a fellowship group of West Shore Evangelical Free Church
In a day and age where everyone and their brother is rushing to eliminate hell or at the very least fluff it up to be less hellish, this sermon by D.A. Carson shines a clear light on what Jesus taught on this all important topic.
http://thegospelcoalition.org/resources/a/lazarus_and_the_rich_man
Sex before marriage is becoming the norm even for “Bible believing” Christians. Does that mean we should encourage all unmarried Christians to take contraceptives? Why or why not? Read this article and share your input in the comments section.
http://www.christianitytoday.com/ct/2012/aprilweb-only/churches-contraception.html?start=1
In class on Sunday we were reminded of the ways in which Jesus Christ took our condemnation so that we could receive His grace. This short article reminds us to not mix grace with anything else! Enjoy.
http://thegospelcoalition.org/blogs/tullian/2012/04/29/two-hundred-proof-grace/
One of our classmates, Cindy Agoncillo, has written a fun post on her website about Philip Wang, famous in the YouTube community for his role in Wong Fu Productions, a film production company known for its short films and music videos. Some of the videos are inspired by Phil’s old Xanga blog, which Cindy mentions in her article. You’ll learn a bit about Philip Wang and about Cindy from this blog post, and to read what inspired Cindy to write this, visit wongfuphil.xanga.com. Enjoy!
Here is a sermon from Matt Chandler that is worth your time! According to the youtube link, this message was censored by the church where it was preached. Not sure what all that is about – but the title of the sermon is: God is for God (based on Psalm 23). One of my favorite lines from this sermon: “Don’t feather Jesus’ hair – alright? You’ll bow or you’ll bow.” Enjoy this God-centered, powerful sermon by pastor and recovering brain cancer survivor, Matt Chandler.
Recently in class we had some discussion about why so many of us struggle with really “getting into” the Old Testament. In response to that thought, I wanted to remind you of a book review I did recently on the book “God Behaving Badly – Is the God of the Old Testament Angry, Sexist and Racist?” by Dr. David Lamb. Click here for that article – the book is also available in our church bookstore. Also wanted you to have this link to Dr. Lamb’s live teaching on this topic at Swarthmore College. Click here for a link to Dr. Lamb’s blog, and the article with the video of his teaching session. Hope this gives you some helpful follow up material to the great discussion we had this past Sunday.
As we continue to consider and discuss the issue of gender, this article gives a good overview of what has been happening recently in the blogosphere on the topic. Alex Waardenburg and Cindy Agoncillo have blessed us in the past by giving SixTen a forum to consider and discuss these issues. Sadly we had relatively little participation in those talks, and so we are hopeful (and prayerful) that more will get involved in round two. I/we encourage you to read up now on how this important issue is currently taking shape within evangelicalism – that way you can begin to prepare for our next gathering on this topic! Stay tuned for dates and times for our next SixTen Manhood and Womanhood forum(s) – discussion times that will be preparing our hearts and minds for an event in September that we hope will be helpful for any area young adults interested in the topic of gender. Share a comment below if you plan to join us in those – by way of encouraging your leaders and others who may be considering getting involved. Thanks!
As Spring quickly turns into Summer we are hoping to to view this movie as a class and then discuss it. It is not showing anywhere near us (although we tried to convince them to bring it here!), so that may mean waiting for the DVD to be available. Until then, here is a helpful article that describes the movie and why we think it might be important for us to watch and discuss. Other movies on our upcoming movie night list? Stay tuned! Ideas include… October Baby, Justin Bieber Never Say Never (JUST KIDDING!), How to Die In Oregon, Notes from A Tilt-A-Whirl – what suggestions do you have? We will be giving you a schedule for the summer/fall of 2012 soon!
http://www.christianitytoday.com/ct/movies/reviews/2012/bluelikejazz.html
