The Rock Church Worship Service

Paul coda Jon Continuing our temporary break from grace and peace I have this scroll in my office Mini replica of the Torah Torah is life, beauty, poetry Reading words from God to people, life-giving words They place honey on their children’s lips and tongues Don’t just memorize things, but giving them the full experience, the sweetness of Him Ed. note – this makes me think of C.S. Lewis talking about how sex doesn’t have the same pleasure as chocolate. As we’re reading the text and God’s redemptive story Life giving beauty and poetry Giving us an idea of what redemption looks like and how it plays out The sticks on each end of the scroll are referred to as trees There’s trees at the beginning and the end (Genesis and Revelation) We live in the middle, in this redemptive story that’s going on Torah is life and life-giving Each … Continue reading →

An Anchor For The Soul – The Rock Church Worship Service

Paul (The Whole Earth Is Filled With His Glory) Jon Mark B has malaria Walking through the Book of Hebrews Last 2 year have been turned upside down He struggled with his faith and does so frequently Keeps finding new facets of God as he turns the infinite diamond Book of Hebrews has been an anchor Show me what I need to change 6:19-20 Jesus is an anchor for the soul Written to urban Christians living in a city Very pluralistic society – lots of different beliefs Pressed to answer: is there a better way to life than Jesus If we’re honest, we face similar difficulties If God is so comitted to our joy, then why is life so hard? Why does God seem to be silent sometimes? How can He be miles away in a minute? Is there something I’m doing wrong? The Book of Hebrews is chasing and … Continue reading →

The Rock Church Worship Service

Paul More than just songs of praise, more than this meeting place, more than the beating of drums, Lord let your Church become, More than just sacrifice, holy and purified, Lord let you kingdom come in us *green light from Jon to keep going* / / Jon Galatians 5:16-26 Not things to import from outside of us When you become a Christian, this foreign thing comes inside with all these attributes 1 Corinthians 13 Walk through these things that are already inside of us Tonight – overview of the series 19-21 desires/sins/works of the flesh 22-25 works of the spirit What is the flesh? The bent of the whole person Core of the motive of the heart Soul, mind, body, will Foreign object – The Spirit of God Need to connect to God There’s a side living for self and a side living for God All out war inside us … Continue reading →