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Pastor Bill Bush · Sep 11, 2023
Drawing from Acts 8 and the story of Philip, Pastor Bill argues that followers of Jesus are called to advance the gospel precisely when life gets hard. Rather than pulling back during persecution, displacement, or personal crisis, believers are invited to lean into their God-given purpose — pointing people to Jesus — through spiritual grit, dependence on the Holy Spirit, and the Word of God. Just as Philip's faithfulness in scattering led to a church movement across Africa, ordinary believers who plant their feet and take ground in tough times can have an eternal impact far beyond what they can see.
Pastor Bill Bush · Apr 7, 2019
In John 17, the night before His crucifixion, Jesus prayed not only for His eleven disciples but for every person who would ever believe in Him — which means He prayed for you by name, knowing you before you knew yourself. That prayer reveals the full heart of what Jesus wants for His people: a pardon for the past through salvation, a power for the present through sanctification and mission, and a promise for the future through glorification. Embracing all three is the pathway to the deep, circumstance-transcending joy Jesus says He came to give.