Podcasts about our fellowship

1 John 1:1-10 Our Fellowship with God and Yeshua the Messiah part 3 To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/1331/29

1 John 1:1-10 Our Fellowship with God and Yeshua the Messiah part 2 To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/1331/29

1 John 1:1-10 Our Fellowship with God and Yeshua the Messiah part 1 To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/1331/29

Our Fellowship is whole again and Jasmine joins the conversation to add her thoughts on Gollum.

Join us as Pastor Tim continues the sermon series 1 John. This sermon is from 1 John 1:1-4 Part 2 and is titled Our Fellowship in Christ.

In this episode, Daniel and Philipa discuss perception and language in a more-than-human world with cultural ecologist, Dr David Abram. David Abram is a cultural ecologist, geophilosopher, and the founder and creative director of the Alliance for Wild Ethics (AWE). His books include Becoming Animal: An Earthly Cosmology  and The Spell of the Sensuous: Perception and Language in a More-than-Human World. David is the recipient of various fellowships and awards, including the international Lannan Literary Award for Nonfiction, David recently held the international Arne Naess Chair in Global Justice and Ecology at the University of Oslo in Norway.Explore links and resources, and find out more at  https://www.thersa.org/oceania/regeneration-rising-podcast  Join the Re-generation: https://www.thersa.org/regenerative-futuresReduced Fellowship offer: In celebration of the launch of Regeneration Rising, we're offering a special promotion for listeners to join our global community of RSA Fellows. Our Fellowship is a network of over 31,000 innovators, educators, and entrepreneurs committed to finding better ways of thinking, acting, and delivering change. To receive a 25% discount off your first year of membership and waived registration fee, visit thersa.org and use the discount code RSAPOD on your application form. Note, cannot be used in conjunction with other discount offers, such as Youth Fellowship. For more information  email fellowship@rsa.org.uk.

In this episode, Daniel and Philipa welcome Dr Tyson Yunkaporta back for an extended yarn on relatedness and making embassy through community.  Tyson Yunkaporta is an Aboriginal scholar, educator, maker, researcher, and poet. He is the founder of the Indigenous Knowledge Systems Lab at Deakin University in Melbourne, and the author of two books, the bestselling “Sand Talk: How Indigenous Thinking Can Save the World” and the recently published “Right Story, Wrong Story:  Adventures in Indigenous Thinking”. Tyson's work focuses on applying Indigenous methods of inquiry to resolve complex issues and explore global crises.Explore links and resources, and find out more at  https://www.thersa.org/oceania/regeneration-rising-podcast  Join the Re-generation: https://www.thersa.org/regenerative-futuresReduced Fellowship offer: In celebration of the launch of Regeneration Rising, we're offering a special promotion for listeners to join our global community of RSA Fellows. Our Fellowship is a network of over 31,000 innovators, educators, and entrepreneurs committed to finding better ways of thinking, acting, and delivering change. To receive a 25% discount off your first year of membership and waived registration fee, visit thersa.org and use the discount code RSAPOD on your application form. Note, cannot be used in conjunction with other discount offers, such as Youth Fellowship. For more information  email fellowship@rsa.org.uk.

A new MP3 sermon from Arbor Church is now available on SermonAudio with the following details: Title: The Tangible Foundation of Our Fellowship Speaker: Aaron Tims Broadcaster: Arbor Church Event: Sunday - PM Date: 2/7/2016 Length: 32 min.

A new MP3 sermon from Berean Missionary Church is now available on SermonAudio with the following details: Title: The Foundation of Our Fellowship is "In Christ Alone" Subtitle: Paul's School of Prayer Speaker: R. A. Marshall Broadcaster: Berean Missionary Church Event: Sunday Service Date: 8/4/2024 Bible: Romans 1:8-17; 1 Thessalonians 4:13-18 Length: 44 min.

In this episode, Philipa and Daniel talk about post-activism, border transgressions and making sanctuary with Dr Bayo Akomolafe and Dr Tyson Yunkaporta. Bayo Akomolafe is a widely celebrated international speaker, post-humanist thinker, philosopher, writer, activist and professor of psychology. He is the author of two books, These Wilds Beyond our Fences:  Letters to My Daughter on Humanity's Search for Home and We Will Tell our Own Story: The Lions of Africa Speak. Bayo is the Founder of The Emergence Network and and a Global Senior Fellow at the University of California Berkeley. He is also the  Inaugural Scholar in Residence at the Aspen Global Leadership Network. Tyson Yunkaporta is an Aboriginal scholar, educator, maker, researcher, and poet. He is the founder of the Indigenous Knowledge Systems Lab at Deakin University in Melbourne, and the author of two books, the bestselling “Sand Talk: How Indigenous Thinking Can Save the World” and the recently published “Right Story, Wrong Story:  Adventures in Indigenous Thinking”. Tyson's work focuses on applying Indigenous methods of inquiry to resolve complex issues and explore global crises.Explore links and resources, and find out more at  https://www.thersa.org/oceania/regeneration-rising-podcast  Join the Re-generation: https://www.thersa.org/regenerative-futuresReduced Fellowship offer: In celebration of the launch of Regeneration Rising, we're offering a special promotion for listeners to join our global community of RSA Fellows. Our Fellowship is a network of over 31,000 innovators, educators, and entrepreneurs committed to finding better ways of thinking, acting, and delivering change. To receive a 25% discount off your first year of membership and waived registration fee, visit thersa.org and use the discount code RSAPOD on your application form. Note, cannot be used in conjunction with other discount offers, such as Youth Fellowship. For more information  email fellowship@rsa.org.uk.

In this episode, Daniel and Philipa discuss the practices that can help us reconnect with the living world with renowned author and activist, John Seed, and deep ecology practitioner, Skye Mandozay.John Seed  is the founder and director of the Rainforest Information Centre in Australia.  Since 1979 he has been involved in the direct actions which have resulted in the protection of the Australian rainforests. He has written and lectured extensively on deep ecology and has been conducting Councils of All Beings and other re-Earth ing workshops  around the world for 25 years. With Joanna Macy, Pat Fleming and Professor Arne Naess, he wrote "Thinking Like a Mountain - Towards a Council of All Beings"(New Society Publishers) which has now been translated into 12 languages. He is an accomplished bard, songwriter and film-maker and has produced 5 albums of environmental songs and numerous films.Skye Mandozay is South African born, now living on Wurundjeri Country in Melbourne Australia. She is an Animist, Deep Ecologist, Grief Ritualist and Folk Medicine practitioner who is passionate about facilitating people through journeys that assist in the reclamation of Living Earth Perception, Ecological Awakening, Mythic Imagination and Ritual Rhythms."The World Bank Song" by John Seed: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X6VVZif4fBo&ab_channel=rainforestinfo Explore links and resources, and find out more at  https://www.thersa.org/oceania/regeneration-rising-podcast  Join the Re-generation: https://www.thersa.org/regenerative-futuresReduced Fellowship offer: In celebration of the launch of Regeneration Rising, we're offering a special promotion for listeners to join our global community of RSA Fellows. Our Fellowship is a network of over 31,000 innovators, educators, and entrepreneurs committed to finding better ways of thinking, acting, and delivering change. To receive a 25% discount off your first year of membership and waived registration fee, visit thersa.org and use the discount code RSAPOD on your application form. Note, cannot be used in conjunction with other discount offers, such as Youth Fellowship. For more information  email fellowship@rsa.org.uk.

