Podcasts about New Humanity

This week we continued our series “A New Humanity” and jumped into Romans 14. Have you ever been so sure you were right... and it still went wrong?We live in a world full of strong, loud opinions, and if we're not careful, we can start valuing being right more than loving people well and that's where things start to break down. In Romans 14, Paul doesn't hold back. He challenges us to pursue unity in the middle of disagreement, stop majoring in minor things, and learn how to carry our convictions in a way that actually reflects Jesus. What if the goal isn't to win every conversation, but to build something stronger together? What if the way we treat people in disagreement actually says more about our faith than the position we hold?Romans 14 gets really practical about how we handle disagreements as followers of Jesus. Paul reminds us that not everything is a salvation issue, and challenges us not to judge or look down on each other over those non-essential differences. Instead, we're called to pursue peace and build each other up. Paul wants us to understand how to hold strong convictions while still loving people well, how to follow what God is leading you to do without forcing it on others, and how to choose unity even when it's hard. Tune into this week's message called, “When Being Right Goes Wrong.”Join us for service online or in person every Sunday at 8am, 9:30am, 11:15am, & 5pm (C&V Service).Connect to Captivate! - https://shorturl.at/nKxQuDownload the Captivate App to Stay Connected! - https://shorturl.at/5PfXPIf you want to share how God is moving in your life through this ministry, please let us know at info@captivatesd.com!Decided To Follow Jesus? Sign up to receive a copy of our “I Have Decided” booklets - https://shorturl.at/93CHSGet plugged in!Next Steps - captivatesd.com/next-stepsVisit - captivatesd.com/visitCommunities - captivatesd.com/communitiesIf you would like to support Captivate financially you can give online through our website by clicking here captivatesd.com/giving Need prayer? Please let us know! - https://captivatesd.churchcenter.com/people/forms/597023For more information about Captivate Church, visit captivatesd.com or follow us on our social media platforms below.Instagram - Instagram.com/captivatechurchsdFacebook - facebook.com/captivatesdWatch More Messages: youtube.com/@CaptivateChurch/videos

Have you ever had one of those moments where you realize you've been carrying something you were never meant to carry?Maybe it's trying to hold your life together. Maybe it's trying to fix yourself. Maybe it's the pressure of proving your worth, securing your future, or becoming the person you think you should be.The truth is, most of us spend a lot of time trusting ourselves to do what only God can do.This Sunday, we continued our series “A New Humanity” in Romans 11. Paul tackles a difficult question: What happens when people reject God's way? Is mercy exhausted? Is the story over?His answer is surprisingly hopeful.Romans 11 reminds us that mercy isn't God's backup plan. It IS the plan. While we often double down on self-reliance, God continues to pursue people with patience, grace, and an invitation to come back home.If you've ever wrestled with disappointment, control, self-sufficiency, or wondered whether God's grace really applies to you, this message will encourage you.Tune into this week's message called, “Mercy Is The Master Plan”!Join us for service online or in person every Sunday at 8am, 9:30am, 11:15am, & 5pm (C&V Service).Connect to Captivate! - https://shorturl.at/nKxQuDownload the Captivate App to Stay Connected! - https://shorturl.at/5PfXPIf you want to share how God is moving in your life through this ministry, please let us know at info@captivatesd.com!Decided To Follow Jesus? Sign up to receive a copy of our “I Have Decided” booklets - https://shorturl.at/93CHSGet plugged in!Next Steps - captivatesd.com/next-stepsVisit - captivatesd.com/visitCommunities - captivatesd.com/communitiesIf you would like to support Captivate financially you can give online through our website by clicking here captivatesd.com/giving Need prayer? Please let us know! - https://captivatesd.churchcenter.com/people/forms/597023For more information about Captivate Church, visit captivatesd.com or follow us on our social media platforms below.Instagram - Instagram.com/captivatechurchsdFacebook - facebook.com/captivatesdWatch More Messages: youtube.com/@CaptivateChurch/videos

As we continue our series in Why Jesus Came to Die, Josh preaches from Revelation 7:9-12. In this passage we see the great multitude that will stand before the throne of God and proclaim His praises - from every tribe, tongue and nation. We see the people that Jesus won for God, what was needed to make this possible, and what it means for us today.

In a world that talks endlessly about love, how do we actually know what love looks like? When we take a look at Scripture, it challenges the idea that love is simply following our feelings, revealing instead how God’s law shapes and defines what it means to truly love others. Far from being restrictive, God’s commands are shown to be a guide toward human flourishing, faithfulness, and lives transformed by grace. Listen to this sermon as Twaambo Moyo explores how the gospel changes our relationship to the law and teaches us to love the way God intended. ________ Sign up for Central’s newsletters here. Visit us on our website to learn more. Follow us on Instagram, YouTube, and Facebook.

 In Part 2 of this interview with scholar, philosopher, and researcher Jean Houston, Ph.D., she shares her first meeting with American cultural anthropologist Margaret Mead, one of her early and most impactful mentors. Margaret considered Jean her "adopted daughter" and encouraged her to keep searching, keep understanding, keep putting pieces together to make some sense of it all. Mead was one of the early founders of Earth Day and taught Jean to keep reaching for solutions. Through this experience, Jean learned to produce extensive writing about the "new story of humanity" – she wrote books every month about history, culture, and possibilities. Jean talks today about how we can progress through community and cooperation and use our creativity to the fullest, by recognizing the good in one another. We can activate our innate genes as beings seeking constant growth and evolve to become higher humans as we visualize the possibilities and create the world we want. This is entelechy – it pushes us toward what humanity could be. Through her mentors and studies, Jean learned to observe and hone her particular awareness in a unique way of seeing people and raising them to their greatness. She worked for the UN and with many cultures throughout the world as well as working with Presidents Bill Clinton and Jimmy Carter. Today we are asked to consider, "What does a world that works look like?"  New science, quantum physics, and relational science teach that there is unity and oneness. Jean believes we are in a renaissance period now and although we've experienced the pandemic, wars, and scenes of outrage, we've also seen the linking of hearts, which is indeed the gestation period of a New Humanity. People want peace worldwide. We can do this by accessing the very depths of the human spirit which is available to all of us by seeing the very best in one another. This is the second of a two-part discussion. Info: JeanHouston.com. This interview was originally taped in May 2022. Scholar, philosopher, and researcher Jean Houston, Ph.D., made her transition very recently and we air this in her honor.

