Creating Relevance

The reason I'm willing.

noreply@blogger.com (brad ohara) — Thu, 31 Mar 2011 14:07:00 +0000

¹Who has believed what we have heard?
And who has the arm of the L ORD been revealed to?

² He grew up before Him like a young plant
    and like a root out of dry ground.
    He had no form or splendor that we should look at Him,
    no appearance that we should desire Him.

³ He was despised and rejected by men,
    a man of suffering who knew what sickness was.
    He was like one people turned away from;
    He was despised, and we didn't value Him.

⁴ Yet He Himself bore our sicknesses,
    and He carried our pains;
    but we in turn regarded Him stricken,
    struck down by God, and afflicted.

⁵ But He was pierced because of our transgressions,
    crushed because of our iniquities;
    punishment for our peace was on Him,
    and we are healed by His wounds.

⁶ We all went astray like sheep;
    we all have turned to our own way;
    and the LORD has punished Him
    for the iniquity of us all.

⁷ He was oppressed and afflicted,
    yet He did not open His mouth.
    Like a lamb led to the slaughter
    and like a sheep silent before her shearers,
    He did not open His mouth.

⁸ He was taken away because of oppression and judgment;
    and who considered His fate?
    For He was cut off from the land of the living;
    He was struck because of My people's rebellion.

⁹ They made His grave with the wicked,
    and with a rich man at His death,
    although He had done no violence
    and had not spoken deceitfully.

¹⁰ Yet the LORD was pleased to crush Him,
    and He made Him sick.
    When You make Him a restitution offering,
    He will see [His] seed, He will prolong His days,
    and the will of the LORD will succeed by His hand.

¹¹ He will see [it] out of His anguish,
    and He will be satisfied with His knowledge.
    My righteous servant will justify many,
    and He will carry their iniquities.

¹² Therefore I will give Him the many as a portion,
    and He will receive the mighty as spoil,
    because He submitted Himself to death,
    and was counted among the rebels;
    yet He bore the sin of many
    and interceded for the rebels.

-Isaiah 53

in His name,

brad

Willing.

noreply@blogger.com (brad ohara) — Wed, 30 Mar 2011 11:40:00 +0000

I just wanted to share an amazing story I read in an amazing book the other day. I will tell it in my own words, as I don't have the book in front of me.

Setup: A man had been convicted of murder, and sentenced to death.

The time comes, and he is led out of his cell, to walk the long, dark corridor to the execution chamber. Leading him, and following him, are guards and prison officials. The one out of place man, it seems, is a priest. He is reading from a book in a monotone, ritualistic manner.

The prisoner, being led to death, asks the priest, "What are you reading to me?" to which the priest answers, "These are your last rights. I'm reading to you about heaven, salvation, and eternity...Heaven and Hell."

The prisoner was enraged, because this "man of God" seemed so uncaring about what he was reading, and was claiming he knew the way to heaven, even for a man such as him.

The rest of the way to the execution chamber, this man, this murderer....preached. Here is what he said, "How can you speak in piety, and know the truth, and not be passionate about it? I'm going to hell, and you know a God who loves me so much, that He would still save me?!........and yet you speak with no unction....no passion....no conviction? If I knew the way by which men like me could be saved, I would crawl on my hands and knees across fields of broken glass and nails, shouting the message all the while. And yet, you speak as a man who is reading a novel, not the Gospel! God have mercy on your soul priest."

Wow. So, I end with questions church. Do you know the gospel of Christ Jesus? If you do, are you willing to go through pain and blood and persecution to share it?

Is the gospel of Christ Jesus worth losing your job, and being unable to support your family?

Is the gospel of Christ Jesus worth losing your family?

Is the gospel of Christ Jesus worth being despised by those you love?

Is the gospel of Christ Jesus worth being hated, even in the church, because you're so radical that you hate sin in the body as God hates it, and love the body, as God loves it, so much that you can't let it live in an unhealthy manner? Because a man doesn't despise his own body, but nourishes it, and makes sure that it's taken care of.

Are you willing for all of these things, if it means you are a workman approved by God for the bringing of Good News?

Here's a closing thought: We honor every drop of blood that Augustine, Paul, Luther, Edwards, etc... spilled for the cause of reforming the church to Christ. They were hated in their day, the following generations were the one's that honored them. They only sought God's will.....no matter the cost.