In this episode, Philipa and Daniel discuss the kindness at the heart of reality with author and biophilosopher, Dr Andreas Weber.Dr Andreas Weber is a Berlin-based author, biophilosopher & independent scholar. His work focuses on re-evaluating our understanding of the living world in which organisms are subjects and the biosphere is a meaning-creating and poetic reality. Andreas is the author of numerous books, inlcuding Enlivenment: Toward a Poetics for the Anthropocene, The Biology of Wonder, and Matter & Desire: An Erotic Ecology. Explore links and resources, and find out more at  https://www.thersa.org/oceania/regeneration-rising-podcast  Join the Re-generation: https://www.thersa.org/regenerative-futuresReduced Fellowship offer: In celebration of the launch of Regeneration Rising, we're offering a special promotion for listeners to join our global community of RSA Fellows. Our Fellowship is a network of over 31,000 innovators, educators, and entrepreneurs committed to finding better ways of thinking, acting, and delivering change. To receive a 25% discount off your first year of membership and waived registration fee, visit thersa.org and use the discount code RSAPOD on your application form. Note, cannot be used in conjunction with other discount offers, such as Youth Fellowship. For more information  email fellowship@rsa.org.uk.

In this episode, Daniel and Philipa are joined by award-winning permaculture teacher and designer, Morag Gamble, and best-selling author and integrator, Jeremy Lent. Together, they discuss the urgent need to realign our patterns of meaning with the life-sustaining patterns of our planet to create thriving, regenerative cultures. An award-winning permaculture teacher and designer, Morag Gamble has been at the forefront of the permaculture revolution for over 30 years. She is the founder of the Permaculture Education Institute and the Executive Director of Ethos Foundation, a permaculture education charity for refugees. She hosts the Sense-Making in a Changing World podcast, exploring what a thriving one-planet way of life lookd like with leading ecological thinkers, activists, authors, designers and practitioners.Jeremy Lent is the best-selling author of The Patterning Instinct and The Web of Meaning. His work investigates the underlying causes of our civilization's existential crisis, and explores pathways toward a life-affirming future. He has been described by Guardian journalist George Monbiot as “one of the greatest thinkers of our age,”Explore links and resources, and find out more at  https://www.thersa.org/oceania/regeneration-rising-podcast  Join the Re-generation: https://www.thersa.org/regenerative-futuresReduced Fellowship offer: In celebration of the launch of Regeneration Rising, we're offering a special promotion for listeners to join our global community of RSA Fellows. Our Fellowship is a network of over 31,000 innovators, educators, and entrepreneurs committed to finding better ways of thinking, acting, and delivering change. To receive a 25% discount off your first year of membership and waived registration fee, visit thersa.org and use the discount code RSAPOD on your application form. Note, cannot be used in conjunction with other discount offers, such as Youth Fellowship. For more information  email fellowship@rsa.org.uk.

Welcome to this special episode of the Southwest Climate Podcast with guest hosts: Gigi Owen & Christina Greene.  In this special episode, we bring you 3 guests that were all part of the CLIMAS Environment & Society Fellowship program over the past year.  A lot of the science that CLIMAS researchers do is done collaboratively with and for our community partners so that the science that we do ends up being useful to decision-making and policy development and planning.  Our Fellowship program offers University of Arizona graduate students the opportunity to take this kind of collaborative approach to address environmental and societal problems.  Our fellows are here today to share more about their work and what they've been up to over the past year.   2023 CLIMAS Environment & Society Fellows Hannah Friedrich “Mapping tarps and stories to spotlight inequitable disaster recovery”   Majerle Lister “Re-Thinking Land and History: Working with Navajo Mountain Soil Water Conservation District Members”   Lucas Belury “Flood Justice in South Texas”   Talia Anderson *Unable to attend podcast recording “What's going on with the rains?”

In this episode, Daniel and Philipa talk with best-selling author author, physicist, and educator, Dr Fritjof Capra about how adopting a systems view of life can help to address our current crisis of perception.  Fritjof Capra, Ph.D., is a scientist, educator, activist, author and systems theorist. Capra received his Ph.D. in theoretical physics from the University of Vienna in 1966 and spent 20 years doing research in theoretical high-energy physics, including at the University of Paris, the University of California, the Stanford Linear Accelerator Centre, and the University of London. He also taught at the University of California, Berkeley, and San Francisco State University. Capra first became popularly known for his best-selling book, The Tao of Physics, which explored the ways in which modern physics was changing our worldview from a mechanistic to a holistic and ecological one. Over the past 30 years, Capra has been engaged in a systematic exploration of how other sciences and society are ushering in a similar shift in worldview, or paradigms, leading to a new vision of reality and a new understanding of the social implications of this cultural transformation. His book, The Systems View of Life, presents a grand new synthesis of this work—integrating the biological, cognitive, social, and ecological dimensions of life into one unified vision. He offers a course, The Capra Course, based on the material in his book. Explore links and resources, and find out more at  https://www.thersa.org/oceania/regeneration-rising-podcast  Join the Re-generation: https://www.thersa.org/regenerative-futuresReduced Fellowship offer: In celebration of the launch of Regeneration Rising, we're offering a special promotion for listeners to join our global community of RSA Fellows. Our Fellowship is a network of over 31,000 innovators, educators, and entrepreneurs committed to finding better ways of thinking, acting, and delivering change. To receive a 25% discount off your first year of membership and waived registration fee, visit thersa.org and use the discount code RSAPOD on your application form. Note, cannot be used in conjunction with other discount offers, such as Youth Fellowship. For more information  email fellowship@rsa.org.uk.

In this episode, Daniel and Philipa talk with award-winning author and regenerative leadership expert, Carol Sanford. In this episode, Daniel and Philipa are in conversation with award-winning author and regenerative leadership expert, Carol Sanford. Carol draws on her experience working with business leaders to explain the importance of working on change in an indirect way. Carol Sanford is a consistently recognized disruptor and contrarian working side by side with Fortune 500 and new economy executives in designing and leading systemic business change and design. Through her university and in-house educational offerings, global speaking platforms, best selling multi-award-winning books, and human development work, Carol works with executive leaders who see the possibility to change the nature of work through developing people and work systems that ignite motivation everywhere. For four decades, Carol has worked with great leaders of successful businesses such as Google, DuPont, Intel, P&G, and Seventh Generation, educating them to develop their people and ensure a continuous stream of innovation that continually deliver extraordinary results. Carol is a founder and designer of The Regenerative Business Development Community with lifetime members of almost 500 members, meeting in locations around the world and now online with leaders from multiple companies learning together in bi-quarterly events as well as an Annual Regenerative Business Summit. Her best-selling books have won over 15 awards so far and are required reading at leading business and management schools including Harvard, Stanford, Haas Berkeley and MIT. Carol also partners with producing Executive Education through Babson College, and The Lewis Institute at Babson.Explore links and resources, and find out more at  https://www.thersa.org/oceania/regeneration-rising-podcast  Join the Re-generation: https://www.thersa.org/regenerative-futuresReduced Fellowship offer: In celebration of the launch of Regeneration Rising, we're offering a special promotion for listeners to join our global community of RSA Fellows. Our Fellowship is a network of over 31,000 innovators, educators, and entrepreneurs committed to finding better ways of thinking, acting, and delivering change. To receive a 25% discount off your first year of membership and waived registration fee, visit thersa.org and use the discount code RSAPOD on your application form. Note, cannot be used in conjunction with other discount offers, such as Youth Fellowship. For more information  email fellowship@rsa.org.uk. 

