Intro: (1) intro topic (2) broader picture of discipleship/membership → privileges, opp’s, responsibilities (2) definition → removing an individual from membership (3) three driving questionsWhere is discipline in the Bible?1. Hebrews 12:7-11: (1) general vs. formal (2) v.7 → connected to endurance (3) v.8-10 → bestwhen relational → spiritual and earthly parenting (4) v.11 → short vs. long-term 2....  Read More

 Conclusion: (1) Andy → benev bg, second stint, humor, most margin (season of life), caring for care-givers, checking in on me, correcting me, “tough on issues, gentle on people” (2) inserts in w.guide...  Read More

Intro: (1) last two years at Grace (2) Gen. 1, Mt. 28 (3) “missions” → unique/deliberate gospel mission of the church to make disciples of all nations (4) “missionary” → someone sent out by local churches to make gospel known across ethnic/linguistic/geographic divides (5) six ways → Antioch, GraceGo (11:19-21): (1) physically traveling to a different place, with the purpose of sharing the good ne...  Read More

Intro: (1) background (2) aging struggle → loss, regret, physical/mental changes, less control, lonelinessReflect on your past (4-8): (1) “birth” (cf. 139:13-16) (2) odds of you being here 1 in 400 trillion → God really wanted you to be here (3) furthermore, God created you with a purpose (cf. Jer. 1:5) (4) “youth” and “young men” in Proverbs → identifying both pos/neg experiences of growing up th...  Read More

Intro: (1) “fulfilled” (2) Luke 24:27, 44Our foundation in failure (13-15): (1) wise men go back a different way (2) another angel appearance to Joseph → commands of “rise, take, flee, remain” → legitimate danger from Herod (3) middle-of-night departure → MAP (4) first “fulfillment” from Hosea 11:1 (5) original context of remembering God’s rescue of his people from Egypt in the exodus (6) the stor...  Read More

Intro: responses to Jesus → every move toward Christ is a response to his offerAnxious Anger (3, 7-8, 12): (1) Jesus “king of the Jews” (v.2) → Herod “the king” (v.3) (2) background → puppet ruler, politically savvy, temple, building projects (3) paranoid in later life, killed family members (cf. v.7-8, 2:13-18) (4) “Jerusalem” also “troubled” → status quo about to be shaken up ((cf. Psalm 2, Mt. ...  Read More