Ancient Cliff Notes
Read moremouth to mouth
Though I have much to write to you, I would rather not use paper and ink. Instead I hope to come to you and talk face to face, so that our joy may be complete.
Read moretwo: communion
communion is a common union of broken people, who are made whole by the body and blood of Jesus Christ. We are united by our differences, and there is a seat for everyone at the table.
Read more#8 The New Self
series: Love Incorruptible
title: The New Self
date: June 11, 2017
teacher: Jacob Bender
scriptures: Ephesians 4:17-32, Matthew 7:12, Ecclesiastes 7:2, 2 Corinthians 5:14,
This section begins by working on the issue of ME. The issue of YOU.
Paul tells us to put OFF the old self… put away everything that used to be us… the former life… the corruption… the greed that drives most of our lives. Put it all away.
That used to be your life… That is not your life anymore.
You have learned Christ… Christ has done something NEW in you.
#5 isolation
series: Thawing
title: isolation
date: February 5, 2017
teacher: Jacob Bender
scriptures: Proverbs 2:6, James 3:13-18, 2 Timothy 4:1-4, Judges 18,
#1 Loneliness
series: Jesus & Me (and the people we need)
title: loneliness
teacher: Jacob Bender
date: February 7, 2016
scriptures: John 17:6-11, Genesis 1:26, Genesis 2:18, Ecclesiastes 4:9-12, Proverbs 5:14, Isaiah 59:14, Romans 5:8, Luke 5:31, 1 John 4:7-8
We want our relationships to look like the gospel.
and the only way to do that is to understand the gospel, and then let it trickle into the way that we relate to one another. Everybody, deep down, has a desire:
to be fully known.
to be fully accepted.
and to be fully loved.
and the good news, right out of the gate, is you are all of those things!
Jesus Christ knows everything about you. He knows you fully. And yet he still accepts you just the way that you are and he still loves you with all of his heart to the point of literally laying down his life for you.
and the types of relationships that are worth having, look like that… they look like the gospel. The gospel should trickle. It should apply everywhere. We love, because he first loved us (1 John 4:19) – well how did he first love us?
He loved us, and accepted us, fully knowing us.
#2 The Pretending Heart
DATE: May 24, 2015
TEACHERS: Jacob & Dawn Bender
SERIES: Intentions
TITLE: The Pretending Heart
SCRIPTURES: 1 John 1:5-10, Jeremiah 1:5, Isaiah 6, Genesis 2:16, Hebrew 6:17-19, Ephesians 6:20-21, Hebrews 4:13-16.
Who are you?
Where are you?
What are you hiding behind?
What are you hiding in front of?
Why are you hiding?
And when do we get to see the real you?
Most of us try and separate worship from working. Ministry is what we do on Sunday's, and everything else is "life" - but it doesn't work.