Is there anything more faithful or gentle than a mom? I don’t want to go too far. Moms reflect the love of Jesus onto their children. This week we consider how our God is gentle with sinners and faithful through all generations.
Fruit of the Spirit: Kindness and Goodness
Two of the fruits of the Spirit are kindness and goodness. These two words are synonyms. There is a little difference in the meaning that can be found in the attitude of the person doing the action. Sometimes kindness can be selfish. May we always reflect the kindness and goodness that our God has shown to us for Jesus’ sake.
Fruit of the Spirit: Peace and Patience
Peace and Patience are a great one-two punch from the Spirit. How can we enjoy peace in a world that is anything but peaceful? How can we have patience in a world that is always in a rush? These are gifts from our God.
Fruit of the Spirit: Joy
Jump for joy! Joy is a fruit of the Spirit. The expression has the idea that there is something so good that you can’t just smile or shout. You have to move! Our second fruit of the Spirit is joy.
Fruit of the Spirit: Love
What is the Fruit of the Spirit? These are the actions and emotions that a Christian does. Just like a tree produces apples or pears, so also the Christian produces fruit. We’ll look at the first fruit on our list from Galatians – Love.
Rend Your Hearts: Saul and David
God is the source of repentance. None of this happens without our God. The Word of our God is a double edged sword – dividing joint and marrow – straight down to our souls. It cuts with the Law and heals with the Gospel.
Rend Your Hearts: Judas and Peter
Judas and Peter are an interesting study during Lent. They are main characters in the Passion Accounts. We see them fail every year. Because Judas ends up at the end of his own noose, it might be tempting to assign him an inordinate amount of derision. This is where Peter helps us out. Let’s break them down.
Ancient Wisdom for 2021: Social Network
Think of your social network as how you interact with your world. Does your temper ever get so hot that you don’t want to hold it. The rage just builds up inside of you until you can’t stand it. Your stack blows and you end up saying or doing something that you regret. A person’s temper is just one slice of the social network pie.
Ancient Wisdom for 2021: Work Life
How’s your work life? I suppose that question can take a few meanings and go a few different directions. Let’s try to go down a road. Will we ever be able to rid the world of poverty? Some of our politicians like to speak about ridding our society, but it’s not so simple. I think that Jesus speaks of this when he says, “The poor you will always have with you.”
Ancient Wisdom for 2021: Family Life
How can you pick a spouse? What about raising those kids? This week in our Bible study we’ll dig into proverbs for some wisdom on family life.
Ancient Wisdom for 2021: Stewardship
“The earth is the Lord’s and everything in it…” The Psalmist doesn’t leave any room for confusion. EVERYTHING belongs to God. Why then do we have such a hard time with this concept? We’ll look at God’s idea of stewardship.
Ancient Wisdom for 2021: Wealth
Can you ever have too many blessings? Looking at a blissfully sleeping baby in a crib surrounded by a hoard of toys you might think not, but there are some pitfalls that come with possessions. This week in our Ancient Wisdom Bible class we’ll consider God’s gift of wealth.
Ancient Wisdom for 2021: Health
“Well at least you have your health!” Fewer and fewer people in America say those words. We are becoming more and more unhealthy as a nation. God has some ancient wisdom for us. We’ll dig into Scripture to find out what we can do in 2021 to be more healthy!
Ancient Wisdom for 2021: Speak the Language
Do you speak the language? That might be a great question for a tourist who is exploring ruins in ancient Greece. Maybe this would be a good question to an exchange student who is meeting her new roommate in Barcelona. For our new Bible study in 2021 we’re going to look at Wisdom Literature in the Bible.
An American Christmas: 21st Century
What does the future hold for Christmases in America? We’ll look down the road this Sunday and close out our study. How will the pandemic impact Christmas traditions? Will we still invite people to Christmas? Watch and find out.
An American Christmas: Classic
A Classic Christmas, what does that look like? The term classic is subjective. I suppose every one of us could relate what a classic Christmas might be. Mine might be different than yours. When I look at the American culture I have grown up in, there are parts of the Christmas celebration that seem to be universal.