Revelation

This year we have been studying 1 Peter at SixSixteen Sunday Morning. Although we only have six weeks left on 1 Peter, the real core of the book is in these final two chapters so it is not too late to come. Each week’s study stands on its own.

We are also announcing that the book we plan to study in the fall is Revelation. The approach to Revelation will be the same as our previous studies: verse-by-verse through all the chapters. Our study will likely take us into surveys of key passages in Daniel and Matthew as well.

Until then, we look forward to seeing you as we finish up 1 Peter. Click here for the teaching schedule.

If Worship Happens

If worship happens this Friday night at SixSixteen, two things will have occurred– one is deserved, the other is undeserved.

The thing that will be deserved is that the only One who deserves worship will be given His due.

That thing that will be undeserved will be the grace of having our eyes opened and hearts enlarged to respond to our God in worship.

Praying with you that Friday night would abound with the deserved and undeserved,

-Boyd

6:30

There was an error in Bethlehem’s bulletin this week.  It incorrectly listed the start time of SixSixteen Friday Night.

As always, we start at 6:30 p.m. this coming Friday (18th).

Christ, Noah, and Baptism

We’ll spend our second week at SixSixteen Sunday Morning looking at 1 Peter 3:18-22. This is undoubtably the most difficult passage in 1 Peter. Last week, we just touched on the issue of what verse 19 means when it says, “[Christ] went and proclaimed to the spirits in prison.” We began to answer three questions:

1) Who are the spirits in prison?
2) When did Chirst do this proclamation?
3) What is Christ proclaiming?

We will start there this week.

After that, we’ll hopefully look at what “Baptism. . . now saves you” is meant in verse 21.

Finally, we’ll want to think hard about why Peter would write verses 18-22. I said last week that he writes these verses in order to give suffering believers hope. But how does it give them hope?

The Bible study takes place at the downtown campus in Room 114 (near the bookstore) at 9:00 a.m.

Two-Fisted Fight For Belief

The theme for April’s SixSixteen Friday Night is the urgency of fighting for your own faith.  The message will focus on 1 Timothy 1:18-19.

The gathering takes place April 18th at 6:30 p.m. at the downtown campus in the youth basement.  Watch for signs if you are unfamiliar with Bethlehem’s downtown campus.