Are you willing? Am I?

in His love alone, I love you all.

brad

Question.

noreply@blogger.com (brad ohara) — Wed, 23 Mar 2011 11:38:00 +0000

How come when the church walks away from Christ by teaching lies that "bend" the need for Christ........we call it progressive?

I am challenged to love. I am challenged in that love to be intolerant. I don't know what that looks like yet. But I don't believe that Christ died because it's okay to believe whatever we want.

I think "tolerance" in my life has been nothing more than an excuse not to share the Gospel of Jesus Christ.

We (followers of Christ) are called to make disciples. Not just pastors. Not just clergy. Believers. Today, love with the expectation of rejection. Love with the expectation that someone will change because of the Spirit in you. Love like you only care about One opinion of you. Let love and mercy outshine judgement.

Be intolerant to lies in your heart. Be intolerant to the lie that "what's right for them, is right for them".

What do you believe? Who do you say that Christ is?

I love you all.

in His love,
brad

noreply@blogger.com (brad ohara) — Sun, 20 Mar 2011 00:25:00 +0000

Just remembered this one. I enjoyed making this, and need to push myself creatively again. I feel like I'm in a bit of a slump. I hope you enjoy this, and also, I hope you create whatever it is that you're supposed to create today. Let the art God has put inside of you out, and don't let it be confined to our definition of art.

I love you all,

brad

Defense.

noreply@blogger.com (brad ohara) — Fri, 18 Mar 2011 13:57:00 +0000

Man, I said something this morning that I've been thinking about all day so far, and probably will continue to wrestle with. Unfortunately, it's not some profound truth that will change your world. Hopefully what God is leading me in will challenge you as it challenges me though. I was in a great conversation about reformation, and this whole "Rob Bell" thing, which I try to keep my nose out of things like that. I promise I won't post a long article about why I disagree with him. Why I disagree with Him won't lead you to Christ. Me dying to myself and Christ alive in me......that will lead you to Christ.

You ready for my quote? It's killing me.

I said to my brother in Christ, "I can defend Christ all day long".

My intentions were great. But here's the reality of what's going on...

I don't need to defend Christ. He didn't die for me to defend Him. He died for me to die. He rose again, so that I could rise again. He defended me on the cross.

A cross that, I believe, if you add or subtract anything from, you say that Christ isn't needed, and died for naught.

My reality is this: I am made to die at the foot of the cross, be filled by the Holy Spirit of the living God, and live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave Himself for me.

It's not my job to limit or widen God's plan. Can He do what He pleases? You answer that for yourself, as I have to for myself.

BUT PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE, don't be distracted from knowing Christ by any man. Because, no matter how famous or influential they are, they're men, and they will stand before the King of Kings and give account.

Let me clear this as well: I don't believe that we should allow lies to exist in the church. As Paul did to Galatia, we, as BROTHERS AND SISTERS, have a responsibility to restore to the Spirit in which we walk. But..........are you ready...........this is what's painful to me today.........let us expel the lies and religion from ourselves and our church FIRST, so that we may be blameless in the gospel that we preach for salvation.

It saddens me that we're fighting to go backwards and live the things Luther and Edwards were reforming the church to. We should know Christ more intimately than they ever did.

They died before the church was completely reformed to Christ. And I don't believe that they wanted it to stay where they left it.

Brothers and sisters, we have access to Truth. We have access to the gospel of Jesus Christ. We have access to great teachings from followers of Christ, both past and present. Measure those teaching against Christ, not opinion.

WE HAVE AN OBLIGATION TO KNOW THE GOSPEL OF CHRIST, because it is the power by which we are saved.

Again, I promise to not attack Bell, or try and prove myself more intelligent than him. All I seek is to know Christ, and to know Him crucified. So that is all I can preach.

I want to challenge you to wrestle with these things. Please don't allow the devil to side track the church of Christ with lies. Reform the church with the Truth of the gospel of Jesus Christ. Work out your salvation with fear and trembling.

I love you all,
brad

Genius!

noreply@blogger.com (brad ohara) — Thu, 03 Mar 2011 19:16:00 +0000

Hey everyone,

Please check this out, and support these guys by sharing it! This is my brother-in-law Greg out in L.A., and the improv group he is in, Rigor Tortoise. Search for them on YouTube, and watch their other videos. They are very, very stinking talented! Just thought I would share their art with you.

