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Articles and vlogs by our pastors and ZTeam members.

March 7, 2022

Jesus Was Not Homeless, Part Eight by Larry Huggins

"Jesus made His home in Capernaum, not Nazareth. Why refer to Him as a carpenter from Nazareth? That’s inaccurate. It would be more accurate to call Him the Prince from Galilee, or the King-in-waiting who lived in a great house in Capernaum. "
March 2, 2022

Jesus Was Not Homeless, Part Seven by Larry Huggins

"I find it strange that people refer to Jesus as the Carpenter from Nazareth. That’s unfair; we don’t call the Apostle Paul the Tentmaker from Tarsus! I once worked on a sheep ranch in Texas, but people don’t call me the shepherd from Val Verde."
February 21, 2022

Jesus Was Not Homeless, Part Five by Larry Huggins

"Many people have a distorted image of Jesus as a lonely figure who spent His days in solitude. Are you sure that's right? Yes, He indeed spent seven brief times in solitude for prayer. But that's not the whole picture. Jesus spent most of His time in the company of people. He was a people person."
February 17, 2022

Jesus Was Not Homeless, Part Four by Larry Huggins

"As a tax collector, Levi was an opportunist. Seeing the popularity and influence that Jesus had, he assumed, as did most Jews, that Jesus would soon be crowned King and drive out the Romans. Where would that leave Levi? He had to do something big, and he had to do it fast."
February 14, 2022

Jesus Was Not Homeless, Part Three By Larry Huggins

"How would our convictions change if we shifted the paradigm? What if we began to see Jesus as his contemporaries saw Him, not as a poor carpenter, but as the Heir to the Throne and the Promised King of Israel?"