Wright State Chi Alpha

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"?

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.

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.

The Christmas Story is about more than just a baby coming to earth in a quaint manger in an obscure village in ancient Israel. It is the invasion of a dark rebellious world by a powerful Savior. It is about God coming Himself to rescue His own people from imminent death. Christmas is victory.

Heather Erickson reads us the story of God from beginning to end. Despite the world's present condition and our perception of it, the story of God has never changed throughout all of history: He is redeeming a people for His name. His redemptive nature has always been present from Adam to Jesus to us.

Guest speaker Jeff Alexander is the Director of Chi Alpha in Indiana and the Great Lakes. Jeff masterfully leads us to uncover a simple yet elusive truth: our identity in Christ and glorifying Him despite our imperfections. Who God is and what He has done will always lead us to the right answer about who we are and what we should do.

Political seasons can cause us to lose perspective, especially this season. Democracy and the Kingdom of God aren't as compatible as you might think. Though the Kingdom of God does not relieve us of our responsibility as citizens of the United States, it does hold us to a higher worldview. God will not judge us on our voting record but on how we live out Kingdom values.