Jesus Collective Blog

Today, this process is continued by the Jesus-shaped Spirit. Spiritual formation is ​“cross-shaped” — the Spirit speaks to nail our sin and selfishness to the cross.

Though the process varies, the goal remains the same. Lives that reflect the nature of God in Christ. Mission that echoes the ways of Jesus. And communities where the kingdom of God is seen in the lives of others.

My contention is that Revelation, when read through the lens of the Gospels, will help us uncover the prophetic hope that saves us from nihilistic despair.

When I read Scripture with a Jesus lens, I become fully persuaded of God’s desire for women’s full inclusion in all of church life.

In providing a distinct alternative to the approaches to sexuality available in his culture, Jesus continued the pattern of third way thinking that characterized his Kingdom message.

The way of Jesus has always been a way in which peace is both the means and the end. If his life was marked by peace, then peace isn’t an afterthought of our discipleship but core to it.

We collected a handful of reflections and prayers from our Partners that speak to what it means for us to centre on Jesus and live out his way in the times we’re in.

God calls us to do justice as He does justice, to love as Jesus loved, and to walk by the Spirit in peace with God and each other.

In preparation for UNITE ​‘22, we asked our Partners and friends in the community what a Jesus-centred gospel means to them.

When Jesus is the center of our seeing and doing together, we don’t get absorbed into a pre-described justice of the world. We become agents under Jesus making space for him to work wherever he may be received.