In this episode, Daniel and Philipa talk with Indigenous musician, scholar, and community organiser, Dr Lyla June Johnston. Lyla June shares lessons from her Diné, Tsétsêhéstâhese and European heritage and highlights the importance of engaging with, recognising and respecting Indigenous wisdom traditions as we seek to reinhabit our world regneratively.  Lyla June is an Indigenous musician, scholar, and community organizer of Diné (Navajo), Tsétsêhéstâhese (Cheyenne) and European lineages. Her multi-genre presentation style has engaged audiences across the globe towards personal, collective, and ecological healing. She blends her study of Human Ecology at Stanford, graduate work in Indigenous Pedagogy, and the traditional worldview she grew up with to inform her music, perspectives and solutions. She recently finished her PhD on the ways in which pre-colonial Indigenous Nations shaped large regions of Turtle Island (aka the Americas) to produce abundant food systems for humans and non-humans.ReGeneration Rising is a specially-commissioned RSA Oceania podcast exploring how regenerative approaches can help us collectively re-design our communities, cities, and economies, and create a thriving home for all on our planet.Explore links and resources, and find out more at  https://www.thersa.org/oceania/regeneration-rising-podcast  Join the Re-generation: https://www.thersa.org/regenerative-futuresReduced Fellowship offer: In celebration of the launch of Regeneration Rising, we're offering a special promotion for listeners to join our global community of RSA Fellows. Our Fellowship is a network of over 31,000 innovators, educators, and entrepreneurs committed to finding better ways of thinking, acting, and delivering change. To receive a 25% discount off your first year of membership and waived registration fee, visit thersa.org and use the discount code RSAPOD on your application form. Note, cannot be used in conjunction with other discount offers, such as Youth Fellowship. For more information  email fellowship@rsa.org.uk. 

Many of us are guilty of imagining that we can neatly measure and therefore manage the world around us. But an essential aspect of life is its continued motion. How might we learn from the patterns and nature of this motion in order to think ‘like an ecology'?Nora Bateson is an award-winning filmmaker, writer and educator, as well as President of the International Bateson Institute. Her work brings the fields of biology, cognition, art, anthropology, psychology, and information technology together into a study of the patterns in ecology of living systems. Her book, Small Arcs of Larger Circles, released by Triarchy Press, UK, 2016 is a revolutionary personal approach to the study of systems and complexity.ReGeneration Rising is a specially-commissioned RSA Oceania podcast exploring how regenerative approaches can help us collectively re-design our communities, cities, and economies, and create a thriving home for all on our planet.Explore links and resources, and find out more at  https://www.thersa.org/oceania/regeneration-rising-podcast  Join the Re-generation: https://www.thersa.org/regenerative-futuresReduced Fellowship offer: In celebration of the launch of Regeneration Rising, we're offering a special promotion for listeners to join our global community of RSA Fellows. Our Fellowship is a network of over 31,000 innovators, educators, and entrepreneurs committed to finding better ways of thinking, acting, and delivering change. To receive a 25% discount off your first year of membership and waived registration fee, visit thersa.org and use the discount code RSAPOD on your application form. Note, cannot be used in conjunction with other discount offers, such as Youth Fellowship. For more information  email fellowship@rsa.org.uk.

When faced with global social and environmental challenges, we can assume that we should be entirely focused on solving the problems ‘out there'. But without paying attention to our inner world and inter-being - the ways in which we relate to one another - can we really reimagine our world and enable flourishing futures for all? In this episode, Daniel and Philipa are joined by peace pilgrim, activist and former monk, Satish Kumar. Aged 9, Satish renounced the world and became a wandering Jain monk. Inspired by Gandhi, he decided at 18 that he could achieve more ‘back in the world', campaigning to turn Gandhi's vision of a peaceful future into reality. Satish founded The Resurgence Trust, an educational charity that seeks to inform and inspire a just future for all. He was the Editor of the charity's change-making magazine, Resurgence & Ecologist, for over 40 years. He co-founded Schumacher College, which he continues to serve as a Visiting Fellow.ReGeneration Rising is a specially-commissioned RSA Oceania podcast exploring how regenerative approaches can help us collectively re-design our communities, cities, and economies, and create a thriving home for all on our planet.Explore links and resources, and find out more at  https://www.thersa.org/oceania/regeneration-rising-podcast  Join the Re-generation: https://www.thersa.org/regenerative-futuresReduced Fellowship offer: In celebration of the launch of Regeneration Rising, we're offering a special promotion for listeners to join our global community of RSA Fellows. Our Fellowship is a network of over 31,000 innovators, educators, and entrepreneurs committed to finding better ways of thinking, acting, and delivering change. To receive a 25% discount off your first year of membership and waived registration fee, visit thersa.org and use the discount code RSAPOD on your application form. Note, cannot be used in conjunction with other discount offers, such as Youth Fellowship. For more information  email fellowship@rsa.org.uk. 

ReGeneration Rising is a specially-commissioned RSA Oceania podcast exploring how regenerative approaches can help us collectively re-design our communities, cities, and economies, and create a thriving home for all on our planet. In this first episode of the second series, co-hosts Philipa Duthie and Daniel Christian Wahl talk to Biomimicry pioneers Janine Benyus and Dr Dayna Baumeister about the practice of learning from life's enduring patterns and wisdom. Over 3.8 billion years life has evolved to create the conditions conducive to life. In comparison, the history of human innovation is vanishingly brief. What might we learn if we looked to nature as our teacher, not only for inspiration in physical design but in ways of learning, relating and collaborating?Janine Benyus is a biologist, author, innovation consultant, and self proclaimed “nature nerd.” She may not have coined the term biomimicry, but she certainly popularized it in her 1997 book ‘Biomimicry: Innovation Inspired by Nature'. She is Co-founder of Biomimicry 3.8 and the Biomimicry Institute. Janine has introduced millions to the meme of biomimicry through two TED talks, hundreds of conference keynotes, and a dozen documentaries. In 2022, Janine was awarded the annual RSA Bicentenary Medal for her remarkable contribution to regenerative design.Dr Dayna Baumeister's foundational work has been critical to the biomimicry movement, establishing it as a fresh and innovative practice, as well as a philosophy to meet the world's sustainability challenges. As an educator, researcher, and design consultant, Dayna has helped more than 100 companies consult the natural world for elegant and sustainable design solutions. She is Co-founder of Biomimicry 3.8.Explore links and resources, and find out more at  https://www.thersa.org/oceania/regeneration-rising-podcast  Join the Re-generation: https://www.thersa.org/regenerative-futuresReduced Fellowship offer: In celebration of the launch of Regeneration Rising, we're offering a special promotion for listeners to join our global community of RSA Fellows. Our Fellowship is a network of over 31,000 innovators, educators, and entrepreneurs committed to finding better ways of thinking, acting, and delivering change. To receive a 25% discount off your first year of membership and waived registration fee, visit thersa.org and use the discount code RSAPOD on your application form. Note, cannot be used in conjunction with other discount offers, such as Youth Fellowship. For more information  email fellowship@rsa.org.uk.  

