Category Archives: Resources
From Bread & Wine to Faith & Giving Study Bites
For 5 weeks, starting in September 2014, we will dish out 30 Bible Study Bites in 30 days, based on the Disciples Stewardship resource, From Bread and Wine to Faith and Giving. These Bible Studies focus on Gospel lessons where God shows up in generous ways as people gather around a table.… Read the rest “From Bread & Wine to Faith & Giving Study Bites”
Freedom: Seeing As It Is by Alan Terlep – Family Systems Bible Study 01
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Freedom: Seeing As It Is
The first of an 8-part Bible Study on gaining freedom in Christ.
These studies are best used in a small group of 3 to 12 people with whom you can share questions and answers.… Read the rest “Freedom: Seeing As It Is by Alan Terlep – Family Systems Bible Study 01”
SV026-Edu, Faith Seeking Understanding: Lesson 4: God the Parent
In session 4 of this continuing series, Rev. Russ Smith talks about what we can understand by thinking of God as our parent. God the parent protects, provides, loves, and teaches.
SV023-Edu, Faith Seeking Understanding: Lesson 3: God the Ruler
In this session Rev. Russ Smith talks about God as the King of Kings and what that means to our life of faith. Clue: God uses power differently than you and I.
SV010-Edu, Faith Seeking Understanding: Lesson 2: God the Creator
Rev. Russ Smith's calling is to help individuals explore more about God and the ways they think about God.
In this second installment of a series, Rev. Smith talks about God as the Creator of All Things. What does that mean and how does that affect our life of faith as well as our life in this world God has created.
SV008-Edu, Faith Seeking Understanding: Lesson 1
Rev. Russ Smith's calling is to help individuals explore more about God and the ways they think about God.
In this first of a series, Rev. Smith opens with scenes from the comedy, Monthy Python and the Holy Grail, that depict God--to begin this journey of thought about how we see God. Smith also uses a fun version of the "Blind Men and the Elephant" poem and other examples to launch us on this adventure in thought, growth, and above all, faith in God.
Ask the Prof #4: What is the Holy Spirit or Holy Ghost? What do I need to know about the Spirit.
Question: What is the Holy Spirit or Holy Ghost? Which is better to say? What do I need to know or do about the Holy Spirit to follow Jesus and believe correctly in God?
Response: This is an excellent question to which my response can only be one that is very basic (although I think that getting clear about basic matters is tremendously important).… Read the rest “Ask the Prof #4: What is the Holy Spirit or Holy Ghost? What do I need to know about the Spirit.”
Ask the Prof #3: Why was God trying to kill Moses, Exodus 4:21-31? Here God doesn’t seem so loving.
In response to a questioner reading Exodus 4:21-31, Clark Williamson writes:
In Exodus 4:21-31, before Moses goes back to Egypt to "perform before Pharaoh all the wonders that I [God] have put in your power," and when Moses was on the way and stopped for the night, "the Lord met him and tried to kill him" (v.… Read the rest “Ask the Prof #3: Why was God trying to kill Moses, Exodus 4:21-31? Here God doesn’t seem so loving.”
Ask the Professor #2: Who/what is God? Why should it matter to a little human being in this sea of sand?
Professor Clark Williamson replies:
This question is a classic in the literature of Christian theology. In the 17th century, Blaise Pascal agonizingly reflected on himself in relation to the immensity of the universe: "When I consider my life, swallowed up in the eternity before and behind it, the small space that I fill, or even see, engulfed in the immensity of space which I know not, and which knows not me, I am afraid...Who… Read the rest “Ask the Professor #2: Who/what is God? Why should it matter to a little human being in this sea of sand?”