Blog - Part 7

Sunday Worship, May 3, 2020 | Follow Me

Instructions: The words and videos below are meant to be read and played in sequence, together forming one complete worship service. Begin by pressing play on the first video. God Bless! I have become all things to all people, so that I …

Sunday Worship, April 26, 2020 – Fragrant Offering

Instructions: The words and videos below are meant to be read and played in sequence, together forming one complete worship service. Begin by pressing play on the first video. God Bless! John Weasley once challenged the church to. . . Do all the good you …

Understanding Genesis chapter 1 verse 5 | And God called the Light Day and the Darkness God called the Darkness Night. And there was evening and there was morning, the first day.

God Makes Time | Understanding Genesis Chapter 1 verse 5

Our calendar, our entire perception of time, is based on this one cycle: Sunrise <-> Sunset. In Genesis chapter 1 verse 5, the passage of time itself finds its origin with God. Though each unique version of the calendar is a creation of human civilizations, …

Light Born in Darkness | Understanding Genesis Chapter 1 verse 4

One may wonder, why light? Why is this the first thing that God creates, even before the objects that give light—the sun and moon and stars? What is the meaning of this division between light and darkness in Genesis 1:4. Layers One of the …

Ask the Hard Questions | Sunday Worship, April19th, 2020

Instructions: The words and videos below are meant to be read and played in sequence, together forming one complete worship service. Begin by pressing play on the first video. God Bless! Last week, we celebrated the resurrection. We celebrate still. And we are …

And God said, "Let there be light." And there was Light. Genesis chapter 1 verse 3

Spirit, Breath, Life | Understanding Genesis Chapter 1 verse 3

There is a meaning in Genesis 1:3 that our English cannot quite capture, because we English speakers have separated the concepts of spirit, breath, and life. Check out the trailer below! Back in verse 2, we were told that the “spirit of God was moving over …

And the earth was formless, and void, and darkness was upon the face of the deep. And the Breath of God hovered over the face of the waters. | Understanding Genesis chapter 1 verse 2

Into the Deep | Understanding Genesis Chapter 1 verse 2

The Deep To the ancient mind, this word conjured images of a bottomless ocean which continued down and down and down until its waters opened into the mouth of the Underworld. This was an eternal prison for the dead, and for the monsters that the …

Easter Worship 2020 | Let Us Be Brave

Instructions: The words and videos below are meant to be read and played in sequence, together forming one complete worship service. Begin by pressing play on the first video. God Bless! Today we celebrate! Frightened as we may be in strange, and unprecedented days… Concerned …

Creation Ex Nihilo | Understanding Genesis Chapter 1 verse 1

The bible begins in the beginning— The absolute and total beginning— the time from which all time comes. Creation ex nihilo Long after Genesis was written, Roman Christians would start talking about something called creatio ex nihilo: creation out of nothing. While the writer of …

Palm Sunday 2020

Instructions: The words and videos below are meant to be read and played in sequence, together forming one complete worship service. Begin by pressing play on the first video. God Bless! Now let us join in worship of God by lifting up this …