God doesn't do that anymore....

noreply@blogger.com (brad ohara) — Wed, 12 Jan 2011 19:08:00 +0000

because culture has changed. because He doesn't need to. because it's not needed anymore.

I just had a waking up moment while I was driving. I'm not driving right now, don't worry.

I make a lot of excuses for not praying and hoping for the things God freely used to pour out on His people. Why? Because I've never experienced them, so I don't know if I really believe He's capable. I'm challenged right now, and want to pass that challenge on. It's not super thought out, so I'm inviting you to think about with me.

I believe that God created everything, including time...... Genesis 1. John 1.

This is hard to say......By the way I live and pray and hope, I also believe that time changes God. I don't want to believe that anymore.

I really, really, really don't want to keep God in my boxes anymore. Isaiah 29:16

I know without a doubt in my mind that my King wants to turn this world upside down. I also know that in our power, He won't. In our power, the church has become the most hypocritical, sinful, hateful, hated institution.

There's hope....

In His power, the church is a beautiful, healed, loving, loved..........body. Romans 12.

Let God out. He's not a pet. He's God. Job 38-40.

And guess what, it's okay to be scared. I am. I have no idea what God is going to do.......but I guess that's what makes Him God, and me man. Psalm 119:105-112.

Ponder these thoughts. And please church, don't try to have a god in your image, be brave enough to be made in His image.

in His love,
brad

In my ears.

noreply@blogger.com (brad ohara) — Fri, 07 Jan 2011 12:49:00 +0000

ouch.

in His love,
brad

Relentless.

noreply@blogger.com (brad ohara) — Tue, 04 Jan 2011 16:18:00 +0000

I am discovering that the King I serve is relentlessly in pursuit of my heart. I must look up at my Creator, and be thankful for what I'm being made to be. Whether I'm for noble use, or unimpressive in the eyes of men.

Our calling is to be faithful, to know Christ intimately. We need to stop focusing on "what" we're called to do with our hands, and start focusing on what we KNOW we're called to do with our hearts.

Brothers and sisters, submit to Christ, and the world will be turned upside down. God is in pursuit of your heart. Please focus on that.

He will not relent until our righteousness shines.

His love is relentless.

Please church, submit. Stop treating the symptoms of sin. Start following the One who crushed sin with reckless abandonment. This is my plea to you, personally. This is my personal agenda this year: To relentlessly pursue the God who pursued me to death.

Jesus Christ bled and died for you to breath life. No matter how unlovable you feel. You are beautiful, and loved beyond our definition. You are loved.

in His love alone,
brad o'hara

In my ears

noreply@blogger.com (brad ohara) — Fri, 19 Nov 2010 14:27:00 +0000

Great son by Jon Foreman.

I hate all your show and pretense
The hypocrisy of your praise
The hypocrisy of your festivals
I hate all your show
Away with your noisy worship
Away with your noisy hymns
I stomp on my ears when you’re singing ‘em
I hate all your show

Instead let there be a flood of justice
An endless procession of righteous living, living
Instead let there be a flood of justice
Instead of a show

Your eyes are closed when you’re praying
You sing right along with the band
You shine up your shoes for services
There’s blood on your hands
You turned your back on the homeless
And the ones that don’t fit in your plan
Quit playing religion games
There’s blood on your hands

Instead let there be a flood of justice
An endless procession of righteous living, living
Instead let there be a flood of justice
Instead of a show
I hate all your show

Let’s argue this out
If your sins are blood red
Let’s argue this out
You’ll be one of the clouds
Let’s argue this out
Quit fooling around
Give love to the ones who can’t love at all
Give hope to the ones who got no hope at all
Stand up for the ones who can’t stand at all, all
I hate all your show
I hate all your show
I hate all your show
I hate all your show

Instead let there be a flood of justice
An endless procession of righteous living, living
Instead let there be a flood of justice
Instead of a show
I hate all your show

God Box

noreply@blogger.com (brad ohara) — Thu, 18 Nov 2010 15:11:00 +0000

My faith has been so incredibly challenged lately. So, to start, we must define faith.

"Now faith is confidence in what we hope for and assurance about what we do not see. This is what the ancients were commended for. By faith we understand that the universe was formed at God's command, so that what is seen was not made out of what was visible." - Hebrews 11:1-3

"belief that is not based on proof" - Webster's Dictionary

The amount of faith, based on those definitions, that I have....is small. I have constructed an origami box that I allow God to fill. Here's the problem with origami. It's made out of paper. It can be torn to shreds by anything inside wanting out. With God, I'm finding that I first have to first open the box, and tell Him that I don't want to keep Him in there anymore. I need to release Him from being my pet, and allow Him to change my world.

