Though the Israelites turn against God and refuse to follow him, when they turn and repent, he will give them a new heart, enabling them to worship rightly. As Moses cannot go into the Promised Land himself, he passes his authority on to Joshua, who will lead them. And there’s also a huge surprise announcement [...]
Archive | February, 2012
Ash Wednesday, Lent, and 40 days of letting go…
Ash Wednesday marks the beginning of the 40 day period before Easter, known as Lent. Traditionally this is a time when Christians all over the world “fast” something. I would like to take this blog post to tell you not to “fast” for the sake of “fasting”. Let’s take a look at two passages on [...]
부모님 email 02/17/12
Categories: 부모님들께
Elevate 부모님들께, 지난 몇달간 동안 저희 부서에서 연락을 드리지 못한점에 대해 우선 부모님들께 사과를 드립니다. 크리스마스 씨즌을 시작으로 새해가 온 지금까지도 저희 학생들 마음이 여러가지 일들로 분주한 가운데 있었습니다. 부모님 여러분들께 토요일 새벽에 있는 가족예배에 참석하여주심에 대해 먼저 감사를 드립니다. 아침에 일찍 일어나서 아이들과 함께 예배에 참여한다는 것이 쉬운일은 아니겠지만, 저는 가족이 함께 하나님께 [...]
The Kingdom of God
Categories: Theology, Wed Messages
Finishing the Book of Numbers…
Categories: Numbers Series, Old Testament - Pentateuch, Theology
So the series on the book of Numbers didn’t really “finish”… in the sense that we got through a good picture of what the entire book is really about. So I won’t be able to summarize it all, but I did want to write up a quick run through of the book of Numbers so [...]
Deuteronomy Part 1: Hard Questions…
Categories: Deuteronomy Series, Old Testament - Pentateuch, Theology
Every once in awhile, we read something in the Bible that is hard to swallow and difficult to process. And in those circumstances, we have three choices for how we will approach these things. First, we will choose to reject it. Usually this causes one to eventually abandon their faith in the Bible and in [...]
Donkay! (Numbers 22:22-35)
Categories: Blog, Numbers Series, Theology
The story of Balaam and his donkey. A hilarious story… but definitely a strange one. But God’s anger was kindled because he went, and the angel of the LORD took his stand in the way as his adversary. Now he was riding on the donkey, and his two servants were with him. And the donkey [...]
jealous for God – a prayer meeting
Categories: Announcements, Blog
“jealous for God” a prayer meeting friday february 17th 7:30pm to 9:30pm We will be getting together to pray, to move forward, to awaken our jealousy for the things of God. No food, no games, no extra fluff. Just the people of God seeking his will and wisdom for our generation, for our campus, and [...]
Jealous for God (Numbers Part 4)
Categories: Numbers Series, Old Testament - Pentateuch, Theology
The scene was a bloody disaster. Bodies hanging all around the camp, an undeniable sign of God’s wrath and his anger displayed against the sin of idolatry… the sin of treason. The men of Israel spit upon God, turned their backs on him, and bowed down to the Baal of Peor. The people of [...]
