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Sep 2022
What unexpected things do Luke 12:51-53 and Matthew 10:34-39 tell us about Jesus? Has Jesus ever been a ‘divider’ or a ‘sword-bringer’ in your life as a believer? In your relationships? How? I’ve said that believers need to stop playing games with God. Do you agree? What does that mean to you? What are some of the ways that believers play games with God? What are some ‘biblical’ strategies we might employ to keep our hearts from drifting? I’ve suggested Jeremiah 29:13, Exodus 20:2-3, 1 John 5:21, Isaiah 58:13-14, Matthew 28:18-20. What......
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June 12, 2022
Father’s Day
How did Jesus still the storm in Luke 8:24? Anything odd about the words used here? Does it remind you of something else? Compare this verse to Luke 4:35 and 4:39. What do these verses...
May 29, 2022
Proverbs 1:20-33
Wisdom cries aloud in the street, in the markets she raises her voice; 21 at the head of the noisy streets she cries out; at the entrance of the city gates she speaks: 22 “How long, O...
May 22, 2022
John 13:21-30
After saying these things, Jesus was troubled in his spirit, and testified, “Truly, truly, I say to you, one of you will betray me.” 22 The disciples looked at one another, uncertain of whom he spoke....
May 15, 2022
John 6:67-71
So Jesus said to the twelve, “Do you want to go away as well?” 68 Simon Peter answered him, “Lord, to whom shall we go? You have the words of eternal life, 69 and we have believed,...
May 03, 2022
Discussion Points from Sunday’s Sermon
The Downfall of the Domestically Devoted (05/01/22) Scripture references: James 2:21-23; 2 Peter 2:6-8; Genesis 18 & 19; Ezekiel 16:49,50. How do you resolve the tension between Lot’s choices written in the Genesis record of...
April 24, 2022
John 6:65-71
And he said, “This is why I told you that no one can come to me unless it is granted him by the Father.” 66 After this many of his disciples turned back and no longer...
April 17, 2022
John 6:60-65
When many of his disciples heard it, they said, “This is a hard saying; who can listen to it?” 61 But Jesus, knowing in himself that his disciples were grumbling about this, said to them, “Do...
April 10, 2022
Shine! or ‘The Burden of Radiation’ (Palm Sunday, 2020)
Luke 19:28-44 The Triumphal Entry “And when he had said these things, he went on ahead, going up to Jerusalem. 29 When he drew near to Bethphage and Bethany, at the mount that is called Olivet,...