Monday, February 28, 2011
Our God Reigns, and it is for our good
World Magazine on your iPad
The Prattle of Religious Small Talk
Eugene Peterson
“Ramifications of Technological Change”
Tonight- MONDAY at 7:30 pm 112 16th St (one
block North of Library West off University) Some parking free on site or paid
on corner of University and 16th or on lot behind St. Augustine.
Saturday, February 26, 2011
A Debtor to Mercy Alone
Of covenant mercy I sing;
Nor fear, with Thy righteousness on,
My person and offering to bring.
The terrors of law and of God
With me can have nothing to do;
My Savior's obedience and blood
Hide all my transgressions from view
The arm of His strength will complete;
His promise is yea and amen,
And never was forfeited yet.
Things future, nor things that are now,
Not all things below nor above
Can make Him His purpose forego,
Or sever my soul from His love.
Eternity will not erase;
Impressed on His heart it remains
In marks of indelible grace.
Yes, I to the end shall endure,
As sure as the earnest is given
More happy, but not more secure,
The glorified spirits in heaven.
Serving during service on Sunday February 27
Guitar & vocals: Nate Taylor & Carter Davis
Jubilation from the Generations
plagues---so Moses (and by implication us) can tell his kids and
grandkids, "Our God reigns!!"
See also
Psalm 78:4 We will not hide them from their children, but tell to the
coming generation the glorious deeds of the LORD, and his might, and
the wonders that he has done.
5 He established a testimony in Jacob and appointed a law in Israel,
which he commanded our fathers to teach to their children,
6 that the next generation might know them, the children yet unborn,
and arise and tell them to their children,
7 so that they should set their hope in God and not forget the works
of God, but keep his commandments;
8 and that they should not be like their fathers, a stubborn and
rebellious generation, a generation whose heart was not steadfast,
whose spirit was not faithful to God.
We've a story to tell
--Phil Ryken
Matthew Henry on 10:26
What the Academy Award Nominees for Best Picture Tell Us About Ourselves - Drew Trotter, Host
The Academy Award nominees for Best Picture may not always be the biggest box office triumphs of the year, but they are among the most influential movies for the nation's cultural gatekeepers. The nominees reflect what Hollywood thinks of itself and of American culture. Drew Trotter is the Executive Director of the Consortium of Christian Study Centers. He has written on film and popular culture for more than 30 years. This lecture explores just what those values are by looking at each of the films, their ideas, and their likely influence on, and reflection of, America in the present day. » Watch Video If you want to take a deeper look at Hollywood's cultural relevance, listen to our one-on-one interview with Dr. Trotter about what we can learn from movies like Toy Story 3, The Kids Are All Right, The King's Speech and more. » Listen to Audio |
Oscars
- "Black Swan" Mike Medavoy, Brian Oliver and Scott Franklin, Producers
- "The Fighter" David Hoberman, Todd Lieberman and Mark Wahlberg, Producers
- "Inception" Emma Thomas and Christopher Nolan, Producers
- "The Kids Are All Right" Gary Gilbert, Jeffrey Levy-Hinte and Celine Rattray, Producers
- "The King's Speech" Iain Canning, Emile Sherman and Gareth Unwin, Producers
- "127 Hours" Christian Colson, Danny Boyle and John Smithson, Producers
- "The Social Network" Scott Rudin, Dana Brunetti, Michael De Luca and Ceán Chaffin, Producers
- "Toy Story 3" Darla K. Anderson, Producer
- "True Grit" Scott Rudin, Ethan Coen and Joel Coen, Producers
- "Winter's Bone" Anne Rosellini and Alix Madigan-Yorkin, Producers
Friday, February 25, 2011
Darkness
3 days. Due to t. Edison we don't exactly fear the darkness. But
imagine if we were too experience 72 hours of darkness, combined with
no artificial lighting.
"Deep, total darkness of the sort God imposed on the Egyptians would
also cause sensory deprivation, leading to disorientation and
psychological distress. More than just those people inclined to
light-deprivation depression would be severely depressed by the third
day. A sense of doom would pervade all minds". -- Douglas Stuart
Reminds me:
1) dude just moved to Fla from way North said, "easier to feel happy
with all the sun you get here".
