Judgement and Grace
Since I have been preaching to the youth group, the Great Commandment, and the Great Commission, and how the Bible keeps pointing back to that, I have been having the thoughts about judgement versus grace. Brian Zahnd has been pointing out that Jesus preached against the "who's in, and who's out" thought. Then I ran into this post that John Meunier reblogged a post he wrote a couple of years ago. It was where my thoughts have been turning. The thing is that Paul talks about this in Romans 14. John's post is well worth the read. Who Wesley would send to ...
5/2/2013 Why would God End the world?
I've been trying to share my youth messages that I have been doing. Both by sharing the text, and recording an mp3. However, since I'm having trouble affording hosting, probably only text for the time being. I had a week where I asked the students what questions they have. One question was "Why would God End the World?" So here's this week's message:
The Jeff Show – #9 Unforgiveness.
Here's the link to Sound Cloud where I uploaded it. Here's the Bible Verses from my talk: Paul said, in Colossians 3, 13 Bear with each other and forgive one another if any of you has a grievance against someone. Forgive as the Lord forgave you. 14 And over all these virtues put on love, which binds them all together in perfect unity. and Peter said (1 Peter 4:8) 8 Above all, love each other deeply, because love covers over a multitude of sins. And this is because, Jesus, who was God, but also fully human while getting put on the cross said, (Luke23:34a)34 ...
The Jeff Show #8 – That Others Might Live…Life Church Youth Group 1/10/13
Here is what I taught tonight to the youth group. The Jeff Show - #8
The Jeff Show #7 – What Do You Desire?
[caption id="attachment_4299" align="alignleft" width="300"] Creative Commons license-some rights reserved by thanker212[/caption] Recently, I feel like God has been leading me into something. I'm not sure what, but the verse that much of this feeling is based on is Matthew 9:13, "But go and learn what this means: 'I desire mercy, not sacrifice.' For I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners (NIV)." Couple this with what one theologian calls the "Jesus Creed," Matthew 22:37-40, "...‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.’[c] 38 This is the first and greatest commandment. 39 And ...
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5/2/2013 Why would God End the world?
I’ve been trying to share my youth messages that I have been doing. Both by...
The Jeff Show – #9 Unforgiveness.
Here’s the link to Sound Cloud where I uploaded it. Here’s the Bible...
The Jeff Show #8 – That Others Might Live…Life Church Youth Group 1/10/13
Here is what I taught tonight to the youth group. The Jeff Show – #8 Podcast:...
I Saw This Article about Sin
If you remember from the past, I wrote a series on Grace and Guilt. Here is a post...
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What This Past Lent Has Taught Me
Don’t fear. That phrase is in the bible from one person’s count, 365...
The Loss of a Friend that was Long Lost
I have a lot of friends from my past. I seem to lose touch with them. I have reconnected...
Love your…
Part of what I have been riffing on as of late is the whole grace vs. guilt, or mercy...
Some Changes to my Blogs
Wait, what did I say? Blogs? I have more than one blog. To be exact, I have one blog...
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More Grace and why I am on this kickI’m not a great writer. I’m good, to the extent that I do get compliments when somebody reads these posts from time to time, but not great. Sometimes, I wish that more people read my blog and commented on what I had written, if only to learn from others as they read what I said. However, it has occurred to me that 1. I’m searching... [Read more of this review]
The Jeff Show – #5 Moving to Gaylord
Here’s a breakdown of what has been happening in our family. Moving Trailer – Denny’s Pulled with our truck Kaleb and Brandon helped Bringing Mary’s mom here Unpacking The living room was full the garage was full merging two households Need to keep on working on it Getting on with life Less gasoline being used 10 minute... [Read more of this review]
The Power of Story, the Power of the Scene
I’ve been listening to Don Miller‘s, “A Million Miles in a Thousand Years.” Without getting into too much of the book, he realized that life is a story, and that God is asking us to live a better story. In the section that I’m listening to, he is talking about how important scene is. You don’t have many memorable... [Read more of this review]
Oregon Day 6 : the morning of the last day
Today, Dad and I spent some time at the Evergreen Aviation Museum. Mary and Mom are out shopping, or something. Here are a few pictures of my favorite planes. See the full gallery on Posterous Read More →
Oregon day 4…a long day
After sleeping in and a quick walk to the beach, we headed back to Portland. We relaxed a little, walked into downtown Newberg, then to my sister’s. We watched my nephew play soccer (his team won this afternoon), then to a Korean restaurant in Beaverton. Great food. Then back here to watch football and unwind. See the full gallery on Posterous Read More →
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