Our Fellowship is reunited! And we begin our (brief...we hope) journey into three of the great tales of the first age. We start this week with the Children of Hurin, probably the most tragic story that Tolkien ever told. What do we like? What do we dislike? Will Turin ever think of someone other than himself? Listen in to find out!

A new MP3 sermon from Hopewell Associate Reformed Presbyterian is now available on SermonAudio with the following details: Title: Our Sufferings Dwarfed by Our Fellowship in Christ's Suffering and Glory Subtitle: Family Worship Speaker: James Hakim Broadcaster: Hopewell Associate Reformed Presbyterian Event: Devotional Date: 8/27/2023 Bible: Romans 8:18 Length: 9 min.

The common identity that we have with the Father is his Spirit in us Romans 8:14-15 says For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, they are the sons of God.15 For ye have not received the spirit of bondage again to fear; but ye have received the Spirit of adoption, whereby we cry, Abba, Father.  We are not called to be afraid of God, rather we are now of the same Family, members of the same household. Eph 2:18-19 For through him we both have access by one Spirit unto the Father.19 Now therefore ye are no more strangers and foreigners, but fellowcitizens with the saints, and of the household of God;   Eph 3:15 says 3 Behold what manner of love the Father has bestowed on us, that we should be called children of [a]God! Therefore the world does not know us, because it did not know Him. Because of the love the Father has bestowed on us, we are now children of God. Child referring to the state of which we are born of, the Sonship is our inheritance. The inheritance is HIS Spirit, the Spirit of His Son into our hearts, crying out, Abba Father Gal 4:6-7: And because ye are sons, God hath sent forth the Spirit of his Son into your hearts, crying, Abba, Father, crying, Abba, Father, crying, Abba, Father. Wherefore thou art no more a servant, but a son; and if a son, then an heir of God through Christ.    In all the above verse, there is no one time mentioned, what roll we play to be called children of God or calling God our Father. We don't have to do anything, for God has already done everything.Thank you Daddy, Than you Daddy that you did everything and now I am able to call you Father The fullness of His Spirit dwells in US. The fullness of His Spirit has now made us sons to a great Father We are Sons of God by inheritance and Children of God by the state of who we are in God. The Fellowship is a product of inheritance. Our Fellowship is oneness with the Father and Son Believers, when you go to the place of prayer, you remind yourself that you have a common identity with your creator, with your FatherWhen you speak, you understand that he listens to you at all timesBecause he is a great Father, Because he is a Father that takes care of its ownBelievers, we are born overcomers, why because our Father has overcome this World Don`t be anxious, no allow anything to come your wayDon`t allow any circumstances, anything, any single thingNothing on this earthNothing on this earth should ever set in a place of depression or in a place of giving upYou have the Holy Ghost dwelling in your inside and that is the inheritance that you have received and now you can call yourself a child of God You have the authority in youYou have God`s Spirit in you You have God`s Spirit in you You have the Spirit of God dwelling in your inside and the creator of this universe is your Father. And that Father has overcome the WorldHe has overcome the World, believers. Stand your groundKnow your common identity with the creator of this universe My Daddy, My FatherOur Fellowship, Our Fellowship, Our Fellowship is oneness with the Father, with his Spirit dwelling in us. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/assumpta-widak/message

Our Fellowship our great benefit. Love and tolerance is our code. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/fernando-montes-de-oca/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/fernando-montes-de-oca/support

A new MP3 sermon from Grace Reformed Baptist Church of L. I. is now available on SermonAudio with the following details: Title: Our Fellowship in Heaven Subtitle: Christian Fellowship Speaker: Doug Totter Broadcaster: Grace Reformed Baptist Church of L. I. Event: Devotional Date: 7/14/2022 Length: 57 min.

Fellowship is a good church word. We don't hear it in other parts of the world, but in church we use it routinely. We have a fellowship ministry. We have a fellowship hall. We talk about the fellowship of the body. But what does it mean? And why is it significant to the life and practice of the church and the believers in the church? It is these questions and more that we turn to today as we hear the Word of the Lord about “Our Fellowship.”

Our Fellowship with The Spirit --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/nana-abena/message

It's a Bye Week!!!The One Ring was a Bye Week. Our Fellowship is in Bree to track down Gorlanc the sorcerer dwarf?! The One Ring has final PDFs released and we're pouring through looking updating our characters!My new Burning Wheel game Vena and the King of Nothing is two sessions in and on the Diceology podcast. Vena is pursued by elves,  made an owlbear friend, and learned about Elven grief via human conflict. My lady friend, Elle had a fantastic rules breakthrough and we learned some hard truths about Vena her character!Pirates of Drinax had a bye week. I'm looking at Firefly and Hammerheads for vehicle mechanics inspirations! Prepping for some Delta Green 1v1play with  Brendan from the What people do podcast. I'm reading UVG and excited about running it soon.I'm set to run Desert Moon of Karth via Mothership for the Gauntlet's Star Wars Sat/Sun: Special Edition mini-con. in Dec and the session is full.I hung out with some gamers from the Gauntlet Sunday afternoon on Zoom. About 9 or 10 other folks scattered globally. We just chatted about recent games we're playing and running down the gaming tangents.This week I learned about Whitehack experiences from Christopher Kubasik via the Indie Game Reading Club Slack and it's climbed up my must playlist!What's on your game table or shortlist?Support the show (http://www.patreon.com/madjayzero)

Pastor Mark Palmisano preaches the sermon "From the Beginning, Part 2: The Foundation of Our Fellowship" from 1 John 1:3-4.

A new MP3 sermon from First Baptist Church Sterling Heights is now available on SermonAudio with the following details: Title: Our Fellowship and Confidence Subtitle: Fellowship with Christ -1 John Speaker: Dwight Schultz Broadcaster: First Baptist Church Sterling Heights Event: Sunday - AM Date: 7/25/2021 Bible: 1 John 5:13-17 Length: 44 min.

