September 14         (Fourteenth Sunday after Pentecost)

Text:                      Acts 11:1-9

Title:                      Wrestling With the Bible:  “The Bible and Sexuality”

Theme:                   We’ve seen in the case of slavery, the role of women, and sexuality that           understandings change over time. Some of what is written in the Bible does not           reflect God’s timeless will.  There are clear examples in the scriptures where           God’s “timeless will has changed over time. So we continue to read, study and           pray that we understand that will and discern it within the light of the gospel of           Christ.

September 7           (Thirteenth Sunday after Pentecost)

 

Text:                      Genisis 1:1-8

Title:                      Wrestling With the Bible:  “Dinosaurs on the Ark: The Bible and   Science”

Theme:                   There seems to be a tension between science and the Bible. How can we say           God created the universe and everything in it while science suggests the theory   of evolution? Which is true?  What we Christians often fail to understand is that      the point of the creation story is not how God created the universe just that God    did it. We do not have to choose between God and science; just understand that       even science falls under the creation and control of God.

September 7           (Thirteenth Sunday after Pentecost)

 

Text:                      Genisis 1:1-8

Title:                      Wrestling With the Bible:  “Dinosaurs on the Ark: The Bible and   Science”

Theme:                   There seems to be a tension between science and the Bible. How can we say           God created the universe and everything in it while science suggests the theory   of evolution? Which is true?  What we Christians often fail to understand is that      the point of the creation story is not how God created the universe just that God    did it. We do not have to choose between God and science; just understand that       even science falls under the creation and control of God.

August 31               (Twelfth Sunday after Pentecost)

 

Text:                       Exodus 32:27-28, Joshua 10:40

Title:                      Wrestling With the Bible:  “Violence and God in the Bible”

Theme:                   The biblical authors were people of their time, culture and historical contexts.           They saw, heard and understood God’s will in the light of, and through the filter           of, their times. The people in the ancient world, including the biblical authors,           lived in a violent world, and they heard God in the light of the world they lived in.            In the light of this idea we conclude that the violent pictures of God in the Old           Testament tell us more about the people who lived in the time these passages           were written than they tell us about God.

August 31               (Twelfth Sunday after Pentecost)

 

Text:                       Exodus 32:27-28, Joshua 10:40

Title:                      Wrestling With the Bible:  “Violence and God in the Bible”

Theme:                   The biblical authors were people of their time, culture and historical contexts.           They saw, heard and understood God’s will in the light of, and through the filter           of, their times. The people in the ancient world, including the biblical authors,           lived in a violent world, and they heard God in the light of the world they lived in.            In the light of this idea we conclude that the violent pictures of God in the Old           Testament tell us more about the people who lived in the time these passages           were written than they tell us about God.

August 24               (Eleventh Sunday after Pentecost)

 

Text:                      Matthew 4:1-4

Title:                      Wrestling With the Bible:  “Making Sense of the Bible”

Theme:                   The Bible is God’s Word. But some of the interpretations derived from it are not.                                       There are many cults and Christian groups that use the Bible, claiming their                                       interpretations are correct. Too often, however, the interpretations not only                                       differ dramatically but are clearly contradictory. We need…the guidance of the                                       Holy Spirit in interpreting God’s Word.

 

August 24               (Eleventh Sunday after Pentecost)

 

Text:                      Matthew 4:1-4

Title:                      Wrestling With the Bible:  “Making Sense of the Bible”

Theme:                 The Bible is God’s Word. But some of the interpretations derived from it are not.  There are many cults and Christian groups that use the Bible, claiming their interpretations are correct. Too often, however, the interpretations not only differ dramatically but are clearly contradictory. We need…the guidance of the Holy Spirit in interpreting God’s Word.

 

1 Samuel 3:1-10

"Speak, For Your Servant Is Listening"

1 Samuel 3:1-10

"Speak, For Your Servant Is Listening"

Romans 3:9-24

"You Deserve Hell"