Sermons from March 2021

Long Story Short: How to Read the Bible Part II

Long Story Short March 28 I am holding the Words of God in my hand God’s Grand Story Creation/ Fall/ Redemption/ Restoration Reason behind the Story? To intimately know God and enjoy him forever! Read the Bible like a normal set of books Read the Bible like a Christian Genesis 15:16 In the fourth generation your descendants will come back here, for the sin of the Amorites has not yet reached its full measure.” Leviticus 20:23 You must not live according to the…

Long Story Short: How to Read the Bible Part I

Long Story Short: Interpreting the Bible March 21, 2021 “If I were the Devil, one of my first aims would be to stop folks from digging into the Bible.” J.I. Packer I am holding the Words of God in my hand God’s Grand Story Creation/ Fall/ Redemption/ Restoration Reason behind the Story? To intimately know God and enjoy him forever! How to read the Bible? Myth 1 The Bible can say anything you want it to say Myth 2 That’s…

Long Story Short: The Bible’s Grand Story & the Metanarrative

Long Story Short: The Bible’s Grant Story & the Metanarrative March 14, 2021  William Tyndale early 1500’s 1st English translation from Original, 1st printing press I read God Smuggler – How God closed the eyes of boarder guards  The Heavenly Man –  I am holding the Words of God in my hand      Jesus quoted the Old Testament as if it was God’s very words, historical  Last week we unimaginable agreement between 66 books/ 40 authors  We believe one author,…

Long Story Short: The Legitimacy of the Bible

Bible Long Story Short March 7, 2021 The Bible is the best-selling book of all time obscures a more startling fact: the Bible is the best-selling book of every single year that records have been kept. Branden Gaille statistics It ain’t those parts of the Bible that I can’t understand that bother me, it is the parts that I do understand. Mark Twain Only Book(s) Written by God 2 Tim. 3:16-17 All Scripture is inspired by God and is useful to teach us what is true and to…