2.) the children of Uganda walk from the villages into the cities
because the night brings terror
Jesus is LIGHT and promises He's making us light to the world.
No plagues for the righteous
eternity, there are no deadly plagues for the righteous, but only the
promise of a good land for them and their children.
--Phil Ryken
Did you know?
Below is taken from the "Sunday Morning" section of our website
We would love to see you this Sunday.
Our Schedule:
8:30am Worship Service, with childcare provided
10:00am Classes for all ages
11:15am Worship Service, with childcare provided
Meeting Location:
1603 SW 122nd Street
Gainesville, FL 32607
352.379.4949
(map)
Downloads
February 27 Worship Folder (8:30 & 11:15); Community in Action Flyer
Thursday, February 24, 2011
When All Thy Mercies-- Sunday we sing
Thy tender care bestowed,
Before my infant heart conceived
From Whom those comforts flowed.
Wednesday, February 23, 2011
Grief
Grief & Glory, by Jim Cofield
http://www.ligonier.org/learn/articles/grief-glory/
Arbor House, one of our partners
Empowering homeless single mother families
Yutes (youth) at Christ Community
Hallelujah what a Savior! Hallelujah, what a salvation!
follow it at:
http://youthatccc.blogspot.com/
Regarding Friday Night Film Screening and Children
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Friday Night 7pm
I'm hoping some CCC folks wind up in prison
a story that answered all the big questions
the Israelites into the people of God. It was the story of their salvation. It
was a true story, a story based on the facts of history. It was a story that
explained everything the children of God needed to know. It explained who
they were: the people of God, delivered from slavery. It explained who God
was: the Lord God of Israel, the God of all power and glory. It explained
where they came from: out of Egypt. It told them where they were going: into
the land of promise. And it explained what their purpose was: They were
saved for God’s glory. By sending his plagues against Pharaoh, God was giving
his people a story that answered all the big questions: Who am I? Where
did I come from? Where am I going? What is the meaning of life? Is there a
God? If there is, how can I know him, and what does he want me to do?
--phil ryken
Epic
Tuesday, February 22, 2011
How Firm a Foundation--Sunday we sing
How firm a foundation, ye saints of the Lord,
Is laid for your faith in His excellent Word!
What more can He say than to you He hath said,
You, who unto Jesus for refuge have fled?
In every condition, in sickness, in health;
In poverty's vale, or abounding in wealth;
At home and abroad, on the land, on the sea,
As thy days may demand, shall thy strength ever be.
Fear not, I am with thee, O be not dismayed,
For I am thy God and will still give thee aid;
I'll strengthen and help thee, and cause thee to stand
Upheld by My righteous, omnipotent hand.
When through the deep waters I call thee to go,
The rivers of woe shall not thee overflow;
For I will be with thee, thy troubles to bless,
And sanctify to thee thy deepest distress.
When through fiery trials thy pathways shall lie,
My grace, all sufficient, shall be thy supply;
The flame shall not hurt thee; I only design
Thy dross to consume, and thy gold to refine.
Even down to old age all My people shall prove
My sovereign, eternal, unchangeable love;
And when hoary hairs shall their temples adorn,
Like lambs they shall still in My bosom be borne.
The soul that on Jesus has leaned for repose,
I will not, I will not desert to its foes;
That soul, though all hell should endeavor to shake,
I'll never, no never, no never forsake.
