Jack Mooring's Blog

There could have been more fanfare. It's one of things we can't help but be shocked by when we read the story of Jesus' birth. It goes against everything we've been trained to value in our modern culture. Here we have GOD being born as a baby to save the WORLD, and there are no power brokers there. Some animals. His parents. So ordinary. It wasn't until He was one or two years old that the wise men came with gifts. And while we live on our digital stages with bulbs flashing and shutters clicking... streaming our lives to the ends of the earth... we look upon this nativity and see God being born in silent obscurity. There was an announcement though!  A heavenly press release! To shepherds. In the back country. "Peace on earth! Good will to men!" The most monumental piece of information since the Ten Commandments, entrusted to men who smelled of sheep. (More ANIMALS heard these words than humans!) We are so worried that our messages won't be ...

"The central miracle asserted by Christians is the Incarnation. They say that God became Man. Every other miracle prepares for this, or exhibits this, or results from this." - C.S. Lewis If you were raised around Christianity, the idea of the incarnation becomes so commonplace that we forget just how astounding it is. God became a human. GOD. BECAME. A. HUMAN. "And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we have seen his glory, glory as of the only Son from the Father, full of grace and truth." - John 1:14 ESV As much as I can, I like to sit and just THINK about God. No worship music. No prayer requests. But just sit there and think about Him. It's actually really fun! Often I will start with His dimensions. Like, how big is He? He, of course, is infinite and has no limits, but I'm not gonna let that stop me! I was made to know Him, and I want to know how vast He is! So picture me sitting down.... eyes closes.... and my little brain nearly b...

To be alone is a painful thing. Many of us with strong, happy families often forget this. And it’s not until we’re in a season of isolation that we really feel it. But many around the world; due to family breakdowns, sickness, poverty, or other life circumstances find themselves alone. We were made for relationships, and when we’re cut off from them we experience a very intense pain. This is why solitary confinement has been outlawed in many countries. It’s torture. God is a God of community. He is a triune God. Three in one. God has never been alone because He is self-sufficient. We are made in His image, therefore we have a deep longing for relationship! When sin entered the world, isolation began. Adam and Eve found out there was a boundary to paradise... and their sin had put them on the outside of it. I can see them trying to look past the angel’s fiery sword just to get one more glimpse of that place where they had walked with God. And from that time forward men and women...

The greatest act of God in all of human history was preceded by the longest silence from God in all of human history. Four hundred years of nothing. Then...... JESUS! From Malachi to Matthew we see a brass heavens. Where there was once a lush garden of God’s words, we see a quiet desert. It seemed that our God was stone, and eight generations of His people faithfully served Him even though they couldn’t hear Him. But could it be that this silent season was more important than we think? What if our earthly timeline doesn’t stand alone, but runs in parallel with a heavenly timeline that is just as real, and just as active? What was happening behind the scenes during these “four hundred years of silence”? A radio show I listen to recently began their program with this statement: “This is the last broadcast of this program as you have known it.” They had been building a TV studio and were transitioning from a radio broadcast to a television broadcast. The host went on to let his au...