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Belonging House FellowshipDO WHATEVER HE TELLS YOU . . . not more.I am going to make your head explode this Sunday as we look at the Wedding at Cana. This is the first recorded miracle in the Gospel of John and John states that this was the first miracle of Jesus. John says that through this miracle Jesus manifested his glory and this disciples believed in him. That's a big thing to say about wine at a party. Maybe it's not about the wine. You...
2026-02-0229 min
Belonging House FellowshipIllusion and Reality: Baptism in the Holy SpiritGod is always calling us out of our illusions and into Kingdom reality. The religious worldly mind calls us backward into the realm of the past. And that realm of the past will then cause us to live in unreality. God is present future. He is always talking about now and calling us into future. This is why, when we confess our sins he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and then we move i...
2026-01-1940 min
Belonging House FellowshipYou Can Become a Whole PersonToday we celebrate the Baptism of the Lord and I want to talk about a few BIG ideas that will lay out the next season of teaching. In John chapter three one of the leaders of the sanhedrin, Nicodemus comes to Jesus secretly at night. And Nicodemus makes an observation to Jesus, no one could do the signs that you do unless God is with him. And the Jesus replies, No on...
2026-01-1235 min
Belonging House FellowshipPrepare the Way for the LordIn Scripture there is really only one forerunner, John the Baptist. His message can be broken down into four parts: 1.Prepare the Way for the coming of the Lord. 2. Change your thinking. 3. Produce works that show you have changed. 4. He must increase and I must decrease: when he comes turn to him and be filled with the Holy Spirit. ______ You can support Belonging House at https://belonginghouse.betterworld.org or buymeacoffee.com/christjohnotto. We have a Mighty Network for artists and creative people who...
2025-12-0837 min
Belonging House FellowshipBlessed with the Resources of HeavenLord Jesus Christ, I believe that you are the Son of God and the only way to God, that you died on the cross for my sins and rose again from the dead. That on the cross you were made a curse with every curse that is due to me, that I might be redeemed from the curse and enter into the blessing. Lord, I confess any sins committed by me or by my ancestors. I ask your forgiveness. I also forgive every other person whoever harmed me or wronged me. I forgive them as I would h...
2025-11-0336 min
Belonging House FellowshipBezalel: Image of GodGod is calling the artist and creative person to build the Kingdom of God on the earth. In this teaching, Christ John Otto shares how Bezalel is a new Adam carrying out the original directions to Adam as the Image of God. Exodus 31:15
2025-08-1231 min
The Gathering Place Church - mainKindness: The Fruit that Leads to Restoration - VideoJoin Kyle Otto as he shares how The kindness of God is the fruit that leads people to restoration. He teaches through the book of Ruth and shows how the kindness of God through Ruth and Boaz brought restoration and how God's kindness through Jesus Christ redeemed us from death to life.
God's kindness through us meets needs and restores lives to God as we abide in Christ, and are willing to meet needs in His way and timing. You will see the restoring power of Christ through the fruit of the Spirit in you.
2025-08-0448 min
Belonging House FellowshipJesus is Already HappyHow do you respond to Jesus? Our desire is to respond with a Kingdom grid. The Father is always calling, always wooing. And there is a promise in scripture that very few people understand: If you draw near to me I will draw near to You. A lot of people think that scripture says: If I repent hard enough, do the right stuff and serve God until he approves then I will have pe...
2025-07-2129 min
Belonging House FellowshipAre You Running Ahead of the Pack?God calls some people to do things that do not make sense to the conventional order to push the direction. And honestly, if you look at history the people God choose are either a bit crazy or deeply broken. God chooses the people who are in desperate situations because they are desperate for God. Christ John Otto leads Belonging House International, a fellowship called to raise up an army of artists who will build Jesus a throne in the e...
2025-07-1441 min
Belonging House FellowshipIran, Islam, and a Glorious Church: a prophetic conversation.A few weeks ago we sat down with some of our community to review prophetic words. We talked in depth about geo-political shifts, how God is using Islam to reignite his church, and glory that is beginning to return to the Body of Christ. Christ John Otto leads Belonging House International, a fellowship called to raise up an army of artists who will build Jesus a throne in the earth. His most recent book is Artists at a Shift in Time, https://a.co/d/3hPEiHT The heart of Bel...
2025-07-1139 min
Belonging House FellowshipFreedom for the ForerunnerChrist John Otto leads Belonging House International, a fellowship called to raise up an army of artists who will build Jesus a throne in the earth. The heart of Belonging House is our Friday email. You can subscribe here: https://mailchi.mp/44964233320d/friday-email-signup Christ John Otto writes at https://christjohnotto.substack.com We encourage artists to make the Belonging House commitment: https://belonginghouse.substack.com/p/our-commitment You can support us at https://www.zeffy.com/donation-form/raise-up-an-army-of-artists https://buymeacoffee.com/christjohnotto
2025-07-0732 min
Belonging House FellowshipTo Be Radical in Radical TimesLuke 9:58 Foxes have holes and birds of the air have nests, but the son of man has no where to lay his head. Luke 9:23 If any man would come after me, let him take up his cross daily, and follow me. --- Today we are going to end this talk with a few prayers. First, I want to break off of you any ways people have made false declarations over you. Some of you have aligned your hearts with these lies
2025-06-3048 min
Belonging House FellowshipHow to Receive Holy CommunionThis day we remember the Body and Blood. The Body was offered, it was blessed and dedicated, it was broken, and it was give to us. As a young person in the Episcopal church I was taught a deceptively simple rhyme crafted by Queen Elizabeth I: Twas God the Word that spake it. He took the Bread and brake it. And what the word did make it, That I believe, and take it....
2025-06-2330 min
Belonging House FellowshipLover, Beloved, and LoveThe God of the Bible is the Most Relational Being in the Universe. Bishop Robert Barron, once talked about the uniqueness of the Christian God. God is Love. And then he paraphrased St. Augustine's Treatise on the Holy Trinity. The Father is the Lover. The Son is the Beloved. And the Holy Spirit is the bond of Love between them. The Father is the Lover. The Son is the Beloved. And the Holy Spi...
