Pastor Tim & Trudi's Class

Tim looks at a famous aphorism and asks – is it good? is it helpful? what should we do?

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Christians say things, like…Just have faith…Love the Sinner…that might be questionable, but are rarely questioned. What’s the truth behind the saying? Tim and Trudi discuss in this short 3-week series.

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Tim and Trudi talk about the new series and the lesson on the phrase, “Just Have Faith”.

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Trudi begins the three week series with a look at the phrase, “Just Have Faith”.

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Christians say things, like…Just have faith…Love the Sinner…that might be questionable, but are rarely questioned. What’s the truth behind the saying? Tim and Trudi discuss in this short 3-week series.

Would you like to join the conversation? Send us your questions or comments, and we’ll talk about it After Class (later this week!)

Tim and Trudi wrap up the series and discussion of God Has a Name.

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Tim concludes the series with a look at our connection to the Name are who we are called to be.

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Everyone has an opinion about God, whether they believe in Him or not. But what does God have to say about Himself? You might be surprised to find out.

This series draws directly from the fantastic book of the same name, God Has a Name [Amazon link], by John Mark Comer.

Would you like to join the conversation? Send us your questions or comments, and we’ll talk about it After Class (later this week!)

Tim and Trudi chat about mercy, justice, and the lesson from Sunday.

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Trudi talks about an often misunderstood and difficult part of Yahweh’s description of Himself.

However, Tim didn’t hit the record button soon enough, so we join this, in progress. Here’s the transcription of what Trudi said before the recording began…

[Reading from Exodus 34:6-7] And he passed in front of Moses, proclaiming, “Yahweh, Yahweh, the compassionate and gracious God, slow to anger, abounding in love and faithfulness, maintaining love to thousands, and forgiving wickedness, rebellion and sin. Yet he does not leave the guilty unpunished; he punishes the children and their children for the sin of the parents to the third and fourth generation.”

We’ve been going through these verses in Exodus 34 where God, for the first time, says His name and then describes His character. Here Yahweh is choosing words to best describe Himself In two short verses.

We’ve looked at His compassion and grace. We’ve explored how God does get angry, but He is slow to anger. It’s always for a purpose birthed out of His unfailing love. Last week Tim gave us a deep dive into hesed and emet, His love and faithfulness. I don’t know about you, but I have learned so much in this series, but we aren’t finished.

This week we get to the end part of the verse that can leave people scratching their head, or they just skip it. It’s been all nice up to this point with compassion and grace and love and now He’s punishing kids! What’s up with that? How do both of those things exist? Often we want to ignore what we don’t understand.[END TRANSCRIPT]

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Everyone has an opinion about God, whether they believe in Him or not. But what does God have to say about Himself? You might be surprised to find out.

This series draws directly from the fantastic book of the same name, God Has a Name [Amazon link], by John Mark Comer.

Would you like to join the conversation? Send us your questions or comments, and we’ll talk about it After Class (later this week!)

Tim and Trudi talk about the lesson from Sunday and one more story that there wasn’t time for on Sunday.

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Tim talks about the surprising connections of God’s abounding love and faithfulness.

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Everyone has an opinion about God, whether they believe in Him or not. But what does God have to say about Himself? You might be surprised to find out.

This series draws directly from the fantastic book of the same name, God Has a Name [Amazon link], by John Mark Comer.

Would you like to join the conversation? Send us your questions or comments, and we’ll talk about it After Class (later this week!)

Tim and Trudi discuss anger and the lesson from this week.

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