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The Rock Covenant Church

The Rock Church Worship Service

Paul chorus / interlude Jon Growing up in Michigan, you didn’t go outside in winter But you could play outside in the summer humidity Sometimes my mom would splurge and get me a gallon of grape drink First choice was always water, but I was only interested in something sweet So I would decline and go back out playing Pleasure center of my brain was looking for that dopamine hit from sugar When I finally got desperate, I would pick up the hose, no matter where it was lying, no matter what it smelled like, put my mouth on it and quench my thirst Liquid is discussed a lot in the Bible 4 But he had to go through Samaria. 5 So he came to a Samaritan city called Sychar, near the plot of ground that Jacob had given to his son Joseph. 6 Jacob’s well was there, and Jesus, … Continue reading →

The Rock Covenant Church

The Rock Church Worship Service

Paul Maria A while ago now I lived in Chicago and I volunteered at a family homeless shelter In the South Bay statistics say there are around 7,000 homeless people Family Promise of the South Bay The idea is that each church in the coalition will provide a home on a quarterly basis Paul Just going to start with a non-sequitur. Iron sharpens iron,     and one person sharpens the wits of another. Proverbs 27:17 (NSRV) Piggy backing off of what Jon was talking about a couple of weeks ago Proverbs has a bunch of really cool metaphors Iron Age was after the Bronze Age Iron was more plentiful Bronze had to be cast Iron had to be hammered A real equality to this verse and this image But when Cephas came to Antioch, I opposed him to his face, because he stood self-condemned; Galatians 2:11 (NSRV) Paul is coming into … Continue reading →