2025-06-1621 min
Belonging House FellowshipThe Holy Spirit is the Solution.Genesis 11:1-9 Exodus 19:3-8, 16-20 Joel 2: 28-32 Acts 2:1-11 John 20:19-23 If you aren't paying attention, Pentecost seems to be the most random event in history. A group of people praying in a room in Jerusalem suddenly see fire on their heads and they begin to speak in various languages. And many people and churches do not understand why Pentecost is important and they call it t...
2025-06-0936 min
Belonging House FellowshipWhy Did Jesus Ascend into Heaven?Simon Sinek once said that great leaders lead from their "why." I once worked for an art company that gave the staff random directions but never told us what we were doing or why we were doing it. And I recall the directions were always in bits, one task at a time. It was very frustrating, and the end goal always suffered because the staff did not know why they were doing it. Eventually I quit.
2025-06-0215 min
Belonging House FellowshipThe Holy Spirit ManifestsThe Father Speaks. The Son does, the Holy Spirit manifests. And so the Father calls a new creation. He sends his Son. And what does the Son do? The son only does what He sees the Father doing. The Father initiates, and the Son administrates. The Son carries out the word of the Father. And so the Son becomes sin for us. The son empties himself and becomes a servant. ...
2025-05-2634 min
Belonging House FellowshipYou are Character in God's StoryThis week we share a long form conversation with a member of the Belonging House Community, LaChé Heron. You can get our Friday email at https://belonginghouse.substack.com Christ John Otto writes at https://christjohnotto.substack.com You can support us at https://www.zeffy.com/donation-form/raise-up-an-army-of-artists You can view Belonging House Books here: https://bookshop.org/shop/belonginghouse
2025-05-191h 07
Belonging House FellowshipThe Lamb Will Be Your Shepherd.You are not a sinner. Sin is not what defines you. Sin is nothing more than static on your new identity, because Holies do not live in sin. And as you hear the Shepherds voice, and you present your body to the Shepherd, you are more and more transformed into the real you. Jesus tells you who you are. Jesus reminds you of his love. Jesus encourages you to become more and more your true...
2025-05-1235 min
Belonging House FellowshipHeaven is in You.Revelation This Kingdom is not one of outward appearances, but a kingdom of internal realities. As Jesus said, his body was the temple, and it would be destroyed, and on the third day it would be raised up. On the cross the veil of his temple was torn, his heart was pierced, and out of that temple of his body flowed blood and water. That water, was the Holy S...
2025-05-0537 min
The Lutheran History PodcastTLHP 69 Christ Through Us- WELS 175th Pictorial History with Joel OttoIn this WELS 175th episode, we talk with Joel Otto, the anniversary committee chairman, about the pictorial history book Christ Through Us, which he co-authored with John Braun.Many thanks to my wonderful supporters!Support the show Confessional Languages Scholarship The Wauwatosa Diary (book) Youtube ( even more behind-the-scenes videos available for certain patron tiers) Facebook Website Interview Request Form email: thelutheranhistorypodcast@gmail.com About the HostBenjamin Phelps is a 2014 graduate from Martin Luther College with a Bachelor of Arts with a German emphasis. From there went on to graduate from...
2025-05-0223 min
Belonging House FellowshipReceive the Holy SpiritJesus Christ did not come to start a religion, but rather, he came to establish his Kingdom. And on this eighth day of Easter, we look at the second half of John 20, and what Jesus did first after his victory over death. He gave the ability to forgive sin in the power of the Holy Spirit. You can get our Friday email at https://belonginghouse.substack.com Christ John Otto writes at https://christjohnotto.substack.com ...
2025-04-2835 min
Belonging House FellowshipEaster Sunday: Jesus did it all for Love.Follow the Love in John's gospel. For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten son, so that whoever believes in him should not perish, but have eternal life. You can get our Friday email at https://belonginghouse.substack.com Christ John Otto writes at https://christjohnotto.substack.com You can support us at buymeacoffee.com/christjohnotto You can view Belonging House Books here: https://bookshop.org/shop/belonginghouse
2025-04-2010 min
Belonging House FellowshipWhat Did Jesus Write?Today we have one of the gospel readings that has captured the imaginations of millions of people. This wild story, where a woman is in the act of adultery, and dragged into the temple precincts, and they are about to stone her. And of course, this episode is a test to see what Jesus will do. They are trying to provoke him so that they have a pretext to claim he is a false prophet,
2025-04-0728 min
Belonging House FellowshipI will Arise and Go to My FatherThis Sunday is about repentance. As it says in Hosea: Come, let us return to the Lord who has stricken us, and he will heal us, and on the third day he will raise us up. You can get our Friday email at https://belonginghouse.substack.com Christ John Otto writes at https://christjohnotto.substack.com You can support us at buymeacoffee.com/christjohnotto You can view Belonging House Books here: https://bookshop.org/shop/belonginghouse
2025-03-3130 min
Belonging House FellowshipDon't Be Deeply WeirdWe have to be reminded continually that Jesus Christ did not come to start a religion but rather he came to establish a Kingdom. Our religious grids sometimes keep us from the Kingdom. At the same time, a lot of people think that the Body of Christ is a jelly-fish. All that matters is my relationship with Jesus and everything else is up for grabs. Have you noticed that jellyfish never build anything? The Kingdom
2025-03-2442 min
Belonging House FellowshipA Cutting from the Glastonbury ThornLegend tells us that Joseph of Arimathea a tin merchant, came to Glastonbury, and put his staff in the ground and it sprouted. This tree blooms twice a year in the spring and on Christmas. And this tree, the Glastonbury Thorn, is the root of Christianity in Britain. And by the way, this tree, genetically linked to the eastern mediterranean, survives through cuttings and still blooms at Christmas.
