The Value of Water
Relevant Justice
Generous Justice, Tim Keller Class #1. Relevant Justice From Introduction (“Why Write This Book?”), pg. xiii-xviii This study is relevant because… As Messiah, Jesus pursues justice. Luke 4:17-18; Isaiah 42:1-7 Note the word “justice” three times in the first four verses. Keller’s theorem: “A true experience of the grace of Jesus Christ inevitably motivates a man or…
Think on These Things
The Others at the Cross
Others in Matthew, class 13: Matthew 27:32, 38-44, 54, 55-56 – An African, outlaws, a Roman officer, a collection of women, and a rich man.
A Good Combination
OTHERS: Those Not Like Us Economically
Assumptions: As a congregation, not as 600 individuals. Be like Westen Blevins. We know that God wants us to be helping others in need. Neighbors. Micah 6:8, Matthew 25, 100 one-another verses, Good Samaritan etc…
How do we do this today? RCM is one way. Each person does their own, Levy? America, 2 camps, Mercy vs Structure, or Hand out vs Hand up, or P&S vs Ladder. …
Pretty Is as Pretty Does
The Messy Unwanted but Invited
Others in Matthew, class 11: Matthew 21:28-22:14 – The Messy Unwanted but Invited
This lesson covers three parables of Jesus. In these parables we meet tax collectors and prostitutes, the rejected, the uninvited. Surprisingly, we find these same also are those who are ultimately accepted as those who “did the will of the father,” (21:31), “a people producing…fruit”…
Senior Sunday 2019
The Late Comers
The Late Comers
Generally, this parable is referred to as “The Laborers in the Vineyard” or “The Vineyard Workers.” Because we are focusing “The Others” we title it “The Late Comers.” Given the outcome of the parable, a good title would be, “The Parable of the Generous Master.”