Maranatha Teachings

The Christian hope is not an endless life somewhere beyond the clouds after our body ceases to be viable, neither is it a distant idea with only a future impact. No, the hope of the Christian is to be resurrected in the likeness of Jesus. It is this hope that brings us behind the curtain to gaze at the glory of the Son of God and be transformed by him. In this sharing, we examine the present...

“If you abide in my word, you are truly my disciples, and you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.” John 8:31These words of Jesus are a challenging and vital today as they were two thousand years ago when he spoke them. Join us as we examine the devastation of believing lies and the liberating truth of Jesus freeing us from sin slavery.

The same God who commanded light to shine in the darkness and spoke trees into fruitful existence chose us to bear fruit in him. Join us as we examine the love of God, the journey of faith, the outpouring of grace, and the increasing glory in following Jesus.

On the shores of the Galilee, in the region of the Geranses, Jesus was confronted by a multitude in man. Unrestrainable and howling mad, he ran to Jesus and fell at his feet while his demons begged Jesus to let them be. He didn't. A man who before ran naked and cut himself amongst the tombstones was found clothed and in his right mind after one encounter with the Master. What should be the mental...

"For we know that the law is spiritual, but I am of the flesh, sold under sin. For I do not understand my own actions. For I do not do what I want, but I do the very thing I hate." (Rom 7:14-15) These verses are often seen as a description of the Christian's dilemma in this life. But is that truly the case? Did the Apostle Paul live with a desire to do what was right, but found himself without...

When the women came to properly prepare Christ's body, they didn't find a corpse but an empty tomb. "Why do you seek the living among the dead?" the angels asked them, "He is not here, but has risen." As we celebrate our Lord's conquest of death on the final day of Holy Week, we contemplate the question, "Why do we seek the living among the dead?" Join us as we examine the central anchor of the...

What composes the being of a human being? Are we just highly evolved animals? Are we spirits imprisoned for a time in material flesh? Are humans tripartite, bipartite, or unitary creatures? Do we have souls, spirits, both, or none? These questions are ancient and understanding Scripture's answers to them helps us more deeply appreciate the finished work of Christ and how he has empowered us to...

To exiled Israel, the outpouring of the Holy Spirit would be the event that signaled the arrival of the great eschatological age when they would be restored and God would make all things right. As dawn broke over the horizon of the new age, John the Baptist proclaimed that one was coming who would "baptize you with the Holy Spirit." Join us as we examine the prominent role of the Holy Spirit in...

Genesis chapter 2 ends with "and the man and his wife were both naked and were not ashamed." Less than nine verses later, they are sewing fig leaf loincloths and hiding behind tress, too ashamed to face God. Millennia later, a man would hang naked and fully exposed on the Roman executioner's tree, the accusation above his thorn encrusted head proclaiming "Jesus of Nazareth, the King of the Jews."...

In our journey to better understand what it means for us to be made in the image of God, we accompany Saul of Tarsus on the Damascus Road as his life is upended in an encounter with the resurrected Jesus. How is it that God transforms us? What light shatters the dark shackles of our soul? Join us as we, with unveiled faces, look into the glory of God.