2025-03-1725 min
Belonging House FellowshipWe Want to Lead Artists To JesusBelonging House International is a community of artists and creative people called to build Jesus a throne in the earth. In other words, we make disciples who will disciple the nations in the world of creativity. You can get our Friday email at https://belonginghouse.substack.com Christ John Otto writes at https://christjohnotto.substack.com You can support us at buymeacoffee.com/christjohnotto You can view Belonging House Books here: https://bookshop.org/shop/christjohnotto We have a community for those who have made the...
2025-03-1125 min
Belonging House FellowshipYou Can Bear FruitBelonging House International is a community of artists and creative people called to build Jesus a throne in the earth. In other words, we make disciples who will disciple the nations in the world of creativity. You can get our Friday email at https://belonginghouse.substack.com Christ John Otto writes at https://christjohnotto.substack.com You can support us at buymeacoffee.com/christjohnotto We have a community for those who have made the Belonging House Commitment on Mighty Network. https://belonging-house.mn.co
2025-03-0332 min
Belonging House FellowshipArtists who put others firstFrom the beginning, I have tried to model a basic ethic of hospitality, and model the "Golden Rule." Do unto others as you would have others do unto you. Put other people first. Oddly, some of you have seen this in action, when we have had a few bad apples in our own mix. Folks have interpreted my kindness to the ungrateful as weakness, and sometimes folks try to take advantage of me. ...
2025-02-2428 min
Belonging House FellowshipSomeone needs to hear this today.Christ John Otto is the founder of Belonging House. We are called to raise up an army of artists who will build Jesus a throne in the earth. You can find him at https://x.com/ChristJohnOtto https://Belonginghouse.org and https://christjohnotto.substack.com If this encourages you, support my work at https://buymeacoffee.com/christjohnotto
2025-02-1726 min
Belonging House FellowshipPut Out into the DeepChrist John Otto writes at https://Belonginghouse.org and https://christjohnotto.substack.com If this encourages you, support my work at https://buymeacoffee.com/christjohnotto
2025-02-1027 min
Belonging House FellowshipHidden in Plain SightMalachi 3:1-4 Luke 2:22-32 It's hard to believe, but Christmas was forty days ago. This year, the end of the Christmas cycle, The Feast of the Presentation of Jesus in the Temple falls on a Sunday. We have been talking about how the Kingdom of God is a symbolic Kingdom, and how this relates to the sacramental principle, and the means of grace: God uses physical things and actions to communicate his Presence, Person, and Power. Today we are going to look at the...
2025-02-0324 min
Belonging House FellowshipThe Sacrament of ScriptureNehemiah 8:2-4a, 5-6, 8-10 Luke 1:1-4; 4:14-21 _________________ When we talk about the means of grace, after the sacraments is the word of God. And the reading and proclamation of the word is a sacrament. It is an act that releases the power and grace of God. And so this week, we are given two readings where we actually see this happen, under the reforms of Ezra and Nehemiah and Jesus in the S...
2025-01-2641 min
Belonging House FellowshipGod's Kingdom is a Symbolic KingdomThe Kingdom of God is a symbolic kingdom. Symbols are God's primary language. This is why if you focus too much on the Bible as a written word you miss so much. And this is why Christianity has produced so much visual art, and why this art is full of language and messages that we can read. Christ John Otto writes at https://Belonginghouse.org and https://christjohnotto.substack.com If this encourages you, support my work at https://b...
2025-01-1329 min
Belonging House FellowshipThe Kingdom Begins in the House of BreadMatthew 2:1-10 This isn't about stars and kings and Christmas gifts. This is about the Kingdom of God, and Matthew is showing us that outsiders, pagans, who are paying attention, recognize that the Kingdom of God is being manifested on earth, and those who are supposed to know miss it. He is pointing out what Jesus would say later on: beware the leaven of the Pharisees and Herod. Politics i...
2025-01-0527 min
Belonging House FellowshipAfter the Angels Leave Turn in your Bible to Luke 2:15-21. The Christmas readings often stop at verse 20. And because this story is in Christmas specials sandwiched between Rudolph and ads for Coca-Cola, we think that this story, the one with shepherds and angels is fantastical. These angels are for many of us, just like Santa's elves at the North Pole. Even "evangelicals" have been so influenced by liberal theology that they have accepted that this is in...
2024-12-3018 min
Belonging House FellowshipCome Back to the Father's Table.The Messiah is coming, and you are not ready. Get ready. We are back to the central theme of scripture: God is a Father looking for bride for his son. The bride is faithless, so the son lays down his life to redeem her, and then we all sit down at the Father's table forever. Christ John Otto writes at https://Belonginghouse.org and https://christjohnotto.substack.com If this encourages you, support my work at https://b...
2024-12-1532 min
Belonging House FellowshipThere Will Never Be Another You.God is saying today, take the lid off. There are no limitations. With God all things are possible. There is something in you that only you can do. God has given you unique abilities, callings, giftings, and experiences. There will never be another you. It's okay to celebrate that and embrace that. And when you do, when you discover that embrace, you can experience and walk in the flow o...
2024-12-0932 min
Belonging House FellowshipThe Root and the BranchJeremiah is being given a promise: the house of David, which seems to be at a very low point, is going to produce a Branch. Isaiah tells us a branch will come from the stump of Jesse. And Zechariah also gives us this image of a righteous branch. In the ancient world, and especially among royalty, the idea of a branch always refers to a royal line. This is the Kingly line.
2024-12-0217 min
Belonging House FellowshipJim Leach: When We Wait God ActsJim Leach, the "Rustic Mystic" shares insights on waiting with God from Isaiah 40. Belonging House is an international fellowship of Christian artists called to build a throne for Jesus in the earth. Jim Leach is co-leader of the Spirit Wind Center in Stonington, Connecticut. You can find out more at https://spiritwindcenter.org Christ John Otto writes at https://Belonginghouse.org and https://missionofbezalel.substack.com If this encourages you, support my work at https://buymeacoffee.com/christjohnotto Or become a Patron at https://patreon.com/belonginghousemedia?utm_medium=un...
