Église Connexion · 9 min read
Through what lens do you see the year ahead? In this New Year message at Connexion church, Joe meditates on Paul's prayer in Ephesians 1:15-23.
Église Connexion · 7 min read
We all have a story. Our family, our successes, our failures, our relationships: all of it builds the narrative we tell ourselves, and that narrative dictates what we do.
La Porte Ouverte Chrétienne · 11 min read
Where are the men? Not movie heroes invoked once to save the day, but faithful, present, solid men whom a wife, children, and a Church truly need.
Église Connexion · 6 min read
This morning, Paul writes to a divided church. The Corinthians line up behind their favorite teachers and compare themselves to one another.
Église Connexion · 7 min read
Look at the world around you: wars, injustice, the destruction of the planet, personal problems that keep coming back no matter how hard you try. What do you do when you've tried to save the wo
Église Connexion · 8 min read
In Mark 9, Jesus has just told his disciples again that he will be delivered into human hands, put to death, and rise three days later. They understand none of it.
Église Connexion · 9 min read
Everyone wants to be seen as wise and spiritual. But what is true wisdom? In 1 Corinthians 2:6-16, Paul answers a divided church: true wisdom is the cross of Jesus Christ.
Église Connexion · 9 min read
Taking a selfie in a park is neutral. Taking the same selfie in a cemetery isn't. The gesture hasn't changed, but the context has flipped everything.
La Porte Ouverte Chrétienne · 9 min read
On June 23, 2024, at Porte Ouverte Chrétienne, Benjamin Peterschmitt unpacks the three words Jesus speaks in John 19:30: "It is finished." In New Testament Greek, one word: tetelestai.
ECRELATIONS
La Porte Ouverte Chrétienne · 3 min read
Patrice Martorano shares his own "struggle" with the generations before him: we speak the same words, but we're not talking about the same things.
ECPROVIDENCE
Église Connexion · 6 min read
The most famous verse in the Bible, John 3:16, sums up the Christmas message from start to finish. Short, yet immense: "For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son..."
Église Connexion · 10 min read
Most Christians live as though marriage is an almost mandatory step of faith. A question raised this week flips that: why do we almost never talk about voluntary singleness?