Most of this is probably me just sharing my journey, but I want it to challenge and encourage you as well. What size box have you built to contain the maker of the universe? If He spoke creation into being, and breathed the stars of the sky, what is He not capable of? Can't He do whatever it is that He pleases? Shouldn't we ask Him to do whatever pleases Him?

Here's how this thought came about. Two close friends and brothers invited me to a healing service. I didn't want to go. Why? Because when someone says "healing service" I think of televangelists, fakes, and creepy stuff that I would be embarrassed for people to think I believe in.

Through the process of wrestling with even being invited, I started to realize that my real issue was not with the fakes out there.....it was with God. I honestly believed until the past couple of days, that the creator of the universe couldn't heal a simple issue within the body. The body that He designed. It's like telling the maker of a car, that they can't repair something that goes wrong with it.

What does that mean? I forced myself to go last night. I walked in with a very simple prayer: God, don't let me walk out of this building the same as I'm walking in. Change me.

Here's how He changed me. There are people called by God to do His work, even when that work scares people. People praying for healing corporately, and praying over each other, and with each other, begging God to be glorified.......that's a beautiful thing. Do I still have MS? As far as I know. Is God able to heal it if He chooses to? Yes. Because He is God. Should I be seeking prayer for healing with Godly people who love Him and me? Yes, because the sick are supposed to want healing. People lived their lives waiting for, and encountering the healing power of Jesus when He walked this earth. What changed? Why is divorce incurable now? Why is cancer more powerful than God? Why is depression more enticing than Hope? Why is the human condition a hatred for God?

Here is how I walked out. It's a very simple thing that I believe with all of my heart now.

If You heal me, I will be healed.

Think about that. Not just from a temporal finite perspective. It has eternal implications. I even encourage you to wrestle with that, and be brave enough to pray it. In every area that you have built God's dwelling place.

Open the box, and live in His dwelling place.

If You heal me, I will be healed.

in His love,

brad

Elijah: The heart of being human.

noreply@blogger.com (brad ohara) — Sat, 06 Nov 2010 19:43:00 +0000

Thought I would share this video. I had fun making this one.

Character

noreply@blogger.com (brad ohara) — Fri, 05 Nov 2010 01:16:00 +0000

A man's character is not built or defined by the obstacles in his path.

A man's character is built and defined by the hope in which he endures.

just something i'm wrestling with after my visit at the doctor today. where is your hope?

in His love,
brad

The Necessary Hierarchy of Love

noreply@blogger.com (brad ohara) — Tue, 26 Oct 2010 20:01:00 +0000

the other day i posted on the necessary hatred of sin, and what i believe that needs to look like in my/our life as the people of Christ. today, i want to share where i believe that comes from, and what it leads to....love. life transforming, earth shattering love.

here we go:

1. First, I must love God. (Deuteronomy 6:5)

2. Second, I must love my wife. (Ephesians 5:28-33)

3. Third, I must love the body of Christ. (1 Peter 3:8-9)

4. Fourth, I must love the world. (John 3:16)

Why?

1. I have to love God, the true God, in order to even know what love is. God is love, and if I don't love Him, the creator of everything, how can I begin to love my wife properly?

2. I have to love my wife...AS CHRIST LOVED THE CHURCH. Sacrificially, with endurance, joy, and service. If I don't love the person closest to me on this planet in such a way, how can I love anyone outside of my marriage?

3. I must love the body of Christ, because it's what I'm called to do. I don't always feel like it, and sometimes I hate it, because a lot of Christians make me mad. BUT, they are the body of Christ as much as I am. Christ loves me relentlessly. I must do the same. If I can't love my brothers and sisters, how can I bring anyone home to meet my "family"?

4. I must love the world because God so loved the world to give His ONLY son. And to bring it back to #1, if I love Him with all of my heard, soul, mind and strength......won't I love what He loves, and hate only what He hates?

Why am I not in that line up? I'm a human being, so loving myself is natural and not something I have to work on. Even when I'm depressed, I naturally value me over everything on the above list. I'm trying to honor God by loving what He is making to be.....by loving the things I just wrote about.

Just something to chew on. Would love to hear your thoughts.

