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20 Timeless Truths: Truth #3: God Speaks
Posted 02/16/2012 at 4:24 pmCategories: 20 Timeless Truths, Thursday Night Teaching
Rory looks at God as the one who speaks as part of His very nature: Why He speaks, how He speaks, and why that is important. Truth 3: God Speaks Resources: What is the Bible Basically About?: Great little YouTube clip taken from a Tim Keller sermon about the centrality of Jesus in the Old [...]
20 Timeless Truths: Truth #2: God is Trintiy
Posted 02/09/2012 at 4:20 pmCategories: 20 Timeless Truths, Thursday Night Teaching
Mike looks at the mind-melting doctrine of the Trinity. Not just a theological exercise, the Trinity has profound implications both in how it makes Christianity unique among the world religions and how we order our lives as worshipers of God. Truth 2: God is Trinity Resources: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit: Easily the best book [...]
20 Timeless Truths: Truth #1: God is Holy
Posted 02/02/2012 at 3:41 pmCategories: 20 Timeless Truths, Thursday Night Teaching
Rory talks about the foundational truth of understanding the holiness of God as being the essential fundamental truth necessary to understanding the rest of faith. Truth 1: God is Holy Resources: The Holiness of God: R.C. Sproul a deep look at the awe-inspiring holiness of God and it’s life-changing implications Attributes of God: Fantastic compilation [...]
Shadow vs. Substance
Posted 11/03/2011 at 2:15 pmCategories: Colossians, Thursday Night Teaching
Colossians 2:16-23 There is a fierce difference between the shadow of religion and the substance of Jesus, the King. Why do we struggle to discern this difference? Why do we keep running back to the shadow instead of clinging to the substance?
The Church: The Big Deal of the Kingdom’s Break-In
Posted 10/13/2011 at 9:04 pmCategories: Colossians, Thursday Night Teaching
Colossians 2:1-5. The Church is a BIG DEAL. Centered around Christ, the fullness of understanding the mystery of Christ Himself comes only through our participation in it.
The Kingdom In Us
Posted 10/06/2011 at 8:50 pmCategories: Colossians, Thursday Night Teaching
Colossians 1:27-29. The Precious truth of Christ’s reign and presence in us.
Suffering Well
Posted 09/29/2011 at 9:05 pmCategories: Colossians, Thursday Night Teaching
Colossians 1:24-26. Much of our life is ordered around the avoidance of pain. The truth is though that even pain is used by God for His plan and purpose of establishing His Kingdom. His Kingdom, the Church was birthed in suffering at the cross and it continues to grow in and through us today through the suffering we experience.
How the King Treats His Enemies
Posted 09/22/2011 at 8:59 pmCategories: Colossians, Thursday Night Teaching
Colossians 1:21-23. Kings usually destroy their enemies; our King makes His enemies holy, blameless, and above reproach before Him.
The King and His Kingdom
Posted 09/08/2011 at 8:50 pmCategories: Colossians, Thursday Night Teaching
Colossians 1:15-17. All things were made through Jesus for Jesus. He’s the king of all creation.
The Breaking in of the Kingdom
Posted 09/01/2011 at 8:38 pmCategories: Colossians, Thursday Night Teaching
Colossians 1:13-14. The Kingdom of God exists wherever the rule and reign of Christ is present. What does it mean for the Kingdom of God to break in here and now in us, through us, and around us?
