January 31, 2010
Resources:
1 Cor 12:14-31 Don Vander Giessen
Unity in Christ 1 Corinthians 12:12-13
1 Corinthians 12:4-7
1 Corinthians 12:1-3
Memory Verses for January 2010
January 8, 2010
1 Corinthians 12:4-7
“Now there are varieties of gifts, but the same Spirit; and there are varieties of service, but the same Lord; and there are varieties of activities, but it is the same God who empowers them all in everyone. To each is given the manifestation of the Spirit for the common good.”
Why Do We Read The Bible? (Part 2)
January 8, 2010
Since many of us have begun reading through the Bible in 2010, I wrote last week about why we read the Bible, namely, to be shaped by God’s story more than the values we imbibe from our culture. As crucial as this is, it stands next to an equally significant purpose in reading God’s word: [...]
Why Do We Read The Bible?
January 8, 2010
God is writing a story. Not in the sense that a novelist creates fictional characters and places, or even in the sense that a playwright or screenwriter develops a script that people actually act out. The world we find ourselves in-nature, people, time, relationships-this is all part of the story that God has been writing [...]
Christmas Eve Meditation
January 8, 2010
This Christmas is special for our family because it is the first year that our children have been able to understand the story of Jesus’ birth. We have been adding pieces to an Advent Calendar each evening after dinner, so that the animals in stable, the shepherds in the field, and the wise men traveling [...]