TUESDAY'S SOAP 04.25.17 The Church’s One Cornerstone SCRIPTURE: Ephesians 2:20 “…built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, with Christ Jesus himself as the chief cornerstone. OBSERVATION: As a reflection of Jesus’ central promise, “I will build my church” (Matthew 16:18) Paul is teaching that Jesus Christ will build [...]
Venice Nokomis United Methodist Church MONDAY'S SOAP IS EASTER SUNDAY'S LESSON One of the most powerful life moments I ever experience happens at funerals. Immediately after the service, after all the words are spoken, last respects are paid, and final goodbyes area expressed, the funeral attendants prepare the casket for internment. And [...]
[SLIDE 1] Introduction: Doubts and Struggles Last week in our “So You Wanna Go Back To Egypt” series we were with Moses as he conversed with God at a miraculous phenomenon called the Burning Bush. During this “close encounter of the divine kind,” Moses received his commission to lead Israel out of 400 years of [...]
Venice Nokomis United Methodist Church WEDNESDAY'S SOAP 4.05.17 Core Discipleship SCRIPTURE: LUKE 9:23 Then [Jesus] said to them all: "Whoever wants to be my disciple must deny themselves and take up their cross daily and follow me OBSERVATION: Jesus never made it easy to follow him. Neither did he make [...]
SUNDAY'S LESSON IS MONDAY'S SOAP Introduction: As we saw last week in our “So You Wanna Go Back to Egypt” series Moses, after killing an Egyptian, fled to a God-forsaken desert town called Midian. Once there he takes a wife, named Zipporah and then becomes a shepherd, because, of course, what else would one do [...]
THURSDAY'S SOAP 03.30.17 Irrational Expectation? SCRIPTURE: Mark 8:1-9 1 During those days another large crowd gathered. Since they had nothing to eat, Jesus called his disciples to him and said, 2 “I have compassion for these people; they have already been with me three days and have nothing to eat. 3 If I send [...]