Spring Training: A Kernel of Wheat
Texts: Psalm 51:7-12; Jeremiah 31:31-34; Hebrews 5:5-10; John 12:20-33; I Corinthians 15:20-23; Romans 8:23; James 1:18
Pastor Jon explores Jesus' teaching during Holy Week, about the Kernel of Wheat that must die and be planted in order to bring forth a great harvest. Listen to how the events of Holy Week and Pentecost may have been superimposed on the traditional Jewish Feast of First Fruits. Consider how we might participate in the spreading of the Gospel through giving of ourselves.
Sunday, March 22, 2009
Monday, March 16, 2009
Spring Training: Snakes on the Ground - March 15, 2009
Spring Training: Snakes on the Ground
Texts: Psalm 107:1-3, 17-22; Ephesians 2:1-10; Numbers 21:4-9; John 3:14-21; Psalm 121; Hebrews 12:1-3
Pastor Jon shares his own personal dislike for snakes, and helps us understand what it might have been like for the Israelite children to walk through a desert infested with poisonous snakes. Jesus revisits this story in John chapter 3, helping us to understand that the solution to our problems is to get our eyes off from ourselves, and to fix them upon Jesus.
Texts: Psalm 107:1-3, 17-22; Ephesians 2:1-10; Numbers 21:4-9; John 3:14-21; Psalm 121; Hebrews 12:1-3
Pastor Jon shares his own personal dislike for snakes, and helps us understand what it might have been like for the Israelite children to walk through a desert infested with poisonous snakes. Jesus revisits this story in John chapter 3, helping us to understand that the solution to our problems is to get our eyes off from ourselves, and to fix them upon Jesus.
Monday, March 09, 2009
Spring Training: Take Up Your Cross - March 8, 2009
Spring Training: Take Up Your Cross
Texts: Psalm 22:23-31; Genesis 17:1-7, 15-16; Romans 4:13-25; Mark 8:27-38; Matthew 16:17-19
Pastor Jon continues our Lenten "Spring Training for the Soul" with a look at Peter's confession, and Jesus teaching on "taking up our cross." A simple head knowledge of the right answers is not enough for salvation. It is not enough to simply know what the Rabbi knows, we must learn to be like the Rabbi, and to follow Him so closely that we are covered with the dust of His sandals. The call of the Rabbi is to deny yourself, to take up your cross, and follow Him.
Texts: Psalm 22:23-31; Genesis 17:1-7, 15-16; Romans 4:13-25; Mark 8:27-38; Matthew 16:17-19
Pastor Jon continues our Lenten "Spring Training for the Soul" with a look at Peter's confession, and Jesus teaching on "taking up our cross." A simple head knowledge of the right answers is not enough for salvation. It is not enough to simply know what the Rabbi knows, we must learn to be like the Rabbi, and to follow Him so closely that we are covered with the dust of His sandals. The call of the Rabbi is to deny yourself, to take up your cross, and follow Him.
Sunday, March 01, 2009
Spring Training: Back to the Basics - March 1, 2009
Spring Training: Back to the Basics
Texts: Psalm 25:1-5; Genesis 9:8-17; I Peter 3:18-22; Mark 1:9-15; Proverbs 30:7-9; Matthew 4:1-4; Matthew 6:19-21
As we begin this Lenten Journey, Pastor Jon encourages us to view this time as a "Spring Training for the Soul," where we go "Back to the Basics." Lent provides us intentional time and space for us to consider what we hunger and thirst after, and to consider how we might more fully chase after the Christ we claim to follow.
Texts: Psalm 25:1-5; Genesis 9:8-17; I Peter 3:18-22; Mark 1:9-15; Proverbs 30:7-9; Matthew 4:1-4; Matthew 6:19-21
As we begin this Lenten Journey, Pastor Jon encourages us to view this time as a "Spring Training for the Soul," where we go "Back to the Basics." Lent provides us intentional time and space for us to consider what we hunger and thirst after, and to consider how we might more fully chase after the Christ we claim to follow.
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