In His love,

brad

The Necessary Hierarchy of Hatred.

noreply@blogger.com (brad ohara) — Mon, 25 Oct 2010 15:52:00 +0000

I'm really challenged right now, and would love to pass it on. I've been contemplating sin, and God's hatred of sin. You've all heard it: "Love the sinner, hate the sin." Unfortunately, we don't do that, we hate the sinner. I've been praying about this whole thought, and want to share what God is teaching me. Let me also say this, to prepare your heart with my motives: A hatred for sin, doesn't lead to beating people up emotionally, it leads to loving people fully. Wrestle with that. Our hatred for sin, not sinners, should lead us to teach salvation to the world around us.

Here is the order in which I believe I/we must hate sin:

1. First, I must hate the sin in my own life.
2. Second, I must hate the sin in my marriage/family.
3. Third, I must hate sin in the body of Christ.
4. Fourth, I must hate the sin in the world.

Why?

1. If I don't hate the sin in my own life, I can't teach my wife/family how to live and walk by the Spirit.

2. If I don't hate the sin in my marriage/family, I can't teach the body of Christ how to live and walk by the Spirit.

3. If I don't hate the sin in the body of Christ, how can I claim to love? To reach the world, the church must live and walk by the Spirit.

4. If I don't hate the sin in the world, how can I say I love God? Everyone has an eternity to spend somewhere.

What's the point of this post?

Love God so much that you hate sin. Hate sin so much that you love sinner's. Love sinner's so much that they learn to love the God....and begin to hate sin.

Just a simple thought I've been wrestling with. I don't have it all figured out, and I'm still begging God to reveal more. Share your thoughts.

In His Love,
brad

great day at Relevant!

noreply@blogger.com (brad ohara) — Sun, 10 Oct 2010 18:33:00 +0000

God is so incredibly faithful! we had a great time at church today, worshiping as a body through music, communion, teaching and offering. what a challenging day. the big idea: The Root Determines The Fruit. What does that mean? Read Galatians 5:19-26. Today we went through 22-26.

Get this, please:

When the Holy Spirit is in control of your life, HE will produce love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control. You can't produce those things in your life, and if you have some without the others.....they're counterfeit! wow! and ouch!

but you know what's awesome? those things don't contradict the law of God. they live it out! beautiful.

stop trying to grow in these areas. start surrendering to God, at the cross of Christ, and let the Holy Spirit control your life.....and these beautiful things we all want to be....will be produced in us.

i pray that every eye that reads this will pursue the glory of God this week.

Surely we can change something....if we're changed first.

in His love,
brad

Contrast

noreply@blogger.com (brad ohara) — Thu, 07 Oct 2010 13:18:00 +0000

Darkness.
People stumbling, trying to find their way out.
But they can't see the door.

Light a lantern.
Everyone can see, because the dark is only the absence of light.
When light is introduced, darkness dies.

Even when it feels like it does, darkness has no power over light.
Step out of the shadows.
Step into the Light.

Painfully, nothing is hidden in it.
Everyone will see all our imperfections.
Everyone will see the parts of us that embarrass us.
But in the light, there is grace.
Because all in the light, remember the darkness.
And we all have our embarrassing parts as well.

Please, step out of the shadows.
Step into the Light.

in His love,
brad o'hara

The kind of man I want to be.

noreply@blogger.com (brad ohara) — Fri, 01 Oct 2010 12:58:00 +0000

Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her to make her holy, cleansing her by the washing with water through the word, and to present her to himself as a radiant church, without stain or wrinkle or any other blemish, but holy and blameless. In this same way, husbands ought to love their wives as their own bodies. He who loves his wife loves himself. After all, no one ever hated his own body, but he feeds and cares for it, just as Christ does the church—for we are members of his body.

-Ephesians 5:25-30

Excited!

noreply@blogger.com (brad ohara) — Tue, 28 Sep 2010 20:44:00 +0000

Time flies! i just realized that in a little over two weeks, some amazing people will be visiting with us. i'm so excited to be challenged by their faith, to hang out, catch up, and even record some music!

