Emmaus Road Church

Being Kingdom Minded means that we embrace the reality that it all belongs to God. He's called us to be stewards, not owners. He gets our first and our best as an act of faith and worship.

We are called to daily extend the Presence of Jesus and the truth and love and God into our community and context. His Kingdom is real, it is a present reality, and it is coming to earth! God's children must become Kingdom Minded!

If you have a faith that works, you should have a faith that makes you faithful, because it’s a faith in a God who is faithful.

We typically don’t want anyone touching our money and our stuff, but Jesus insists. All through the text of Scripture, He insists that He is Lord over our finances, over our passions, over our pursuits in this life.

Jesus is not calling you to behavior modification. He is calling you to humble yourself and walk in obedience. He is calling His people to align themselves and their desires with His will, His Kingdom, and His agenda. That fundamentally requires humility.

A person will either move towards wisdom or folly. In order to understand pure wisdom, we must first be made pure ourselves That necessitates our need for the Holy Spirit.

If you’ve been saved by the blood of Jesus, then you are Christ’s ambassador. You represent Him as a first priority in every situation, endeavor, and relationship. What comes out of your mouth is a reflection of what is in your heart, and therefore validates or invalidates your ambassadorship in the eyes of those around you.

The works that James is hammering on here and in the rest of his letter, are not works that bring us into a right relationship with the King of kings. Rather, they are works that are an outworking of our submission to our King. Even demons have right theology. Is your belief becoming biography?

At the foot of the cross of Jesus Christ is level ground for all people. When it comes to value, all the distinctions, accomplishments, and feats that we use to set men and women apart from one another as “better” mean nothing to Jesus. They have no place in the Church of Jesus Christ as they divide His Body.

Our deeds VERIFY our words, and our words CLARIFY our deeds. How we live obediently as Christ-followers gives context to the message of the Gospel. As God’s people, we can count on the certainty of trials. And by His grace, we can also know and understand God’s purposes in them as we endure.

Our deeds verify our words, and our words clarify our deeds. The Gospel we proclaim, and the way which we live must go hand in hand. This is the purpose of James' letter. In this first section, James reminds us that as God’s people, we can count on the certainty of trials. But we can also know and understand God’s purposes in them as we go through them.

The American Church systems are giving us precisely what they are designed to produce - consumers of religious goods and services. We have been entrusted with the message of reconciliation between God and Man, and to is more than a command to be obeyed, or a suggestion to be considered. It is a sacred trust!

We can never find contentment in stuff, nor can we buy fulfillment. Being content is not rooted in our circumstances. So this Advent, worship Jesus, slow down, and seek to be a blessing to others!

When it comes to the Advent season, how do we recalibrate our souls? How do we get back to the real reason for the season? Everyone at that first Christmas gave their full worship to Jesus, and that’s what we need, as well. It's as simple as that. We desperately need His PRESENCE before we need our presents, and not just on Christmas morning.

Boasting in the Lord is the opposite of boasting in one’s self. Instead of drawing attention to ourselves, we draw attention to Christ. This boasting is a call for people to admire him as much as we admire him. We are seeking praise—for Christ’s worth - not our own glory!

The Christian life is not a passive experience, but an active engagement. God is not mocked, Whatever we’ve sown is what we will reap. So let us strive to sow with the Gospel and the things of the Kingdom, and to utilize our resources here and now to invest in eternity.

Gospel-centered community means that we fight sin together. It is forgiveness that builds up the Body. You were not made to do life alone! Speaker: Scott McAllister

Jesus didn’t save you so you could sit and stagnate. That’s an illusion anyway as there is no such thing as stasis in this life. You don’t drift towards holiness - the Spirit leads you and you must follow, and the challenge is to stay in step with Him as He leads.

People have been searching for true and lasting freedom for thousands of years. Satan lied when he promised freedom from God and the one rule that governed humanity. God’s solution to our bondage has always been Jesus, who frees us from sin and death. So DO NOT return again to a yoke of slavery!

The use of word pictures is a powerful tool in communication. It can move a person beyond logic to emotion very quickly. Paul employs this tool in arguing against a legalistic shift that Paul rightly recognized as incredibly dangerous to the Gospel.