Monday, October 26, 2015

Worship Minimovie: God's Holiness

Due to technical issues, we were not able to show the following video Sunday morning regarding holiness. I thought it important enough to publish here.

Thursday, October 22, 2015

Wednesday, October 21, 2015

One Another

Tonight we will be discussing (Lord willing) three spiritual disciplines. One of those is fellowship. Christians are not to be isolated selves that walk the Christian walk alone. Rather we must join with one another in fellowship. This is a discipline especially in an individualistic world. One of the ways the New Testament discusses this is with the words (one word in Greek) "one another." Here is a helpful info graphic showing that.

Infographic: all the one another commands in the New Testament



HT: Overview Bible

Worship Minimovie: Blessed Are the Merciful

Here is the worship minimovie from Sunday morning:

Wednesday, October 14, 2015

Millard Erickson on Mercy

From his book Christian Theology:
God's mercy is his tenderhearted, loving compassion for his people. it is his tenderness of heart toward the needy. If grace contemplates humans as sinful, guilty, and condemned, mercy sees them as miserable and needy. Words like . . . chesed . . . racham . . . and eleos  give expression to this dimension of God's love. The psalmist said, "As a father has compassion on his children, so the LORD has compassion on those who fear him" (Ps. 103:13). Similar ideas are found in Deuteronomy 5:10; Psalm 57:10; and Psalm 86:5. The attribute of mercy is seen in the pitying concern of Jehovah for the people of Israel who were in bondage to the Egyptians. He heard their cry and knew their sufferings (Exod. 3:7). It is also seen in the compassion Jesus felt when people suffering from physical ailments came to him (Make 1:41). Their spiritual condition also moved Him. (Matt. 9:36). Sometimes both kinds of needs are involved. Thus, in describing the same incident, Matthew speaks of Jesus having compassion and healing the sick (Matt. 14:14), while Mark speaks of His having compassion and teaching many things (Mark6:34). Matthew elsewhere combines the two ideas. When Jesus saw the crowds were helpless like sheep without a shepherd, He had compassion on them. So he went about "teaching in their synagogues and preaching the gospel of the kingdom, and healing every disease and every sickness" (Matt. 9:35-36). (322)

For more:
September 20, 2015 | Matthew 5:1-3 - If Your Happy And You Know It Your Impoverished
September 27, 2015 | Matthew 5:4 - I'm So Joyful I Could Cry
October 4, 2015 | Matthew 5:5   
October 11, 2015 | Matthew 5:6

Monday, October 12, 2015

Wednesday, October 7, 2015

Tuesday, October 6, 2015