Jon discusses Marty Solomon's new book, " Asking Better Questions of the Bible: a Guide for the Wounded, Wary, & Longing for More " along with a host of other questions surrounding the mystical Jesus, healthy deconstruction of dogma, and whether it gets run over by karma. Find the book, Bema podcast, and all things Marty at: martysolomon.com #interviews

In this session of the Jesus Centered series, Jon Sherwood talks about Jesus being the center of our lament in light of the recent hurricane and events that happened in western North Carolina. What is lament, and how can we learn from Jesus as we walk with God and one another through tragedy and hardship?

Here we explore the one hope of Ephesians 4:4-6 #sermons #Ephesians #one

In this session of our Jesus Centered series we take a look at politics. How does Jesus' kingdom impact and affect our political involvement and civic engagement? Jon encourages us that no matter how we choose to engage the politics of the world, or not, we do so through an explicitly Christian worldview.

Today we talk about what it means to have Jesus at the center of the church. The ways in which christians improperly judge, and are supposed to judge properly. We also discuss centering around the person of Christ, being neither bounded by legalism nor becoming fuzzy by relativism. Gal 2-3 Here are two questions to think about from the sermon today: What are some ways you see fence building in Churches? How can we as a church help lead people towards this well of Jesus, the living water of Jesus and not draw fences? Books referenced: Center Set Church https://a.co/d/g5aFzjw Finding the Right Hills to Die On: https://a.co/d/2RMKsv1 One book: Jon Sherwood https://a.co/d/cnIDnlM

Jon discusses what it means to be citizens of God's kingdom here on earth and how what we believe should affect how we live our everyday life.

What does it mean for Jesus to be at the center of our lives? This could encompass a seemingly limitless list of topics, but here we focus on one: character. Mat 25, Gal 5

In a Christianized context, the term and idea "gospel" can become dull and lose its meaning. Here we discuss exactly what is the Gospel? What does it mean for us? And how Jesus being the center of the Gospel the best news humanity has ever received?

Here we discuss what it means for Jesus to be the Center of Truth in our life. We look at the concept of truth in our cultural context, where those concepts come from, and the rival worldview that Jesus presents to some popular worldviews today.

Jesus is the life and subject matter of all Scripture, here we discuss the implications for us as we not only read, but respond to the Word of God through this Jesus centered lens.