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Connecting on a personal level to each other and the word of God is what the
small groups are all about. We use a variety of study outlines from diving deep into books like Proverbs, Psalms or studying
12 different images and appearances of Jesus during His earthly ministry.  EVERYONE, EVERYWHERE, TEMPTATION, COMPROMISE, SECRETS, DEATH
This Study Finished April 6th but you can check out the study guides by clicking on one of the 6 sessions below. Everyone - no person can escape sin. Everywhere - there is no place to escape from sin Compromise - Evil's primary tool Temptation - Large and Small, we face them all. Brainstorming from our first session led us to define sin as: Death,
Ugly, Separation, Trouble, Expensive/Costly, Embarassing, Selfish, Lonley, Deception, Slavery, Evil, Cancerous, Messed Up,
Hurtful, Painful, Sorrowful, Unholy, Deliberate, Tempting, Unconcious, Criminal, Hateful, Immoral, Sacrificial, Human, Spiteful,
Missery...
If you saw something on the shelf at a store where the above words were used to describe the product, would you buy it? Obviously not - yet we return to Sin which is all the things above. Why? Because there are 2 strikes against us. 1. Our basic nature is sinful and 2. There is an evil force in the world taking advantage of that nature. Sin impacts everyone - no one is exempt. All are tempted by satan - even Jesus. Sin is everywhere - even in the church. Compromise and secrets are valued by Satan and are his tools. Sin simply leads to Death and separation from Jesus. However, all is not lost - Jesus died on the cross and we have an open invitation to the cross - where the crimson river of His blood flows even still today - to be healed completely in His name free and clear. Even though sin's ultimate goal is death, our Lord has ransomed us from sin's clutches and has overcome death for all of us. Thanks be to God who loved us so much, He gave His only Son to save us. |
OUR CURRENT STUDY Life Topics such as leadership, freedom, faithful loving and responsibility brough on through our salvation. |
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PREVIOUS STUDIES: Believe
it or not, we used movies to see uniquely into God's word. How about Galaxy Quest
for good vs evil, teamwork, ills of adoration for pop-culture icons and simply refusing to accept defeat. Groundhog
Day for making life count, taking responsibility for actions and earning how to truly love others instead
of yourself. CLICK HERE for Galaxy Quest Study Guide CLICK HERE for Groundhog Day Study Guide ROMANS- Faith On Fire (ended 12/2009) - In-Depth 12 weeks on Paul's challenges to
the church in Rome and celebration of their faithfulness in light of Roman society.Couple of the weeks' big idea: Faith
is having confidence that God is still working on me: Real faith brings peace with God and others: We express our love for
God by sacrifically loving others. Book of Pslams
We saw examples of radical faith, some people who were really mad at God but relied on him fully, cried out to God when things got bad, sang God's praises in good and bad situations? We were inspired by these examples of radical faith and followership. Our study of the psalms looked into the writers, the emotion and the underlying love of God. We all need a Faith Like that. 6 week series began on April 13 2010. |
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Hey BIBLE STUDIERS - check out the Service Ministry
page for our special time of serving at the Soup Kettle, PADS, Feed My Starving Children, etc.
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