Author: jgreene

Often times you hear people say that Christianity “is not about a religion, its about a relationship.” When that is said, they are referring to having a personal relationship with Jesus. And this is good. Because being a Christian is about having a personal relationship with Christ. Examples from the Bible that show this are…

It has been my experience that Brut deodorant is associated with manliness. Let me explain. Over the past few years, I have been thinking through common characteristics of men that I see as manly. Brut deodorant was one of the commonalities. My dad and my grandfather are manly men in my opinion. Both have worn…

I don’t know many details about this story. But I have read the book where this story is told and I just saw this video. I do know this… “Our God is mighty to save!” (Zephaniah 3:17) Mistake into a Miracle from Elevation Church on Vimeo.

Here is a picture of the Mountain Camp in Patate, Ecuador. It is called Camp Chacauco. This is where we worked last year. This year we worked at its “sister” camp in the Jungle.

I apologize for the lack of blog posts here lately. In the jungle, I did not have as much access to the internet as I had hoped. I will begin posting pics and videos regularly over this next week. Here is our mission team from this year’s trip. It was such a good trip. Life-changing…

We made it! The nine of us are here safely in Quito, Ecuador. Our Howard Johnson hotel is so nice. I am going to bed now at 830, I am so tired. I have already eaten my favorite ice cream Coco! I also already had me a humita. And I already had some ceviche with…

In Psalm 86, David makes two statements back-to-back that are hard at first to understand together. Here are verses 1 & 2 of Psalm 86: “Incline your ear, O Lord, and answer me, for I am poor and needy. Preserve my life, for I am godly; save your servant, who trusts in you– you are…

Are you blessed (content and happy)? In Luke 6, Jesus gives 4 types of people who are blessed: the poor (v.20) the hungry (v.21) those who weep (v.21) those who are hated, excluded, reviled, and spurned What in the world is he talking about? Is Jesus crazy? John MacArthur says “everything he taught was so…

We need more people sharing this message. Talk like you mean it… or believe it.

Do you know who the 12 apostles are? If you were to stop right now and think, could you name them? Surely you know Peter and Andrew, James and John, maybe Matthew, Philip and Thomas too. But do you know the rest of the 12? The 12 apostles are important. They were the men hand-chosen…