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Declare Your Desperation For God

September 10, 2023 • Pastor Paul Wilson • Isaiah 63

Believing the God who Makes Trash into His Treasure

September 3, 2023 • Pastor Paul Wilson • Isaiah 62

Rule 6: Mark SMART Applications

October 18, 2023 • Pastor Zach McAlack

Rule 5: Look for Jesus but don't Play Hide and Seek

October 11, 2023 • Pastor Zach McAlack

Rule 4: Ask "what is the author doing?"

October 4, 2023 • Pastor Zach McAlack

Rule 3: Let Scripture Interpret Scripture

September 27, 2023 • Pastor Zach McAlack

This session addresses hard passages that make it difficult to arrive at a summary of the passage. What do we do when main characters do things that seem wrong? When passages seem to contradict each other? When a passage is just confusing?

Rule 2: Put Scripture in its Context

September 20, 2023 • Pastor Zach McAlack

The second session begins the discussion on interpretation. This discussion will span from session two to session five. Interpretation is the process of determining the meaning of communication. This curriculum teaches that meaning is found by determining the author’s intended communication not by reader-response. Every passage has one intended meaning given to the reader by the author, both human and divine. The Holy Spirit is the ultimate source of the scriptures as He inspired the human writers to communicate. From that one meaning there are endless applications which can be made. All interpretation should begin with prayer as the reader seeks to perceive the mind of God as he communicates through His Word. 

Rule 1: Observe Well

September 13, 2023 • Pastor Zach McAlack • 1 John 2:1–11

The first session, Observe Well, presents both an introduction to hermeneutics with a brief overview of Observe, Interpret, Apply. In this opening it is explained that all received communication follows the pattern Observe, Interpret, Apply. Information is perceived in Observe, meaning is evaluated in Interpret, and action is taken in Apply. In the introduction it is explained that the goal of reading the bible is to arrive at application. The reader wants to be shaped into the image of Jesus Christ by reading, properly interpreting, and applying the Bible. The is possible because the Bible is the inspired Word of God. 

The King Is Come

August 27, 2023 • Pastor Zach McAlack • Isaiah 61

God's Glory Shines

August 20, 2023 • Pastor Zach McAlack • Isaiah 60

Don't Stay Here

August 13, 2023 • Pastor Zach McAlack • Isaiah 59

Flow with God's Blessings

August 6, 2023 • Pastor Zach McAlack • Isaiah 58

Give Yourself Up

July 30, 2023 • Pastor Zach McAlack • Isaiah 57

Make A Name For The Lord

July 23, 2023 • Pastor Don Meadows • Isaiah 56

Our Story Of Freedom

July 16, 2023 • Pastor Paul Wilson • Exodus

God's Glorious Presence Is Everything

July 9, 2023 • Pastor Paul Wilson • Exodus 34

The Mediator We Need (But Don't Want)

July 2, 2023 • Pastor Paul Wilson • Exodus 32

Curating The New Creation

June 25, 2023 • Pastor Paul Wilson • Exodus 30, Exodus 31

Getting Back Home With God

June 18, 2023 • Pastor Paul Wilson • Exodus 25, Exodus 29

God's Seriously Satisfying Blood Covenant

June 11, 2023 • Pastor Paul Wilson • Exodus

Pastor Paul in the book of Exodus.

Keeping God's Covenant Together

June 4, 2023 • Pastor Paul Wilson

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