Exodus 20:12 NIV Mark 12:30-31 NRSV Honor your father and mother Respect Obedience Luke 2:51 NRSV Care Protecting their reputation Provide for them John 19:26-28 NRSV Ephesians 6:1-2 NRSV Honor your children Respect Seek God's will Prioritize your life with God ..read more

Exodus 20:8-11 NIV Wired for rhythm Reminder of worth/value Meant for God The Sabbath is not just a ‘day off’. We can take a day off and not experience the Sabbath. We are commanded to stop in order to intentionally worship and enjoy God in an undistracted way.  - Eugene Peterson, Working the Angles Keeping the commandment… Mark 2:27-28 NIV Desire Decide Change I must restructure my activities so that I can set aside the day with the great Lover of my soul. If I have so many commitments that I cannot change the routine, I can be sure that at least one of them is not the will of ..read more

Exodus 3:7 (NIV) Exodus 3:7 (KJBV) God Almighty – Genesis 17:1 El-Shaddai “I am the God of your father, the God of Abraham, the God of Issac and the God of Jacob.” – Exodus 3:5-6 “God of my master Abraham” – Genesis 24:12 “The God of your father Abraham and the God of Isaac” – Genesis 28:13 “Moses said to God, “Suppose I go to the Israelites and say to them, ‘The God of your fathers has sent me to you,’ and they ask me, ‘What is his name?’Then what shall I tell them?”God said to Moses, “I am who I am.This is what you are to say to the Israelites: ‘I amhas sent me to you.’” God also said to M ..read more

Gathering together, with Special Guests: Mike & Elizabeth Rumschlag ..read more

Exodus 20:4-6 NIV Idol worship obstructs our relationship God is Holy God is personal Quote by JI Packer: “[T]he heart of the objection to images is that they inevitably conceal most, if not all, of the truth about the personal nature and character of the diving Being whom they represent.” God is present John 4:21-24 NIV Role of the arts/creation Keeping the commandment… Embrace mystery Center on Jesus Colossians 1:15 NIV Hebrews 1:3 NIV Quote by Brian Zahnd: “God is like Jesus.  God has always been like Jesus. There has never been a time when God was not like Jesus. We have no ..read more

Exodus 20:1-5a, 7-10a, 12-17 NRSV No other ‘gods’ before Me We were made for God Exodus 20:5 NIV How can we live for God alone? Admit and own Ask soul-searching question Deal with it aggressively Practice of abstaining/fasting 1 Peter 2:11 NIV Matthew 6:33 NIV ..read more

John 14:23 NIV • Context of Grace Exodus 20:2 NIV   • Law comes after grace • Commandments ‘fit’ us   • Demonstrate our essential nature The Law is not an imposition on the human species; it is an exposition of how the human species was created to live.  by E. Stanley Jones   • Emerge from character of God • Dealing with our inability to live…   • God forgives Colossians 2:13-14 NIV   • God empowers Jeremiah 31:33 NIV   • Prayer Walk ..read more

John 17:3 NIV • God’s Design for Humanity Hebrews 2:6-7 NIV • Shared Experience of Suffering Hebrews 2:17-18 NIV Hebrews 2:14-15 NIV • Renders Fear of Death Powerless Hebrews 10:19-25 NIV • Reminders of a life of faith…   • Freely Confess   • Persevere in Faith   • Necessity of Community ..read more

Week 7: Hebrews 1:1-14 NRSV • Only begotten One Hebrews 1:5 NRSV • Jesus gets the Glory Hebrews 1:6-8 NRSV • Sure Victory of Jesus Hebrews 1:13 NRSV • Implications…   • Passionate Worship   • Live in Service to God and others ..read more

Mark 3:21-27 NIV Multi-dimensional world… Enemy-occupied house Jesus liberates hostages Jesus blinds the ‘strong man’ We do not live in fear 2 Timothy 1:7 ESV Matthew 16:18b NIV Prayerful action ..read more