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It’s Worth Your Time

HiddenVorlon — Tue, 23 Nov 2010 02:32:47 +0000

I find that I make a lot of decisions based in the question, “Is it worth my time?” How about you? Most of us have a big part of our time already obligated – to work, school, commitments we have made, etc. Then there are things we have to fit in – eating, sleeping, cleaning, paying bills, chores. Finally there is the “discretionary” time available.

Into this “discretionary” time we have to fit the important things like maintaining the emotional connection with our loved ones, spending time with friends, entertainment – from the essential to the trivial. It is also from this “discretionary” time that we respond to all the demands to serve others.

Where does Bible study fit in?

In importance it is right up there with earning a living, and maintaining a connection with our spouse. If we don’t get to know Christ through His word it might not have immediate consequences: We won’t lose our job or end up alienated and divorced over it, but we will be susceptible to the deception of our time, and as Jesus warned in Luke 8 we may be so caught up in the worries, riches and pleasures of life that we lose our faith.

I am asking you to seriously consider setting aside your Sunday mornings, beginning at 9am, to join me in the Bible Study, Lutheranism 101. It is about the truth of God’s word and how it is lived out in the world today.

It will be worth your time.

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Rally Day 2009

HiddenVorlon — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 01:34:39 +0000

Please join us for our Fall Schedule Kick-Off on Sunday September 13. There are a lot of great opportunities to better know your Savior!

Sunday Morning Bible Class & Sunday School

Something for all ages! Kids have songs and crafts and Bible Stories. Adults are studying the history behind the letters of the New Testament and the beginning of the church. Sundays at 9:00 AM

Search the Scripture Hour

Classes meet Thursday evenings at 7 PM in a pleasant informal atmosphere in the Church library. Classes start with an introductory session on Thursday, September 17, at 7pm.

Wednesday Bible Fellowship

Join us for an evening of good fellowship as we go over the key events in Biblical history that tell us how God promised the Savior, preserved the promise, fullfilled in, and brought the promise to the world. Wednesdays at 7pm at the Parsonage, beginning September 16.

Youth Bible Fellowship

We gather for good fellowship and take some time to examine the challenges to our faith in the light of God’s word. For high school and college students.

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Saturday Morning Men’s Bible Study

HiddenVorlon — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 02:44:46 +0000

Our men’s group meets on the third Saturday of every month for breakfast and Bible Study.

For the next Bible Class, please check our calendar.

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You Can Know

HiddenVorlon — Mon, 29 Oct 2007 03:05:38 +0000

If I would take apart my wristwatch, tiny screw by tiny screw and tiny spring by tiny spring, and lay all the pieces before me on a table, I’m sure I could not put them back together again. I would be overwhelmed. I would feel very humbled. It would be best for me to leave my watch alone. Why get started on something that I can’t finish?

Is our attitude toward the Bible like that? To study it seems like a project with too many pieces. “If I start on this project, will I only get more confused? Why get started on something that I can’t finish.”

The truth is that we do have trouble understanding the Bible. The Bible’s God-inspired message is clear, but we don’t easily understand it because of our sinfulness. In fact, without God the Holy Spirit, we wouldn’t understand it at all. The Bible says, “The man without the Spirit does not understand the things that come from the Spirit of God.” (1 Corinthians 2:4). This is humbling. But it is for our good. God leads us to realize that we are dependant on his help to understand. He provides the help!

Long ago, in the Old Testament times, before Jesus came, the Lord said this, “This is the covenant I will make with the house of Israel after that time,” declares the LORD. “I will put my law in
their minds and write it on their hearts. I will be their God, and they will be my people.”

God is the one who brings understanding to the mind and heart. He brings people to understand both his law and his new covenant. The law of God shows us our sins. By the law he leads us to confess our sins to him. The new covenant is his promise to save us through his son Jesus Christ. Jesus was born into the world at just the right time as a sinless human being and 33 years later died for the world’s sins at the cross! When God leads us to confess our sins and to believe in Jesus, we are saved! He becomes our God! We become his people! We are also set on the path of true understanding.

As we study the Bible with faith in the mind and heart, he leads us to an ever greater appreciation for the details of the plan he set in motion, even from eternity, to save us from our sins through his son Jesus Christ! This is something God’s people can never get enough of!

“This is the covenant I will make with the house of Israel after that time,” declares the LORD. “I will put my law in their minds and write it on their hearts. I will be their God, and they will be my people.”
—Jeremiah 31:33

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