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Jonah 1

SB:  Jonah thought he could run from God but he hadn't really understood how big & how mighty God is.
• The journey:
the extent to which he'd go to avoid God's command
 
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.1 Cor 4: 6 - 21 / PM

Paul's questions posed:
◘ What makes you so superior?
◘ What do you have that isn't a gift?
◘ Why do you act as if you're self-made?

[ Paul’s rebuke - Gal 3:3 NLT - How foolish can you be?
After starting your Christian lives in the Spirit, why are you now trying to become perfect by your own human effort? ]

1.  Puffed-up ( Read more... )

>> Throwback (Ps&Gs) 3 & 4

Philippians 3 / PM
v.3  links to Galatians

Deconstructs the notion of visual signs
 ‘tickbox confidence’ approach (v.5 - 6)
- the right theological and intellectual tribe & class
-  a righteousness based on the Law

v.8-9, 12:  But do have confidence in Christ
-  Righteousness through faith

v.10 - 14:  Confidence also ( Read more... )

Key Themes:

Joy & rejoicing
"The Gospel"
Unity
Suffering & division

* Shared mindset
* Be like Jesus
* Don't grumble

Philippi: Roman colony (Acts 16)Paul attacked & imprisoned

>>  *Throwback (Ps&Gs) 1 & 2

Philippians 1 / PM
Strive together
in all circumstances

Know the journey,
know where you are in the journey

◘ Paul talking to the ( Read more... )

Word of the Day: "hleów-feðer" - "a sheltering wing" (Old English, literally "shelter-feather"); an arm placed in protection around another; one who keeps another safe, who stands to windward to take the gale's force, to make a lee. pic.twitter.com/Jwz7dvOYtf
- Robert Macfarlane (@RobGMacfarlane) May 4, 2020
Psalm 91, in a nutshell.


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What do you understand by the term 'Growing Spiritually'?

- Different viewpoints, ideas & perspectives
- Are there any particular Bible verses / focal images
    that are helpful in expressing spiritual growth?

Discipleship: a life of obedience ('All this I have told you') - Jn 16
Relationship: life's purpose - growing closer to God
Fellowship ( Read more... )

Word of the day: "numinous" - revealing the presence of the divine; giving rise to a feeling of spiritual transcendence, especially in nature or art (from Latin nūmen - divinity, divine power). pic.twitter.com/fjlxJwzpSg
- Robert Macfarlane (@RobGMacfarlane) 17 February 2018

We're following the Micah Challenge Advent series at Home Group. This week's was all about humility, which led naturally onto Phil. 2. Borrowing heavily from the Wikiverse for a concise summary regarding root words:

Kenosis is a Greek word for emptiness, used as a theological term. The ancient Greek κένωσις kénōsis means an "emptying", from κενός ( Read more... )

Philippians 1 & 2

Philippians 3:

relationship over ritual

Context - the challenges ('those dogs'):
Gnoticism: a separation of spirit & matter; sin could be dealt with through improved knowledge. Combatted by reference to the centrality of Christ in Creation & in God's redemptive plan.
Judaisers: Orthodox Jews professing themselves to be ( Read more... )

or, “ Where is God When...?”

With each new sermon series, there's always one particular sermon which really gets your mind working. During the Genesis series last summer, it was Fiona talking about Noah & God's promise. I didn't make it to church on Sunday (Guilds stitch-bitching intervened) so downloaded the sermon to listen to instead last night ( Read more... )