Monroe City First Church of God Monroe City First Church of God

Jesus often took ideas that were commonly understood and taught in a new way of thinking. He taught in the way things were intended to be. So while we often think of the blessed life being one in which we have it all together, Jesus teaches something different. Blessed are the broken.

Even if we don't think we do, we love rules. Sure we love to break them, or complain about them, but rules give us checklists to live by so we can say we did good. But following Jesus isn't about a checklist. If it was, we'd all fail. However, He gave us a different plan. In week two of Start Here, we'll find that when we accept that we can't do this, that we can't live up to the Big Rules, there's a different solution put in front of us.

What does it mean to have a good life? Perhaps it's a more unexpected answer than we think.

We were created to be connected, but so often we drift toward isolation. How do we fight that drift?

Pastor Jerod Brown guest speaks, talking about the spiritual, emotional, and mental health of discovering the lens with which we, and others, see the world.

Fear. Remember hiding under the covers to get away from the fearful monsters in the room? What if we haven't stopped putting our heads under the covers in order to get away from the monsters in the world? What if there's a better way to fend off our fear?