The planet and its population are undergoing the greatest transition since its creation, a paradigm shift that will fundamentally change our view of how our reality is designed…and how we as humans exist and create within it. We are witnessing and experiencing the convergence of all that Is, the reunion into One. As we return to Origin the complete blueprints for humanity and its grand design become visible and accessible, and create new possibilities for the New Earth and the New Human. This space is designed to be a portal to more of You… a space for exploring the truth of your original design and potential… a place to connect, resonate, remember and enjoy a collective community of people, who like you, are awakening more fully to their true essence. Rebecca Dawson is an international speaker, consultant and author. Rebecca has been channeling since a spontaneous event at the age of 18. For almost 30 years she has delivered wisdom and teachings from multiple aspects of Source Consciousness including Masters Serapis Bey, St Germain & Kuthumi. She delivers current, leading-edge information about humanity's paradigm shift to multidimensional experience, the mechanics of reality, and the human blueprint. Rebecca works internationally and collaboratively in many fields including natural medicine, business, education and new technologies. She is recognized as a “teacher of teachers", as she assists those already working in the field of New Energy to amplify their capacity. Rebecca has facilitated thousands of channeled messages and has conducted dozens of workshops, seminars and retreats all over the world. She is the author of 4 books, The New Human Experience, The Game of Purpose, The Agreement and Fu – the Return of the Magnetic Human. She has produced hundreds of video messages with the aim to assist humanity and has been interviewed extensively. Born and raised in Australia, Rebecca currently lives in the USA.

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Politics can feel exhausting, divisive, or impossible to escape — but how should Christians actually engage with the world of government and power? When exploring the tension between earthly authority and ultimate allegiance to Christ, we see a vision for faithful citizenship that neither idolizes politics nor withdraws from it. In a culture tempted to place its hope in leaders and institutions, we’re reminded where true hope is meant to rest. Listen to this sermon as Andrew Smith unpacks what it means to honor authority while keeping Christ at the center of our loyalty. ________ Sign up for Central’s newsletters here. Visit us on our website to learn more. Follow us on Instagram, YouTube, and Facebook.

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In a world shaped by outrage and division, it’s easy to believe that revenge is the only path to justice. But the gospel offers a radically different way — one that confronts wrongdoing honestly while refusing to let bitterness have the final word. Through life’s hardest challenges, we’re invited to see how forgiveness can break cycles of hurt and open the door to something unexpected and healing. Listen to this sermon as Jason Harris explores what it means to love not only our neighbors, but even our enemies. ________ Sign up for Central’s newsletters here. Visit us on our website to learn more. Follow us on Instagram, YouTube, and Facebook.

Book of Acts - Acts 2:42-47: What if the church wasn't just a place you attend - but a whole new way to be human? In Acts 2:42–47, the Spirit forms a community marked by deep devotion, radical generosity and authentic friendship. This is more than a gathering - it's a people shaped by Jesus, living differently in a fractured world. As we continue our journey through Acts, we'll see how ordinary people, filled with the Spirit, became an extraordinary community that changed everything. And the invitation is still open today.Join us in person and online at 9 or 11am. Bring a friend!

Scripture: Ephesians 4:17-24Speaker: Brandon EggarSeries: Easter

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The kind of community we long for is real, but it looks nothing like what the world typically offers. When we turn to Scripture, we see a radically different vision of relationships, where love is genuine, self-giving, and strong enough to endure both joy and pain. This vision challenges the way we approach others, inviting us into a deeper, more honest, and more sacrificial way of living together. Listen to this sermon as Jason Harris shows how receiving Christ’s love can reshape the way we love one another. ________ Sign up for Central’s newsletters here. Visit us on our website to learn more. Follow us on Instagram, YouTube, and Facebook.

When we enter into a relationship with Christ, we become something radically new. There's a new way to be human and it is based on the standard of life set by Jesus. Ephesians 4:17-32 lays out for us a great list of ways we should be living out this new identity... and some behaviors that we should be putting to death.

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What if the way you see yourself is quietly shaping every relationship in your life? The gospel offers a new lens, freeing us from both pride and insecurity and grounding us in a truer identity. From that place, we begin to see our need for others, our belonging in community, and our role in serving with purpose. Listen to this sermon as Andrew Smith invites you to discover how a renewed perspective can transform both your inner life and your relationships. ________ Sign up for Central’s newsletters here. Visit us on our website to learn more. Follow us on Instagram, YouTube, and Facebook.

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We’re all being shaped by something, but rarely do we stop to ask what it is. The quiet pressures of everyday life pull us in one direction, while the gospel invites us into something entirely different. It challenges the idea that surrender is restrictive, showing instead how it leads to true freedom and lasting change. Watch this sermon as Jason Harris invites you to discover a life transformed from the inside out. ________ Sign up for Central’s newsletters here. Visit us on our website to learn more. Follow us on Instagram, YouTube, and Facebook.