2024-11-2524 min
Belonging House FellowshipThe Kingdom is about the KingIf you have spent any time among conservative types of churches, this topic can become a real turnoff, because there is a cottage industry around the rapture and end-times prophecy. And honestly, it seems like the second coming takes a back seat to the tribulation, and the whole thing is completely disconnected from reality. Let's go back to our main thesis: Jesus Christ did not come to start a religion, he ca...
2024-11-1823 min
Belonging House FellowshipFree Your Mind from PovertyI Kings 17:9-16 If you have one take away today, it is this: We are characters in God's story, God is not a character in our story. When you get this right, your thinking will begin to change. The second important takeaway is this: you have to let go and release if you are going to receive. Christ John Otto writes at https://Belonginghouse.org and https://christjohnotto.substack.com If this encourages you, support my work a...
2024-11-1135 min
Belonging House FellowshipHow to Be BlessedMatthew 5:1-9 The Kingdom is always advancing. This teaching is the heart of all that Jesus said. Go low, let the Holy Spirit fill you. Let your inner life determine your creative output. And as you do, the blessing of God, the enlargement of the Kingdom is going to manifest in you. And yes, that is going to result in resistance, but that resistance is the proof you are going in the right direction.
2024-11-0429 min
Belonging House FellowshipFreedom from CursesJesus Christ, as it says in Galatians 3:13-14, became a curse for us on the cross. He took upon himself our curses. And when he did, he made a way for us to be free. The process of getting free from a curse, because Jesus did the hard part, is relatively simple. Christ John Otto writes at https://Belonginghouse.org and https://missionofbezalel.substack.com If this encourages you, support my work at https://buymeacoffee.com/christjohnotto Or...
2024-10-2837 min
Belonging House FellowshipThe Nature of WitchcraftAnd finally, all spiritual warfare comes back down to basic discipleship. Listen to the Lord and do what he tells you. Pray. Know your Bible. Receive the Eucharist weekly. Be filled with the Holy Spirit. And be normal. Satan loves weird Christians who don't do these things and run from one trend to another. The slow steady walk with Jesus has so much power that Satan will do anything to keep you from...
2024-10-2136 min
Belonging House FellowshipOn Spiritual WarfareOne of the topics that comes up in our community is the subject of spiritual warfare. It is very clear when you walk into the world of the arts that there is a spiritual battle going on for the cultures of the world. So for the next three weeks I am going to talk about spiritual warfare. This week will be a foundation, next week will be about the nature of witchcraft, and the last week will be on blessing and cursing. Each week Christ John Otto teaches at Beth Charashim, the House of Artisans, on Zoom...
2024-10-1418 min
Belonging House Fellowship5785: The Death of JezebelA special message for the start of the new Hebrew calendar year. Christ John Otto shares insights on God's prophetic rhythm, and the a teaching on II Kings 9, and the death of Jezebel You can find out more at belonginghouse.org
2024-10-0734 min
Belonging House FellowshipHow to Think Like God.I once found the best description of discipleship, in all places, on Wikipedia. A disciple in the ancient world was a person who followed a master teacher and tried in every way to become like them, in dress, in speech, and in learning. As I put it a few years ago, A disciple is a master copy of the original. Jesus is the Icon of the Father, and a disciple is a copy of the Icon. A disciple is a walking work of conceptual art. A disciple is the ultimate method actor, playing the role of Jesus for all...
2024-09-1634 min
Belonging House FellowshipDo Not Be AfraidThis week Christ John Otto teaches from Isaiah 35:4-7. The phrase "Fear not" or it's variants "be not afraid" "do not be afraid' appears well over five hundred times in the Bible. "Be of good courage" appears 56 times. "Be strong and courageous" appears 49 times. His most recent book is Artists at a Shift in Time (ISBN 979-8987409916), available wherever books are sold. https://bookshop.org/shop/christjohnotto You can find his Friday email at https://christjohnotto.substack.com He writes longer essays at https://missionofbezalel.substack.com You can be part of the provision flow at https://www.buymeacoffee...
2024-09-0930 min
Belonging House FellowshipEating and Drinking LifeOf all the stories and miracles in the New Testament, there is only one that is repeated in all the gospels. There is only one miracle that Jesus stopped and explained. And there is only one miracle that is referenced again and again throughout the early church fathers. And this miracle is the feeding of the five thousand. And now, we are coming to the climax of this discussion. And if you read Greek, a number of threads in the teaching of Jesus, threads in the New Testament, and threads in our practical experience as Christians all come together...
2024-08-1926 min
Belonging House FellowshipSignsOf all the stories and miracles in the New Testament, there is only one that is repeated in all the gospels. There is only one miracle that Jesus stopped and explained. And there is only one miracle that is referenced again and again throughout the early church fathers. And this miracle is the feeding of the five thousand. This week we continue with an encounter in a synagogue about signs and bread. Christ John Otto leads a community of Artists and Creative People called Belonging House. His most recent book is Artists at a Shift in Time (ISBN 979-8987409916...
2024-08-0529 min
Belonging House FellowshipNot about food: Feeding the 5000Of all the stories and miracles in the New Testament, there is only one that is repeated in all the gospels. There is only one miracle that Jesus stopped and explained. And there is only one miracle that is referenced again and again throughout the early church fathers. And this miracle is the feeding of the five thousand. Christ John Otto leads a community of Artists and Creative People called Belonging House. His most recent book is Artists at a Shift in T...
2024-07-2925 minBelonging House FellowshipPastorsChrist John Otto leads a community of Artists and Creative People called Belonging House. His most recent book is Artists at a Shift in Time (ISBN 979-8987409916), available wherever books are sold. https://bookshop.org/shop/christjohnotto You can find his Friday email at https://christjohnotto.substack.com He writes longer essays at https://missionofbezalel.substack.com You can be part of the provision flow at https://www.buymeacoffee.com/christjohnotto #fivefoldministry #creative #belonginghouse #artists #evangelists
2024-07-2331 min
Belonging House FellowshipEvangelistsThe Evangelist serves a very important job, they expand and send out "tendrils" of growth in the body. They are the reproductive system, they cause the body to increase. They are the feet the go to new people and places. And they are the ones who get the message out. Christ John Otto leads a community of Artists and Creative People called Belonging House. His most recent book is Artists at a Shift in Time (ISBN 979-8987409916), available wherever books are sold. https://bookshop.org/shop/christjohnotto You can find his Friday email at https://christjohnotto.substack.com He...
