The Painted Door Church - Chicago
The Painted Door Church is church family that gathers in Chicago, IL. We are a people who share the same story; we are sinner, saved by grace. We draw our name from the Exodus account in the Hebrew Scriptures, when God spared his people from judgement, passing over all homes that had the blood of a spotless lamb painted across their doorways. Jesus is the new spotless lamb, his death on a Roman cross sparing the people of God from judgment once for all. He reconnects us to our Maker and to each other and invites us to participate in his grand work of restoring all things.
The Painted Door Church - Chicago
To Know Christ / James 4:13-17
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Pastor Morgan Gagne
What do you know? Very little. And all the knowledge we call our own, is not our own, but it’s hard to let it go. To know is to control, right? To know is to stay in control of our wants and needs. Keep telling yourself that. Fear is a powerful drug. Fantasy is a powerful drug. Narcissism is a powerful drug. Who can let go of lovers like these? No one can. Yet no matter how faithful you are, these lovers will betray and abandon you. Take heart, there is a knowing that is real and forever. Knowing the love and friendship of Jesus Christ. Know nothing but Christ. Everything else will leave you in eternal darkness. Christ will bring you into eternal light.