Saturday, February 19, 2011
Tomorrow's offertory
Holy, Holy, Holy LyricsSufjan StevensHoly, holy, holy! Lord God Almighty! Early in the morning our song shall rise to Thee; There is a sign at the sight of thee, merciful and mighty! God in three Persons, God in three Persons, blessèd Trinity! Holy, holy, holy! though the darkness hide Thee, Though the eye of sinful man Thy glory may not see; Only Thou art holy; there is none beside Thee, Perfect in power, perfect in power, in love and purity. Holy, holy, holy! Lord God Almighty! All Thy works shall praise Thy Name, in earth, and sky, and sea; There is a sign at the sight of thee, there is none beside Thee; God in three Persons, God in three Persons, God in three Persons, God in three Persons, blessèd Trinity! |
Law & Gospel
This is from Mike Horton's new book The Christian Faith:
In the Reformed tradition, the law-gospel distinction was interpreted within the historical context of distinct covenants in history. The covenant of creation (also called the covenant of works or law) was based on the personal performance of all righteousness by the covenant servant. The covenant of grace is based on the fulfillment of all righteousness by our representative head and is dispensed to the covenant people through faith in him. There is still law in the covenant of grace. However, it is no longer able to condemn believers but directs them in lives of gratitude for God's mercy in Christ.
Rob Pendley
Friday, February 18, 2011
Thursday, February 17, 2011
WHAT A BOUNDLESS, FATHOMLESS OCEAN!
by Octavius Winslow (1808 - 1878)
Eternal love moved the heart of Jesus to relinquish heaven for earth—a diadem for a cross—the robe of divine majesty for the garment of our nature; by taking upon Himself the leprosy of our sin. Oh, the infinite love of Christ! What a boundless, fathomless ocean! Ask the ransomed of the Lord, whose chains He has dissolved, whose dungeon He has opened, whose liberty He has conferred, if there ever was love like His!
What shall we say of the ransom price? It was the richest, the costliest, that Heaven could give. He gave Himself for us! What more could He do? He gave Himself; body, soul and spirit. He gave His time, His labor, His blood, His life, His ALL, as the price for our ransom, the cost of our redemption. He carried the wood and reared the altar. Then, bearing His bosom to the stroke of the uplifted and descending arm of the Father, paid the price of our salvation in the warm lifeblood of His heart!
What a boundless, fathomless ocean! How is it that we feel the force and exemplify the practical influence of this amazing, all commanding truth so faintly? Oh, the desperate depravity of our nature! Oh, the deep iniquity of our iniquitous hearts! Will not the blood drops of Jesus move us? Will not the agonies of the cross influence us? Will not His dying love constrain us to a more heavenly life?
Wednesday, February 16, 2011
Invisible Children overview/background
To get an overview of the group that is bringing a film for us to see, see the 2 minute video below
Christians and Art
http://byfaithonline.com/page/arts-culture/do-christians-need-art
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pray for Christians in Egypt
I got this from a group called "Open Doors"
I have been told that Muslims are turning to their Christian neighbors. Christians passed out water to thirsty demonstrators who marched for a better government. It's an extraordinary time for the advancement of God's Kingdom… showing the love of Christ!
Despite these recent developments we must remember that this is not a country that is always favorable to Christians.
According to the Pew Research Center when the Egyptian population was polled:
- 84% believe that any Muslim who converts to Christianity should be executed.
Just days ago eleven Christians were murdered in a town about 150 miles south of Cairo. Forty-two Christians have been killed since the beginning of the year. It's a paradox of circumstances. Today Christians and Muslims link arm-in-arm in solidarity against a common enemy (the government)… but those alliances can turn overnight.
That is why this is such a critical time for our persecuted brothers and sisters in Egypt and they need your support to advance the gospel and reach out to their surrounding neighbors in love.
Please pray that their strength of faith will endure through this crisis. And pray for our ministry partners who labor tirelessly to help Egyptian Christians by providing training, Bibles, and other critical support to withstand the persecution.
Join International Friendship for an Italian Dinner- American Style!
Please join us on Thursday, February 17th at 7:00 p.m. for our next IDEA Feast. Come and enjoy a delicious American dinner and then listen to a lecture about Leadership principles. This is a great time to have a delicious meal, meet new friends, and talk to native speakers. It's FREE for internationals, so bring your friends!
Topic: Leadership Principles
Come enjoy a great meal and some great friends. We are located in the Baptist Student Union located at 1604 W. University Avenue.