2024-07-1532 min
Belonging House FellowshipA Prophet's RewardIn the Kingdom, everything is always personal. This is why a lot of theology is a mirage. When you bring it back to Jesus, and the Incarnation, and the fact that the Five-fold ministry is about the Incarnation, and that artistic apostles and prophets are Incarnations of Jesus, it is all very clear. If you reject a prophet and an apostle you are rejecting Jesus. Christ John Otto leads a community of Artists and Creative People called Belonging House. His most recent book is Artists at a Shift in Time (ISBN 979-8987409916), available wherever books are sold. https://bookshop...
2024-07-0835 min
Belonging House FellowshipProphets are Called And Tested.Prophets are called, tested, refined, and then released. Christ John Otto leads a community of Artists and Creative People called Belonging House. His most recent book is Artists at a Shift in Time (ISBN 979-8987409916), available wherever books are sold. https://bookshop.org/shop/christjohnotto You can find his Friday email at https://christjohnotto.substack.com He writes longer essays at https://missionofbezalel.substack.com You can be part of the provision flow at https://www.buymeacoffee.com/christjohnotto #fivefoldministry #creative #belonginghouse #artists #faith
2024-07-0140 min
Belonging House FellowshipMature Prophetic GiftsThe gift of prophecy is going to come from the Comforter, Advocate, and Giver of life. The New Covenant is about life. New Covenant Prophecy is a gift of life, not judgement and death. And Paul says this in I Corinthians 14. Prophecy first is for upbuilding, encouragement, and consolation. The gift of prophecy is going make people feel stronger, strengthened to go in the right direction, and be healed and restored. Christ John Otto leads a community of Artists and Creative People called Belonging House. His most recent book is Artists at a Shift in Time (ISBN 979-8987409916), available...
2024-06-2439 min
Belonging House FellowshipArtistic Apostles Embody JesusPaul says that the five-fold gifts are for the Body. And what is the Body? It is the physical presence of the spiritual reality of Jesus in the earth. It is not a group of people who have embraced some doctrine, it is the embodiment of Jesus in the earth. You and everyone else are supposed to be the body of Jesus on earth. This is Incarnational reality: As it says in Colossians: This is the mystery: Christ in You, the hope of Glory. Christ John Otto leads a community of Artists and Creative People called Belonging House. His...
2024-06-1731 min
Belonging House FellowshipCall Follows SurrenderWhen God calls you, there is a creative power in the call that keeps you going. There is the same power in a call from God that raised Jesus from the dead, that calmed the storm, and that created the galaxies. And sometimes, when you have a call from God, you are asked to make choices: Will you leave mother and father, houses and lands and brothers and sisters for my sake and the sake o...
2024-05-2648 min
Belonging House FellowshipMinistry or Move of the Holy SpiritGod is looking for people who want to be famous in heaven. The Holy Spirit is holy. We can't cast lots, and use the Bible to make a new thing. We can't create another strategy or an initiative and then ask God to bless it. We have to listen to the Lord and do what he tells us. Nothing more, nothing less. Christ (rhymes with "wrist") John Otto leads a community of artists and creative people called Belonging House. Each week we gather as a community for Beth Charashim: the House of Artisans. For more information about Belonging House...
2024-05-1937 minBelonging House FellowshipYou are Not an OrphanThe spirit of sonship allows you to take the lower place, knowing that you know who you are and you are the child of a king. And if you are the child of a king, then you are an heir, and you are a member of a royal family. You are not alone. You have someone fighting for you. You are royalty. Christ (rhymes with "wrist") John Otto leads a community of artists and creative people called Belonging House. Each week we gather as a community for Beth Charashim: the House of Artisans. For more information about Belonging House...
2024-05-1230 minBelonging House FellowshipThe Kingdom Reflects the KingJohn 15:9-14 Christ (rhymes with "wrist") John Otto leads a community of artists and creative people called Belonging House. Each week we gather as a community for Beth Charashim: the House of Artisans. For more information about Belonging House Media, go to our website, https://Belonging.house. Christ John Otto writes on Substack. Get his Friday email here: https://christjohnotto.substack.com Our community connects on MightyNetworks here: https://belonging-house.mn.co If this teaching is helpful, please help keep it going by buying a coffee! https://www.buymeacoffee.com/christjohnotto
2024-05-0531 minBelonging House FellowshipThe Flock of JesusGod is good. He is loving and kind, and wants the best for you. God is good. His intentions are good. His plans are good. His designs and expectations are good. His ways are good. His Kingdom is good. He is good. And he is a Shepherd. He will care for you. He will protect you. He will lead you to safety. He will bring you to good pastures. He will water you and refresh you. He will fight for you, even when you are unaware. He knows your name, and will go any distance climb any mountain, cross...
2024-04-2122 minBelonging House FellowshipPerson, Presence, and Power: The Body of JesusLuke 24:35-48 The way we encounter the physical body of Jesus is through the bread and wine. This is why the Eucharist is central. And when we encounter this physical body, we know him through the power of the Holy Spirit. And then something really interesting happens in this reading. And this happens twice in the twenty-fourth chapter of Luke. It happens in the house in Emmaus, and here in the upper room: He opened up their minds to understand the scriptures. Christ (rhymes with "wrist") John Otto leads a community of artists and creative people called B...
2024-04-1420 minBelonging House FellowshipPerson, Presence, and Power: Forgiveness.The foundation of the Kingdom of God is the Incarnation. And this is expressed to us through the sacramental principle: God uses physical objects, and other human beings to convey his Person, Presence, and Power. Christ (rhymes with "wrist") John Otto leads a community of artists and creative people called Belonging House. Each week we gather as a community for Beth Charashim: the House of Artisans. For more information about Belonging House Media, go to our website, https://Belonging.house. Christ John Otto writes on Substack. Get his...
