{"id":1231,"date":"2010-08-08T10:30:51","date_gmt":"2010-08-08T15:30:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cottrillcompass.com\/blog\/?p=1231"},"modified":"2010-08-07T14:04:58","modified_gmt":"2010-08-07T19:04:58","slug":"preaching-and-flying","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cottrillcompass.com\/blog\/2010\/preaching-and-flying.html","title":{"rendered":"Preaching &#8211; and Flying"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>This morning I&#8217;m preaching on Ephesians 1:11-14.<\/b> &nbsp;Which is a little tricky, because verse 11 actually starts in the middle of a sentence.<\/p>\n<p>The whole entire sentence is Ephesians 1:3-14 &#8211; yes, over 200 words in the Greek. &nbsp;I&#8217;m not exactly sure how I feel about the English translations tendency to split this passage into more and more sentences as the years go by &#8211; surely Paul had a reason for writing this all together!<\/p>\n<p>Actually, I can think of a reason right now. &nbsp;This passage intertwines the work of the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit &#8211; three individual persons working in perfect unity &#8211; one God. &nbsp;At times, it&#8217;s hard to know which person of the Trinity Paul is talking about!<\/p>\n<p>But anyway, this morning&#8217;s theme is <b>inheritance<\/b> (in Spanish <i>herencia<\/i>). &nbsp;I won&#8217;t give it all away, but if you want a clue:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Check out which phrases or ideas are repeated over and over in 3-14. &nbsp;One will probably occur 7 or more times, depending on your version.<\/li>\n<li>Read the rest of Ephesians.<\/li>\n<li>Read John 17:1-26.<\/li>\n<li>Read Psalm 16:1-11.<\/li>\n<li>Read 1 Corinthians 12:13.<\/li>\n<li>Read John 6:27.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>After today&#8217;s service, I&#8217;m headed to the airport. &nbsp;I&#8217;ll be flying to Guadalajara later today, to join up with a team from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.garsidechurch.com\/\"><b>Garside Bible Church<\/b><\/a> and their sister church Primer <a href=\"http:\/\/www.iglesiabautistahamilton.com\/\"><b>Iglesia Bautista Hispana<\/b><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>As I understand it, the team will be joining some local believers and putting on a day camp north of the city, in an area that they hope will be a new church plant in the near future. &nbsp;Exciting stuff!<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ll be returning on Wednesday. &nbsp;I&#8217;ll try to update my Facebook status and Tweets as I&#8217;m able, so you can see what&#8217;s going on.&nbsp; \ud83d\ude09 <\/p>\n<p>The Guadalajara Metropolitan Area mantains a large and dense population &#8211; over 4 million people. &nbsp;This actually makes it one of the largest cities in Latin America. &nbsp;Interestingly enough, the area also supports a huge Canadian population &#8211; some down for the winter, some year round.<\/p>\n<p>.<\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This morning I&#8217;m preaching on Ephesians 1:11-14. &nbsp;Which is a little tricky, because verse 11 actually starts in the middle of a sentence. 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