This week we are continuing our series, “A New Humanity”, going through the book of Romans and this week we are diving into one of the most profound chapters in the bible... Romans 8!Romans 8 reveals that one of the biggest struggles in our lives isn't what we're facing, but it's in who we think we are.So many of us are living like we're still trying out… still proving… still wondering if we belong. Like spiritual imposters—faking it, hoping one day it becomes real. But what if the truth is—you've already been chosen?This week, we stepped into a reality that changes everything: you are not a spiritual orphan… you are a son. A daughter. Family. No more auditioning. No more earning. No more fear of being kicked out. The Holy Spirit doesn't just tell you that you belong—He makes you feel it. If you've been exhausted trying to prove yourself to God… this message is for you.You don't have to fake it anymore...You already belong.Tune into this week's message titled, “An Orphan No More”.Join us for service online or in person every Sunday at 8am, 9:30am, 11:15am, & 5pm (C&V Service).Connect to Captivate! - https://shorturl.at/nKxQuDownload the Captivate App to Stay Connected! - https://shorturl.at/5PfXPIf you want to share how God is moving in your life through this ministry, please let us know at info@captivatesd.com!Decided To Follow Jesus? Sign up to receive a copy of our “I Have Decided” booklets - https://shorturl.at/93CHSGet plugged in!Next Steps - captivatesd.com/next-stepsVisit - captivatesd.com/visitCommunities - captivatesd.com/communitiesIf you would like to support Captivate financially you can give online through our website by clicking here captivatesd.com/giving Need prayer? Please let us know! - https://captivatesd.churchcenter.com/people/forms/597023For more information about Captivate Church, visit captivatesd.com or follow us on our social media platforms below.Instagram - Instagram.com/captivatechurchsdFacebook - facebook.com/captivatesdWatch More Messages: youtube.com/@CaptivateChurch/videos

