Fellowship Bible Church

Sunday RoundUp 2012.02.12

fbcpalmyra — Sun, 12 Feb 2012 20:47:24 +0000

Friends, good news and bad news. Sermon was recorded…through my pants pocket! The audio is pretty fuzzy (ha!) but can be detected. You’ll have to listen to it at volumes that will make you wonder whether it’s worth it or not. You’ll have to let me know if it was.

Acts 11:1-30, the stories of the “Circumcision Party” reaction to Peter and Barnabas’s reaction to the Gentile believers in Antioch.

In other words, the age old, human-created, tension between Purity and Mission.

Point: Purity either serves God’s Mission, or stands in the way of God’s Mission.

Sermon Audio: Acts 11.

CLASSES: Session 1, Week 5

fbcpalmyra — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 19:41:40 +0000

1. A Guided Tour of the Old Testament: book-by-book through the Latter Prophets.

NOTES: 2012.OT.section01.Lesson05 NOTES.

Wed Audio: 2012.OT.Session1a.Lesson05.

Fri Audio:

2. How to Pray: the LORD’s Prayer.

NOTES: 2012.Prayer.Section01.Lesson05 NOTES.

Wed Audio: 2012.Prayer.Session1a.Lesson05.

Fri Audio:

Sunday RoundUp 2012.02.05

fbcpalmyra — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 16:53:01 +0000

Today we looked at Luke 9:32-10:48 and one of the most important events in the history of the UNIVERSE! That is, when the Kingdom of God cracked open and non-Jews could begin to enter, as non-Jews, without becoming Jews. Huge, unbelievable stuff. Unbelievable: which is why Luke has to warm us up to the idea by introducing it with a healing story and a resurrection story. We have to be reminded what God can do.

Sermon Audio: Acts 9.32-10:48.

2012 CLASSES: Session 1, Week 4

fbcpalmyra — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 16:07:46 +0000

1. A Guided Tour of the Old Testament: Book-by-Book Overview, part 1

NOTES: 2012.OT.section01.Lesson04

Wednesday Lecture: 2012.OT.Session1a.Lesson04

Friday Lecture: 2012.OT.Session1b.Lesson04

2. How to Pray: Happy Psalm Prayers

NOTES: 2012.Prayer.Section01.Lesson04

Wednesday Lecture: 2012.Prayer.Session1a.Lesson04

Friday Lecture: *sorry, recorder ran out of battery.

Sunday RoundUp 2012.01.29

fbcpalmyra — Sun, 29 Jan 2012 20:03:31 +0000

This morning we looked at the story of the call and conversion of Saul (apostle Paul). Specifically, we tried to see what this story is really about: how great Jesus is.

Sermon Audio: Acts 9:1-31.

2012 CLASSES: Session 1, Week 3

fbcpalmyra — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 16:06:54 +0000

Notes and Audio from Wednesday and Friday Classes

1. A Guided Tour of the Old Testament: Reading the OT as Theology

NOTES: 2012.OT.section01.Lesson03

Wednesday Lecture: 2012.OT.Session1a.Lesson03

Friday Lecture: 2012.OT.Session1b.Lesson03.

2. How to Pray: Sad Psalm Prayers

NOTES: 2012.Prayer.Section01.Lesson03

Wednesday Lecture: 2012.Prayer.Session1a.Lesson03

Friday Lecture: 2012.Prayer.Session1b.Lesson03

Sunday RoundUp 2012.01.22

fbcpalmyra — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 14:57:00 +0000

Acts 8:1-40.
Jerusalem? Samaria? The ends of the earth? Check.Check.Check. The mission of God, the kingdom of Jesus, is succeeding; spreading throughout the world. And that’s just by Acts 8!
How does God’s glory spread? By the Holy Spirit.
What do we learn about the Holy Spirit here? We want the Spirit to bring God’s goodness into our lives, so how does that happen?
The Spirit, we learn, can only be received. The Spirit cannot be earned, worked for, traded for. The Spirit is the gift of God, the life of God purchased by the death of God. There is nothing that must be done by us to receive it, nor that can be done by us to earn it. It is Gift.
The Spirit, also, can only be related to. That is, we must treat the Spirit as a person. And only by relating to the Spirit do we truly receive the Spirit. The Spirit is not an insurance policy, or a jar of miracle ointment, or a double-barrel shotgun hung over the fireplace, or a special sauce. The Spirit is a person; the third person of God, to be exact. And so we must relate to the Spirit. If we are not relating to the Spirit, then in what sense have we received this Person and the relationship receiving a person implies?

Sermon Audio: Acts 8:1-40.

2012 CLASSES: Session 1, Week 2

fbcpalmyra — Thu, 19 Jan 2012 13:53:33 +0000

Notes and Lectures for both the Wednesday and the Friday classes:

1. The Old Testament as Historically, Geographically, and Culturally Located

NOTES: 2012.OT.section01.Lesson02

Wed Class: 2012.OT.Session1a.Lesson02

Fri Class: 2012.OT.Session1b.Lesson02

2. Prayers of the Old Testament (Non-Psalms)

NOTES: 2012.Prayer.Section01.Lesson02

Wed Class: 2012.Prayer.Session1a.Lesson02

Fri: Class: 2012.Prayer.Session1b.Lesson02

Sunday RoundUp 2012.01.15

fbcpalmyra — Wed, 18 Jan 2012 03:55:13 +0000

Acts 6:8-7:60.

A sermon in three parts:
1. Stephen’s Story. Point: God’s Spirit lives in God’s Man. You can ONLY get God’s life from Jesus.
2. Story about Stephen. Point: Fearlessness and Power come from knowing the story about Jesus.
3. Story of Stephen. Point: As the Holy Spirit’s work increases, so too does resistance to the Spirit’s work.

Wrapped-Together: Want Life? Get Spirit…Only Place: Jesus. Want Jesus? Know Him and His doings in His Story/Bible. Got Life and sense of Jesus-With-You? Fear nothing and Feel power. And expect Resistance. Then what?
Point: We meet resistance by returning to Jesus.
RETURN TO JESUS. re- re- reTURN.

Sermon Audio: Acts 6:8-7:60.

2012 CLASSES: Session 1, Week 1

fbcpalmyra — Wed, 18 Jan 2012 01:11:09 +0000

Included below are the Notes and Audio for both classes, both times.

1. The Old Testament as Literature. Notes: NOTES 2012.OT.section01.Lesson01.

Wednesday Class: 2012.OT.Session1a.Lesson01

Friday Class: 2012.OT.Session1b.Lesson01

2. Prayer: Basics of Prayer. Notes: NOTES 2012.Prayer.Section01.Lesson01.

Wednesday Class: 2012.Prayer.Session1a.Lesson01

Friday Class: 2012.Prayer.Session1b.Lesson01