.29/4/22
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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>> 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... )

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2 Peter 1: 1 - 11

- Peter: anointed, emotive, forgiven, the Rock
- Writing to fellow Christians w/ no specific location mentioned
- Brotherhood, egalitarian: ‘ a faith as precious as ours’

The Greeting (cf. Jude 1)
Grace and peace be yours in abundance through the knowledge of God and of Jesus our Lord.
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Isaiah 1:18:
“Come now, let us settle the matter,” says the LORD.

“Though your sins are like scarlet,
   they shall be as white as snow;
though they are red as crimson,
   they shall be like wool.


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We're studying Phillipians within the current Ps&Gs sermon series. Tonight, Felix spoke on loyalty (he's a newbie speaker: M.A. Divinity from New College; that faculty serves us well.  :) ) What's important to note here is that Phillipi was a Roman colony, so when Paul wrote:

Phil 1:27  Whatever happens, conduct yourselves in a manner worthy of ( Read more... )

~ aka 'The Paraphrased Parable of the Persistent Pebbles'

So, I was leading at Home Group tonight & we were looking at 1 Peter 2:4-9: 'a royal priesthood .. a people belonging to God' in relation to Bill Hybel's 'What, me? A priest' study from Willow Creek. We talked about service and the perseverance sometimes needed to keep going when it doesn't ( Read more... )

Ray Anderson:

Prayer is not a means of removing the unknown & unpredictable elements in life, but rather
a way of including the unknown & unpredictable
 in the outworkings of the grace of God in our lives.

One of the things I love about “God-Lit”(books, devotionals, sermons, study series) is how excerpts from the Word are highlighted & magnified ( Read more... )