Put on the New Humanity Ephesians 4:11-24 by William Klock Back in the Fall of 2007—after you'd hired me, but before we'd made the move here—I came up for a standing committee meeting in Victoria and then a visit here.  The trip from Tsawwassen to Swartz Bay started out like any other trip, but about half an hour in, the winds picked up.  It got bad enough that the terminals were shut down for the rest of the evening.  But there I was.  It was one of the big Spirit-class ships.  But there I was on a ship in the middle of the storm.  What was supposed to be a two-hour trip took a little over three hours as the ship drove into the winds and the waves.  Every few minutes the ship would hit a wave and the loud “thud” and the shudder would reverberate through the ship.  But we made it.  It took longer than it should have.  And all through, even though we could feel the reverberation of the waves through the ship, it was steady as a rock on the churning strait.  Its design, its stabilisers all did what they're supposed to do.  I was a little impatient to get to the destination, but no one was seasick and  never once did I fear we wouldn't make it. Brother and Sisters, in the midst of the wind and waves of the world, that's how the church should be.  The church should be the great ship, rock steady, in the middle of the storm, not being tossed this way and that way.  The church should be the ship, dead on course, sure of its arrival even if the storms slows her down.  The church should be the ship—like Noah's ark—a place of security, a place of peace, a place of safety in the midst of the wind and waves.  But the ship won't be that steady rock in the storm if we don't get the preliminaries right.  Those big ferries that sail the Strait are carefully engineered: precisely designed hulls, precisely designed stabilisers, paired with precisely designed engines.  And just so the church. Remember last week as we began our look at Ephesians 4. I said that what Paul was doing there was a bit like designing a three-legged stool to support what comes next.  And so he stresses, first, that we—as individuals, but then collectively as the church—need to be humble, meek, and patient, bearing with each other in love.  You can build a church without those things, and it might even be rock steady in the storm, but it's going to the sort of place—or the sort of ship—that throws people overboard when there's a problem, or it's going to be the sort of ship that sees someone floundering helplessly in the sea and runs them down instead of rescuing them.  It's going to be a ship sailing to the wrong port. And, second, the church needs to be one—to remember the unity it has in the one Spirit, the one Messiah, the one God and Father of all.  We've all been baptised in one baptism and strive forward toward the one hope shared by the one church.  It's hard to be steady in the storm if we forget that.  Instead of all pulling together to accomplish our gospel mission, this person is doing this and that person is doing that and someone else is doing something else over there and the ship goes nowhere or drifts aimlessly off course. And then, third, and closely related are the gifts.  Paul wrote in 4:7-10, loosely quoting Psalm 68:18, that when Jesus ascended to his throne, he sent the Spirit to bring gifts to his people—so that he might fill all things.  That was temple language and a reminder that God's ultimate purpose is to fill the whole of creation with the knowledge of his glory and ultimately with his presence.  And that's our job, our purpose, our mission.  It's the port our ship is headed for as we proclaim and live the gospel, making God known.  But we don't do it on our own.  Our knowledge and experience of God's glory will only go so far, and so he's not only filled us with his Spirit, but the Spirit the equips us for the mission.  In the Spirit, the presence of God goes with us. And that brings us to our text today as we pick up with Ephesians 4:11. [Page 1161 in the pew Bibles.]  As Paul wrote verses 11 to 16, it's one really long sentence.  In English we have to break it up.  It has two “movements”.  First, look at 11-13.  Paul writes, “The gifts he gave were that some should be apostles, some prophets, some evangelists, some pastors and teachers, to equip the saints for their work of service, for the building up of the Messiah's body, until all of us come to unity of faith and the knowledge of the son of God, to maturity, measured by the standard of the Messiah's fullness.” This is one of those lessons that it seems the church has to learn over and over and over.  We're all different.  Paul, thinking in terms of the First Century, talks all the time about Jew and Gentile, slave and free, rich and poor, man and woman, but we bring all sorts of difference.  We come from different cultures and backgrounds, different socio-economic classes, different languages, different levels of education, different sorts of families.  We have different interests and different likes.  We have different personalities and different skills.  Sometimes we find that those who were once enemies—soldiers on different sides, criminals and their victims, people from different political parties—are now brought together by the gospel.  The Spirit binds us together.  We share one baptism in one Lord who is the son of the one Father and we all yearn towards that one hope in which the earth is full of God's glory and creation set to rights once and for all.  And it's not only that, but the Spirit gifts us all differently.  What those gifts are and how they work and how they're received isn't fully clear.  I think sometimes we've had a tendency to try to nail this down too much.  To say, for example, that the gifts Paul talks about are all somehow miraculous gifts that we wouldn't have without the Spirit or we take Paul's lists of gifts (and there are several lists and they're all different) and we tell people that they have to have one of those specific gifts from his lists.  Brothers and Sisters, I think it's more organic than that.  The Spirit can give someone an entirely new gift that they could never come by naturally, but many of the gifts are just who we are and what we're gifted with naturally, but now empowered and given gospel direction by the Spirit.  And I think the full list is as diverse as the church is.  None of us is entirely quite the same as anyone else. So there's a vast panoply of gifts, but Paul puts his focus here on the ones that steer the ship: apostles, prophets, evangelists, pastors and teachers.  I wonder if Paul puts his focus here because of his own experiences with rejection as an apostle.  Or maybe it was because he'd seen churches torn apart when leaders and teachers put themselves above the unity of the church.  Some people followed this teacher and other followed that teacher.  It's still a big problem today. I'm always suspicious of men and women who develop big ministries that aren't anchored the church and who name those ministries after themselves or ministries, again not really tied to a church and all centred around a person or personality.  We just don't see that in the New Testament.  It's the opposite of the model for ministry scripture gives us.  And it's also sadly common these days for churches to split because people have decided to follow this teacher, instead of that one.  When the gospel is being compromised and the people doing it refuse correction, that may be just cause for division in the body.  But an awful lot of our divisions today are the result of leaders and teachers who have forgotten the great importance of maintaining the unity that Jesus and the Spirit have given us. Whatever Paul's reason for focusing on these kinds of leadership or authority or teaching gifts, it's not exhaustive, and his point is that the Spirit gifts us—not just some “saints”, but all the saints, all of God's people—in order to equip us for the work of service.  Some translations say “ministry”, but I think “service” is probably better in our context.  When we think of “ministry” today, a lot of people immediately think about the clergy, about pastors.  The way we talk about the clergy can be misleading.  We often use the term “minister” for someone who is ordained.  Or we say, “He's in the ministry.”  And that can leave people with the false impression that people like me or like our bishop are the ones who do the real work.  But that's not how it's supposed to be.  We're all ministers and we're all equally involved in ministry—or service.  The Greek word is diakonia.  That's where we get the word “deacon”, meaning one who serves.  But that's what we all do.  The church isn't like a ferry, where you've got a few people who run the ship and everyone else is just along for the ride.  In his providence, God has brought us all together and each of us has a natural place to serve.  If we struggle to find it, it might just be because we're thinking too narrowly of what “ministry” is or looks like. And that ministry, whatever it is, Paul is stressing, is for the building up of the body.  Paul longed for the Ephesians to grow into maturity.  And that meant growing to the point where they—not just as individuals, but as the body—the point where they faithfully put on display the truth of Jesus the Messiah.  It happens through a combination of unity in faith and knowledge of the son of God, of Jesus.  And the standard for measuring that maturity is the fullness of Jesus himself.  Think of it this way.  The risen and ascended Jesus is the embodiment not just of God's new creation, but more importantly he is the new human being, the new Adam.  He is everything Adam was supposed to be and more.  And Paul wants to see the church grow into just that kind of image: to grow into Christ-likeness.  It will never be perfect this side of eternity, but Brothers and Sisters, when the world looks at the church, it should see Jesus and it should see his new creation. And this maturity, this growing up” is the main point of verses 14-16.  Paul goes on, “This is so that we won't be babies any longer.  So that we won't be toss to and fro by the waves, carried away by every gust of teaching, by human tricksters, by their cunning and deceitful scheming.  Instead, we must speak the truth in love, and so grow up in everything into him, that is, into the Messiah, who is the head.  