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www.frcgr.sermonaudio.com
Weekly column of grpress.com to feature one person's religious experience in capsule form:
<> name, age, occupation(s), place of worship
<> important books (apart from sacred texts)
<> important art or artists
<> role models for one's own faith
<> favorite faith practice
<> what I'm working on in my faith life
Jul 28, 2010
Jul 14, 2010
thinking back - Bible in 90 Days
...I did a speed Bible reading course at church, too (The Bible in 90 Days: 12 pages per day for 88 days).
The companion DVD has a choice of two experts talking about the Old Testament, but only one for NT.
Going over every printed word rapidly doesn't help it to sink in, but at least you start to know "the neighborhood" (where everything lives).
Seems like the upshot of the OT is that God loves us and all his creation more generally and our job in return is the commandment to Love God with all your soul and strength (including to love your neighbor as yourself). So many things come along to separate us from that sense of belonging. For the NT the point seems to be that WE are God's hand, feet, eyes and ears and mouth. So we are given the authority to act on His behalf to minister to one another, following the human example of Jesus in the day to day world we occupy in a lifetime (and with the support and direction of the Holy Spirit).
In other words, how ever you may feel moved or called, go ahead in confidence knowing God is there, even when you can't see or understand everything you enter into.
The companion DVD has a choice of two experts talking about the Old Testament, but only one for NT.
Going over every printed word rapidly doesn't help it to sink in, but at least you start to know "the neighborhood" (where everything lives).
Seems like the upshot of the OT is that God loves us and all his creation more generally and our job in return is the commandment to Love God with all your soul and strength (including to love your neighbor as yourself). So many things come along to separate us from that sense of belonging. For the NT the point seems to be that WE are God's hand, feet, eyes and ears and mouth. So we are given the authority to act on His behalf to minister to one another, following the human example of Jesus in the day to day world we occupy in a lifetime (and with the support and direction of the Holy Spirit).
In other words, how ever you may feel moved or called, go ahead in confidence knowing God is there, even when you can't see or understand everything you enter into.
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