1. historical discontinuities
Social structures - patriarchal
technology
language
religious experiences - less dramatic displays of God's power. some distance, creates sense of irrelevance

Misunderstanding NT outlook on OT.

Romans 6:14 under law vs under grace (under the law does not mean under the ot, or that the ot is not irrelevant) (under grace ( Read more... )

Includes the fullness of Christ. Visible and necessary expression is the hope of the world.

Goals:

Grow in Love:
Decision to believe what God's word says about the church and to bear with the failings of the church. Love is a deciision

Grow in commitment:
Commitment: a decision to settle down and to serve

1 Peter 2:5 The church is a building. Christ ( Read more... )

If we're not careful we can change the gospel by trying to adjust it to the culture.

Paul's Pastoral Purpose

Colossians 1:24-3:--

Paul is making the word of God fully know so he can present every Christian fully mature in Christ. Longing for every Christian to embody Christ fully. He joyfully suffer, preaches, toils for this purpose. Rejoices in the ( Read more... )

( i reposted this from justine cause i like it so much )

Flightplan was SO good, or pretty good anyway. Some other movies coming out are Cheaper by the Dozen 2, Ice Age 2, and this movie called Glory Road, which looked pretty good, it's basically like Remember the Titans except with basketball. Sherah, Kayla and Brenna couldn't come =( but me and Victoria still had fun.That's basically what I did today ( Read more... )

 nothing much happened today...like every day. =P spanish, (always fun) kristen's party, (fun too). i think i might go to the movies tomorow with some friends, maybe we can see flight plan....or dreamer...or whatever...

final thought: i'm really, really, really tired...

urgh, i have this neat email that i want to put here, but i can't! copying and pasting doesn't work. =( too bad. i think i sent it to some of u, right? i the one about God is everywhere?

urrrgh! computers! can't live with'um.....

the harvest party was great. we should have costume parties more often. =D co-op was ok, i had to give an impromptu speech on a topic my teacher gave me, my question was "what is grace" . it wasn't to bad, i guess. everyone was very supportive, i wasn't so nervous, i just didn't have anything to say cause i hadn't been thinking about. but yeah, i ( Read more... )

i'm bored......

and the computer won't let me check my email. i mean, really, this computer has a mind of it's own.

tomorrow's the harvest party,  =D  =D  =D i think i might dress up...

and i'm practically done my co-op hw =D...except for this one insignificant little bit left.....

Ok, I think I officially really don't like math. really, really really....urgh!