The New Birth and Religion

This Sunday, began answering the question, "what is the New Birth?" We'll be covering this question some more this coming Sunday, but so far we've learned that it is 1) a work of God 2) in you. One strong contrast I made was that the New Birth is not religious devotion or commitment.

In fact, religion is in fact rejection of God. I would like to hear your response to that: do you believe religion (in the sense we talked about it) is rejection of God? How would you describe the difference between the religious life and the gospel life?

Anything else you would like to chat about? Let me know.

Pastor Brian

The New Birth

A new blog design for a new sermon series.

So we started the sermon series on the New Birth. I hope and pray you find this space as an opportunity to engage, question and search more deeply into these matters. So don't hesitate asking questions or making comments. When you do, make sure you tell us who you are.

Two things seem to be true: 1) we want to have assurance of our salvation. 2) God wants us to be assured that we are saved...when we really are. That's really encouraging to me. God doesn't want me wondering endlessly if I'm really saved; he wants me confident of my standing with God.

But that confidence is found in the New Birth and the evidences of the New Birth, not our typical evangelical responses.

What was your big "take home" from this sermon? What was your main observation or question? Let's talk about it.

Pastor Brian