Our LifeGroups are working through a study guide on the book of Judges called, “Judges – The Flawed and the Flawless” by Tim Keller. This evening we’re thinking about the first half of the second study – Expect the Unexpected – in Judges 3 looking at Othniel, Ehud and (briefly) Shamgar.
in these last days he has spoken to us by his Son (Hebrews 1:2) The beginning of the letter to the Hebrews gives us another perspective on Christmas, a God’s-eye view so to speak. Reminding us that one of the great blessings of the incarnation is the profound increase in the intimacy with which we…
Our LifeGroups are working through a study guide on the book of Judges called, “Judges – The Flawed and the Flawless” by Tim Keller. On those weeks, the group who meet in our building also work through the same material. This is our second week, looking at the second chapter and forms the conclusion of the initial study – A Shaky…
This, then, is how you should pray Matthew 6:9 In the Sermon on the Mount Jesus is overturning the lies the world has told us: lies about what is important and what is not, lies about how to be happy and, even, what happiness is. In his teaching on prayer he overthrows both the corruption…
Our LifeGroups are working through a study guide on the book of Judges called, “Judges – The Flawed and the Flawless” by Tim Keller. On those weeks, the group who meet in our building also work through the same material. This is the first study, looking at the first chapter and forms half of the…
We want to ask ourselves some basic questions about prayer, and there isn’t any more basic question about prayer than the question of why we do it at all. We think about this by looking at some of the more surprising, and even shocking, prayers of Scripture. You have heard that it was said,`Love your…
As we look at the final article of the Apostles’ Creed we come to a confession whose English form is, perhaps, a little misleading. Because “eternal life” in the New Testament does not emphasis duration in the same way we might assume. Eternal life is not distinguished primarily by its endlessness, but by the quality of life…
I believe in the resurrection of the body is the 11th article of the Apostles’ Creed and the hope it expresses functions in a number of ways in Scripture: Resurrection as Hope Resurrection as Praise Resurrection as Judgement Resurrection as Salvation as the Father has life in himself, so he has granted the Son to…
The sixth article of the Apostles’ Creed confesses our belief that Jesus was taken up, bodily, into heaven. After he said this, he was taken up before their very eyes, and a cloud hid him from their sight. Acts 1:9