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Val Vazquez
Mar 27, 20237 min read
How the Church Matters: One Virtual Body, Many Members
Is the church successfully using social media to help alter realities for the kingdom? If not, why?
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Val Vazquez
Mar 20, 20235 min read
How the Church Matters
Organized religions in the modern world make for a unique societal organism; today's social media can help the entire church become a force
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Val Vazquez
Dec 6, 20204 min read
The "Last" Dance (2 of 2)
The "Last" Will Be Greatest... But Jesus called them to him and said, “You know that the rulers of the Gentiles lord it over them, and...
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Val Vazquez
Aug 23, 20207 min read
The "Last" Dance (1 of 2)
Competition is healthy and necessary for us to do better. However, like everything else in our universe, sin has corrupted competition.
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Val Vazquez
Jul 13, 20208 min read
5 Ways to be a Racial Reconciling Church
These 5 things will gracefully shape the congregation, which will gracefully shape the world around them.
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Val Vazquez
Jul 1, 20207 min read
Relationship Goals: Married to 1
A pastor once asked a class I was in, "would you rather visit a new town everyday, never being able to revisit one; or would you rather...
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Val Vazquez
Feb 15, 20207 min read
Are your small groups working?
Picture a college campus, and a student is walking up and down the sidewalks, she is among a crowd of other students doing the same...
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Val Vazquez
Dec 31, 20187 min read
Pastor Dickens
See to it that no one takes you captive by philosophy and empty deceit, according to human tradition, according to the elemental spirits...
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Val Vazquez
Oct 31, 20185 min read
Happy Reformation Day
This post is not to talk about the history of the Reformation or the event that took place 500 years ago on this day; instead I want to...
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Val Vazquez
Oct 26, 20188 min read
5 Easy Ways to Improve Your Church
You probably have researched this idea before or just saw the title and wondered what the 5 ways might be, but either way I'm sure you...
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Val Vazquez
Sep 24, 20187 min read
James 2: Injustice of partiality
This past week we had our small group go through James 2:1-13; we rotate teachers and it was my turn this week, so I figured I would use...
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Val Vazquez
Apr 29, 20184 min read
Calvin's Geneva, Pope's Rome
Calvin had Geneva, the Popes worked on Rome, the Redemption congregations are focused on Phx. There's a reason why every era you still...
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Val Vazquez
Mar 25, 20185 min read
Citizens & Saints (2/3)
The Son is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn over all creation. For in him all things were created: things in heaven and on...
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Val Vazquez
Mar 11, 20185 min read
Citizens and Saints
"Do nothing from selfish ambition or conceit, but in humility count others more significant than yourselves. Let each of you look not...
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Val Vazquez
Feb 18, 20187 min read
Cast The Net
"He said to them, 'Cast the net on the right side of the boat, and you will find some.' So they cast it, and now they were not able to...
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Val Vazquez
Feb 1, 20186 min read
God in the Desert
We want to be the hero instead of the servant, but we know which role Jesus played and expects us to play as well.
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Val Vazquez
Jan 17, 20186 min read
All For One (part 1)
While you read this, think of us as having a conversation where you're listening and getting ready to reply to a question; I believe this...
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Val Vazquez
Jan 4, 20184 min read
Be Kind, Rewind
"The Old Testament way of life doesn't apply to us anymore. When Jesus came he ushered in a new way to live. God is also different...
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Val Vazquez
Dec 20, 20174 min read
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"Art is not always about pretty things. It's about who we are, what happened to us, and how our lives are affected." Politics, strangely...
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Val Vazquez
Nov 29, 20174 min read
Church Socialism 5/5
"In a world, where no man can be trusted, everyone knows the conspiracy, but no one can say it..." If our politics and media had a movie...
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