Danny Hughes - Romans Chapter 14 - 15 "Our Fellowship" by Amarillo Church of Christ Sermons

Title: Refresh 2021 Text: Various FCF: We need to be reminded about our goals at CBC Prop: Because this is Christ’s church, we must look to Him for direction and purpose. Sermon Intro: [Slide 1] Turn in your bible to Acts chapter 2. I am very anxious to finish up I Timothy and I realize that that last two Sundays we haven’t had a real exegesis or expository dive into a text of scripture. But today I could not pass up the chance for us to refocus and refresh ourselves on the vision, mission, and purpose of Columbus Baptist Church. For some of you, you may have never heard us speak of this. Others may remember it from their membership class. Still others may be very familiar. But regardless of where you are – it is good for us to occasionally remind ourselves where we are going so we can assess how we are doing. And what better time to have such a conversation, than the first Sunday of the year. Everyone is making resolutions… why not remind ourselves who we are, why we are here, and what we are to be doing? In my first year here, and even before I officially became the pastor, the church leadership were discussing who CBC was. Just a bit of history. At the time two pastors had resigned. One a long-time pastor here and the other his associate. They were leading the church down a path that certainly was with good motives but was really not an appropriate focus of the church. So in the wake of all of that – the church leaders sat down and began wondering… why are we here? Who are we? What is important? What isn’t’? That conversation affected what kind of men they were looking for in a pastor. And after I became your pastor that conversation continued. Through the Spirit’s direction we were pressed to find answers to these questions. What is the vision of CBC? What is the mission of CBC? And what is the purpose of CBC? And in that first year, gathered around a conference table at the Holiday Inn Express in Port Huron, we sought the Lord. And the Lord showed up. Truly He had been showing us His answers even before that day in that conference room. But that day we put things down on paper. Through the next 4 years we continued to hone and refine these things, but for the most part, they are the same now as they were then. Transition: So let’s remind ourselves. I.) What is the Vision of CBC? a. [Slide 2] What is a vision? i. Vision answers the question, “What is the ultimate goal?” ii. Who are we? What is our identity? b. Is a Vision biblical? i. God spends much of the New Testament painting the vision for the church. ii. Paul in I Timothy described the church as the Pillar and Bedrock of the truth. iii. They are the bride of Christ. iv. They are a group of people devoted to Christ and His Kingdom. v. They are devoted to one another – being a community. vi. They are devoted to God – in that they are being made to be Christ-Like. vii. And they are to go and make disciples of all nations baptizing them and teaching them to obey all the things Christ has commanded. viii. In this way the gates of hell shall not prevail against them. They are armed with the gospel, the life-changing truth of grace, that can change men, one soul at a time. c. [Slide 3] What is CBC’s vision? What is our ultimate goal? “To be a devoted community of Christ-Like disciple makers. d. We see this on display in Acts 2:42-47 i. What do we see here? ii. We see a church devoted to doctrine, fellowship, communion and prayer. iii. They lived in awe and wonder as the Lord demonstrated His power among and through them. iv. They were devoted to love, unity, and support of one another. v. They were devoted to humility and gratitude. vi. And what did God do? He added to their numbers daily. vii. It is important to note that we do not see this necessarily as prescriptive, but rather, descriptive. 1. We would not say that unless we meet in houses daily, we are failing. 2. We would not say that we must pool our resources together and redistribute it to one another, or we are failing. 3. We would not say that we must be exactly like this 1st century church in the details. 4. But we would say that when it comes to faith and practice – we ought to be exactly like them. 5. Their devotions ought to be our devotions. a. Doctrine b. Fellowship c. Communion d. Prayer e. Worship f. Love g. Unity h. Financial Support i. Humility j. Gratitude 6. These are all devotions of God’s church. And each of them are listed as necessary components of His church throughout the New Testament. 7. Indeed, if a church lacks any one of these – it is failing the goal of the church. To be a devoted community of Christ-Like Disciple Makers. e. [Slide 4] How are we doing? i. If I can be so bold – I think that we are doing quite well in pursuing the vision of our church. ii. I believe that the devotions required of all of Christ’s church are devotions you would find here. iii. I don’t look at any of this list and find any glaring holes. Surely there are things we could improve – but nothing we are missing. iv. Our Fellowship took a hit this year – but of all of them, I think this one we see as extremely important coming out of 2020. v. Communion, and partaking of Christ together is central to some of the most recent things we’ve been learning and putting into practice. vi. Worship seems to be coming along nicely. I recently did a study on all the elements of worship listed in the bible. And we have all of them in almost every service we have together. vii. Love – There is no question we love one another. But not love like the world. Instead a love that teaches, edifies, rebukes, instructs, cares and comforts each other. This is the love we have for one another. viii. Unity – primarily in truth, but even in direction. We are all headed the same way. f. [Slide 5] How could we do better? i. Our Doctrine must always be refined. Indeed, from our “state of theology” quiz that we sent out earlier this year – it was clear that there are still some doctrines we wrestle with. ii. Prayer is a weak point I think. At least for me. I do not pray as I should. I hope and trust that you are lifting up your voice not just for physical needs or pains but for God’s Kingdom to come. iii. It is hard to imagine a church that doesn’t need to grow more humble. Certainly we should leave that on the “could do better” list. iv. Gratitude – My oh my we are often complainers are we not? Deepen our thanksgiving Lord! II.) What is the Mission of CBC? a. [Slide 6] What is a Mission? i. A Mission answers the question “How do we accomplish the vision?” ii. How do we reach our goal? What makes us who we are? b. Is having a Mission biblical? i. Missions typically change based on the current situation. ii. The church in Ephesus’ vision may have been the same as ours, but the mission of the 1st Century Ephesus church would be somewhat different than our mission today in 21st Century America. iii. The church in Acts 2 met in homes and at the synagogue daily and pooled their resources to take care of needs. But not all that is required of us. iv. So what about us, in our current place, time, and culture, how can we accomplish the vision to be a devoted community of Christ-Like Disciple Makers? c. [Slide 7] We have seen three aspects that differentiate us from other ministries in different situations. i. Expository Preaching – In some sense this is certainly not something that can be absent from any church. Unfortunately, it sets us apart from many other churches in our area and nation. We approach scriptures as God’s message to us – mostly to correct our view of the world to His view. It is His inspired Word that we must come to and be nourished by. It is not something to validate our own opinions. Instead, it is something that helps to form our worldview around God. ii. An Enduring Community – Even now we see the writing on the wall. 50-100 years ago, such a component for a mission in a church in America would not have been necessary. But for us, living in the time we do, it is only a matter of time before true persecution starts. Before the worship of Christ alone as King is torn down and we will be forced to choose between bowing to Christ or to some other false god. So part of our mission is to begin building our ministry to survive, even when it is illegal to worship. iii. Fathers and Family – as a related component of being an enduring community, we see it as absolutely essential that Fathers take their God-given role as Spiritual leaders of their home. Becoming pastors of their family. When this is true of every home – and when male leadership of every kind is strengthened – we will be able to withstand true persecution. As each family unit grows under the leadership of the fathers, grandfathers, or male leaders – so the body of Christ is strengthened. d. [Slide 8] How are we doing? i. Expositorily I believe my preaching is just that. Not saying that in a braggy way, but I think we do an ok job across the board in sifting and digging to find what God has said and what He has meant by what He has said. ii. Enduring Community – I believe this year we were pushed to see what a church truly is. That made it abundantly clear that the way we do church now – may not be tenable in the near future. We have been given all the more reason to push our ministry even further toward an enduring ministry. e. [Slide 9] How could we do better? i. My preaching could be better in regard to application. I think I don’t always go deep enough in applying the text to our current situation. If you feel the same, I strongly encourage you to attend Wednesday Night Bible Study. There we end up going deeper than the time on Sunday Allows. And I think we do a good job answering the tough questions of putting the rubber of the scripture down on the road of our lives. ii. There is still much to be done to further secure our church in the event of a sudden persecution. Some of this will come with converting to an Elder Led church. But overall we still have a ways to go before we are ready. iii. Finally, I think we could be doing a lot better encouraging fathers to be the pastors of their families. I confess, that I am not sure how to do that. I can teach father’s the scriptures, but without going home with you and showing you how to engage your children and spouses with spiritual leadership and direction, I am unsure how to do that. Perhaps Fathers, grandfathers, and male leaders in the family can meet the leadership and I halfway? III.) What is the Purpose of CBC? a. [Slide 10] What is Purpose? i. Purpose answers the question “Why must we complete our mission and vision?” ii. Why are we the way that we are? Why must we do the things we do? Why do we exist in this state? b. Is it biblical? i. Indeed God gives the purpose of all mankind, let alone His church. ii. Certainly the church would be part of that purpose. iii. So what is the purpose of all mankind? iv. To glorify God. Psalm 150:6 – Let everything that has breath praise the Lord. v. Isaiah 43:7 – Everyone who is called by my name, whom I created for my glory, whom I formed and made. c. [Slide 11] We exist to glorify God. How? i. To know Him – in the devotions from our vision, in the passions of our mission, through His word, doctrine, fellowship, prayer, love, unity and all else. We strive to know Him and to be like Him. ii. To make Him known – We declare His fame among the nations. We make much of His Glorious decrees. He is the exalted one and we the inheritors of a gift we could never earn. iii. In praise and devotion, in worship and witness – we glorify God. d. [Slide 12] How are we doing? i. I do think we have a genuine thirst to know God and to be like Him in this church ii. More so than many churches I’ve seen, this church desires to be what God wants them to be, and to know God. e. [Slide 13] How can we do better? i. I do feel that we could be doing a better job making Him known. But when I look for evidence of that, I’m not sure exactly how to quantify it. ii. I just have to look at my life. What am I doing to make Christ and His Kingdom known among the nations? I know I could be doing better. I’d wager you could too. iii. Since I have been your pastor there really haven’t been any professions of faith and only 1 baptism. As I mentioned in the fire-side-chat last week – much of this we have no control over. Perhaps God has us as seed casters and waterers… maybe we are tree pruners and fruit cultivators? And maybe the increase, we will never see. iv. Still – My prayer is that God would allow us to be part of His work of regeneration in the hearts of people in this area, and even in this church. v. The Lord knows that we have many young people in the church who have not made professions of faith. Perhaps they are our primary ministry for now? vi. But please be praying with me that we are being ambassadors. Making His Kingdom known in the earth. Conclusion: [Slide 14(end)] Overall, I think we are doing ok as a church – but we also have plenty of room for growth and improvement. May God stretch us this year. May He give us grace to be more like His Son. May God allow us to see people come to Christ! May God allow us to be humble and bold witnesses in our world.

