Jesus

In this edition of a Weekly Message, our Lord speaks of the celebration of his birth and gives recommendations for using his birthday as a stimulus for changing your future life. This is a very interesting and inspirational message. Please tell your friends about his messages.

Wrapping up our series “Engage”, this week is part 2 of a 2 part message from Pastor Jodi, equipping us with practical, logical, and helpful insights into how to engage with those who claim there is no God, including questions to ask your atheist friends and family. This is also a good message for those who identify as atheists as well, so share with your atheist friend!

Key Scripture Passages:
2 Cor 10:3-5, 1 Pet 3:15, 1 Cor 2:14, 3:19-20, Psa 10:4-7, 14:1, 19:1-2, 74:18, 92:5-6, Gen 1:1, Ecc 3:11, Rom 2:15, Eph 4:18

Books Referenced:
- J. Warner Wallace’s “God’s Crime Scene”
- Timothy Keller’s “Reason for God: Belief in an Age of Skepticism”

Continuing our series “Engage”, Pastor Jodi teaches on what Jesus said, that the greatest among us is the servant of all and the deeper implications of how Jesus demonstrates what true service looks like and how it can fulfill our lives, as we give ourselves to lives of service.

Key Scripture Passages:
John 13:1-17, Phi 2:3-11, Jam 1:22

Today we start our new series “Engage”, and Pastor Ira teaches how the Grace of God is so much more than we typically think. The “Flow of Grace” takes us from Salvation to Transformation to being a wonderful conduit of His love and grace to others.

Key Scripture Passages:
Mat 5:16, Eph 2:1-10, Heb 10:14, 1 Pet 4:10-11

Psalm 46: 7-11 (NRSV)

1 God is our refuge and strength,
    a very present[a] help in trouble.
2 Therefore we will not fear, though the earth should change,
    though the mountains shake in the heart of the sea,
3 though its waters roar and foam,
    though the mountains tremble with its tumult. Selah

4 There is a river whose streams make glad the city of God,
    the holy habitation of the Most High.
5 God is in the midst of the city;[b] it shall not be moved;
    God will help it when the morning dawns.
6 The nations are in an uproar; the kingdoms totter;
    he utters his voice; the earth melts.
7 The Lord of hosts is with us;
    the God of Jacob is our refuge.[c] Selah

8 Come, behold the works of the Lord;
    see what desolations he has brought on the earth.
9 He makes wars cease to the end of the earth;
    he breaks the bow and shatters the spear;
    he burns the shields with fire.
10 “Be still, and know that I am God!
    I am exalted among the nations;
    I am exalted in the earth.”
11 The Lord of hosts is with us;
    the God of Jacob is our refuge.[d] Selah

Why did Jesus compare some people to sheep and others to goats? Though these animals seem very similar, they are distinctly different, and the reasons are astounding! So which are you: A sheep? Or a goat?

From blindness to sight - from sight to blindness: The story of the man born blind leads us further in our understanding of true faith. The man begins totally without sight. Gradually he comes to confess that "the man called Jesus" is a "prophet," possibly "from God," and falls before Jesus confessing that he is "the Son of Man." He has journeyed from blindness to sight. Another story is also told. It is of the gradual and increasing blindness of the Jewish leaders who begin by accepting that Jesus is a miracle worker, but who finish by rejecting Jesus as a sinner. They are judged to be blind.

Presented by world-renowned biblical scholar Rev. Professor Francis J. Moloney SDB AM, Audio Divina, is a Lectio-Divina styled reflection on the gospel for 4th Sunday of Lent, Year A.

Gospel Reading: John 9:1-41

This week’s readers are Michael and Maria

Narrated by Michael Gartland

Produced by Michael Gartland and Ashley Trethowan

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