John 9 – Sin, Faith, and Suffering

IDEA: Humans seem to think they’ve come along way since Jesus walked the earth. We’ve had two-thousand years of philosophy and theology, two-thousand years of authors, kings, poets, and presidents–yet I wonder if anyone can go further than the once blind man who said, “Lord, I believe.”

SPEAKER: Isaac Horwedel

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Easter

IDEA: I’m not going to tell you that you should believe in the Resurrection. I’m not going to use fear and shame to manipulate you into some half-baked decision. I’m just going to tell you why I believe in the resurrection and encourage you take the time to sort these things out for yourself.

SPEAKER: Carl Schnaufer

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John 8 – Missing the Point

IDEA: We see folks missing the light because they are caught up in their own identities as children of Abraham, illusions of freedom neglecting to acknowledge the sin that binds them, and in the end clinging to their worldview so tightly that they try to kill Jesus in order to maintain the illusion.

SPEAKER: Carl Schnaufer

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John 8:1-11 – …All Sinners alike

IDEA: In his classic novel, The Scarlett Letter, Nathaniel Hawthorne writes, “…in view of Infinite Purity, we are sinners all alike.” The first eleven verses of John 8 remind us of the same thing. This story encourages us to take a proper view of ourselves. To acknowledge both our capacity for exquisite good and shocking evil.

SPEAKER: Carl Schnaufer

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On Prayer: Is Meaningful Prayer Possible Anymore?

BIBLICAL TEXTS: Psalm 111; 1 Thessalonians 5:16-18

SPEAKER: Isaac Horwedel

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