Ray Charles’s Daughter Sheila Raye Charles: Things I Heard In Church
I heard Ray Charles’s Daughter Sheila Raye Charles speak at our church Tuesday night, after the Jesus Table.
She told her story of sexual abuse, Read More
Things I Heard In Church: “…he despised people not like himself.”
Things I Heard In Church: “…he despised people not like himself.”
Jesus told a parable to some people who trusted in themselves for their own righteousness, a group who treated others with contempt. Jesus said, Read More
Things I Heard In Church: The Answer To The Question, “Are only a few people going to be saved?”
Things I Heard In Church: The answer to the question, “Are only a few people going to be saved?”
What a question. And the answer I heard surprised me. (If you’re interested in hearing more, click on Dave Teixeira’s great teaching entitled, Squeeze On In, 02/28/2016, 11 AM.)
Things I Heard In Church: “Can you believe what Comcast did to me?”
Referring to the synagogue ruler who was indignant because Jesus healed on the Sabbath:
“The NIV says that he is indignant. The word in Greek means like: really super annoyed. He’s an angry elf. He’s a super annoyed guy, and so what does he do? He tries to get everybody as annoyed as him. This is what anger does when it gets ahold of us. When you’re really hacked at something, what do you do? Everybody else should be as hacked as I am! ‘Can you believe what Comcast did to me?’ You go tell everybody.”
Maybe my all-time favorite Matt Bowen teaching to date: 2/14/2016, You’re Free, Luke 13:10-21
Things I Heard In Church: “The Kevin Spacey Movie, Swimming With Sharks, Is Really Difficult To Watch”
Things I Heard In Church: “The Kevin Spacey movie, Swimming With Sharks, is really difficult to watch.” –Jason Simmonds
From Jason Simmonds talk: Obedience, Trust, 1 Peter, Mosaic–a church in Northeast Portland, Oregon.
Things I Heard In Church: “I saw a homeless man crawl out from under a bush.”
A woman up on the stage said to the congregation, “I saw a homeless man crawl out from under a bush.” Read More
Things I Heard In Church: “In Those Days There Was No COSTCO, There Was Get In Your BOATCO And Go FISHINGCO”
Things I Heard In Church: “In those days there was no COSTCO, there was get in your BOATCO and go FISHINGCO.”
Matt Bowen speaking on Jesus’ teaching encouraging us to not be anxious.
From Matt Bowen’s teaching, Without Worry, Luke 12:22-34, 1/24/2016, 11 AM.
Luke 12:22-34 Do Not Be Anxious
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Things I Heard In Church: These 2 (two-ish) Questions
Things I heard in church: These 2 (two-ish) Questions
First, the wrong question. This is a question I’ve asked myself in the past and a question most of us ask: “How much can I please myself and still be saved?”
But that’s my self serving, selfish nature asking that question. Here’s the second and right question to ask, a question I don’t ask enough: “How close can I get to Christ? How Can I grow closer? What can I do to draw closer to God?” (James 4:8)
From Brett Meador’s teaching, The Dangers of Discontentment, Sunday, 6/14/2015
Things I Heard In Church: Imagine a church where every single person comes to get something from others
“Imagine a church where every single person without exception comes to consume, to get something–from others. They are there, every single one of them, to receive, and not one would get what they came for.
“Now imagine a church where every single person without exception comes to love the other people there. They are there, every one of them, to give. Every single one will receive what they’re looking for.
“Hebrews 10:23-25 says ‘…stir up one another to love and good works…'”
–Chuck Bomar
We can’t stir up one another alone, there has to be others, there has to be community.
From my notes on Chuck Bomar’s teaching Reflecting God’s Love, 1 John Chapter 4, Sunday 10/11/15, Colossae Church, Tigard, Oregon
Things I Heard In Church: God catches your tears in a bottle
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Posted on December 31, 2015 by Kurt Bennett
Bible Commentary, Things I Heard In Church
2016 New Year, Christian, God puts tears in bottle, Heaven, I make all things new, I want a new start, no more pain