2024-04-0730 minBelonging House FellowshipEaster: Love's Redeeming Work People love theology, and we could talk about theology all night, but nobody cares. Nobody cares about the theology of the resurrection. Nobody cares about the substitutionary atonement. Nobody cares about all the meaning and layers in this Passover Vigil. Because, at the end of the day, we are all like Mary at the tomb. We weep. We are alone. We are disappointed and lost. And w...
2024-03-3111 minBelonging House FellowshipGood Friday: Blessed is the WoodThis tree that was the source of death, the sign of ultimate suffering, the tree of injustice and accusation, the tree of cursing, and abandonment, of nakedness and shame, and the tree of bitterness, This tree in the garden: the tree of the knowledge of good and of evil, has now become a tree of life. Blessed is the wood that brings righteousness. Christ (rhymes with "wrist") John Otto leads a community of artists and creative people called Belonging House. Each week we gather as a community for Beth Charashim: the House of Artisans. For more information...
2024-03-3015 minBelonging House FellowshipHoly Thursday: The New CovenantJesus spent his whole life pointing toward this event. This was what he longed to do, establish a new covenant with us. Give us this bread of the new covenant, where God lives in us by the Holy Spirit and does the work through us so that we can do more than real things in this earth. We are not mentally remembering Jesus, we are reconnecting to the covenant and all it's promises: God is in us, and physically we are taking Jesus into us. And when we take Jesus into us, Jesus in us by the p...
2024-03-2920 minBelonging House FellowshipPeople Like Us Do Things Like ThisWe forget our story, and we forget who we are, and where we came from. This story, if you are a Christian is your story. This story is your identity and this story is where you belong. And this story makes one thing clear: you matter to God, because, as St. Augustine said, if you were the only person on planet earth needing redemption our Lord Jesus Christ would...
2024-03-2425 minBelonging House FellowshipFaith and the New CovenantThis week is an excerpt from an extended teaching on the origins of the Eucharist. Included is a bit of teaching on the New Covenant, Praying in Faith, and some questions from our community. Check out my new book Artists at a Shift in Time at https://tinyurl.com/5chwxxuy. Christ (rhymes with "wrist") John Otto leads a community of artists and creative people called Belonging House. Each week we gather as a community for Beth Charashim: the House of Artisans. For more information about Belonging House Media, go to our website, https...
2024-03-1726 minBelonging House FellowshipYou Can Be Born AgainGod so loved the world that his son became a snake for you, the lowest of the low, and in doing this, the Son has destroyed forever the power of the fiery serpent who deceived Adam and Eve and is out deceiving people today. Check out my new book Artists at a Shift in Time at https://tinyurl.com/5chwxxuy. Christ (rhymes with "wrist") John Otto leads a community of artists and creative people called Belonging House. Each week we gather as a community for Beth Charashim: the House of Artisans. For more information about...
2024-03-1027 minBelonging House FellowshipFoundations: You Can Be HolyThe promise of the New Covenant is you can be holy, you are the temple of the Holy Spirit, and you are a member of a kingdom of priests. Check out my new book at https://tinyurl.com/5chwxxuy. Christ (rhymes with "wrist") John Otto leads a community of artists and creative people called Belonging House. Each week we gather as a community for Beth Charashim: the House of Artisans. For more information about Belonging House Media, go to our website, https://Belonging.house. Christ John Otto writes on Substack. Get his Friday email here: h...
2024-03-0333 minBelonging House FellowshipPraying in the Flow: The Mechanics of HealingOnce we remove the barriers to healing, then healing can begin. Understanding our Identity in Christ as bearers of light gives us the ability to pray for the light to overcome the darkness. Christ (rhymes with "wrist") John Otto leads a community of artists and creative people called Belonging House. Each week we gather as a community for Beth Charashim: the House of Artisans. For more information about Belonging House Media, go to our website, https://Belonging.house. Christ John Otto writes on Substack. Get his Friday email here: https://christjohnotto.substack.com Our community connects on Mi...
2024-02-2531 min
Creatively Christian - Interviews with Faithful ArtistsFear Not God Can Be Trusted: Christ John OttoArtist and author Christ John Otto is on the Creatively Christian podcast, interviewed by Rachel Oxborough. Christ describes the importance of struggling as an artist and shares his advice to never take advice. He also dives into an important theme in his theology of art: trusting in God and living without fear.Christ (rhymes with "wrist") John Otto directs Belonging House, an international hub for artists which aims to build Jesus a throne on earth. He has published ten books for artists. Originally in pastoral ministry, he eventually found his calling as a full-time artist and...
2022-09-1524 min
A New Thing PodcastRaising Up an Army of Artists - Christ John OttoWelcome to our Sunday Session with guest speaker Christ John Otto, with the message 'Raising Up an Army of Artists.'
Sunday Session, 21st August 2022
2022-08-2258 min
Courriel du Vendredi de Christ John OttoLa Vie éternelleLa vie éternelle Merci pour tes prières Nous avons atteint la fin du Credo des Apôtres. J’aimerais pouvoir te féliciter. Je suis un peu gêné de dire qu’enfant, je regardais beaucoup la télévision. Je regardais de vieux films et beaucoup, beaucoup de dessins animés. Dans beaucoup de dessins animés, après sept minutes de violence, un chat ou un chien se lève dans l’ombre
2022-06-2902 min
Courriel du Vendredi de Christ John OttoLe pardon des péchésLe pardon des péchés Merci pour tes prières Pendant quatre ans, je me suis éloigné de l’Église. Et pour être honnête, l’Église m’avait fait des choses vraiment terribles. Malheureusement, ma réponse était « Vous m’avez blessé, alors je vais boire du poison pour me venger. » Les gens font souvent ça. Cette période sombre de ma vie a pris fin, quand je suis allé voir mon prêtre et que je me sui...