He supplies the growth that the whole body needs, linked as it is and held together by every joint which supports it, with each member doing its own proper work.  Then the body builds itself up in love.” We all start as spiritual babies.  God plunges us into his Spirit and gives us new life, but that doesn't make us mature saints—saints who have grown into the stature of the Messiah—overnight.  That said, it's often remarkable what the Spirit does do.  Often the Spirit will convict of sins that we didn't even know were sins.  Often the Spirit will suddenly flood us with one or more of his fruit and dramatically change us.  But on the whole, it takes diligence and effort to grow as Christian.  We don't learn the great story, we don't learn God's character, or what he expects of us by osmosis; we've got to steep ourselves in the scriptures.  We've got to invest in prayer—talking to God—in response, as we hear him speak to us through those scriptures.  We have to exercise our faith as if it were a muscle and the same goes for all the fruit of the Spirit.  We have to work diligently to put off the old and put on the new, not just to leave our sins behind, but to resist going back to pick them up.  We have to work at guarding the unity of the body of Jesus.  Because the world, the flesh, and the devil are all doing their damndest to make sure we never grow up. And this may be why Paul puts the emphasis here on gifts related to authority, leadership, and teaching.  There are heresies and false teachers out there.  People proclaiming false Jesuses and false gospels, people promoting gospels that promote selfishness or sin or health and wealth.  There are people proclaiming violence and politics as gospel.  There are people inventing their own scriptures and there false prophets.  And there are even real Christians and real churches out there that have, themselves, never grow up.  They got as far as the spiritual toddler phase, and somehow they got a platform—the modern church is sadly really good at giving it to them—and they're proclaiming that Jesus just wants you to come play forever in the sandbox instead of doing the hard work of growing into his full stature.  We need the people with those gifts who will lead us where we need to go.  The apostles—who were unique and whom we only meet in the New Testament—it's their authoritative writings that speak with the authority of God.  There are those uniquely gifted to shepherd the flock into green pastures and to protect them from wolves.  There are those with gifts to faithfully teach.  God even gifts some to be prophets.  We too often today think of prophets in terms of someone who tells the future, but in scriptural terms a prophet is really someone who applies God's truth to comfort the afflicted and to afflict the comfortable.  A prophet comes alongside the faithful in times of trouble to comfort and to exhort.  But a prophet also confronts the church when it is in error or has gone astray and calls it back to faithfulness lest it experience God's judgement.  These are the people who guide us as we grow, who protect us from wolves, and who confront us when we've gone off course—or when we'd rather just play in the sandbox. And, of course, it's all done in love.  Remember the first leg of the stool that supports all this: humility, meekness, patience, and love.  As we minister in the name of Jesus, we need to minister with the heart and character of Jesus.  But if we do that, we will gradually grow up into Jesus, who is the head of the body.  And Paul stresses: never forget that he is the one who ultimately grows us up.  It's all of his grace.  He's ultimately the one who has brought us all together and holds us all together.  If we want to grow up into his likeness, we need to keep our eyes, our focus on him. So Paul started the chapter by urging them to live up to the calling they've received—in other words, to be the new humanity that Jesus has made them.  And now he gets back to that in verses 17: “So this is what I want to say; I am bearing witness to it in the Lord.  You must no longer behave like the gentiles, foolish-minded as they are.  Their understanding is darkened; they are cut off from God's life because of their deep-seated ignorance, which springs from the fact that their hearts are hard.  They have lost all moral sensitivity, and have given themselves over to whatever takes their fancy.  They go off greedily after every kind of uncleanness.” This should be a no-brainer.  I think that was especially so for the Ephesians.  They'd come out of the dark, hopeless world of paganism.  They knew how everyone just looked out for themselves.  They knew what a world without grace was like.  They knew that world in which things like humility and meekness and forbearing with people below your status was a sign of weakness.  They knew a world of idolatry and moral filth that, even as bad as our world sometimes seems, we can only begin to imagine.  They'd been delivered from that kind of life.  They'd been made part of God's new creation.  And yet, over time, bits and pieces of that old world kept creeping back into the lives of these Christians.  The same thing happens to us.  We're captivated by the gospel, we repent, we turn aside from sin and idols, we embrace Jesus.  We read our Bible and we pray and we walk with our brothers and sisters.  But slowly bits and pieces or our old life start to creep back in.  Or maybe we've never full repented in the first place.  So we commit ourselves to Jesus, we love God, but money is still an idol.  Maybe not as much as it once was, but we haven't really let go of it and that starts affecting our spiritual growth and our witness.  Greed leads us to be dishonest in business or to treat coworkers or employees unjustly.  It keeps us from being generous with God and with others.  Or maybe it's sex.  We continue to use and abuse others, whether physically or virtually through pornography, to gratify our desires.  Maybe we indulge our anger and wrath.  Maybe we let our self-control slide.  And instead of maturing into the stature of Jesus, we stagnate or we even start to revert back to being babies again. Paul warns us: Don't behave like that.  You know better.  The fallen world and fallen humanity are like that because their hearts are hard and their minds are full of foolishness—and, most importantly, they know nothing of real life.  But you know better.  The Spirit has softened your hearts.  God has filled you with his wisdom.  And, most important of all, he's not only given you a taste of his new creation and made you a part of it, he's made you a steward of it.  No, Paul says in verse 20: “That's not how you learned the Messiah—if, indeed, you did hear about him, and were taught in him, in accordance with the truth about Jesus himself.” Notice: Living in such a way that Paul would question whether you ever actually did know the gospel, that's not a good place to be.  No, Paul's saying, remember what you were taught: “That teaching stressed that you should take off your former lifestyle, your old humanity.  That way of life is decaying as a result of deceitful lusts.  Instead, you must be renewed in the spirit of your mind, and you must put on the new humanity, which is being created the way God intended it, displaying justice and genuine holiness.” I love the way Paul puts in terms of how we “learned the Messiah”.  That's how it works.  We were captivated by the gospel because we learned an image of Jesus: wise and loving, tender and gentle with the hurting, confronting and stern with the hypocrites and the wicked.  And we realise, that's what true humanity looks like.  That's what men and women set to rights by God are supposed to be like.  And so, in our baptism, we put off the old, fallen, broken, decaying way of being human—a way that leads only to tears and death—and we put on the new humanity embodied by Jesus and enlivened, made possible by God's indwelling Spirit.  Maybe we need to bring back the old practise from the ancient church where those being baptised put off their old clothes and put on clean, fresh, white robes. It might remind us what we committed to in our baptism: to put off the old way of life that leads to death and to put on the new life of Jesus and the Spirit, the new humanity, God's new creation.  Because, Brothers and Sisters, we need to ground ourselves in this renewal every single day.  This is what it means to be a Christian.  This is what it means to live as God's renewed humanity. And, Paul stresses in verse 24, such a people will display God's justice and true holiness.  Let's close with that image: justice and true holiness.  Such a people will display their—our hope—as we live together as a people washed clean by the blood of Jesus and renewed by the Spirit.  We live out and bring to the word justice.  Or righteousness.  The Greek word, dikaiosune, means both.  And that's why Paul can couple our display of justice and righteousness with true holiness.  Brothers and Sisters, as God sets us to rights, he makes us a people who witness the very thing the whole of humanity and all of creation so desperately needs—the solution to the pain and the hurt and sickness and the tears, the solution to the brokenness of the world.  It's not just moralism.  It's justice finally brought to a world of injustice.  It's righteousness finally brought to world of unrighteousness.  It's a people, made holy by Jesus so that we can be a fit place for the dwelling place of God—a temple that carries his presence to the ends of the earth.  It begins in our baptism, but it does not stop there.  It continues as Jesus grows us into his full stature of justice and holiness, and as he brings us together to share our gifts in a united mission of service: to bring the good news of that justice and righteousness to the world.  To be the temple through which God will make his glory known through all the earth. Let's pray: Almighty God, who gave your only Son to be for us both a sacrifice for sin and an example of godly life: Give us grace that we may always receive with thankfulness the immesasurable benefit of his sacrifice, and daily endeavour to follow in the blessed steps of his most holy life, who now lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, on God, for evermore.  Amen.

