Misc

5 September 2011

What’s A Typical Day Like For You? (2 Weeks of Highlights)

This post from: 3rd of March 2011
Why I’m posting it: Some thoughts about our lives and schedules and how we spend our time.
Read it here: What’s A Typical Day Like For You? (Priorities, Change, and Random Thoughts)

During the first two weeks of September I’ll be pointing you to a few posts from earlier in 2011. They will post every day (except Sunday) in the evening. The purpose is just to give you a glimpse of some of the things we’ve been up to in the last few months.

3 September 2011

2nd of February in Mexico (2 Weeks of Highlights)

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This post from: 2nd of February 2011
Why I’m posting it: Just for those who are interested in learning a bit about Mexican culture.
Read it here: 2nd of February in Mexico

During the first two weeks of September I’ll be pointing you to a few posts from earlier in 2011. They will post every day in the evening. The purpose is just to give you a glimpse of some of the things we’ve been up to in the last few months.

2 September 2011

Something Strange is Going On (2 Weeks of Highlights)

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This post from: 23rd of January 2011
Why I’m posting it: Another praise for the people who are coming to hear God’s Word.
Read it here: Something Strange is Going On

During the first two weeks of September I’ll be pointing you to a few posts from earlier in 2011. They will post every day in the evening. The purpose is just to give you a glimpse of some of the things we’ve been up to in the last few months.

1 September 2011

Overflowing (2 Weeks of Highlights)

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This post from: 16th of January 2011
Why I’m posting it: Just to praise the Lord about the growth of the church, and a reminder of Who’s in charge.
Read it here: Overflowing

During the first two weeks of September I’ll be pointing you to a few posts from earlier in 2011. They will post every day (except Sunday) at 6pm. The purpose is just to give you a glimpse of some of the things we’ve been up to in the last few months.

18 January 2011

New Study Tonight – Where Did The Bible Come From?

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After lots of preparation, and a whole lotta help from my friends and family, a new study will be starting up tonight. The topic? Where did the Bible come from?

It all started at the suggestion of Mayra Fry, and is based in part on questions that people have asked me recently regarding the Bible. So, after reading books, listening to seminars, studying the Bible itself and doing other types of research, I’m (more or less) ready to teach the first study!

In some ways, this will be the opposite of the Chronological Bible Study, which was intended to be highly discussion-based. This will be much more taught, although Lord willing there will still be a lot of participation. Here are some of the questions we’ll be talking about:

The books of the Bible have been copied and copied and copied – is any of it still what was originally written?
Why do some Bibles have more books than others?
What did God’s people do before there was a Bible?
Who decided which books would be a part of the Bible (any why)?
Why all these different Bible translations?

The Victory of the Resurrection - Rome, circa 350 AD

A carving depicting the victory of
the Resurrection
With the chi rho or chrismon symbol
Rome, circa 350 AD

In some ways, we’ll be approaching the topic like a first century Greek might. If you were introduced to this strange new religion for the first time, what would you think? What questions would you have?

The early believers focused on something highly unusual – the Resurrection. And that’s the topic tonight. What were unbelievers at the time saying about this new religion (outside of the Bible)? What did the early believers have to say (inside and outside of the Bible)? Why this strange obsession with the resurrection itself? What was it that people were actually willing to die for?

In a short period of time, a religion focused around a man who had been crucified spread from Jerusalem to Rome, in spite of what we might call very un-marketable beliefs.

Getting into the mindset of the early believers will give us the keys we need to unlock the mystery of the Bible.

Thanks for your prayers! The study starts… NOW!

Where did the Bible come from? Promo poster

Promo poster courtesy of Samuel Valtierra

17 October 2010

Sweet!

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But when our wickedness had reached its height, and it had been clearly shown that its reward, punishment and death, was impending over us; and when the time had come which God had before appointed for manifesting His own kindness and power, how the one love of God, through exceeding regard for men, did not regard us with hatred, nor thrust us away, nor remember our iniquity against us, but showed great long-suffering, and bore with us, He Himself took on Him the burden of our iniquities, He gave His own Son as a ransom for us, the holy One for transgressors, the blameless One for the wicked, the righteous One for the unrighteous, the incorruptible One for the corruptible, the immortal One for them that are mortal.

For what other thing was capable of covering our sins than His righteousness?

By what other one was it possible that we, the wicked and ungodly, could be justified, than by the only Son of God?

O sweet exchange! O unsearchable operation! O benefits surpassing all expectation! that the wickedness of many should be hid in a single righteous One, and that the righteousness of One should justify many transgressors!

~ Epistle of Mathetes to Diognetus (about AD 130, translated from Greek by Alexander Roberts and James Donaldson. Full text here.)

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