Paul in Philippians is giving thanks to God for the Church in Philippi

Insights in Philippians, that somehow amongst what should be very very difficult circumstances, Paul finds Joy. Deep Joy.

“What if, The Church is far more that what we think it is?”, far more than us singing a few songs, listening to a message. What if God was wanting to do something in the world, far bigger than we’d ever imagine, or ever could imagine? What could happen if "The Church" started thinking with a “what if” mentality. Somehow God has chosen, this, "The Church" to be something more.

What if God was wanting to do something in the world far bigger than we could imagine, through his Spirit, through his Church?

“What if, The Church is far more that what we think it is?”, far more than us singing a few songs, listening to a message. What if God was wanting to do something in the world, far bigger than we’d ever imagine, or ever could imagine? What could happen if "The Church" started thinking with a “what if” mentality. Somehow God has chosen, this, "The Church" to be something more.

I think that we can all agree that’d we’d disagree on many points, however our common thread, is our belief in Jesus, or at least our wanting to learn more about Jesus, or curiosity in Jesus. Do we agree on the Gospel? What is the Gospel?

What if God was wanting to do something in the world far bigger than we could imagine, through his Spirit, through his Church?

Trust builds, suspicion destroys. We can choose to trust others, that they are doing their best.

In the first week, we found that that story of The Bible began with the resurrection of Jesus, after the tomb was found empty, and the church launched. And suddenly, something was true that wasn't true before.

Suddenly, there was interest in documenting the life, the words and the works of Jesus. That's why we say the story of the Bible actually begins with the Resurrection of Jesus.

Thomas, actually touched Jesus’s wounds, he confirmed for us, the one thing that we would want to do if someone you knew was supposed to be dead.

We have 4 Documents included in the Bible that document Jesus’ life. Matthew, Mark, Luke and John.

They are called Gospels, meaning “Good News”

When Gentiles became enamoured with Jesus, they immediately became enamoured with the sacred text of the Jews, the Hebrew, what we'll call the Hebrew Bible. The Hebrew Bible, or the Jewish Scripture, or what Jesus and first century people referred to as the Law and the Prophets.

This Jewish Scripture was embraced as Christian Scripture. Early gentile church leaders were enamoured with Jewish Scripture, they were not interested in the Jewish religion, they were not looking in Jewish texts to get the story of the Jews, they were captivated by Jewish texts because they were looking for Jesus, there interest was Christological.

The Jewish scripture that they started with is; what is called the Pentateuch, Penta (Five), Teuchos (Scrolls), literally the Five Scrolls. Those five scrolls are Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers and Deuteronomy, also known by Jewish people as the Torah.

“In the beginning . . . ” is a phrase that may force us into debate and doubt. Are we missing the

point of Genesis 1:1? The point Moses made to a world where the violence and injustice of the gods justified and legitimized the violence and injustice of human rulers. Moses introduced a radically different, unparalleled, and untested worldview... In the beginning God...Not Gods...

Money is limited, but we don't have to limit what we do with our money, because of debt. With more discipline with our finances, we can create breathing room.

Creating breathing room with our time