Transformed in my worship (6-5-16 BSFL)
Twe begin our relationship to God. We must consider what God wants from us based upon our new relationship to God through Christ.
The Samaritan woman (6-5-16 Formations)
Have you noticed that most of Jesus’ conversations were with people on the fringes of society, people regarded as having little value or even as cursed by God?
Seize the day: A call to mission (5-29-16 BSFL)
How often have you suddenly come upon a mission opportunity that you did not expect?
The centurion (5-29-16 Formations)
Today begins a five-lesson series about people who experienced new life in Christ. Each of these people is outside the common thinking of first century Jewish theology, offering us an opportunity to reexamine our faith in light of their experience.
Redeemed from an unbelieving or disappointing past (5-22-15 BSFL)
Paul had been taken into Roman custody for being at the center of a riot in the Jerusalem temple complex (Acts 21:26-22:29). For his own safety, he was taken to Caesarea (23:11-37), where he remained in the custody of the Roman governor Felix for two
What shall we do? (5-22-16 Formations)
In Acts 2 we see the critical connection of the mystical and practical in God’s church.
Take time to give this library a look
Years ago I found a storage room full of cassette tapes and plastic mailers from a time when Word & Way used to provide an audio
The Spirit poured out (5-15-16 Formations)
Simon Peter preached the first sermon recorded in Acts, remarkable because we remember him denying he knew Christ after the arrest in Gethsemane (Luke 22:54-60).
Redeemed from devastating failure (5-15-16 BSFL)
Jesus and his disciples had shared the Passover meal (Luke 22:23-48). During the meal, Jesus predicted his betrayal by one of his disciples (vv. 21-23).
What does this mean? (5-8-16 Formations)
Within weeks of my profession of faith I was exposed to Pentecostal teachings in some friends' churches, where many people broke out in spiritual languages, danced in the aisles and laid hands on me to impart the Spirit.