Simple Discipleship - UNFILTERED

We didn't intend on discussing 9/11, but it just happened...candid, raw stories of where we each were...what we felt and how we feel today. Have we forgotten? 9/11 is one of those dates that instantly rewires your memory, and we start there by going around the table and telling the truth about where we were, what we saw, and what we felt. Shock, grief, and fear hit fast, but so does something people do not always admit out loud: rage. We talk candidly about that surge, especially for th...

Bro. Ernie continues taking us on this journey into The Book of ACTS. Today we finish up Chapter 13...hold on tight! Get your Bible, your highlighter and your notepad! Let's go!!! Almost the whole city shows up to hear Paul preach and that’s when the pushback gets loud. We’re in Acts 13:42–52, watching a wildfire moment of spiritual hunger turn into open contradiction, blasphemy, and persecution, and then watching what Paul and Barnabas do next: they don’t water down the message, ...

Bro. Ernie takes a deep dive with us as we finish up the The Gospel of St. John, Chapter 3. Get your Bibles, notebooks and highlighters ready! John 3 is familiar, but the details can still stop you in your tracks if you slow down long enough to listen. We sit around the table and follow Jesus’ words to Nicodemus with fresh eyes, starting with the “born again” phrase and building a vivid picture from natural birth: water, trauma, new air, and the unmistakable sound of life. That f...

Bro. Ernie continues taking us on this journey through The Book of ACTS. Get your Bibles, notebooks and highlighters ready! If you’ve ever wondered why one preacher says “just believe” while the Book of Acts keeps repeating repentance, baptism, and receiving the Holy Ghost, we’re putting that question under a bright light. Around the table, we work through Acts with a simple but demanding tool: comparison and context. Luke doesn’t always quote sermons word for word, but the truth has to...

Listen as we gather "Around the Table" with Bro. Ernie Perez and Sis. Anne, Sis. Audia and myself as we dig a little deeper into the writings of Luke. Luke doesn’t open with hype he opens with receipts. We slow down in Luke 1:1-4 and ask why a New Testament writer would emphasize eyewitnesses, an “orderly account,” and the word certainty. If your faith has ever felt shaky under pressure, this conversation brings you back to the kind of foundation that can hold weight: the Gospel of Jesus Chri...