Episodes
Sunday Oct 25, 2015
Pain & Suffering... a twisted fishhook
Sunday Oct 25, 2015
Sunday Oct 25, 2015
An equation of Pain & suffering
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Human choice & free will
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Orderly cosmos
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Genesis 2:16-17
Romans 6:23
Galatians 6:7
Romans 8:20-22
Cosmic judo… infusing value & purpose
I Peter 4:12-13
I Peter 2:21
Philippians 3:10
Eternal weight of glory… shifting the center of gravity
I Peter 1:6-7
II Corinthians 4:16-18
I Corinthians 2:9
I Peter 1:13
Suggested reading… Where is God When it Hurts? by Phillip Yancey
Friday Oct 16, 2015
Evil... enemies within & without
Friday Oct 16, 2015
Friday Oct 16, 2015
“the Devil made me do it”
A personal world
I John 4:8
Romans 3:23
Meet your adversary
John 8:43-44
John 10:10
I Peter 5:8
Genesis 3:4-5
Victory >>>> James 4:7-10
“the Flesh”… enemy of my birth
Romans 5:19
I Corinthians 15:22
James 4:1-2
Romans 7:18-24; Galatians 5:17
Victory >>>> Romans 7:25
“the World”… everybody’s doin’ it
I John 2:15-17
James 4:4-6
Victory >>>> James 4:5-6
Sunday Oct 11, 2015
Humanity in Bible & Culture
Sunday Oct 11, 2015
Sunday Oct 11, 2015
Man, the great contradiction
Image of God . . . glorious - Genesis 1:26-27, Psalm 8:3-8Cultural Connection . . . coming to terms with man's identity
Free Will - Genesis 2:16-17
Fallen & Corrupted - Genesis 3:7-13, Jeremiah 17:9, Romans 3:23
Value >>>equality>>>rightsRecommended Reading: "How Christianity Changed the World" by Alvin Schmidt"We hold these truth to be self evident that all men are created equal, and theat they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights" - Declaration of IndependenceHedging against man's corruption . . . separation of powers
Acts 17:26
Friday Oct 02, 2015
Solid Evidence
Friday Oct 02, 2015
Friday Oct 02, 2015
Why was the Bible written? - 2 Timothy 3:14-17
Who wrote the Bible? - 2 Peter 1:16-21
Who decided what's in and what's out?
Written Around Jesus Time on Earth
Focused on the life, death and resurrection of Jesus and what it
means to be his disciple
Shared by early
churches
Divine "feel"
Are there mistakes? Errors?
" Translation Issues
" Copy Issues
" Scriptura Continua Issues
Conclusion - Be Confident!