Toby Sorrels
Tuesday, February 15, 2011
Extra-ordinary Prayer
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Communion Service cancelled
Grace & Men recap
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Why I need Jesus--and maybe y'all too
Jesus taught *the inward origin of human evil*. Its
source has to be traced neither to a bad environment nor to a faulty
education (although both these can have a powerful conditioning
influence on impressionable young people), but rather to our 'heart',
our inherited and twisted nature. One might almost say that Jesus
introduced us to Freudianism before Freud. At least what he called
the 'heart' is roughly equivalent to what Freud called the
'unconscious'. It resembles a very deep well. The thick deposit of
mud at the bottom is usually unseen, and even unsuspected. But when
the waters of the well are stirred by the winds of violent emotion,
the most evil-looking, evil-smelling filth bubbles up from the depths
and breaks the surface -- rage, hate, lust, cruelty, jealousy and
revenge. In our most sensitive moments we are appalled by our
potentiality for evil.
Monday, February 14, 2011
A deep, insidious energy
If our sin is mere failure to conform-simply a mistake to do what is right---forgiveness is really the granting of an opportunity to try again. In that light, it is like forgetting to finish one's homework.
Dan Allender, in the book Bold Love
Sunday, February 13, 2011
The Four Spiritual Laws
The four spiritual laws are:
- God loves you and offers a wonderful plan for your life. (John 3:16, John 10:10)
- Man is sinful and separated from God. Therefore, he cannot know and experience God's love and plan for his life. (Romans3:23, Romans 6:23)
- Jesus Christ is God's only provision for man's sin. Through Him you can know and experience God's love and plan for your life. (Romans 5:8, I Corinthians 15:3-6, John 14:6)
- We must individually receive Jesus Christ as Savior and Lord; then we can know and experience God's love and plan for our lives. (John 1:12, Ephesians 2:8,9, John 3:1~8,Revelation 3:20)
Rob Pendley
Saturday, February 12, 2011
Guys Sang this today
Thou Lovely Source of True Delight 1. Thou lovely source of true delight 2. Thy glory o'er creation shines 3. 'Tis here, whene'er my comforts droop 4. But ah! Too soon the pleasing scene 5. Jesus, my Lord, my life, my light 6. Then shall my soul with rapture trace ©1998 Kevin Twit Music.
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Rob Pendley
Friday, February 11, 2011
Thursday, February 10, 2011
Crown Him! (Sunday we sing!)
To Thee be endless praise
For Thou for us hast died
Be Thou O Lord thro' endless days
Adored and magnified
These Talks Look Great
"The Power of Truth"
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The Quiet Time: Not a Cleansing Rite
guys at Grace & Men this weekend
This is a helpful article ive read in the past that touches on the same
http://www.joethorn.net/2006/11/14/the-quiet-time-not-a-cleansing-rite/
Rob Pendley
Wednesday, February 09, 2011
Grace & Men Schedule
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Tuesday, February 08, 2011
Sunday we'll confess
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- “Ramifications of Technological Change”
- A Debtor to Mercy Alone
- Serving during service on Sunday February 27
- Jubilation from the Generations
- One of our peeps
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- We've a story to tell
- Matthew Henry on 10:26
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- Darkness
- No plagues for the righteous
- Did you know?
- When All Thy Mercies-- Sunday we sing
- Trailer for 30 minute film we'll screen Friday night
- Grief
- Arbor House, one of our partners
- Yutes (youth) at Christ Community
- Regarding Friday Night Film Screening and Children
- Friday Night 7pm
- I'm hoping some CCC folks wind up in prison
- a story that answered all the big questions
- Epic
- How Firm a Foundation--Sunday we sing
- Middle school retreat
- Tomorrow's offertory
- Law & Gospel
- Next Friday Night 7pm
- Josiah sermon is on iTunes & website
- WHAT A BOUNDLESS, FATHOMLESS OCEAN!
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- Invisible Children overview/background
- Christians and Art
- pray for Christians in Egypt
- Join International Friendship for an Italian Dinne...
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- Communion Service cancelled
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- Why I need Jesus--and maybe y'all too
- A deep, insidious energy
- The Four Spiritual Laws
- Guys Sang this today
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- These Talks Look Great
- The Quiet Time: Not a Cleansing Rite
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