Paul Jon Tried to celebrate Shannon’s birthday yesterday by going to the beach, but it rained, so we sat in a group and sang songs It’s hard dealing with all the emotions involved in remembering this day As we move through tonight, contemplate what our nation has walked through and what we’ve gone through as Christians And I think about the teachings of Jesus Christ My thinking changed on this day Do not become the evil that is done to you, turn the other cheek Lord’s Prayer Paul Sterling Psalm 4 Katie Keating Psalm 27 Anna Warde Isaiah 61 Stephen Keating I was thinking about tragedies Hurricanes on the East Coast, fires in Texas If we’re not careful, we try and put meaning on it and talking for God instead of listening Look at Job, the three men looking for meaning and they’re wrong Ecclesiastics God doesn’t point fingers, this … Continue reading →

Paul (How Great Is Your Love) Jon Acts 4:23-35 Book of the development of the first church of Christ Chapters 3-5 talk of the first persecution levelled against the church The response was astonishing and positive They die unlike any other Uneducated and socially marginalized took over Thr Roman Empire Something happened to them to make them respond the way they did In Acts 17, these men are causing this upheaval in the greatest empire we’ve ever known Get to a point where empire isn’t shaking you, but you’re shaking empire As we walk through this text we’re going to talk about this Peter and John went back Lord look upon their threats The civil authorities over the church could take possession of vital things If that threat happened to us, how would we respond In v. 29 they say give us boldness The fact that that’s what they asked … Continue reading →

Paul Stephen After church in K-1 is a meeting for solace for the children (Afghani kids summer program) Jon Matthew 6:9-13 -“Plant your hope with good seeds. Don’t cover yourself with thistle and weeds.” Mumford & Sons Life sentence for drunk driving manslaughter Instead of staying and facing the crime he ran Inspectors found him and convicted him Interview revealed why he ran Father had a watch collection, had a beloved watch Curiosity got the best of him, he broke the watch and he put it back When dad found out he called the kids together and asked them to fess up Nobody did and this middle child learned early on that when the big test comes along, he would leave it in the dark Series of small compromises led to this big failure -Peirasmos? Temptation in the text Tricky word Also translates as test The test can be turned … Continue reading →