Greg and Beth, we love you guys, and can't wait to see you!

in His love,
brad

taste and see

noreply@blogger.com (brad ohara) — Thu, 23 Sep 2010 18:40:00 +0000

what if today is the last day you have the ability to see? what image will be engraved in your memory?

what if today is the last day you have the ability to hear? what are you filling your mind with?

what if today is the last day you have the ability to speak? what words will your community remember you by?

what if today is the last day you're alive? what are you spending your time on?

i'm not asking you these questions in an effort to make you live out of fear. quite the contrary actually. i want to challenge you to live with intentionality, especially if you claim to be a follower of Jesus. Please don't waste your life any longer, because tomorrow is nothing more than a dream. please don't live out of your circumstances and fears today.

take a moment today to go outside and look at God's glory revealed in nature.

take a moment today to listen to the groaning of creation, including your own heart.

take a moment to speak the gospel of peace to world around you.

My heart says of you, "Seek his face!"
Your face, LORD, I will seek.

Do not hide your face from me,
do not turn your servant away in anger;
you have been my helper.
Do not reject me or forsake me,
O God my Savior.

Though my father and mother forsake me,
the LORD will receive me.

Teach me your way, O LORD;
lead me in a straight path
because of my oppressors.

Do not turn me over to the desire of my foes,
for false witnesses rise up against me,
breathing out violence.

I am still confident of this:
I will see the goodness of the LORD
in the land of the living.

Wait for the LORD;
be strong and take heart
and wait for the LORD.

in love,

brad

Rambling.

noreply@blogger.com (brad ohara) — Thu, 26 Aug 2010 05:35:00 +0000

My mind wanders through these waters
and I know you must be wondering
Where am I running to
While I'm lying next to you

Well the neon lights that fill the sky
and the night that fill my eyes
are getting so much heavier
and it's hard to fall asleep

I'm searching for some kind of peace
An inch of space to simply breath
But the clowns that dance around the throne
keep my mind from you

Won't you dim those lights
and fill the night
Take my weary hand
and bind these wandering feet

I've grown tired of the lullabies
sung by proud puckered lips
If the ear doesn't hear the heart
How can we beat in sync

My mind wanders through these waters
and you'll catch yourself wondering
Why would I run.....
When I can lay next to you.

How can we work together?

noreply@blogger.com (brad ohara) — Thu, 05 Aug 2010 14:47:00 +0000

I just had an amazing meeting with a police officer in Williamsburg, in which we talked about how we can work together to have a positive influence in the community, especially with teenagers. I'm really pumped up to say that we're meeting again in two weeks with some teens......to learn how we can support them in owning this.

I'm a firm believer that communities change from the inside out. I'm excited to say that our teens want to reach their generation. That's more than I can say for my generation. I hope that by the time I die, I see a generation so abandoned of themselves for the sake of Christ, that the church is viewed as a revolution.

What's more revolutionary than living for Christ?

Seriously........answer that question.

No.....don't keep reading......trying to avoid it.

Answer it.

If you don't think it's revolutionary, you need to examine the Christ you serve. I would argue that He's not THE Christ, but one you've made in your own image, for your own comfort. We all have done, and do that. Let it piss you off. It should.

One more question.

Do you want the church to look how God wants it to? Or do you want it to look how you want it to?

We have the opportunity to live in such a manner, that we'll be the church. God is so clear about what the church is, and who it belongs to. One body. One mind. One Holy Spirit. One Christ as head.

Join me in this journey towards the heart of Christ. Be willing to abandon all you hold tightly concerning the way church and faith should look. Be willing to have only Christ, and consider that more than enough.

How can we work together, as different as we are, to reach our communities with the gospel of Christ?

How can we work together?

I love you all.

brad

WOW!

noreply@blogger.com (brad ohara) — Mon, 02 Aug 2010 14:28:00 +0000

Travis is getting ripped on vacation!

first O'Hara family reunion

noreply@blogger.com (brad ohara) — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 01:50:00 +0000

i love my family. we had the chance to get all of us together for the first family reunion in June. i don't know why i'm posting this now.....just saw the picture and thought i'd share.

I believe...

noreply@blogger.com (brad ohara) — Thu, 15 Jul 2010 16:30:00 +0000

Jesus Christ is the Son of God.

He humbled Himself and left heaven, to rescue His people.

He was crucified, and became the only way to be reconciled to God.

He was buried, and rose again from the grave, to fulfill scripture.

Through Him alone, our shackles of bondage are broken. Anything else is false teaching.

Following Him will cost you everything. He's not a "live as you want" card. He calls us to die, to live.

He's coming back for His church.

He's the only thing I want to know.

These things I believe.

in love,

brad