Letter 4 Themes: The subtle attacks against prayer life; the implications of not seeing God directly in prayer.
Letter 5 Themes: Fear, anguish, despair; war, suffering; contented worldliness; growth through suffering; faith.
Letter 6 Themes: Fear, anxiety worry, suspense about the future; faith trust; prayer; revenge, anger; apathy.
Come to know the letter to the Galatians original recipients. Study its original context and embrace its timeless relevance. Discover – or perhaps rediscover – what makes the gospel of Jesus Christ revolutionary to those who choose to believe. Find out how everything has changed, now that faith has come. The eternal words God entrusted…
From the book: “Uncomfortable: The Awkward and Essential Challenge of Christian Community” by Brett McCracken This doesn’t mean that it is easy. Not even the 1st century churches were without their challenges. Most of the Apostle Paul’s letters were to the churches who were having personnel clashes over theology and other things. At that time, the…
From the book: “Resident Aliens – A Provocative Christian Assessment of Culture and Ministry for People Who Know That Something is Wrong.” By Stanley Hauerwas and William H. Willimon. “What does it mean for us to live in a culture of unbelief, a culture which does not even know it does not believe because it…
“I have no clue what that means,” I thought to myself! I was in our weekly Sermon Club where all of our church staff listens to the theme of an upcoming message and collectively provides their input and perspective on the proposed message. One of our Elders, “Bear” (that is such a cool nickname), was…
From the book: “Uncomfortable: The Awkward and Essential Challenge of Christian Community” by Brett McCracken “Christianity with no teeth, no offensiveness, no cost, and no discomfort is not really Christianity at all. It attracts the masses to something vaguely moralistic and therapeutic, but mostly just affirms their ‘eat whatever fruit you want’ freedom and status-quo…
From the book: “Resident Aliens – A Provocative Christian Assessment of Culture and Ministry for People Who Know That Something is Wrong.” By Stanley Hauerwas and William H. Willimon. In this chapter, we will discuss three different perspectives of what the church is within the world and our author’s challenge to each of these. The…