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Jan 22, 2017Sanctity of Life Sunday
Mark ShawProverbs 14

Sanctity of Human Life Sunday is an annual reminder that God values human life in all stages from conception to natural death. This i not a personal or political issue. The value of human life is a moral absolute and the implications are far-reaching.

Jan 15, 2017Life in the Early Church Pt. 2
The Story ContinuesMark ShawActs 2
Jan 8, 2017Psalm Twenty-Two
Studies in the PsalmsBart BoumanPsalm 22
Jan 8, 2017Life in the Early Church Pt. 1
The Story ContinuesMark ShawActs 2

As we resume our study of Acts at the beginning of this new year, it is appropriate and helpful to think about what those early days of the church were like. The apostles had witnessed the resurrection and exaltation of Jesus Christ. They had received the supernatural gift of the promised Holy Spirit. They were joined by 3000 others who repented and believed after the first "Christian sermon." A new community was forming; not against Judaism but out from it. What did they do? Is this more than historical narrative? Should what they did have any impact on what we do? Let's take a look...

Jan 1, 2017Begin with the End in Mind
Mark ShawLuke 12

In 1989, Dr. Stephen Covey wrote a book titled, "The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People." It was a National Bestseller and had a number of follow-up works with the same ideas in mind. The book was rooted in "character ethics" rather than the "power of personality" because Covey maintained that who we are becoming is ultimately more important than what we accomplish. He was right, not because original but because he agreed with the smartest Person who ever lived.

Habit 2: "Begin with the End in Mind" is a good way for us to come to the Communion Table on January 1, 2017. Do what you do, "In Remembrance of Christ."