Wed - Hebrew Test
Thurs - World Civilizations Test
Fri - 6-8 page theology paper due
Mon - Literature and Theology Test
SUCK!
Tuesday, March 31, 2009
Saturday, March 14, 2009
Check out these two videos PLEASE
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YgGu782dNX0
http://www.globalawakening.com/Groups/1000035814/Global_Awakening/Global/GFS/godsquadshow_com/godsquadshow_com.aspx
For the second link watch the bigger video.
Have fun
http://www.globalawakening.com/Groups/1000035814/Global_Awakening/Global/GFS/godsquadshow_com/godsquadshow_com.aspx
For the second link watch the bigger video.
Have fun
Wednesday, March 11, 2009
Walking in the glory
So my church in San Diego follows what is called the lectionary. Each week there is a Psalm passage, an Old Testament passage, an Epistle passage, and a Gospel passage to read. And it goes through a three year cycle where every three years the church body will have read the entire bible. During the season of lent, the lectionary goes on crack and has these same 4 groups of readings for each day. Today's reading was especially powerful to me because it deals with all of the things that I have been learning this year. The OT passage was Jer.2:1-13, the Epistle passage as Rom. 1:16-25, and the Gospel reading was John 4:43-54.
Jer. 2:11 and Rom. 1:23 both speak of how humanity (specifically Israel in Jeremiah) has exchanged the glory of the imortal God for man's created images, idols. And it is this act of forsaking God's glory that has caused God to speak judgement through Jeremiah and has caused humanity to wallow in their sexual impurity -- trading the truth for a lie.
My Gospel reading, however, seems to be a startk contrast with the first two readings. This passage is the story of Jesus healing the official's son. But what is key to note is that it's not just that the official's son gets healed, but that as a result his entire hoousehold now believes. A key theme in John's Gospel is the reveation of God's glory (cf John 11:40); and through interpreting the Gospel through the lens of the prologue, we see that Jesus IS the revelation of God's glory. Jesus' life is a life lived with in and out of God's glory; and therefore is representative for how we should live our life.
In this passage, Jesus performed a healing that led to an encounter with the healer. He never just healed to heal, or for his own fame, but always so that people could have an encounter with the living God and therefore have life to the full (Jn. 10:10). This is the mantle that we as the Church need to pick up. We must begin to walk in the glory of God instead of exchanging it for an idol (i.e. a smaller God, putting God in a box, a God who can't do signs and wonders). So to walk in the glory means a return to Jesus as revealed in the Gospels -- signs and wonders accompanied by teachings. We need to pray for God's Spirit to fall afresh upon our churches so that there can be a new outpouring of miracles, visions, prophecies, and teachings that allow for greater intimacy with the Father.
Let us walk in the glory
Jer. 2:11 and Rom. 1:23 both speak of how humanity (specifically Israel in Jeremiah) has exchanged the glory of the imortal God for man's created images, idols. And it is this act of forsaking God's glory that has caused God to speak judgement through Jeremiah and has caused humanity to wallow in their sexual impurity -- trading the truth for a lie.
My Gospel reading, however, seems to be a startk contrast with the first two readings. This passage is the story of Jesus healing the official's son. But what is key to note is that it's not just that the official's son gets healed, but that as a result his entire hoousehold now believes. A key theme in John's Gospel is the reveation of God's glory (cf John 11:40); and through interpreting the Gospel through the lens of the prologue, we see that Jesus IS the revelation of God's glory. Jesus' life is a life lived with in and out of God's glory; and therefore is representative for how we should live our life.
In this passage, Jesus performed a healing that led to an encounter with the healer. He never just healed to heal, or for his own fame, but always so that people could have an encounter with the living God and therefore have life to the full (Jn. 10:10). This is the mantle that we as the Church need to pick up. We must begin to walk in the glory of God instead of exchanging it for an idol (i.e. a smaller God, putting God in a box, a God who can't do signs and wonders). So to walk in the glory means a return to Jesus as revealed in the Gospels -- signs and wonders accompanied by teachings. We need to pray for God's Spirit to fall afresh upon our churches so that there can be a new outpouring of miracles, visions, prophecies, and teachings that allow for greater intimacy with the Father.
Let us walk in the glory
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