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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

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Posted on January 14, 2016 by Kurt Bennett

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1 John 4, Christian, church, Colossae Church, love

The 1 Thing I Do That Drowns Out Jesus

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“He who comes from heaven is above all. He bears witness to what he has seen and heard, yet no one receives his testimony. Whoever receives his testimony sets his seal to this, that God is true. For he whom God has sent utters the words of God, for he gives the Spirit without measure.” (John 3:31-34)

The 1 Thing I Do

“No one receives his testimony,” John the Baptist said. Why is that?

First, let me say that I think what John is saying here is, in his day almost no one received Jesus’ testimony. It seems that John uses the phrase “no one” as a figure of speech. Because it’s true that while Jesus remained on earth, relatively few received his testimony and accepted him as Savior and Messiah. But that’s not the main point I want to write about today. The main point is the one thing I do to drown out Jesus’ testimony from my hearing. And we find insight about that one thing in a group of Jesus’ contemporaries: the Read More

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Posted on January 9, 2016 by Kurt Bennett

Bible Study

accountability, Christian living, Christianity, critical, criticism

Things I Heard In Church: “…underwear on their heads.”

“My kids pose naturally–but they also run around with underwear on their heads.”

From Matt Bowen’s excellent teaching, Image Management, 1/03/2016, 11 AM

God’s IQ

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“His name was William James Sidis, and his IQ was estimated at between 250 and 300. At eighteen months he could read The New York Times, at two he taught himself Latin, at three he learned Greek. By the time he was an adult…

Things I Heard In Church: God catches your tears in a bottle

Then He who sat on the throne said, “Behold, I make all things new.” And He said to me, “Write, for these words are true and faithful.” (Revelation 21:5)

And God will wipe away every tear from their eyes; there shall be no more death, nor sorrow, nor crying. There shall be no more pain, for the former things have passed away.” (Revelation 21:4)

Stop Reading This Blog

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If you’ll bear with me for just a few moments, I’ll share the reason why I want you to stop reading this blog.

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Posted on December 26, 2015 by Kurt Bennett

Bible Study

Christian, church, He must increase but I must decrease, John 3:22-30, John the Baptist

Things I Heard In Church: A Sermon On Breast Feeding

From Dave Teixeira’s teaching, Love, 12/6/2015

Oxytocin, The Love Hormone

“Oxytocin (sometimes called the love hormone) is released into the mother’s brain when she breast feeds. Read More

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Posted on December 24, 2015 by Kurt Bennett

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Cedar Mill Bible Church, Christmas, Christmas story, Dave Teixeira, Jesus birth, teaching on Christmas

Why I Rejected The Light (And Why You Do Too)

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And this is the judgment: the light has come into the world, and people loved the darkness rather than the light because their works were evil. For everyone who does wicked things hates the light and does not come to the light, lest his works should be exposed. But whoever does what is true comes to the light, so that it may be clearly seen that his works have been carried out in God. (John 3:19-21)

How I Hated That Light

In the last week I had two conflicts with two of the three people I love more than anyone on the planet. In the first conflict someone Read More

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Posted on December 19, 2015 by Kurt Bennett

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Christian, darkness rather than light, Jesus is life, Jesus is the Light, John 3:19-21, pride principle, pride vs principle, principle pride

Things I Heard In Church: Here is a great lie, “All we actually have is today.”

The following is a quote from Matt Bowen’s teaching on Joy, 12/13/2015. The text for this teaching is Isaiah 25:6-9.

One of the great lies that our world often believes is that all we actually have is today. (This is one of the great lies that fuels a whole lot of really stupid purchases. All you have is right now–before the sale ends.)

You Are Not Condemned

Hell

Last post on the book of John we saw how God so loved us, that He allowed His Son to suffer a horrible death, to pay the price for our sins, so we could be reconciled to Him in heaven. That’s the message of John 3:16. And then in John 3:17 we saw how God’s purpose isn’t to condemn anyone, but instead His purpose is exactly the opposite, His purpose is to rescue everyone from condemnation. (John 3:17, 2 Peter 3:9, See previous post For God So Loved You)

Today we’ll explore the next verse after John 3:16-17. Speaking of himself Jesus says,

“Whoever believes in him is not condemned, but whoever does not believe is condemned already, because he has not believed in the name of the only Son of God.” (John 3:18)

Suffering, Evil, And Condemnation

You know, among atheists, the number one objection to the God of the Bible is Read More

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Posted on December 12, 2015 by Kurt Bennett

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atheism, atheist, Christian, Heaven, hell, Jesus, John 3:18

Things I Heard In Church: This Amazing Experience Of Henry Nouwen’s

Henry Nouwen

Dave Teixeira introduced us to Henry Nouwen with these words: “Henry was a guy who taught at Harvard and Yale. He was this very renowned professor. This person who lived in high and elite places. But Read More

For God So Loved You

“A little frayed around the edges–aren’t we all.” (Image and quote via Green Kozi-Creative Commons)

The Disgusting Thing This Guy Did For His Daughter

I read about a guy today who gave up on love. In the third grade he decided “love was for girls,” which might be kind of funny except he continued his boycott of love all the way through high school. He even refused to Read More

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Posted on December 5, 2015 by Kurt Bennett

Bible Study

Christian, For God so loved, I am beyond hope, John 3:16, judgmental, love, too bad to be saved

God Running

There is only one place in the Bible where we see God running.

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