I. The church is the new community of God, v19. II. The church is the kingdom of God, v19. III. The church is the family of God, v19b. IV. The church is the temple of God, vv19-22.  

This week we are in Romans 6 in our series, “A New Humanity”. This chapter unpacks the power of baptism, that when we go down into the water, it represents sin, shame, our past, etc being buried with Jesus. Sometimes in life one thing must die so another can live. So many of us are holding onto things, past mistakes, shame, old habits, things we just can't seem to shake. This is the moment where God is saying “You don't have to carry that anymore.” Throughout Scripture we see God lead people to the water for transformation. It's where the old is buried and something new rises.Tune into this week's message called, “Let The Water Work.”Join us for service online or in person every Sunday at 8am, 9:30am, 11am, & 12:30pm (PST).Connect to Captivate! - https://shorturl.at/nKxQuDownload the Captivate App to Stay Connected! - https://shorturl.at/5PfXPIf you want to share how God is moving in your life through this ministry, please let us know at info@captivatesd.com!Decided To Follow Jesus? Sign up to receive a copy of our “I Have Decided” booklets - https://shorturl.at/93CHSGet plugged in!Next Steps - captivatesd.com/next-stepsVisit - captivatesd.com/visitCommunities - captivatesd.com/communitiesIf you would like to support Captivate financially you can give online through our website by clicking here captivatesd.com/giving Need prayer? Please let us know! - https://captivatesd.churchcenter.com/people/forms/597023For more information about Captivate Church, visit captivatesd.com or follow us on our social media platforms below.Instagram - Instagram.com/captivatechurchsdFacebook - facebook.com/captivatesdWatch More Messages: youtube.com/@CaptivateChurch/videos

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This week we jumped into Romans 3 in our series, “A New Humanity.”Paul, in chapter 3, gives us what some Bible scholars call the most important sentence in the Bible. It is the foundation of The Gospel, as it shows us where it all starts. Paul will encourage us to first “Look” at the human condition, to see how broken we really are on our own strength. He does this to help us “Lean” on, not our works, but Jesus' works. Do you ever lean or rely on the wrong thing? Sometimes in life we fall, get lost, or become confused or distraught. But often this happens simply because we chose to rely on the wrong source of strength in the first place. Strength is only as good as its source, and when we choose to rely on the wrong things in life, for life, we fall. Paul encourages us to look for a more reliable source for strength in our life, and thereby shows us how to lean on the Lord in a new way and powerful way. We unpacked this in this week's message called, “Look and Lean.”Join us for service online or in person every Sunday at 8am, 9:30am, 11am, & 12:30pm (PST).Connect to Captivate! - https://shorturl.at/nKxQuDownload the Captivate App to Stay Connected! - https://shorturl.at/5PfXPIf you want to share how God is moving in your life through this ministry, please let us know at info@captivatesd.com!Decided To Follow Jesus? Sign up to receive a copy of our “I Have Decided” booklets - https://shorturl.at/93CHSGet plugged in!Next Steps - captivatesd.com/next-stepsVisit - captivatesd.com/visitCommunities - captivatesd.com/communitiesIf you would like to support Captivate financially you can give online through our website by clicking here captivatesd.com/giving Need prayer? Please let us know! - https://captivatesd.churchcenter.com/people/forms/597023For more information about Captivate Church, visit captivatesd.com or follow us on our social media platforms below.Instagram - Instagram.com/captivatechurchsdFacebook - facebook.com/captivatesdWatch More Messages: youtube.com/@CaptivateChurch/videos

Good news or bad news—what do you want first?Most of us want the good news first… but what if we can't truly receive the good news until we're honest about the bad?This week we continue our study through Romans in our new series, “A New Humanity” as we dive into Romans 2. We will be talking about a difficult, but freeing truth: religion can't save you.We can know the Bible, go to church, avoid the “big sins,” and still miss God entirely. Romans 1 talks about those people out there, but Romans 2 turns the mirror on church people—the moral, the religious, the well-behaved. The ones who look fine on the outside, but are just as broken on the inside.This message isn't about trying harder – It's about finally being honest. About realizing God's kindness isn't approval, it's an invitation. If you're tired of pretending, tired of performing, or tired of feeling like you're “almost” okay with God, this message is for you.Jesus didn't come to improve religious people, but to rescue sinners. Tune into this week's message titled, “Religion Can't Save”.Join us for service online or in person every Sunday at 8am, 9:30am, 11am, & 12:30pm (PST).Connect to Captivate! - https://shorturl.at/nKxQuDownload the Captivate App to Stay Connected! - https://shorturl.at/5PfXPIf you want to share how God is moving in your life through this ministry, please let us know at info@captivatesd.com!Decided To Follow Jesus? Sign up to receive a copy of our “I Have Decided” booklets - https://shorturl.at/93CHSGet plugged in!Next Steps - captivatesd.com/next-stepsVisit - captivatesd.com/visitCommunities - captivatesd.com/communitiesIf you would like to support Captivate financially you can give online through our website by clicking here captivatesd.com/giving Need prayer? Please let us know! - https://captivatesd.churchcenter.com/people/forms/597023For more information about Captivate Church, visit captivatesd.com or follow us on our social media platforms below.Instagram - Instagram.com/captivatechurchsdFacebook - facebook.com/captivatesdWatch More Messages: youtube.com/@CaptivateChurch/videos

