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

John 8:12 NIV Festival of Tabernacles Illumination of the temple Gracious Guidance Psalm 27:1 NIV Psalm 43:3 NIV Isaiah 2:5 NIV Isaiah 60:19 NIV Jesus: I am the Light of the World Jesus reveals… who God is what it means to be human the truth of the human condition God’s purposes Matthew 11:29 NIV John 17:3 NIV Romans 8:28-29 NIV our heart for healing/change Prayer of Relinquishment… Search me, God, and know my heart; test me and know my anxious thoughts. See if there is any offensive way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting. Psalms 139:28-29 NIV ..read more

John 6:35 NIV John 6:50-51 NIV Bread (Jesus) is a necessity Not an add-on Our capacity for heavenly life “It would seem that Our Lord finds our desires not too strong, but too weak. We are half-hearted creatures, fooling about with drink and sex and ambition when infinite joy is offered us… like an ignorant child who wants to go on making mud pies in a slum because he cannot imagine what is meant by the offer of a holiday at the sea.   We are far too easily pleased.”                                   ..read more

Son of Man.  Matthew 16:13-28, Daniel 7:13-14 Mark 14:61b-64 NIV • Son of Man   • Human Being Psalm 8:4 NIV   • Divine Ruler/Judge Daniel 7:13-14 NIV • Implications   • Jesus has authority Our commitment to Jesus can stand on no other foundation than a recognition that he is the one who knows the truth about our lives and our universe. It is not possible to trust Jesus in matters where we do not believe him to be competent… Can we seriously imagine that Jesus could be Lord if he were not smart?  If he were divine, would he be dumb? Or uninformed? Once you stop to ..read more

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Lamb of God John 1:29-30 NIV World Sin Takes Away Lamb of God Implications for our life Faith in Jesus produces hope Invites humble authenticity Romans 8:1 NIV Possibility of change O Lamb of God, have mercy on me, a sinner. O Lamb of God, have mercy on me, a sinner. O Lamb of God, grant me Your peace. Scripture Mediation ..read more

1 Corinthians 15:17-19 NI V Implications if Christ is NOT raised • Faith has no power • You are still in your sins • The dead in Christ are lost • Christian life is pitiful and purposeless "I didn't become a Christian because God promised I would have an even happier life than I had as an atheist.  He never promised any such thing. Indeed, following him would inevitably bring divine demotions in the eyes of the world. Rather, I became a Christian because the evidence was so compelling that Jesus really is the one-and-only Son of God who proved his divinity by rising from the dead. Th ..read more