Week ending April 10, 2005
Know the story…Be the people…Expand the Kingdom
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IN THE eNEWS THIS WEEK
TELLING THE STORY OF GOD: the media piece
BEING THE STORY OF GOD: the life piece
THE STORY OF GOD—What it is we’re up to…
BIBLE DISCUSSION—Messy Spirituality, Psalm 26
SERMON NOTES—Good News About Grace, Part 1
REGULAR HAPPENINGS
UPCOMING EVENTS
NOTE: the Bible Discussion section is updated on Wednesday.
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TELLING THE STORY OF GOD: the media piece
Intent: to create a media piece that communicates to the average South Bay twenty-something the facts, emotions, and participations in the continuing story of God.
Collegium, April 3: Flood and Babel
Exposition:
Year: some time after the beginning of everything
Locale:
Mood
Plot Movements:
FLOOD
Initial incident: 6:13 “I have decided…”
Climax: 7:6-24 the flood prevails
Denouement: 9:18-29 drunk, farmer Noah; 10:32 Noah dead
BABEL
Initial incident: 11:3 “Come, let us build ourselves a city…”
Climax: 11:6-7 Yahweh sees the one-city, one-language humanity as powerful and dangerous; he responds by confusing the languages.
Denouement: Yahweh causes humanity scatter as commanded (1:28; 9:7), and they scatter.
Main Characters:
Noah trusting, God-fearing,
People of Shinar built tower of Babel, revolt, spoke one languate
Terah father of Abram, Nahor, and Haran
Theme:
Main Theme (hesed) evidence: God’s saving Noah; God’s not slaughtering the people of Shinar
Secondary Theme: Humans are both messed up and glorious.
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BEING THE STORY OF GOD: the life piece
Intent: to implement a student-run, on-going goodness ministry in the South Bay.
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THE STORY OF GOD—What it is we’re up to…
The story of God runs from the creation of everything to the consummation of everything in God’s Kingdom and includes everything God is doing in the already-and-not-yet. The lives of God-followers today are vignettes in that continuing story, joining the millennia of God-followers who live out God’s story. The God-followers here in Torrance, at TFB, and in the TFB college group are part of the ongoing story that includes believers across the globe. God has commanded us to be his storytellers through our lives, through words, through media, through art, and through any means possible, spreading the Story of God to all who will listen.
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BIBLE DISCUSSION—Messy Spirituality, Psalm 26
TUESDAYS
7:15-9:00 pm— TFB College Room
Discussion is potluck style—everybody brings something to share,
so read ahead, pray a bunch, listen, and create.
“According to his critics, Jesus ‘did God’ all wrong. He went to the wrong places, said the wrong thigns, and worst of all, let just anyone into the kingdom. Jesus scandalized an intimidating, elitist, country-club religion by opening membership in the spiritual life to those who had been denied it. What made people furious was Jesus’ ‘irresponsible’ habit of throwing open the doors of his love to the whosoevers, the just-any-ones, and the not-a-chancers like you and me” (p. 47).
Read the story of Jesus healing the blind man with spit-mud John 9
“Jesus often left his followers ‘I don’t know-ing.’ Our personal relationship with Christ is often the only apologetic we can offer. Our lack of knowing is the beginning of humility and the very essence of the spiritual life” (p. 52).
Think: What do you know of Jesus?
God’s hesed is
- the context in which we see our experience, v.3
- the reason for our holiness, v.1-2, 4-5
- the cause of our worship and the content of our witness, v.6-7
Psalm 26:1-7
“For your steadfast love is before my eyes, and I walk in your faithfulness.”
Tuesday prayer, 4/5/05
Thanks to Danny for being our worship leader.
WHAT’S NEXT?
Mike Yaconelli’s Messy Spirituality-we’re on pg 45
Psalms ‘hesed’ passages—worship readings and prayer response
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SERMON NOTES—Good News About Grace, Part 1
April 3, 2005
Pastor Charlie
WE ARE ALL SIN-POSITIVE PEOPLE
“When Adam sinned, sin entered the entire human race. Adam’s sin brought death, so death spread to everyone, for everyone sinned” (Romans 5:12, NLT).
WE ARE BORN SINFUL. Psalm 51:5; Ephesians 2:3
WE LIVE SINFUL. Psalm 58:3; Romans 3:10-12; Romans 3:23
GOD’S STANDARD’S TEST:
1. “Do not worship any other God’s besides Me” (Exodus 20:3, NLT).
2. “Do not make idols of any kind” (Exodus 20:4, NLT).
3. “Do not misuse the Name of the Lord your God” (Exodus 20:7, NLT).
4. “Remember to observe the Sabbath Day by keeping it Holy” (Exodus 20:8, NLT).
5. “Honor your father and mother” (Exodus 20:12, NLT).
6. “Do not murder” (Exodus 20:13, NLT).
7. “Do not commit adultery” (Exodus 20:14, NLT).
8. “Do not steal” (Exodus 20:15, NLT).
9. “Do not testify falsely against your neighbor” (Exodus 20:16, NLT).
10. “Do not covet” (Exodus 20:17, NLT).
“But the person who keeps all of the laws except one is as guilty as the person who has broken all of God’s laws” (James 2:10, NLT).
“For I recognize my shameful deeds – they haunt me day and night. Against You, and You alone, have I sinned; I have done what is evil in Your sight. … Your judgment against me is just” (Psalm 51:3-4, NLT).
WE DIE SINFUL. Ezekiel 18:4; Romans 6:23
GOD HAS A PROBLEM WITH ALL SIN-POSITIVE PEOPLE.
God Is Angry With Sinful People. Psalm 7:11; Romans 1:18
God Hates Sinful People. Psalm 5:5
God Punishes Sinful People. Nahum 1:3; Galatians 6:7
GOD HAS A PLAN FOR ALL SIN-POSITIVE PEOPLE
Colossians 1:13-14; Ephesians 1:5; John 3:16
GOD’S PLAN:
To rescue us from judgment by purchasing our freedom and forgiving our sins;
To bring us into His kingdom by adopting us into His family and giving us eternal life.
GOD’S MAN:
“For Jesus is the One referred to in the scriptures…There is salvation in no one else! There is no other name in all of heaven for people to call on to save them” (Acts 4:11-12, NLT).
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REGULAR HAPPENINGS
SUNDAYS
WORSHIP GATHERING @ 9:15 am—Main Worship Center
Intergenerational worship gathering with indy-folk-rockish music and good preaching… too fun!
“COFFEE HOUSE” @ 10:30ish
Coffee, conversation, and donut holes in the TFB Courtyard.
COLLEGIUM @ 11 am—TFB College Room
Fifteen minutes of random yapping,
followed by 45 minutes of tangent-surfing and bible searching
TUESDAYS
BIBLE DISCUSSION @ 7:15-9:00 pm— TFB College Room
Bible study meets hangout. Thirty minutes of random yap
followed by directed digging. Right now we’re going through
Mike Yaconelli’s Messy Spirituality and the OT ‘hesed’ passages.
We’re also working on the Story of God media project.
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UPCOMING EVENTS
BBQ (Mgrs: Daniel and Danny)
Kamper Kamp: June 3-5
Summer Camp—old style: June or July (Mgr: Jeff B)
College Briefing—Forest Home: cost $155
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