In this powerful interview, Amanda Ellis joins Emilio Ortiz on the Just Tap In Podcast to explore what 2026 is revealing and why this cycle marks a profound shift in human consciousness. Guided by Archangel Metatron, Amanda shares insights on accelerated timelines, solar and lunar light codes, color frequencies, Christ consciousness, and the collective initiation unfolding now. Together, they unpack why chaos, disclosure, and emotional intensity are not signs of collapse, but catalysts for sovereignty, remembrance, and the emergence of a new human template rooted in heart-led awareness and unity.✦ Learn more about The Deep Dive Membership | https://iamemilioortiz.com/the-deep-dive/This conversation bridges grounded integration with higher-dimensional insight, touching on ego death, planetary shifts, solar activity, and the role of color, sound, and geometry in supporting the nervous system during rapid awakening. Amanda delivers a Metatron transmission on the New Humanity, reminding us that the future is not something we wait for, but something we embody through courage, compassion, and conscious choice. If you sense that 2026–2030 marks a turning point, this episode offers clarity and a steady anchor for navigating change with wisdom rather than fear.___________________PODCAST CHAPTERS00:00 – Amanda Ellis Intro3:45 – How Humanity Responds to Global Chaos4:55 – Conscious Evolution & Becoming Aware of Technological Shifts6:42 – Metatron, AI & the Initial Resistance to New Frequencies9:32 – Disclosure, Earth Changes & Staying Open to the Unknown10:39 – Amanda's First Conscious Connection With Archangel Metatron (2005)12:02 – Why Metatron Appears During Major Life Transitions16:52 – Is Metatron False Light? 19:22 – Birth of a New World & Accelerated Timeline Shifts20:18 – 2026–2030: The Tsunami Wave of Consciousness22:02 – Earth Changes, Patriarchal Collapse & Collective Fear24:08 – Mental Health, Chaos & Anchoring in the Heart25:48 – Trusting the Younger Generations & Humanity's Resilience27:08 – Reading Current Events Through a Spiritual Lens30:00 – Freedom of Speech & Energy Sovereignty34:14 – Christ Consciousness Beyond Religion35:00 – Light Codes, Solar Activity & Planetary Support38:25 – Solar Flares & Color as Healing Medicine41:18 – Solar Light Integration & Nervous System Regulation42:56 – Sun, Moon & Light as Conscious Healers45:11 – Why 2026 Is the Year of Yellow47:42 – Energy Boundaries, Fear & Self-Mastery52:27 – Dark Night of the Soul & Initiation Cycles56:10 – Respecting the Darkness as a Teacher58:22 – Compassion, Self-Sabotage & Remembering the Tools1:03:08 – Guides, Presence & Spiritual Support in Low Points1:08:09 – Alchemy, Trauma & Transforming Pain Into Purpose1:08:52 – Metatron on the New Humanity (Channeled Message)1:12:17 – Birthing the New Earth Through Love1:20:42 – Oracle Card Pull: Earth, Fire & Moon Energies1:24:24 – How to Know an Initiation Is Complete___________________Guests: Amanda Ellis ✦ Website | https://www.amandaellis.co.uk/✦ Instagram | https://www.instagram.com/angeliccelestialcolours/✦ YouTube |  @AmandaEllis  ✦ Angelic Celestial Colours | https://angeliccelestialcolours.co.uk/✦ Archangel Metatron's Self Mastery Oracle Deck | https://angeliccelestialcolours.co.uk/products/archangel-metatron-self-mastery-oracle-cardsHost: Emilio Ortiz✦ IG | https://www.instagram.com/iamemilioortiz/✦ Subscribe to Channel | https://www.youtube.com/EmilioOrtiz___________________© 2026 Emilio Ortiz. All rights reserved. Content from Just Tap In Podcast is protected under copyright law.Legal Disclaimer: The views, thoughts, and opinions expressed by guests on Just Tap In are solely those of the guest and do not necessarily reflect the views or opinions of Emilio Ortiz or the Just Tap In Podcast. All content is for informational purposes only and should not be considered professional advice.

No matter where you are in life, thriving or struggling, addicted to drugs or religion, too confident in yourself or not confident enough in who Jesus has made you to be… The Gospel makes you new. In fact, here is what the depths of the Gospel give us as a New Humanity… 1. A New Footing with God - “We are Justified”2. A New Family with God - “We are Adopted”3. A New Future with God - “We are Empowered”Becoming new through faith is a beautiful thing, but in the first three chapters of Romans, Paul describes the broken state of “Old Humanity.” Old Humanity does not live justified, but condemned, does not value family but radical individualism, and does not have a future with God but only focuses on the here and now. Paul makes a case to not live like the Romans do. He writes this letter to help believers live in Rome without becoming “of Rome.” I believe as he writes to them, he is writing to us, to help us live in the world but not become “of the world.”This week we unpacked this in a message called, “Rome: A Home Away From Home.”Join us for service online or in person every Sunday at 8am, 9:30am, 11am, & 12:30pm (PST).Connect to Captivate! - https://shorturl.at/nKxQuDownload the Captivate App to Stay Connected! - https://shorturl.at/5PfXPIf you want to share how God is moving in your life through this ministry, please let us know at info@captivatesd.com!Decided To Follow Jesus? Sign up to receive a copy of our “I Have Decided” booklets - https://shorturl.at/93CHSGet plugged in!Next Steps - captivatesd.com/next-stepsVisit - captivatesd.com/visitCommunities - captivatesd.com/communitiesIf you would like to support Captivate financially you can give online through our website by clicking here captivatesd.com/giving Need prayer? Please let us know! - https://captivatesd.churchcenter.com/people/forms/597023For more information about Captivate Church, visit captivatesd.com or follow us on our social media platforms below.Instagram - Instagram.com/captivatechurchsdFacebook - facebook.com/captivatesdWatch More Messages: youtube.com/@CaptivateChurch/videos

The New Humanity

In this message from Ephesians 3:1–13, Pastor Jim explores Paul's surprising digression about imprisonment, his call, and the breathtaking purpose of the church. What looks small and ordinary on the surface is actually cosmic in significance. Jim shows how Paul understood himself as a steward entrusted with the key to God's household, revealing that Jews and Gentiles now belong together as one new family in Christ. Through the church, God's multi-faceted wisdom is put on display not only to the world but to the spiritual powers themselves. This passage reminds us that our ordinary faithfulness, unity, forgiveness, and love carry eternal weight. The church is not the goal but the preview of what God is building, a foretaste of the coming kingdom where every tribe and language will gather around Jesus. Even suffering becomes part of the story as we live out worship, obedience, and proclamation in a world that resists reconciliation.

In this sermon, we explore the crushing pressure of living under the constant surveillance of a world that demands perfection. If you're exhausted by the 24-hour shift of trying to stay "right" in everyone else's eyes, it's time to discover a different way to be human.

Pastor Jim unpacks Ephesians 2:11-22 to show how Jesus is not only our peace but the one who has destroyed every dividing wall. What once separated Jew and Gentile, near and far, is now reconciled through the cross. Jim reminds us that salvation is not just about forgiveness but about forming a new family, a new humanity, where God's Spirit dwells. The church is not a religious club or a place for behavior management. It is God's living temple on earth. In Christ, our identities are made secure, hostility is put to death, and unity is possible not through human effort but by the presence of God himself living among his people.