Our Fellowship grows as Poet and Warrior Wordsmith Frankie Soto joins us to unpack the Lord of the Rings Trilogy's depiction of masculinity!Grab your mithril mail, your shiny swords, and your tissues because this episode is very emotional, full of daddy issues, and one of our favorites!Find and listen to Frankie using the links below:http://frankiesotopoetry.com/@FrankieSotoPoetry on Instagram@FrankieSotoPoet on Twitter2016 and 2019 Multicultural poet of the year, Vote for him for the 2020 National Spoken Word Awards: Item 19, best Multicultural ArtistListen to us and rate/review on Podbean, iTunes, Spotify, Google Podcasts, or iHeartRadioFind us on twitter @PolitiPopPodFind us on Instagram @PolitiPopPodcastEmail us at PolitipopCast@gmail.comFind our Show notes and Sources at Politipoppodcast.wordpress.comMUSIC:What Makes a Good Man-The HeavyListen to The Heavy's album ‘The Hurt And The Merciless': Stream / Download / Vinyl: https://theheavy.lnk.to/storeYo Follow The Heavy on Spotify: http://found.ee/theheavy-sp Follow The Heavy on: Apple Music: http://found.ee/theheavy-am Facebook: http://found.ee/theheavy-fb Twitter: http://found.ee/theheavy-tw Youtube: http://found.ee/theheavy-yt Soundcloud: http://found.ee/theheavy-sc Instagram: http://found.ee/theheavy-ig http://theheavy.co.ukSupport this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/the-politipop-podcast9815/donations

A new MP3 sermon from Lancaster Baptist Church is now available on SermonAudio with the following details: Title: Consolation, Our Fellowship in the Gospel Speaker: Pastor Paul Chappell Broadcaster: Lancaster Baptist Church Event: Sunday Service Date: 5/3/2020 Length: 31 min.

**Covenant #2 & #5** Matthew 7:13-29 - 13 “Enter through the narrow gate; for the gate is wide and the way is broad that leads to destruction, and there are many who enter through it. 14 For the gate is small and the way is narrow that leads to life, and there are few who find it. 15 “Beware of the false prophets, who come to you in sheep's clothing, but inwardly are ravenous wolves. 16 You will know them by their fruits. Grapes are not gathered from thorn bushes nor figs from thistles, are they? 17 So every good tree bears good fruit, but the bad tree bears bad fruit. 18 A good tree cannot produce bad fruit, nor can a bad tree produce good fruit. 19 Every tree that does not bear good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire. 20 So then, you will know them by their fruits. 21 “Not everyone who says to Me, ‘Lord, Lord,' will enter the kingdom of heaven, but he who does the will of My Father who is in heaven will enter. 22 Many will say to Me on that day, ‘Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in Your name, and in Your name cast out demons, and in Your name perform many miracles?' 23 And then I will declare to them, ‘I never knew you; depart from Me, you who practice lawlessness.' 24 “Therefore everyone who hears these words of Mine and acts on them, may be compared to a wise man who built his house on the rock. 25 And the rain fell, and the floods came, and the winds blew and slammed against that house; and yet it did not fall, for it had been founded on the rock. 26 Everyone who hears these words of Mine and does not act on them, will be like a foolish man who built his house on the sand. 27 The rain fell, and the floods came, and the winds blew and slammed against that house; and it fell—and great was its fall.” 28 When Jesus had finished these words, the crowds were amazed at His teaching; 29 for He was teaching them as one having authority, and not as their scribes.   **Covenant #2 - I confess that the Bible is the inerrant Word of God, which has ultimate authority over my life.** **Covenant #5 - I commit to attending and preparing for weekday Bible studies every week to the best of my ability.**   **2003 Survey – Barna Research Group** Percentage of Americans who believe in an afterlife: 81% Percentage who believe that they will go to heaven: 64% Percentage who believe that they will go to hell: 0.5% 2 Timothy 3:5, 13 [NASB] - 5 holding to a form of godliness, although they have denied its power; avoid such men as these. 13 But evil men and impostors will proceed from bad to worse, deceiving and being deceived. Matthew 28:18-20 [NASB] - 18 And Jesus came up and spoke to them, saying, “All authority has been given to Me in heaven and on earth. 19 Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit,20 teaching them to observe all that I commanded you; and lo, I am with you always, even to the end of the age.” 2 Peter 1:20-21[NASB] - 20 But know this first of all, that no prophecy of Scripture is a matter of one's own interpretation, 21 for no prophecy was ever made by an act of human will, but men moved by the Holy Spirit spoke from God. 2 Timothy 3:16-17 [NASB] - 16 All Scripture is inspired by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, for training in righteousness; 17 so that the man of God may be adequate, equipped for every good work. **Definition of ”Inerrancy of Scripture”** (Wayne Grudem) The inerrancy of Scripture means that Scripture in the original manuscripts does not affirm anything contrary to fact.   (Webster's Dictionary) The belief that the Bible is free from error in matters of science as well as those of faith. 1 Corinthians 14:37-38 [NASB] - 37 If anyone thinks he is a prophet or spiritual, let him recognize that the things which I write to you are the Lord's commandment. 38 But if anyone does not recognize this, he is not recognized. **Authorship of the Scriptures** *1. Written by about 40 different authors*   *2. Written over a course of 1500 years in different countries and cultures.*   *3. Written in 3 original languages (Hebrew, Aramaic, Greek)*   *4. One central figure; one Lord* **The Whole Counsel of God** *1. Our WORSHIP must be fueled by a proper understanding of the whole counsel of God.* *2. Our FELLOWSHIP must be fueled by a proper understanding of the whole counsel of God.* *3. Our EVANGELISM must be fueled by a proper understanding of the whole counsel of God.* 1 Thessalonians 5:16-22 [NASB] - 16 Rejoice always; 17 pray without ceasing; 18 in everything give thanks; for this is God's will for you in Christ Jesus. 19 Do not quench the Spirit; 20 do not despise prophetic utterances. 21 But examine everything carefully; hold fast to that which is good; 22 abstain from every form of evil. John 10:16 [NASB] - I have other sheep which are not of this fold; I must bring them also, and they will hear My voice, and they will become one flock with one Shepherd. 1 Timothy 4:16 [NASB] - 16 Pay close attention to yourself and to your teaching; persevere in these things, for as you do this you will ensure salvation both for yourself and for those who hear you. Luke 6:46-49 - 46 “Why do you call Me, ‘Lord, Lord,' and do not do what I say? 47 Everyone who comes to Me and hears My words and acts on them, I will show you whom he is like: 48 he is like a man building a house, who dug deep and laid a foundation on the rock; and when a flood occurred, the torrent burst against that house and could not shake it, because it had been well built. 49 But the one who has heard and has not acted accordingly, is like a man who built a house on the ground without any foundation; and the torrent burst against it and immediately it collapsed, and the ruin of that house was great.”

