IN THIS EPISODE

Pastor Daniel Barta and Pastor Randall Moss discuss the important of recognizing the many differences between those of us living in America in 2023 and those who first recieved the Scriptures and the Bibles original audience.

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In each episode of this 5 part series we will discuss one step in what is called the Interpretive Journey which can be foundin the book Grasping God's Word.

SOURCE INFORMATION

(Duvall, J. Scott, and J. Daniel Hays. 2005. Grasping God’s Word: A Hands- on Approach to Reading, Interpreting, and Applying the Bible. Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan.)

IN THIS EPISODE

Pastor Daniel Barta and Pastor Randall Moss discuss the importance of understanding what the authors orignilly meant. This is the first step in Bible study and is crucial to rightly understanding and applying God's Word to our own lives and to the lives of others

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In each episode of this 5 part series we will discuss one step in what is called the Interpretive Journey which can be foundin the book Grasping God's Word.

SOURCE INFORMATION

(Duvall, J. Scott, and J. Daniel Hays. 2005. Grasping God’s Word: A Hands- on Approach to Reading, Interpreting, and Applying the Bible. Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan.)

In week four of the Corporate Worship small group study, Pastor Daniel and guest, Silas Forrester are back to discuss the practice of praising God together in corporate worship.

To check out the devotions for this week go to cf-northwest.com/cellgroups

In week two of the Corporate Worship Cell Group Study, Pastor Daniel Barta and friend Silas Forrester discuss how worshippers approach the presence of a just and holy God. The text considered in this week's episode is Psalm 130.

In the episode, we will discuss

In this episode, Christ Fellowship Northwest member and sports dieticion, Kristen Ziesmer, provides practical steps and helpful suggestions that anyone can follow to better take care of themselves with the food that they eat.

This episode was recorded as part of a Core Class offered at Christ Fellowship Northwest on April 19, 2023. You can listen to part one of that class, "A Theology of Food" taught by Pastor Randall Moss in the previous episode, Season 8 Episode 1.

Power Point Presentation

In the episode, Pastor Randall Moss teaches us about God's good design in food.

This episode was recorded as part of a Core Class offered at Christ Fellowship Northwest on April 19, 2023. You can listen to part two of that class, "How to Honor God and Your Body with Nutrition" taught by dietician, Kristen Ziesmer, in the next episode, Season 8 Episode 2.

In the first week of our new small group (Cell Gorup) study, Corporate Worship, we look at Psalm 46 to see the God of our worship.

This episode serves as an example cell group conversation between Pastor Daniel Barta and friend Silas Forrester. This episode will discuss

You can find the CG study at https://www.cf-northwest.com/cellgroups

In Week Four, Devotion Three of the Declaring His Excellencies study, we will see how the church shows God's excellencies by faithfully enduring suffering.

We have seen that by preaching His word with joyful praise before a watching world. Now, we will see that Peter calls the church to one last category of action, suffering.

The church declares the glory of God in the way that they suffer. Peter wrote much about this suffering, and by looking at the different contexts of our suffering, we can learn much.

In Devotion Two of Week Four in teh Declaring His Excellencies Project, we will see that God's people make His excellencies known as they worship Him with joy.

While the accuracy of the preached word of God must be maintained and guarded, how God's people communicate the good news possesses just as much importance. When they speak of God's work and glory they do so as recipients. They speak as those who have experienced His glory. They testify as those who have tasted His goodness. They declare His excellencies as those who know His excellencies firsthand.

In Devotion One of Week Four, we will see that God's people declaring His excellencies as they preach His word, the gospel of Jesus Christ.

So far we have seen that God's people belong to Him as His chosen possession. They exist to declare His excellencies, and they do so by doing good deeds. They perform these good deeds before men and the world responds by coming to God as the source of their joy and the object of their praise.

This leads us to our last major question, "What should we be doing?" If the church belongs to God (Identity) to declare His glory (purpose), what actions should it take?