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Paul I realized 5 minutes ago that I didn’t like any of the songs I had prepared, so it’s going to be one of those nights Lay your love down (???) Jon Stoakia tocosmo – Basic elements of the earth No other gods before me and no graven images Martin Luther’s thesis on Galatians 3-10 are rooted in 1 and 2 All leads back to idolatry and what’s going on in our hearts Tim Keller Time, energy, passion, money, these things are all gifts, but they can turn into idol factories None of these basic elements, these gifts cannot hold us up, they’re finite Any of these things can enslave us Transitioning from being irreligious to being REALLY religious We all have religious impulses that say “there must be something I can do to receive God’s favor” The Gospel says that there’s nothing but trusting in Jesus Enslaved actually translates … Continue reading →

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Paul Jon Celebrating the arrival of advent Normally we have Katie talk about children’s ministry, were going to mix it up and have the kids talk to you Allison likes ice cream, Elaynea likes watermelon, Orion, Caden likes peppermint bark, the games, We need move volunteers to share the love of God with these kids These kids are a major priority for us Feel free to ask the 5th graders about it Men’s fraternity starting up on Sat 5th Jan To be a man after God’s own heart If you want to be a part of it, talk to Mike and Cas Next week after the service, Erin is leading a caroling expedition around the neighborhood 2nd Sunday of Advent, going to have Mark read for us Mark Isaiah ??? Paul / coda Jon Philippians Next week Paul will preach and then the week after that we’ll be having our … Continue reading →

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Paul coda Jon Continuing our temporary break from grace and peace I have this scroll in my office Mini replica of the Torah Torah is life, beauty, poetry Reading words from God to people, life-giving words They place honey on their children’s lips and tongues Don’t just memorize things, but giving them the full experience, the sweetness of Him Ed. note – this makes me think of C.S. Lewis talking about how sex doesn’t have the same pleasure as chocolate. As we’re reading the text and God’s redemptive story Life giving beauty and poetry Giving us an idea of what redemption looks like and how it plays out The sticks on each end of the scroll are referred to as trees There’s trees at the beginning and the end (Genesis and Revelation) We live in the middle, in this redemptive story that’s going on Torah is life and life-giving Each … Continue reading →

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Paul coda Jon Jeremy (not me) is going in for hip surgery tomorrow 15 years in pain hopefully ended Philippians 1:12-14 Phroneo Christou – the mind and attitude of Jesus Later on he’ll talk about contentment while being in chains Paul’s imprisonment helps to spread the gospel Learning to be content in all situations and circumstances Excerpt from Jon’s emails to a friend who’s dealing with pain Ecclesiastes – the Old Testament book of wisdom by Solomon Peace is not the absence of conflict, but sitting in the questions and the pain and still smiling Even in my despair and my confusion, I will still praise You my Lord and my God Paul is writing from a perspective of joy in sorrow You develop phroneo christou in sorrow and pain When we said yes to the open tomb and yes to the cross and yes to Jesus, we said yes … Continue reading →

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Paul coda Heather Mercy’s Village sign-up sheet going around, sponsor a child The pot luck November 18th Online sign-ups Men’s Olympics next Sunday Danny Ray at youth ministry this Friday Pizza at six, show at seven Middle/high school, but elementary appropriate Paul Disappearing Mercy’s Village sign-up sheet Jon Philippians 1:9-11 Grace and Peace to you And it is my prayer that your love may abound more and more, with knowledge and all discernment, so that you may approve what is excellent, and so be pure and blameless for the day of Christ, filled with the fruit of righteousness that comes through Jesus Christ, to the glory and praise of God. (Philippians 1:9-11 ESV) I had the pleasure of working on these verses with a friend of mine over a couple of phone calls This is my prayer Agape – God love, selfless, pursues, sacrificial Perissos – grow, increase, with no … Continue reading →

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Paul Jenny New members class on October 28th at Rob and Jill’s Service project with air force chaplains Paul Even if you’re new, this is home, welcome home Feel comfortable to do whatever, we just want a real encounter with a real God Jon Grace and peace – Philippians 1 v 1-2 Paul and Timothy, servants of Christ Jesus, To all the saints in Christ Jesus who are at Philippi, with the overseers and deacons: Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. (Philippians 1:1, 2 ESV) Paul speaking from prison, while he’s in chains, talking about love and suffering Back in January we talked about being a community of grace and peace My hope and my prayer and my deepest desire is that we each would be completely altered and changed by the pulling and calling of Jesus That grace and peace will … Continue reading →

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Paul Jon Tonight we are parabling it up Next week were starting a new series of Philippians We’ve never been through that book before, it’s a book of joy mixed with suffering He put another parable before them, saying, “The kingdom of heaven is like a grain of mustard seed that a man took and sowed in his field. It is the smallest of all seeds, but when it has grown it is larger than all the garden plants and becomes a tree, so that the birds of the air come and make nests in its branches.” He told them another parable. “The kingdom of heaven is like leaven that a woman took and hid in three measures of flour, till it was all leavened.” All these things Jesus said to the crowds in parables; indeed, he said nothing to them without a parable. This was to fulfill what was … Continue reading →