2022-06-2802 min
Courriel du Vendredi de Christ John OttoLe corps mystiqueLe corps mystique Merci pour tes prières Si tu es juif, cette phrase t’est très familière. C’est la première ligne de presque toutes les prières : « Baroukh ata Adonaï Elohenou melekh ha‑olam ». Béni sois-Tu, Éternel, notre Dieu, Roi de l’Univers. Ha Olam est traduit par « univers » en français, mais cela signifie tout le temps, tout l’espace, toutes les dimensions, tout ce qui a é...
2022-06-2703 min
Courriel du Vendredi de Christ John OttoUne parole de Dieu…Une parole de Dieu… Merci pour tes prières Maya Angelou a dit un jour que « La personne qui prononce la parole venant de Dieu est celle qui a la majorité. » Quand tu reçois une parole de Dieu tu peux marcher sur l’eau, traverser la mer et te retrouver de l’autre côté. Mais les paroles de Dieu sont délicates à saisir. Dieu a dit à Moïse qu’il saurait que cette parole de Di...
2022-06-0303 min
Courriel du Vendredi de Christ John OttoJe crois en l’Esprit SaintJe crois en l’Esprit Saint Merci pour tes prières. J’ai commencé à écrire au sujet du Credo en janvier dernier. Et nous approchons de la fin. Placer « le Saint-Esprit » dans un seul courriel semble non seulement presque impossible, et presque blasphématoire. Pour être franc, le Saint-Esprit, véritablement, Dieu avec nous, l’Esprit qui a ressuscité Jésus d’entre les morts, la Promesse du Père, le Fleuve de Vie...
2022-05-2702 min
Courriel du Vendredi de Christ John OttoJuger les vivants et les morts.Juger les vivants et les morts. Merci pour tes prières. Un grand nombre de personnes pensent que Dieu est un juge en colère assis au paradis avec une longue barbe blanche avec un caractère indisposé. Et ils vivent leur vie ainsi : Ils sont effrayés, honteux, secrets, et ils font juste assez pour satisfaire Dieu. Beaucoup pensent que Jésus est un hippie heureux qui traîne avec des moutons.
2022-05-2003 min
Courriel du Vendredi de Christ John OttoD'où Il viendraD'où Il viendra Merci pour tes prières Le jour vient où Jésus se relèvera et quittera son siège d’honneur à la droite du Père. Jésus-Christ va revenir. Et quand il le fera, il a l’intention de rétablir tout ce qui a été mal fait. Il vient pour finir le travail. Notre travail. As-tu déjà remarqué que pour chaque solution humaine il y a toujours de...
2022-05-1302 min
Courriel du Vendredi de Christ John OttoIl est assis à la droite de Dieu le Père, Tout-Puissant.Il est assis à la droite de Dieu le Père, Tout-Puissant. Merci pour tes prières. Dans Jean 21 il y a un détail très amusant. Après la résurrection, Jésus répète le miracle de la pêche miraculeuse qui avait eu lieu au début de son ministère. Mais cette fois-ci, il nous est dit combien de poissons ils ont pris : 153. Dans la pensée juive, et par extension, la Bible, les nom...
2022-05-0603 min
Courriel du Vendredi de Christ John OttoIl est monté au CielIl est monté au Ciel. Merci pour tes prières. Les gens pensent que l’éternité c’est beaucoup de temps qui se prolonge à l’infini. Ce n’est pas le cas. L’éternité est en dehors du temps, et nous nous vivons dans le temps. Le temps est une chose créée, et comme la terre et ses créatures, le temps a souffert de la chute de l’humanité. Le temps est brisé, et est s...
2022-04-2903 min
Courriel du Vendredi de Christ John OttoLe troisième jour, il est ressuscité.Le troisième jour, il est ressuscité. Merci pour tes prières. L’expression « Le troisième jour » apparaît 84 fois dans la Bible. Le troisième jour, Jésus a changé l’eau en vin, et Moïse et les anciens d’Israël sont montés sur la montagne pour manger et boire avec Dieu le troisième jour. Israël a traversé la mer Rouge le troisième jour. L’Écriture représente beaucoup de choses : un...
2022-04-2203 min
Courriel du Vendredi de Christ John OttoIl est descendu en enferIl est descendu en enfer. Merci pour tes prières. Aujourd’hui, c’est Vendredi saint. La Pâque commence au coucher du soleil. Jésus est l’Agneau de Dieu qui enlève les péchés du monde. Nous disons ces choses, de manière si désinvolte et rassurante. Jésus-Christ a bouleversé la composition de l’univers. Il a pris toutes les choses pourries que quelqu’un a faites à quicon...
2022-04-1502 min
Courriel du Vendredi de Christ John OttoMort et enterréMort et enterré Merci pour tes prières. À l’époque victorienne, il y avait une peur répandue d’être enterré vivant. Edgar Allen Poe a écrit une histoire à ce sujet, et il y avait toutes sortes d’engins vendus aux craintifs qui aideraient à envoyer un signal à ceux qui sont en surface, indiquant qu’ils avaient été enterrés vivants. Pour avoir travaillé dans un hôpital en tant qu’aumônier, je sais que la peur de la mort est réelle
2022-04-0902 min
Courriel du Vendredi de Christ John OttoCrucifiéCrucifié Merci pour tes prières. La croix est tissée dans le canevas de l’univers. Les israélites ont reçu l’ordre d’établir leur campement dans le désert en forme de croix. Ezéchiel a vu la croix marquée sur le front de tous ceux que Dieu voulait sauver. L’Évangile de Marc est centré sur la croix. Paul a dit que la croix était une folie pour les païens, et une offense pour les...
2022-04-0103 min
Courriel du Vendredi de Christ John OttoIl a souffert sous Ponce PilateIl a souffert sous Ponce Pilate Merci pour tes prières. Si tu es chrétien, tu crois en des choses qui se sont déroulées en vrai dans des lieux bien réels. Tu crois à des événements historiques. Et c’est pourquoi il y a une figure historique mentionnée dans le credo. Ponce Pilate était un gouverneur romain détesté, qui a eu une carrière très mouvementée. Et une partie de cette carrière ...
