This one starts with a bunch of light bulb jokes.

This time we covered Colossians 3:7, 8, and 9. Three whole verses!

1. What are reasons not to forgive?
2. What are the costs and benefits of unforgiveness?
3. Can you think of notable examples of unforgiveness?
4. What are some reasons to forgive?
5. What are the costs and benefits of forgiveness?
6. Can you think of any notable examples of forgiveness?
7. What is forgiveness?
8. What are some relevant Scriptures on forgiveness?
9. How do we forgive?

Here are my full notes: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1CJ-kMbqhk7ujadDv75JEzcCnCEXm8CdOuB__kt8AfeU/edit?usp=sharing

The key to understanding God's wrath is this: He actually cares about people.

(This talk is on Colossians 3:6)

This story from 2 Samuel 24 has often puzzled me. In this little chat I explore some questions.

Why was the census wrong? Why is Jeff Goldblum right? Is Elon Musk right about a.i.? Why was the Tower of Babel wrong? When was it undone? And why does the fire only fall on sacrifice?

1. Conversion
2. Disciplines
3. Strongholds

We're meant to become the kind of people who can do God's will, and enjoy it!

The Learning Cycle

1. Unconscious Incompetence (ignorant)
2. Conscious Incompetence (beginner)
3. Conscious Competence (intermediate)
4. Unconscious Competence (mastery)

• Patterns of behavior eventually live in our body.
• The Super Mario Principle: failure ain't the point. saving princess and enjoying the journey is!

5 for Fighting

1. Sexual Immorality (pornea)
2. Impurity (akatharsea)
3. Cravings (pathos)
4. Evil Desires (epithumean kakein)   “their god is their stomach” phl 3:19
5. Covetousness (pleonexian)

• God's love is the key to lasting change!

A chat with the youth after a powerful weekend full of love encounters.

A brief teaching about how our motives matter in our devotion plus some youth testimonies.

He touched the ark and died. David was angry. He was afraid of God. And he was unwilling to host the ark.

Here are some observations, connections, and thoughts...

What is real? What is the good life? Who is a genuinely good person? What is grace?