From the monthly archives:

January 2008

As They Were Destined to Do

January 27, 2008

“They stumble because they disobey the word, as they were destined to do.” (1 Peter 2:8)
The main interpretive difficulty of the phrase “as they were destined to do” in 1 Peter 2:8 is whether it most directly modifies “they disobey the word” or “they stumble”. If it is the former, it means that their [...]

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God Hardened Their Hearts

January 27, 2008

This is a follow-up to today’s class.
We tried to understand what Peter meant by the phrase “as they were destined to do” in 1 Peter 2:8. We took a brief excursion to Romans 9:22 where there is a similar sounding passage.
I said that it was important to note that verse 22 is in the [...]

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February 29

January 26, 2008

The next SixSixteen Friday Night is February 29th at 6:30 p.m.

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Come Expecting (6 Days of Prayer: Day 6)

January 25, 2008

I’m writing this post almost exactly 24 hours before, Lord willing, I will be teaching Friday night at the first SixSixteen Friday Night. If all goes as planned, we will have just finished singing our opening worship set which ends with “Holy, Holy, Holy” and I will be unpacking two shocking truths about the love [...]

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6 Days of Prayer: Day 5

January 24, 2008

On the final day before our first Friday night gathering, we consider the link between verses 4 and 5 of 1 Peter 2:
“As you come to him, a living stone rejected by men but in the sight of God chosen and precious, you yourselves like living stones are being built up as a spiritual house, [...]

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6 Days of Prayer: Day 4

January 23, 2008

“As you come to him, a living stone rejected by men but in the sight of God chosen and precious, you yourselves like living stones are being built up as a spiritual house. . .” (1 Peter 2:4-5)
“A stone of stumbling, and a rock of offense.” (1 Peter 2:8a)
Sadly, Jesus is not only the, living, [...]

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6 Days of Prayer: Day 3

January 22, 2008

1 Peter 2:7 says: “So the honor is for you who believe, but for those who do not believe, ‘The stone that the builders rejected
has become the cornerstone,’”
In Jesus’ day, the best buildings were made of stone. The stones would be chiseled and hammered so that would fit tight together without mortar. The most important [...]

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6 Days of Prayer: Day 2

January 21, 2008

We continue our 6 days of prayer leading up to this Friday night’s SixSixteen worship gathering for singles. The next phrase in our meditation passage (1 Peter 2:4-5) describes Jesus as “a living stone rejected by men but in the sight of God chosen and precious. . .”
Today we want to focus our prayers on [...]

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6 Days of Prayer: Day 1

January 20, 2008

On each of the six days leading up to SixSixteen Friday Night, we will be taking a word or phrase from 1 Peter 2:4-5 and using it as a guide to prepare our hearts through prayer for worship.
We begin with the phrase “As you come to him. . .” It is our coming to Jesus [...]

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SixSixteen Friday Night Starts at 6:30 p.m.

January 19, 2008

There was an error in Bethlehem’s worship bulletin this week regarding the start time of SixSixteen Friday Night. We start at 6:30 p.m. this Friday at the downtown campus in the youth basement. The worship gathering will last about an hour and a half.

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