Author Archives: jwfisch

Give them what we had

Posted on April 27, 2022 by jwfisch

(Click here for a video of John reading this Catch. Series: Characteristics of the Jesus Movement for Today 10. There was a very literal interpretation of Scripture It was a beautiful spring day in Palo Alto, California in 1970, and … Continue reading →

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Playing it forward

Posted on April 25, 2022 by jwfisch

(Click here for a video of John reading this Catch.) Series: Characteristics of the Jesus Movement for Today 9. It shook Christianity to its roots (which is the meaning of “radical”). At the beginning of the 1970s, a small group … Continue reading →

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Urgent

Posted on April 22, 2022 by jwfisch

(Click here for a video of John reading this Catch.) Series: Characteristics of the Jesus Movement for today 8. It was urgent. For whatever the reason, be it the soon-expected return of Christ, or simply the passion of getting the … Continue reading →

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The Church has left the Building

Posted on April 21, 2022 by jwfisch

(Click here for a video of John reading this Catch.) Series: Characteristics of the Jesus Movement for today 7. It got the attention of the wider culture and was initially perceived curiously as something outside institutional church structures. Millennials, to … Continue reading →

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Out of control

Posted on April 20, 2022 by jwfisch

(Click here for a video of John reading today’s Catch.) Series: Characteristics of the Jesus Movement for today 6. There was no one in control.  The wind blows wherever it pleases. You hear its sound, but you cannot tell where … Continue reading →

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Be ready

Posted on April 19, 2022 by jwfisch

(Click here for a video of John reading this Catch.) Series: Characteristics of the Jesus Movement for today 5. It was believed to be the end times and that the return of Christ was imminent. Two men walking up a … Continue reading →

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God on the move

Posted on April 18, 2022 by jwfisch

(Click here for a video of John reading this Catch.) Series: Characteristics of the Jesus Movement for today 4. It happened simultaneously everywhere  Where did the Jesus Movement start? That’s easy: Everywhere. This is a key component of the Jesus … Continue reading →

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The gospel according to the roosters’ crow

Posted on April 15, 2022 by jwfisch

(Click here for a video of John reading this Catch.) My daughter lives in a house in the mountains of Oahu, Hawaii, minutes up the hill from the most popular surfing spots on the North Shore. The houses up here … Continue reading →

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Just Jesus

Posted on April 14, 2022 by jwfisch

(Click here for a video of John reading this Catch.) Series: Characteristics of the Jesus Movement for Today The Jesus Movement unified believers. (It was all about Jesus.) We are one in the Spirit we are one in the Lord … Continue reading →

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Jesus versus religion

Posted on April 13, 2022 by jwfisch

(Click here for a video of John reading this Catch.) Series: Characteristics of the Jesus Movement for Today 1. The Jesus Movement unified believers. (It was all about Jesus.) “Jesus is just alright with me.” The Doobie Brothers (1972) There’s … Continue reading →

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