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The One

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Josh Ortega is the campus pastor for H2O Church at Wright State. Jesus' ministry was always about the "one". His encounter with the demoniac in Mark 5 was another clear example of that objective. In heaven, we're not going to wish we did anything else more on earth except share Jesus with one more person. Like Jesus, are we about the "one"?

Words of Life: Barriers Are Broken

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The book of John makes no bones about it: Jesus came to destroy social, racial, gender, and religious barriers that keep people from experiencing the fullness of God. With the woman at the well, Jesus gets straight to the point that He is the Messiah and He came for her too, a Samaritan woman living in open adultry. Let's not forget that we have the responsibility to have those same life-giving conversations with those around us. What God does to us, He wants to do through us.

Words of Life: Jesus' Words Change Everything

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It matters who writes your story, and what matters more is what's in your story. Heather Erickson starts our semester in John 1 which points to Jesus as eternal Creator God. Jesus did not begin existing when He took on human flesh. He was there from the beginning and always will be.