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| Hebrews 5:11 - 6:20 | July 18, 2010 |
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| Greg Stiekes | Sunday Morning Service |
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Again the author of Hebrews diverges from his main topic in order to exhort his readers. As Jesus was “perfected” because He “learned obedience” (5:7-10), so must we also hear and obey if we would “go on to perfection” (6:1). Disobedience breeds spiritual immaturity and immaturity breeds apostasy; but our perfection rests in the promise of God through Christ, our High Priest. |
| Various Texts | July 18, 2010 |
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| Scott Aniol | Sunday School |
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The Bible commands that our worship be done "decently and in order." The order and structure of a worship service is its liturgy. Every church has a liturgy; the question is how thoughtful that liturgy is and what it communicates about what the church believes. A look at the development of the Church's liturgy through history will help us be deliberate in our "re-presentation" of the gospel in how we structure our worship. |
| Various Texts | July 14, 2010 |
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| Greg Stiekes | Wednesday Evening Service |
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Earlier in our series we looked at what it was like to assemble as the church in the first century. Tonight we will move beyond the details of that primitive meeting to examine the basic elements that were consistent between all churches in the first and second centuries. We will begin by considering the testimony of some second-century writers, then we will review the elements of worship present in the New Testament. Finally, we will analyze two specific elements of worship in the early church, namely singing and the Lord’s Table, returning to our discussion of the Didache from two weeks earlier. |
| Hebrews 5:11 - 6:20 | July 11, 2010 |
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| Greg Stiekes | Sunday Morning Service |
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Again the author of Hebrews diverges from his main topic in order to exhort his readers. As Jesus was “perfected” because He “learned obedience” (5:7-10), so must we also hear and obey if we would “go on to perfection” (6:1). Disobedience breeds spiritual immaturity and immaturity breeds apostasy; but our perfection rests in the promise of God through Christ, our High Priest. |
| Philippians 4 | July 11, 2010 |
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| Ryan Martin | Sunday School |
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This lesson demonstrates that there is a New Testament pattern for giving in assemblies, and it is proper both to give to those believers who have financial needs inside and outside the assembly and to support those who labor in gospel ministry. We also saw the theological reasons for giving, because Jesus Christ is Lord (and Lord of our checkbook), because Christ himself is an unspeakable gift, because God delights in generous Christians, and because God uses generous giving to work graciously in others. |
| 2 Timothy 4:1-2 | July 7, 2010 |
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| Ryan Martin | Wednesday Evening Service |
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2 Clement shows us the importance of sermons in the early church. Though the author wrongly emphasizes works as a way of earning God's favor, his (at best) careless call for perseverance may have been the result of profound sin among the congregants. This lesson reminds us the promise of God's acceptance only on the righteousness of Christ. We also look at some other early Christian sermons by Clement of Alexandria and Melito of Sardis. |
| Hebrews 5:1-10 | July 4, 2010 |
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| Greg Stiekes | Sunday Morning Service |
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In order to be in the right before God we must have a mediator to represent us. The central argument in Hebrews is that Jesus Christ became the Mediator by becoming our High Priest. But what qualifies Jesus to be a Priest? The author answers this important question in our text by comparing the qualifications for the Aaronic priesthood with the qualities of Jesus Christ. |
| Various Texts | July 4, 2010 |
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| Scott Aniol | Sunday School |
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Public prayer is an essential element of corporate worship. This lesson will survey the biblical forms of corporate prayer as well as its content. |