Gateway Fellowship

God, worshiped as Creator and Redeemer from Revelation 4 and 5...

"Prayer doesn't fit us for the greater work; prayer is the greater work." Oswald Chambers

You can work harder or you can work smarter. In this little chat, we looked at Exodus 18 and Acts 6 together, seeing the origins of the New Testament way of organizing church leadership into Elders and Deacons...

This is a kind of 2020 state of the union address.

Our culture is shifting...here are some off the cuff thoughts about how to be faithful in the current climate...

1234 Treasure Principle (Luke 12:34). Heart follows actions Ben Franklin’s insight. It wasn’t me being nice to him that made him stop hating me. It was him doing me a kindness. Dostoevsky’s insight. “He’s never done me any wrong. I did him a bad turn, and I’ve hated him ever since.” Catharsis is a lie. In the 70’s psychologists thought expressing the rage would diminish it. The studies reveal the opposite. Grievances expressed deepened into resentments when mulled over. Mean Interviewer Experiment. He insulted their mom. The control sample wasn’t given an opportunity to complain to his manager and harm his career. The test sample was. The blood pressure, the resentment, and the view of the interviewer all shifted for the worst with those who acted on their offense. The offense of those who didn’t air their grievances diminished. “Fools vent their anger, but the wise quietly hold it back.” Prov 29:11 The mind justifies what the heart has chosen. (How can you believe when you seek the praise of eac

The Discipleship Training School has been doing a semester on listening prayer and friendship with God so we thought it would be good to share some things God's been saying with the rest of the church. :) In this audio, pastor Tim, Carolyn, Tim Freed, Stan, and Katie share...

Who is God? What are humans? What is the original intent of God for humanity? In this talk Darren Peachey goes after painting an answer to those sorts of questions.

What a curious expression Paul uses to refer to himself at the end of Colossians 1:23. A servant or slave of the gospel. How can a person be servant to a particular message? And does this have any applications for us? Maybe. Let's talk about it.

"if indeed you continue in the faith, stable and steadfast, not shifting from the hope of the gospel that you heard" (Colossians 1:23) All of us construct a story about our lives from which we derive meaning. We think of that story as "truth" but in actuality it is a script thrown together the best we can. The gospel is a different script that God has authored for us which, to be believed, must be exchanged for the script we authored...

Stan talks about how the same blood (of Jesus' cross) that was shed for our forgiveness was also for our healing and wholeness in every way.

He has brought you into his own presence, and you are holy and blameless as you stand before him without a single fault. (Col 1:22)

Jesus in daily life, not just the afterlife.

If Jesus wasn't the first person raised from the dead, how come he's called the firstborn from the dead? That and some thoughts on living as citizens of heaven...

The baptism of the Spirit is a baptism of love.

How did you meet Jesus? What was the value of an English degree and a Counselling degree if now you're a bearded Harley driving weight lifting shouting revivalist prophet? How did you meet Nicole? What happened to your little youth group after you were baptized in the Holy Spirit...and other such questions.

We're getting back to the heart of worshiping Jesus. Knowing Jesus. Serving Jesus. Learning the attitudes of Jesus. Giving away Jesus. Savoring Jesus. Jesus, Jesus, Jesus.

It really matters if we keep our hearts close to Jesus. It really matters if we keep our ears tuned to Jesus. It really matters if we live intimately with Jesus. He WILL direct and guide us if we give him our full and abiding attention...

The truth of Jesus as Creator has a lot of practical importance! What practical importance, you ask? Well, for starters, that sense of awe and wonder and joy you feel at the creation? Yeah, that's a totally correct intuition. And that sense you have that beauty, goodness, and truth matter? Same. And that sense that the whole universe is full of mystery and wonderment? Yep. And that sense that something is wrong with windowless churches whose theology can be summarized as, "If it feels good, STOP IT,"? Yeah, that's heretical, in fact, demonic...

The life of Jesus in eternity past is deeply significant in understanding the nature of the relationship between the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. And the relationship of the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit is deeply significant for understanding the nature of the gospel. Much of the time we have been presented with a vision of the gospel that seems to make salvation a matter of "where you go after you die," but doesn't necessarily offer an entirely different way of being while you are alive. The way Jesus lived in the Father, and the Father in him, in eternity past...is how he continued to live on earth as a normal human. He was in constant, unbroken communion with the Father, and lived each moment aware of the Father's presence and voice. Jesus said that he was not capable of doing anything of kingdom significance except by his union with the Father. My argument is this: The way Jesus was connected to the Father before the cross is the way WE are connected to the Father THROUGH HIM after the cross. The eternal