Continuing our series on Our Fellowship in Christ, Milan explores what John means when he talks of being children of God. What does that mean for us as a church, as a people, as a nation?

My perspective on the Book "Christ the Healer" by F.F. Bosworth. I share some of my highlights and notes. My Background and perspective; Didn't see healings while growing up; Faith healers on TV and Jim Jones; My experience with healings; David George healing at Bread of Life; https://youtu.be/tv6P2-WS-bY ; Our Fellowship healings; The Last Reformation documentary; I personally know healing evangelists; FF Bosworth had a healing ministry - wiki; My Goodreads review; http://bit.ly/BosworthReview ; Book is laid out well; Table of contents; Deals with questions and arguments later; My highlights and notes; HIs perspective on Faith and confession; Links: Get two audiobooks free for trying audible: https://amzn.to/2VAx6ML Get two free months for trying Scribd: https://www.scribd.com/g/5a3rn5 Christ the Healer on Amazon: https://amzn.to/2YyRta9 https://conradrocks.net

My perspective on the Book "Christ the Healer" by F.F. Bosworth. I share some of my highlights and notes. My Background and perspective; Didn't see healings while growing up; Faith healers on TV and Jim Jones; My experience with healings; David George healing at Bread of Life; https://youtu.be/tv6P2-WS-bY ; Our Fellowship healings; The Last Reformation documentary; I personally know healing evangelists; FF Bosworth had a healing ministry - wiki; My Goodreads review; http://bit.ly/BosworthReview ; Book is laid out well; Table of contents; Deals with questions and arguments later; My highlights and notes; HIs perspective on Faith and confession; Links: Get two audiobooks free for trying audible: https://amzn.to/2VAx6ML Get two free months for trying Scribd: https://www.scribd.com/g/5a3rn5 Christ the Healer on Amazon: https://amzn.to/2YyRta9 https://conradrocks.net

Our Fellowship - 1 John 1:5-7 - February 17, 2019 - Dan Thompson by Mercy Commons Covenant Church

The Nicks talk about stepping out of time in special and awe-inspiring places, as well as being too close to the special things near you. Our Fellowship makes a dash for the woods, in spite of the potential of danger within. Aragorn is forced to take the lead after Gandalf's fall, and now they take the last known road in the plan created in Rivendell.   Maps Map of Middle-earth  LoTRproject.com interactive map - Caution: spoilers for new readers! Notes for this episode BESIEGED BY ORCS! AN ANCIENT FOE OF FIRE AND FLAME! THE FELLOWSHIP FLEES TO THE EASTERN GATE GANDALF MAKES A STAND AND SACRIFICES HIMSELF FOR THE FELLOWSHIP ARAGORN NOW LEADS… THE DRUMS OF THE ENEMY FADE AWAY WHAT WILL BECOME OF OUR FELLOWSHIP? WHAT AWAITS THEM ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE ONCE GLORIOUS KHAZAD-DUM? The Story in this Chapter: Grieving the loss of Gandalf Need to press on. Rushing so quickly that they forgot that Sam and Frodo had been wounded and the company was lagging behind Aragorn and Legolas. Significance of the Geography They stop to look back at the peaks.  Woe unto them for Caradhras having defeated them. Kheled-zaram - the Mirrormere - Durin’s Crown Entering the wood Silverlode - Celebrant Another river Nimrodel - Falls the voice of Nimrodel They take a break.  Legolas sings. Haldir and co. Flets and the Galadhrim -- “Tree People” Sleeping in a flet/floor Passage in.  but caveat.  Blindfolded Gimli, then Legolas, then everyone. - Aragorn’s decision Celebrant - the crossing into the Naith of Lorien Cerin Amroth Looking to Dol Guldur - Two towers set in opposition Dol Guldur is inhabited - but by whom? Political News Allies being untrusting (this is the crux) (page 339 NJ copy) Significance of the Fellowship in Lorien and the interactions between the races A DWARF in Lorien!!!?!?!?!! ZOMG!!! Aragorn in Lorien Legolas in Lorien Experience/growth/etc. of the hobbits. Crossing the River Celebrant Links Battle Beast - King for a Day Battle Beast - I Want the World... and Everything In It greendragonlive.com Twitter Facebook iTunes/Apple Podcast Stitcher Google Play Music YouTube "Five Armies" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ Special thanks to our friend Harry Murrell for the use of his music. Listen to more and subscribe to his channel here.    