2022-03-2502 min
Courriel du Vendredi de Christ John OttoNé de la Vierge Marie.Merci pour tes prières. Depuis 1995, j’utilise le même livre de prières. (Au cours de toutes ces années, j’en ai possédé trois, mais il semble que lorsque je les utilise, je finis toujours par revenir à mon ancien livre sale, taché de café, avec les pages collées ensemble, celui de ma formation au séminaire). À la fin de ce livre, il y a un hymne pour la prière de fin de nuit : « Tu as contemplé le Roi dans sa beauté,...
2022-03-1803 min
Courriel du Vendredi de Christ John OttoConçu par le Saint-Esprit.Merci pour tes prières. Quand j’étais étudiant, je me souviens avoir soutenu naïvement la foi du credo au Houghton College, et avoir entendu certains de mes camarades de classe s’esclaffer entre eux. Tu sais, je n’ai pas grandi dans un foyer religieux, et j’ai moi aussi été sauvé de beaucoup de péchés et de blessures. Je connaissais un Dieu qui pouvait faire l’impossible, et donc ma profession de foi dans le credo était une vraie foi....
2022-03-1102 min
Courriel du Vendredi de Christ John OttoNotre SeigneurAuteur, enseignant et fondateur de Belonging House, Christ John Otto partage son courriel hebdomadaire et d'autres enseignements pour les artistes, les personnes créatives et les façonneurs de culture. https://www.christjohnotto.com/ Traduit de l'anglais et lu par Mehdi ANDRE Notre Seigneur Merci pour tes prières. Notre Seigneur. Jésus Christ est Seigneur. Paul a dit que personne ne pouvait dire ça sans l’aide du Saint-Esprit. Nous voici de retour dans le Royaume.
2022-03-0402 min
Courriel du Vendredi de Christ John OttoLe Fils unique de DieuAuteur, enseignant et fondateur de Belonging House, Christ John Otto partage son courriel hebdomadaire et d'autres enseignements pour les artistes, les personnes créatives et les façonneurs de culture. https://www.christjohnotto.com/ Traduit de l'anglais et lu par Mehdi ANDRE Le Fils Unique de Dieu Merci pour tes prières. Je crois en Jésus-Christ, le Fils unique de Dieu. Il y a quelques semaines, j’ai dit que Dieu s’identifie comme le Père. Il s’ensuit...
2022-02-2502 min
Courriel du Vendredi de Christ John OttoJe crois en JésusAuteur, enseignant et fondateur de Belonging House, Christ John Otto partage son courriel hebdomadaire et d'autres enseignements pour les artistes, les personnes créatives et les façonneurs de culture. https://www.christjohnotto.com/ Traduit de l'anglais et lu par Mehdi ANDRE Je crois en Jésus Merci pour tes prières. Nous continuons cette série en passant à la deuxième section du Credo des Apôtres : Je crois en Jésus-Christ, son Fils unique, notre Seigneur. La première déclaration...
2022-02-1702 min
Courriel du Vendredi de Christ John OttoLa grande reconstructionAuteur, enseignant et fondateur de Belonging House, Christ John Otto partage son courriel hebdomadaire et d'autres enseignements pour les artistes, les personnes créatives et les façonneurs de culture. https://www.christjohnotto.com/ Traduit de l'anglais et lu par Mehdi ANDRE La grande reconstruction Merci pour tes prières. À en juger par un certain nombre de choses (surtout des désabonnements), je suppose que certains d’entre vous se demandent pourquoi je prends ce temps pour enseigner le Symbole des Apôtres.
2022-02-1103 min
Courriel du Vendredi de Christ John OttoTout-puissant CréateurAuteur, enseignant et fondateur de Belonging House, Christ John Otto partage son courriel hebdomadaire et d'autres enseignements pour les artistes, les personnes créatives et les façonneurs de culture. https://www.christjohnotto.com/ Traduit de l'anglais et lu par Mehdi ANDRE Tout-puissant Créateur Merci pour tes prières. Je crois en Dieu le Père, Tout-Puissant. Créateur du Ciel et de la Terre. Notre Dieu relationnel est tout-puissant, et il s’est révélé lui-même en premier lieu comme Créateur.
2022-02-0302 min
Courriel du Vendredi de Christ John OttoJe crois en Dieu, le PèreAuteur, enseignant et fondateur de Belonging House, Christ John Otto partage son courriel hebdomadaire et d'autres enseignements pour les artistes, les personnes créatives et les façonneurs de culture. https://www.christjohnotto.com/ Traduit de l'anglais et lu par Mehdi ANDRE Je crois en Dieu, le Père Merci pour tes prières. Je crois en Dieu, le Père Je sais que certains d’entre vous ont froncé les sourcils en entendant mes pronoms masculins. Et bien, ce Dieu s’est révélé lui-même c...
2022-01-2702 min
Courriel du Vendredi de Christ John OttoJe crois en DieuAuteur, enseignant et fondateur de Belonging House, Christ John Otto partage son courriel hebdomadaire et d'autres enseignements pour les artistes, les personnes créatives et les façonneurs de culture. https://www.christjohnotto.com/ Traduit de l'anglais et lu par Mehdi ANDRE Je crois en Dieu. Merci pour tes prières. Je crois en Dieu. La croyance est directionnelle. Les chrétiens ne croient pas au bourdonnement, aux vibrations et à l’envoi de bon grigri. Nous croyons en Quelqu’un de plus grand que nous, et en dehors...
2022-01-2102 min
Courriel du Vendredi de Christ John OttoJe croisAuteur, enseignant et fondateur de Belonging House, Christ John Otto partage son courriel hebdomadaire et d'autres enseignements pour les artistes, les personnes créatives et les façonneurs de culture. https://www.christjohnotto.com/ Traduit de l'anglais et lu par Mehdi ANDRE Je crois. Merci pour tes prières. Je crois. Quelqu’un a dit un jour que « Dieu n’a pas de petits-enfants ». Une autre personne a dit qu’aller au McDonalds ne fait pas de toi un hamburger. En d’autres termes, pour être chrétien, tu dois fa...
2022-01-1902 min