a place that nothing can survive without human ingenuity doesn’t make my plight less severe when the temperature drops into the 30s. I...
P.W.S.
I think I am experiencing a new phenomenon that could only happen in America after a holiday like Christmas. I am calling it P.W.S. (which stands for Package Withdrawal Syndrome). I think there should be a study done on this to see how serotonin levels in my brain are...
We Wish You A Merry Christmas – 2016
We wish you a very Merry Christmas! -Element
Sermon for Christmas Day, Part 3 (Merry Christmas)
Well, it is finally Christmas Day and there are no services at Element…whatever will you do? How about you read this blog, as well as the ones from the last two weeks, and go over the questions with your family? Over the last 2 ½ weeks, we have been looking at pieces...
Sermon for Christmas Day, Part 2
From last week up until Christmas Day, we are trying to give you and your family some short blogs and readings to go over on Christmas Day. Element is not having services on Christmas Day, but still wanted to give you something to do with your family that focuses on...
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To Glorify God by teaching and living out the Scriptures, transforming community into Gospel Community, and planting churches.