Matthew 28:16-20 Click here to listen to the entire message in an audio file, shared on Sunday, October 12, 2014 I’m going to throw a lot at you today. I want to say I’m sorry, but I’m actually not. Because this is so foundational to the Christian life I can’t apologize for it. There’s going to […]
In the second half of Followers at Hayward Wesleyan Church in 2019, I had decided to interact with stories of Jesus found in the Gospels in order to teach and demonstrate how Jesus showed people what God, his Father, was like. I called the series: According to Jesus, What is God Like? For the first story, I picked the […]
In my last year at HWC (2019) our after-school program Followers was interacting with stories that Jesus told people in order to learn what God is like. During the Junior Followers (grades K-2) teaching time we had one of those amazing moments where students say something profound. We were engaging with the story Jesus told about […]
The Story of Lazarus – John 11 Click here to listen to the entire message in an audio file, shared on Sunday, March 1, 2009. John chapter 11: Now a man named Lazarus was sick. He was from Bethany, the village of Mary and her sisterMartha. This Mary, whose brother Lazarus now lay sick, was […]
This was a message I preached on Sunday, September 16, 2007 at Hayward Wesleyan Church titled: Worship with the Mind. Parts of this message were inspired and quoted by a teacher I listened to quite frequently in the early days of ministry at HWC. His name is Peter Hiett. “‘Hear, O Israel [hear, O church… […]
For 21 weeks in 2019, the students and teachers in Main Street at Hayward Wesleyan Church are interacting with the curriculum from Saturate the World called The Story of God for Kids. 9) Story: Joseph This is the ninth story in the curriculum found in Genesis 37-39, 41-50. Watch the teaching video below: source YouTube Listen to […]
For 21 weeks in 2019, the students and teachers in Main Street at Hayward Wesleyan Church are interacting with the curriculum from Saturate the World called The Story of God for Kids. 8) Story: Jacob and Esau This is the eighth story in the curriculum found in Genesis 25, 27. Watch the teaching video below: source YouTube […]
For 21 weeks in 2019, the students and teachers in Main Street at Hayward Wesleyan Church are interacting with the curriculum from Saturate the World called The Story of God for Kids. 7) Story: Isaac This is the seventh story in the curriculum found in Genesis 22. We reviewed the first 6 stories below: source […]
For 21 weeks in 2019, the students and teachers in Main Street at Hayward Wesleyan Church are interacting with the curriculum from Saturate the World called The Story of God for Kids. 6) Story: Covenant This is the sixth story in the curriculum found in Genesis 11-18, 21. We reviewed the first 5 stories below: […]
For 21 weeks in 2019, the students and teachers in Main Street at Hayward Wesleyan Church are interacting with the curriculum from Saturate the World called The Story of God for Kids. 5) Story: The Flood This is the fifth story in the curriculum, found in Genesis 4-9. Watch the teaching video below: source YouTube […]
For 21 weeks in 2019, the students and teachers in Main Street at Hayward Wesleyan Church are interacting with the curriculum from Saturate the World called The Story of God for Kids. 4) Story: Cain and Abel This is the fourth story in the curriculum, found in Genesis 4. Watch the teaching video below: source […]
For Followers in 2019 at Hayward Wesleyan Church, we decided to spend some time interacting with stories that Jesus told in order to learn what God is like: According to Jesus, What is God Like? The Parable of the Good Samaritan In Luke 10:25-37, Jesus tells the story of a Samaritan helping a man beaten […]
For 21 weeks in 2019, the students and teachers in Main Street at Hayward Wesleyan Church are interacting with the curriculum from Saturate the World called The Story of God for Kids. 3) Story: Separation This is the third story in the curriculum, found in Genesis 1-3. Watch the teaching video below: source YouTube Listen […]
For 21 weeks in 2019, the students and teachers in Main Street at Hayward Wesleyan Church are interacting with the curriculum from Saturate the World called The Story of God for Kids. 2) Story: First Humans This is the second story in the curriculum, found in Genesis 1-23 and Psalm 8. Watch the teaching video […]
In the second half of Followers at Hayward Wesleyan Church in 2019, I decided to interact with stories of Jesus found in the Gospels in order to teach and demonstrate how Jesus showed people what God, his Father, was like. I called the series: According to Jesus, What is God Like? For the first story, I picked the parable […]
For 21 weeks in 2019, the students and teachers in Main Street at Hayward Wesleyan Church are interacting with the curriculum from Saturate the World called The Story of God for Kids. 1) Story: Beginnings This is the first story in the curriculum, found in Genesis 1-3, Psalm 8, Job 38, Isaiah 14, Ezekiel 28, […]
I was offered two weeks in a row to teach at Hayward Wesleyan. The first week was called: What Are You Building Your Life On? I originally was planning on talking about the foundation we build our lives on, Jesus, which I did in the first week, and then what are we building our lives with, […]
About a month ago, I did a teaching with the middle school students with these two thoughts: What are you building your life on? (Matthew 7:24-27) What are you building your life with? (1 Corinthians 3:10-15) When my lead pastor asked if I could preach for a couple of weeks in a row, I thought […]
Preparatory thoughts: The focus of teaching and application @hwcyouth High School is centered around the Sermon on the Mount and Jesus’ emphasis on repenting for the kingdom of heaven is near (Matthew 4:17). How do I help teenagers to understand what Jesus means when he talks about the “kingdom of heaven”? How do I delineate […]
Hayward Wesleyan Church kicked off a long-term series on the Gospel of John. I was tasked with placing John in the unfolding narrative of the entire Bible. What role does the book of John play in God redeeming the world for his good purposes? And what are some main themes we’ll be learning in the […]