Last night in our Wednesday Night Bible Study, we were talking about patience and were working through Mark 5 and the story of Jairus' daughter. We are using Tim Keller's King's Cross as a guide for our study. Toward the end, I started talking about reasons why we go to God and cry out to… Continue Reading
Category Archives: Wednesday Night
The Argument From Desire (Matt Jordan)
On Wednesday at Gateway, Dr. Matt Jordan, philosophy professor at Auburn University – Montgomery and part of the fellowship at Gateway Baptist, will be teaching on a concept popularized by C.S. Lewis called The Argument from Desire. He sent me his notes today and I wanted to reproduce them here. I think that the intuitive argument… Continue Reading
Keller and Luther on the Gospel
We have begun studying Tim Keller's Gospel in Life: Grace Changes Everything on Wednesday nights at Gateway in our Spiritual Formation gathering. The premise of this study is that the gospel affects all of life and that our union with God in Christ radically changes every aspect of life. We will be exploring this concept… Continue Reading
Thoughts on the In-Breaking Kingdom of God
“The central theme in the ministry and teaching of Jesus is the kingdom of God, or as Matthew calls it, the kingdom of Heaven. This key idea ties his entire message together. The “kingdom of God” permeates Jesus’ ministry, giving it coherence and clarity. It is the undisputed core, the very essence, of his life… Continue Reading
The Gospel of the Kingdom for Everyone
Darrow Miller, Bob Moffitt, and Scott Allen have put together a series of Bible studies on the Kingdom of God. They are primarily for small groups, but I am perusing them as a reference for my study on Wednesday nights this summer. Here is a passage from their study, God’s Unshakable Kingdom: In the second… Continue Reading
The Gospel of the Kingdom – Shalom
Last night, I continued on with our study on Jesus and the In-Breaking Kingdom of God. I was really excited to talk about the concept of Shalom, or peace, as it is related to the reign and rule of God in Christ. Many of us think of peace as a pleasant emotion or a state… Continue Reading
The Gospel of the Kingdom
I am starting a 7 week Summer Bible Study on Wednesday nights called, Jesus and the In-Breaking Kingdom of God. I have come to believe that the gospel that we have been preaching in much of the Western Church is too small. Many people believe that the gospel is just the good news of the… Continue Reading
Micah Mandate: Doing Justice, Loving Mercy, Walking Humbly With God
Since last August, we have been going through a spiritual formation study on Wednesday nights at our church. We spent several months talking about loving God. Then, we explored what it meant to love people. Now, we are talking about how we do that "to the ends of the earth." We have taken a pretty… Continue Reading
Why We Argue, Fuss, and Fight
We’ve been going through T.W. Hunt’s study, The Mind of Christ on Wednesday nights and it has been incredible. It is a very clear study on how to put on the Mind of Christ, take thoughts captive, and reflect the character of Christ in all that we think, say, and do. Many are being confronted… Continue Reading
Singing in a Bar and Other Christmas Musings
Well, Christmas is almost here. This will be my last post until after Christmas. I’ve got family coming in tomorrow and LOTS needs to be done to get ready and to finish up all of our Christmas preparations. My wife would not be happy to see me sitting on the computer while she does everything,… Continue Reading