The Demise of Zuel. Our Fellowship has its strength tested. Could there be redemption for She'Kan? Stelli the White     Join us on our epic DnD…..well, maybe not so epic…..but, pretty cool adventure, as our family takes on the roles of our adventurers. Sisters Amara and Shayna, Brother Josiah, Friends Brian, Lisha and Papa … Continue reading "Is Redemption Possible? -S1E43"

With Whom is Our Fellowship?1 John 1:1-4Letters of Introduction. What we learn of the incarnation through the New Testament epistles.December 11, 2016 | Westside Chapel

Acts 2: 1-12As most of you know, I have been enrolled in Lay Academy for the past 3 years. For those that do not knowwhat Lay Academy is; the Wisconsin Conference of the United Church of Christ hosts a Lay Academyprogram, offering courses of study to pastors and lay people who seek to: deepen their faith, strengthenChrist's church, and grow in spiritual maturity.We meet five weekends per year at the Wisconsin Conference Center in DeForest and are usually led byinstructors from various Seminaries or specialists in that subject's particular field. It is a fantastic program andI highly recommend it.I have learned much from my Lay Academy experience. It has been quite a journey so far. From the firstclass on Theology where I was so afraid these classes would be way over my head to my most recent class onEvangelism. My faith has been tested, stretched and has grown more than I could have ever imagined.During our class on the Old Testament we were introduced to the term “exegesis. This Greek word, means acritical explanation or interpretation of a text, especially a religious text. We were taught that through exegesiswe were to look at the historical background and ask questions to discover the meaning, surrounding the textand how we can use this today. Well, lets give this a shot.So what is the historical background to today's text? Pentecost is historically and symbolically related to theJewish harvest festival of Shavuot , which commemorates God giving the Ten Commandments to the people,fifty days after the Exodus. Among Christians, Pentecost commemorates the descent of the Holy Spirit uponthe Apostles and other followers of Jesus. For this reason, Pentecost is sometimes described as the "Birthdayof the Church".Let's keep that in mind, the “Birthday of the Church”.So what happened to this “Jesus Movement” after the death and departure of it's founder? What were thedisciples going to do? How would they go on without their leader? All along they had displayed fear andhad questioned what they should do next. They must have felt totally lost and afraid, but as they had beeninstructed by Christ, they prayed and waited.Acts, chapter 2 opens up and it says “they were all together in one place”. This was for the celebration ofthe 50th day after the Passover when the Jewish pilgrims gathered in Jerusalem to celebrate God's graciousprovisions of harvested food, land and Torah.Who was there? Verse 13 of Acts 1 says, “Peter and John and James and Andrew, Philip and Thomas,Bartholomew and Matthew, James son of Alphaeus, and Simon the Zealot, and Judas son of James. All thesewere constantly devoting themselves to prayer, together with certain women including Mary the mother ofJesus as well as his brothers.”What exactly were they really doing? Waiting and probably wondering. What were they waiting for? In Luke24: 49 Jesus says, “so stay in the city until you have been clothed with power from on high.” In Acts chapter 1verse 8 Jesus also tells the disciples, “But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you andyou will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, in all Judea and Samaria and to the ends of the earth.After hearing Jesus say these words in many different ways, they must have been convinced because theywaited.Waiting. Now, how many of you like to wait? Like a child, waits for their birthday to arrive, or worseyet...Christmas to arrive? Waiting for a loved one to come home, that you haven't seen for a very long time.For the traffic light to turn green so you can go. For a baby to arrive. We all spend a good share of our liveswaiting. Sometimes we do it patiently. Sometimes, not so much. How do you think the disciples were atwaiting? Were they patient? Did they wonder what this power was that they were promised they wouldreceive? How would the Holy Spirit come to them? What do you think this would this feel like? Or looklike? But alas, all they could do was wait.Our texts describes the Holy Spirit as “the rush of a violent wind, and it filled the entire house where theywere sitting and that tongues of fire appeared among them and rested on each of them. They were filled withthe Holy Spirit.Now, how would you expect the Holy Spirit to arrive? Tiptoe quietly in? Nah, I suspect that there were a fewof those disciples that would have needed to be convinced. Probably Thomas for one.What a fearsome sight this must have been. A wild violent wind whipping through the room and red flamesdancing over their heads. Not a sight you see every day.Then to make things even more interesting, they began speaking in other languages. Why was this? Wellthe Holy Spirit had now given the disciples the tools to share the good news of God, through witnessing (orevangelism). This was for ALL people, even from other nations. What an inspiring sight this must havebeen. It WAS the Birthday of the Church. Because of their witnessing, these Jews of other nations, becamebelievers and now followers too.Now that you think about it, it seems that time has not changed this practice over the years on how we too cangrow the church.This text for today reports a miracle that is often overlooked because it is not as flashy as most. No one ishealed. No one is raised from the dead. No one has a demon driven out. No one's water is turned to wine. Noones sees a storm stopped by Christ's command. What we do see is that every person gathered in Jerusalemheard the Word of God in their own language. How was this done? Thru the Holy Spirit giving the disciplesand even us, the gift of Evangelism.This miraculous story reminds us that to hear God's Word we have only to open our ears, for God speaks God'sWord to all people, in all places for all times though the power of the Holy Spirit.How do we speak to the guests that come into our church? How do we speak to the people outside thesedoors? Do we speak their language? When the Holy Spirit is present, we speak the language needed, for themto understand. Just like the disciples who now were speaking the same language to the devout Jews of othernations. It's the sharing and receiving of the Good News that is Evangelism and that in turn will grow thechurch.Oh, and there's that word that has so many connotations. Did you hear it?...Evangelism. What thoughts cometo your mind? TV evangelism? Someone pushy? Tent Revivals? Knocking on doors? In your face?How about this; A messenger that brings the Good News of God, an Angel, Testimony, Acceptance,Relationships, Love.Have you ever experienced a Pentecost or Evangelism moment? I'm sure most of you have and didn't realizeit. It was maybe a time when you shared something about your faith with someone or maybe someone sharedsomething about their faith with you? It is indescribable what can happen. You may not see tongues of firebut you certainly will feel something. And that's the Holy Spirit.Let me give you an example. Some of you were present the Sunday when Ryan Krattiger shared his journey offaith through his travels to Juarez and his experience with the ACT Ride. We were all pulled into that momentas he spoke. We were sharing in his experience. At that moment, the church was alive with the Holy Spirit.We all felt it, in fact most of us were actually brought to tears. The love, relationship, the message.For myself, I can say that I have recently been so fortunate to be on the receiving end of some inspiringmoments in this church during our Fellowship time. I've witnessed some beautiful faith stories that havebeen shared with me. I wish I could sit down with each one of you and hear your faith journey, for being onthe receiving end, is truly feeling the Holy Spirit at work. I have found, after these experiences, that I leavechurch feeling like I'm walking on a cloud all day. Now, that is what church is all about and I feel like I wantto share it with everyone. It is such an infectious emotional feeling.Our Fellowship time is a time for sacred moments such as these. It's an opportunity to share with others. Tofeel the Holy Spirit at work. Experience it and then to take it out beyond our doors and share it with others.You may have noticed, a little slip of paper in each of your bulletins. On your slip of paper is one of 8statements that can be used to start a conversation with someone. I'd like to encourage you to try talking tosomeone during Fellowship time today talking about what your slip of paper says, and then listen to what storyyou hear back. Wait until you see what happens. I think you will be surprised. Evangelism is so easy and therewards are huge. Give it a try.Christ may have died on the cross and rose again on Easter morning, but without Pentecost, our Easter storywould have eventually become a forgotten memory. When Christ had left he promised to send the Holy Spiritin his place; to guide, teach, comfort and remind us of who we are and who's we are. Share that good newstoday with someone and see what happens. Happy Birthday! Amen.http://www.archive.org/download/MuccSermonJune12th2011/MUCC_Sermon_20110612.mp3