A Whole New Family (Notes from last night)

We continued our study of Paul’s letter to the Romans last night by looking at how he describes salvation in Chapter 5, 6 and 8. Here are the notes: 5:1-2       Summing up Ch. 1-4: We have peace with God, “through Jesus Christ” 5:3-11     This produces a totally...

How does Gender Reflect the Image of God?

A few weeks ago on Monday nights we took a couple weeks to look at how to think about gender from a biblical viewpoint. Here’s a few more helpful thoughts on the matter from John Frame. This comes from a chapter in the larger of the two books I recommended last...

Dates for the Women’s Small Group

Just to keep you up to date on what’s going on with Young Adults, here’s the calendar for our Women’s small group, led by Sara Gallagher.  They meet here at church in the prayer room on Thursday evening at 7:30. Its working out to about every third...

Friend of Sinners, No Friend of Sin

I found both sides of this exhortation from Kevin DeYoung challenging and helpful: Jesus never apologized for getting on the inside with outsiders. It was his mission. What kind of doctor refuses to see patients? What kind of farmer refuses to get his hands dirty?...

How do we get Righteous? (Notes from Last Night.)

We continued our study of Romans last night by looking at the crucial passage in 3:21-26. They are a little sparse, but here are the notes: 3:19     Two issues we all have with sin: 1. We don’t think we really have any. Paul addresses this in 1:18-3:19;  2. We know we...