Changing Weds Evening Bible Study from 7 to 6:30pm
Add comment October 29th, 2009
| November 4, 2009 | ||
| 6:30 pm | to | 7:45 pm |
Starting Nov 1st, we’re changing our Wednesday evening Bible study from 7pm to 6:30pm.
Archive for October, 2009
Changing Sunday Service Time from 9:30 to 10:00am
Add comment October 29th, 2009
| November 1, 2009 | ||
| 10:00 am | to | 11:30 am |
Nov 1st we’re changing our Sunday Service time from 9:30 to 10:00am.
We’re changing time!
Add comment October 29th, 2009
| Well, ok, maybe it’s not quite as amazing or dramatic as all that. We’re just changing the time of our Sunday service and Wednesday evening Bible study in order to better accomodate the changing needs of folks in our fellowship.
Beginning Nov 1st, 2009 (Daylight Savings – Remember to set your clocks back Saturday night):
|
 |
The clarifying effect of Christianity
Add comment October 14th, 2009
 |
“I believe in Christianity as I believe the sun has risen, not only that I see it, but by it I see everything else.” — CS Lewis |
Parents, obey your children?
Add comment October 14th, 2009
 |
Al Mohler warns parents of the upside-down portrayal of the proper parent/child relationship found in contemporary picture books for children. It’s an apt warning for all of us trying to raise respectful, God-fearing, well adjusted children to be aware of, and push back hard against such damaging influences. |
The fine art of group-think
Add comment October 5th, 2009
| Part 2 of the series on self-deception, on SharperIron.org. This one covers group-think and group-deception. |  |
The fine art of self-deception
Add comment October 5th, 2009
This article on individual self-deception, part 1 in a series on SharperIron.org, is excellent and a clear mirror for self-examination.
Christ in the Passover: a model Seder, Jews for Jesus
Continue Reading Add comment October 2nd, 2009
[ March 26, 2010; 6:30 pm to 8:30 pm. ] Join us for a beautiful demonstration of how Christ is typified in the Seder celebration. Jews for Jesus will be presenting the Passover celebration and how it points to Christ as our paschal Lamb.
The good news of the gospel… you’re condemned!
Add comment October 2nd, 2009
One thing that stands out crystal clear in Paul’s articulation of the gospel in his epistle to the Roman church is that the gospel that he preaches begins, and is founded on, a very complete and careful explanation of condemnation – the righteousness of God and the unrighteousness of mankind. Not only does he say in the early chapters of Romans that great masses of people will face the judgment of God and be condemned for their sin, he says that each individual will stand utterly alone in rendering an account for their life and their sin, and that each individual will face, alone, the full brunt of God’s personal offense and anger at their sin and rebellion.
The clearest statement of this and the fact that condemnation and judgment are fundamental to the gospel, see Romans 2: 16, “…on the day when, according to my gospel, God will judge the secrets of men through Christ Jesus.”
The questions one should ponder are these: What gospel do I believe and trust in? What gospel is being preached nowadays? Is it a complete gospel? Is it the gospel of Paul? Is it a gospel that can save? Or is a gospel of therapeutic help that just helps people to stop feeling bad?
The true gospel cuts and it hurts, long before it offers redemption and hope. It must do so to scrape away and remove the blinders of self-deception we all maintain with loving care and attention. Don’t rush it. Don’t rush to show the beauty of salvation to a person still blind. The beauty won’t be seen and it won’t be appreciated.икони
“God is bigger than his Word…”
Add comment October 2nd, 2009
I’ve noticed a troubling twist in a few conversations with believers, and it shows up when one tries to engage these particular folks with the certainty of the nature of God from the Scriptures. They balk at the idea of Scriptural boundaries and doctrinal precision about what the Triune God is and is not. Further they stiffen up when one tries to apply specific doctrinal principles to say a particular belief, behavior or attitude is right or wrong.
They respond with something like:
- “God is bigger than his word.”
- “God is bigger than your systematic theology.”
- “If you think you’ve got a handle on God then you don’t have the real God in mind.”
First, these phrases are not original with them. I’ve heard these phrases before. Second, I think the idea behind them reflects a profoundly deficient view of the ability of God to express Himself intelligently. While these folks might think that they’re protecting the “mystery” of the Divine, they’re unwittingly calling God an incompetent bozo who is unable to clearly reveal His character and will in human language. Third, these phrases percolate within the post-modern and emergent mind-set.
Here is a profound answer from Philipp Melancthon, the reformer who worked alongside and who succeeded Luther:
Now, although all the minds of men and of angels stand in wonderment in admiration of this mystery, that God has begotten a Son and that the Holy Spirit, the Sanctifier, proceeds from the Father and the Son, yet we must concur in this, because, as has already been said so many times, we must believe concerning God as He has revealed Himself. The heathen wander about in their hearts seeking a god according to their own speculations; but the church knows the eternal and almighty God, our Creator, as He has revealed Himself. Although we cannot probe this mystery to the depths, yet in this life God has willed that there be at least a beginning of knowledge of this subject and that our worship be distinguished from the worship of false gods. He has given in His Word a revelation by sure testimonies. In this Word, like a fetus who draws nourishment in the womb of the mother through the umbilical cord and the organs of reproduction, we sit enclosed, drawing our knowledge of God and of life from the Word of God, so that we may worship Him as He has revealed Himself. (Loci Theologici, Vol. 1 Chap 2)
Jesus consistently held the nose of his questioners and accusers to the grindstone of the Word…”What do the Scriptures say?” “How do you read it?” “You are in error because you do not know the Scriptures or the power of God.” Jesus took a high view of the understandability and precision of Scriptures. Can we, in good conscience, do any less?
