Rhythms Of Grace Community Fellowship

The Revolution of the Cross Part 9

The forgiveness of sins was a huge, life-changing, world changing reality - long promised and long awaited. It was the fulfillment of Israel's hope for restoration along with the sense that when Israel was restored, this would somehow generate a new day for the whole human race.

Follow Me Part 7

What are the implications of the fact that Jesus rose from the dead on the third day after he was crucified? What does the resurrection of Jesus tell us about the true God?

The Revolution of the Cross Part 8

If we reduce the problem of sin to "wrong behavior" and try explain the cross simply as the answer to that - we will never get to the heart of the matter, nor will we fully understand how the cross dealt with sin itself.

Follow Me Part 6

The idea of "new age", which is so popular now, is a feeble parody of the reality which is this - that when Jesus burst out of the tomb on the first Easter Day, the history of the cosmos changed its course. That's when the real new age began.

The Revolution of the Cross Part 7

Humans were made to be image bearers - to reflect the praises of creation back to the creator and to reflect the creators wise and loving stewardship into the world. Israel was called to be the royal priesthood, to worship God and reflect his rescuing wisdom into the world.

Discussion Group

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Follow Me Part 5

In Mark's gospel, he calls the church to abandon its imperialistic dreams on the one hand and its passive non-involvement on the other and to become for the world what Jesus was for the world. That is what discipleship, following Jesus, really means.

Follow Me Part 4

The love which Jesus incarnated, by which we are saved, is to become the love which fills us beyond capacity and flows out to heal the world.

The Revolution of the Cross Part 6

Sin, for Paul, is not simply breaking the moral code - it is the missing of the mark of genuine humanness through the failure of worship or rather through worshiping idols rather than the true God.

Follow Me Part 3

In the Kingdom of the Son of Man, the power that counts is the power of love. It is the rule of Emmanuel - God with us. If we celebrate that fact, as we do the Eucharist - let us heed the call that goes with it - that we should go into the world to follow this Emmanuel.