What if a single word could change everything?In Ephesians 2, the apostle Paul pivots from humanity's brokenness to God's radical grace with one of the most important conjunctions in Scripture: “But God.” In this teaching, we explore how Paul uses language, metaphor, and imagination to describe what God has done in Jesus—and what that means for how we live together now.We reflect on:Why Paul begins with an honest picture of human failureHow “but because of God's great love” reshapes faith from transaction to graceWhat it means to be God's handiwork—a kind of divine poemThe walls of hostility we build, defend, and carryHow Jesus creates one new humanity marked by peaceWhy Paul's primary metaphor for the church is not an army or fortress, but a homeThis message invites us to consider how Christian community can become a living sign of God's creativity, welcome, and reconciliation—for the good of the world.

How can we find hope in such trying times? In Part 2 of this interview with scholar, philosopher, and researcher Jean Houston, Ph.D., she shares her first meeting with American cultural anthropologist Margaret Mead, one of her early and most impactful mentors. Margaret considered Jean her "adopted daughter" and encouraged her to keep searching, keep understanding, keep putting pieces together to make some sense of it all. Mead was one of the early founders of Earth Day and taught Jean to keep reaching for solutions. Thorough this experience, Jean learned to produce extensive writing about the "new story of humanity" – she wrote books every month about history, culture, and possibilities. Jean talks today about how we can progress through community and cooperation and use our creativity to the fullest, by recognizing the good in one another. We can activate our innate genes as beings seeking constant growth and evolve to become higher humans as we visualize the possibilities and create the world we want. This is entelechy – it pushes us toward what humanity could be. Through her mentors and studies, Jean learned to observe and hone her particular awareness in a unique way of seeing people and raising them to their greatness. She worked for the UN and with many cultures throughout the world as well as working with Presidents including President Bill Clinton and President Jimmy Carter. Today we are asked to consider, "What does a world that works look like?"  New science, quantum physics, and relational science teach that there is unity and oneness. We can experience the evolution of the human race, activate the genes of the higher human, and witness the possible human. Jean paints an image of what our possible world could look like, by seeing the possibility in other people. Jean believes we are in a renaissance period now and although we've experienced the pandemic, wars, shootings, and scenes of outrage, we've also seen the linking of hearts, which is indeed the gestation period of a New Humanity. People want peace worldwide. We can do this by accessing the very depths of the human spirit which is available to all of us by seeing the very best in one another. This is the second of a two-part discussion. Info: https://www.jeanhouston.com/

Message from Bobby Warrenburg on January 18, 2026

Romans 9:10-13 — What does the apostle Paul mean when he speaks of God electing people? There are few questions more controversial than this one. In this sermon on Romans 9:10–13 titled “God's New Humanity,” Dr. Martyn Lloyd-Jones seeks to answer this particularly important question. He notes that throughout Scripture God chooses men and women to serve and follow Him. The great apostle Paul argues in this passage that salvation comes because God chooses to save sinners and to make them part of the body of Christ. This divine decision is not based on anything that they do nor is it based on any merit in them, but it is wholly a result of God's great love. The decision does not mean that God simply renovates fallen sinners in Adam, but He elects them into the body of Christ as children and heirs. While there is no doubt that this is a controversial and debated passage, Dr. Martyn Lloyd-Jones exhorts the listener to not flee from difficult passages in Scripture, but to use their God-gifted mind to seek to understand His Word. This doctrine ought to lead the Christian to look not to themselves, but to look to God who saves them because He is just and righteous and not because of anything in themselves. To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/603/29?v=20251111

Since the Tower of Babel, humanity has been divided by race, economics, and culture—but the coming of Christ changed everything. In this message from Galatians 3:28, Dr. John Neufeld explores how Jesus creates "one new humanity" by breaking down the walls of hostility between Jew and Greek, slave and free, male and female. Christ becomes bigger than our politics, culture, and divisions, uniting vastly different people as brothers and sisters in one family of faith.Christmas From Galatians: This Christmas, Dr. John takes an unprecedented approach to the season by exploring why Jesus' coming was absolutely necessary. Through the book of Galatians, this series traces God's plan from Abraham's promise through the giving of the Law to the arrival of Christ. Discover why the Law was never meant to save us but to diagnose our condition, how Jesus fulfilled what we could never accomplish, and how Christmas opened the door for all people to become sons and daughters of God.

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This Sunday, Pastor Jon Tyson continued our series Making Sense of Church with a teaching from Ephesians 2:14–18, focusing on Paul's vision of the Church as the "the new humanity." In a society marked by polarization, contempt, and hostility, Pastor Jon reminded us that Jesus Himself is our peace—the One who tears down dividing walls and creates a radically new kind of community. In Adam, the "old humanity" is marked by blame, fear, hiding, violence, and retaliation, but in Christ, we are brought into a kainos humanity—new in kind, not just in time. Through the cross, Jesus forms a people defined by grace, love, and unity.

What if the biggest barrier to experiencing God's fullness isn't our circumstances—but our unwillingness to reconcile what feels impossible? In Ephesians 2:11-22, Paul writes to a divided church in Ephesus—a bustling, diverse city not unlike Seattle—and reminds them that Jesus has already torn down every wall of hostility.This message invites us to take an honest look at the walls we've rebuilt between “us” and “them”—over race, politics, theology, or past wounds—and consider what it means to live as one new humanity in Christ. Reconciliation isn't just being nice; it's choosing to make peace. It's stepping into the hard, beautiful work of building a spiritual home where strangers become family and difference becomes strength.The question is simple: what walls might Jesus be inviting you to cross today?

What if the biggest barrier to experiencing God's fullness isn't our circumstances—but our unwillingness to reconcile what feels impossible? In Ephesians 2:11-22, Paul writes to a divided church in Ephesus—a bustling, diverse city not unlike Seattle—and reminds them that Jesus has already torn down every wall of hostility.This message invites us to take an honest look at the walls we've rebuilt between “us” and “them”—over race, politics, theology, or past wounds—and consider what it means to live as one new humanity in Christ. Reconciliation isn't just being nice; it's choosing to make peace. It's stepping into the hard, beautiful work of building a spiritual home where strangers become family and difference becomes strength.The question is simple: what walls might Jesus be inviting you to cross today?