eNews 091006
Know the story
Be the people
Embody the Kingdom
Be the people
Embody the Kingdom
If you would like to contribute to the eNews or converse with the editor,
send an email to lkspringer AT gmail DOT com
A fresh eNews is posted each Sunday
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IN THE eNEWS THIS WEEK
REGULAR HAPPENINGS
UPCOMING EVENTS--Next: TFB Planning Dessert, Sept 16 @ 6 pm
COLLEGE BRIEFING PICTURES ON FLICKR
DEVOTIONALS AND OTHER STUFF
TANGENTRIDER BLOG--Honor Amidst Dispute
EMBODY THE KINGDOM--Doing 2 Timothy 1:1-2:19
SERMON NOTES--Revelation, Introduction
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Staff:
Pastor G (TFB Youth Min Pastor)
gbenjamin49 AT gmail DOT com
Laura (college ministry teacher and tangentrider; eNews editor)
lkspringer AT gmail DOT com
Leadership team:
Administrator: JJ
Tuesday Leadership: Jeff, JJ, Jonathan, Megan, and Shaena
Pictures on Flickr
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REGULAR HAPPENINGS
SUNDAYS
WORSHIP GATHERING @ 9:15 am--Main Worship Center
“COFFEE HOUSE” @ 10:30ish
COLLEGIUM @ 11 am--usually Off-Campus
Currently: 1 John
TUESDAYS
PRAYER GATHERING @ 7:15--Prayer Room (across from College Room)
TUESDAY GATHERING @ 7:45-9:00 pm--TFB College Room
Currently: 2 Timothy
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UPCOMING EVENTS—Next: TFB Planning Dessert, Sept 17 @ 6 pm
Online calendar http://lkscurriculum.wikispaces.com/calendar
TFB Planning Dessert, Sept 17 @ 6 pm
Four Generations--Mandatory!! Sept 30, 9 am - 4 pm
Movie Night, genre to be determined, Nov 17 @ 7 pm to Nov 18 @ whatever time God wakes you up
Christmas Soiree, Jeff's house, Dec 15 @ 7 pm
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COLLEGE BRIEFING PICTURES ON FLICKR
College Briefing 06 set on Flickr
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DEVOTIONALS AND OTHER STUFF
del.icio.us link pages connecting to Laura's Writings on 1 John and 2 Timothy
...for all you read/write learners...
Sunday Collegium: on 1 John
Tuesday Gathering: on 2 Timothy
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TANGENTRIDER BLOG--Honor Amidst Dispute
Now, in a great house there are not only gold and silver dishes, but also wooden and baked clay, and some on the one hand to honor and some on the other hand to dishonor. If, then, anyone cleanse himself from these things, he will be a dish to honor, only having been set apart, useful to the household master, having been made ready for every good work.
2 Timothy 2:20-21 springer
2 Timothy 2:20-26
Conflict happens for we are human, do not see clearly, and often trust ourselves more than is warranted. There have been conflicts in my life that involved many people and had the capacity of much harm.
Read the rest...
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EMBODY THE KINGDOM--Doing 2 Timothy 1:1-2:19
2 Timothy 1:6-7
Make the decision.How did God shape you?
Have courage.
Be who God intended.
Take the VARK learning style inventory and let Tangentrider know your scores.
2 Timothy 1:8-12
Have no shame.God has called us as individuals and as church to embody his reign in the world. Too often, stuff gets in the way and we do not embody God’s reign as we should.
Suffer TOGETHER
for the Good News of God's Reign.
2 Timothy 1:13-14
Be a disciple.How did God shape you?
Treasure your calling.
Calling is one way to begin answering this question. Consider the following questions:
What do you love and do well?
How will you live as a disciple in that calling?
2 Timothy 2:3-7
SUFFER together.What gets in the way of your following God?
Serve the commander.
Compete with integrity.
Work hard for the harvest.
How will you partner to set that aside?
2 Timothy 2:11-13
Die and live.
Endure and reign.
Proclaim and be proclaimed.
Be loyal. He is.
2 Timothy 2:13-17a
Understand the Bible in order to do it.
- The youngest book of the bible was written over 1,900 years ago.
- The bible is written in languages that we do not speak: Hebrew, Aramaic, and Koine Greek.
- The bible was written in cultures not our own—some of which are VERY different.
- We bring our time, language, and culture to our Bible reading.
- What we bring to our reading often distorts what God is actually saying.
So, to understand what the Bible actually means, we need to understand the time, language, and culture of the passage. This takes skill, practice, and conversation with others.
If you would like to learn more about the skills of bible study, talk to Tangentrider and come to the Tuesday Gathering.
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SERMON NOTES--Revelation, Introduction
INTRODUCTION
The Book of Revelation, Part 1
September 10, 2006
Pastor Charlie
1. THE BOOK OF REVELATION COMES WITH A GUARANTEED BLESSING. 1:1-3; 22:7
Benefits to knowing God’s plan for our future:
* Joy in the midst of affliction;
* Motivation to be the kind of person God wants me to be;
* Bolstering my trust and faith in the reliability of scripture;
* Drawing my heart to God in worship.
2. REVELATION WAS WRITTEN BY THE APOSTLE JOHN IN ABOUT 95AD. 1:1 ‘sending his angel to his servant John’
3. THE MAIN MESSAGES IN THE BOOK ARE PREDICTIVE PROPHECIES.
‘Prophecy’: a proclamation, a message from God
‘Predictive’: a message about future things
‘Apocalypse’: to unveil or reveal God’s plans that were previously unknown
Why the interpretation of predictive prophecies is difficult:
* Predictive prophecy is often full of figurative language.
* Predictive prophecies are often fragmentary.
* Predictive prophecies may have reference to two or more events.
Four main approaches to interpreting the book of Revelation:
* Revelation is about prophecies that have already been fulfilled.
* Revelation is a book of the history of the church.
* Revelation is a purely symbolic writing.
* Revelation is actual prophecy about end time events.
4. THE MAIN CHARACTER IN THE BOOK IS JESUS CHRIST.
5. A PRIMARY PURPOSE OF THE BOOK IS TO BRING HOPE.
6. AN OVERVIEW: 1:19
* What you have seen (1:12-18)
* What is now (chapters 2 and 3)
* What will take place (chapters 4-22)
Visiting the throne room of God – chapters 4, 5;
Opening the seven seals – chapter 6ff;
Blowing the seven trumpets – chapter 8ff;
Historic visions – chapter 11ff;
Pouring out the seven bowls – chapter 16;
Final judgments – chapter 17ff;
Thousand year reign of Christ - chapter 20;
New Heaven and Earth – chapter 21ff.
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