New Heart Nazarene

Encountering Jesus pt 6: Jesus and Judas

Though difficult to consider, the interactions between Jesus and this misunderstood disciple offer crucial lessons for each of us today. 

Encountering Jesus pt 5: Jesus and Lazarus

Three important lessons emerge from the story of Jesus and the death of his dear friend.

Encountering Jesus pt 4: Jesus and Faith

Although difficult to define and often misunderstood, faith is an essential component in our relationship with Jesus.

Encountering Jesus pt 3: Jesus, Philip, and a Boy's Lunch

When Jesus invites Philip to demonstrate his bold faith in what God can do, we learn how Jesus wants us all to respond with trust and surrender - and if we will, wonderful things always happen.

Encountering Jesus pt 2: Really Connecting with Jesus

Two people who could not be more opposites come to Jesus for help.  But the second one connects with Jesus in a way that not even the disciples did, and in so doing reminds us all of the importance of not merely bumping up against Jesus, but really connecting with him

Encountering Jesus pt 1: Jesus and Our 'if''s

A close look at two individuals in the gospels who each came to Jesus for healing,  Each came with a different 'If' in their request, and that 'if' represented a flawed understanding of what Jesus is like.   

The Lord's Prayer: pt 6 "Yours is the Kingdom"

Jesus wants to close out this prayer with a statement of faith and of praise.

God is Love: 3rd Anniversary Sermon

On the third anniversary of being installed as pastor of New Heart Nazarene church, in Tracy, California, Pastor Ron goes all the way back to the original reason he took the job. 

Lord's Prayer pt 5: Deliver Us From Evil

This episode looks at temptation, and our need to seek God's help from it and from Evil

Lord's Prayer pt 4: Bread and Forgiveness

A close look at the line from the Prayer: 'Give us this day our daily bread, and forgive us our debts as we forgive our debtors.'