Rockville Church of Christ

We may never know all the ways of God, but the Bible does give us access to

tremendous insights into the Creative and Ordering Force that stands behind

the architecture of how everything works in God's universe. And the

Proverbs call this force "Wisdom."

We may never know all the ways of God, but the Bible does give us access to

tremendous insights into the Creative and Ordering Force that stands behind

the architecture of how everything works in God's universe. And the

Proverbs call this force "Wisdom."

Have you ever considered all the forces that had to be overcome for Jesus

to complete His mission? It is an unlikely story. And that's exactly why it

is Gospel. And it's exactly why His victory is a message of hope for all of

us.

Hebrews 13 may seem like a strange combination of ideas. But one theme that

ties them all together is Hospitality. So what is biblical hospitality? How

does this passage address our fears about new people? And how is the

practice of hospitality tied in with the other components of our Christian

mission?

The temptations of Jesus parallel the wilderness experience of Israel -

only with a far different outcome. When we bring that understanding to the

text of 1 Corinthians 10, which is a chronicle of Israel's failures in the

wilderness, we see what is meant both by the warning to take heed that we

do not fall and the message of hope that God provides a way of escape.

We delve into 2 accounts of tremendous forgiveness - in Luke 7 and in

Isaiah 6 - to see the implications of having the burden of sin removed.

With great forgiveness there is also tremendous trust.

The 9 statements at the beginning of Jesus' Sermon on the Mount provide an

outline of the journey of growth of a disciple of Jesus. We explore why

Jesus places these statements in the order in which they appear.

Autonomy is a natural human desire. But our autonomous desires tend to

spread into morality. In the Garden of Eden, God gave man tremendous

freedom to define and describe the world around him. But the drawing of

lines of moral right and wrong remained a divine prerogative, not a human

one. We explore why.

The offerings in Leviticus may seem irrelevant to us at first glance. But each of these offerings carry powerful principles in anticipation of Christ and of our understanding of devotion and relationships. In this week we celebrate of Thanksgiving, we examine the peace/fellowship offering to see its relevance to us today.

Movement toward the Holy of Holies in the tabernacle is a picture of how we

should see worship. The Book of Hebrews repeatedly uses the expression

"draw near" to describe what Jesus enables for each of us in worship

through Him. This is a reflection on confident closeness to God in worship.