First United Methodist Church of Costa Mesa

For the Bible Tells Me So?: What Is Wise


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How do we absolutely know right from wrong? Some of us grew up with the notion that the Bible would give us all the answers. We were even told that the word Bible stands for "Basic Instructions Before Leaving Earth." Yet, if we look at the scriptures as an instruction booklet, we're often left feeling the same way we do when staring at Ikea instructions....lost. There are so many areas of life that the Bible doesn't cover, and our culture has changed so much that there is often no equivalent to what has been included. "How am I supposed to treat people on social media?" is a different question than "How do I care for my multiple wives?" Some people say the Bible is a rule book, but clearly life looks different than when it was written. So, if the Bible isn't a rule book, what does it have to offer us? This Sunday as we continue our series, we're going to talk about how the Bible offers us something different than instructions...it offers God's wisdom. God's wisdom may not teach us rules to live by, but through scripture, we are given helpful lenses and questions to help us engage the world around us. Join guest speaker Rev. Anthony Boger as we talk about the way scripture helps us see the world around us.

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First United Methodist Church of Costa MesaBy First UMC of Costa Mesa