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June 5, 2022 at Concord Presbyterian. Philippians 4:4-7 concordpreschurch.com Music and lyrics used by permission from CCLI License # CSPL086812 One License # A-735433

Today's Almost Daily Devotion on Luke 17:1-10. What enables us to respond to God? concordpreschurch.com Songs used with Permission from: bensounds.com

Today's Almost Daily Devotion on Zephaniah 3:1-13. How is seeing God at work our choice? concordpreschurch.com Songs used with Permission from: bensounds.com

Today's Almost Daily Devotion on Deuteronomy 9:1-5. How are we overconfident about our ability to make good things happen? concordpreschurch.com Songs used with Permission from: bensounds.com

Today's Almost Daily Devotion on Psalm 22:6-11. Where does it hurt? concordpreschurch.com Songs used with Permission from: bensounds.com

May 29 2022 at Concord Presbyterian. concordpreschurch.com Music and lyrics used by permission from CCLI License # CSPL086812 One License # A-735433

May 22, 2022 at Concord Presbyterian. concordpreschurch.com Music and lyrics used by permission from CCLI License # CSPL086812 One License # A-735433

Job literally became a cliché, even though his experience was meant to be a singular example to all of history. Despite all of the physical things which happened to him, the worst part of his suffering - by far - was the scorn of his friends and family. They wanted him to abandon God, but he knew he had value in God’s eyes.

All of us have people who we don’t particularly like and broken relationships. Transformed relationships have to be intentionally nurtured. Christians are called to freely offer space in their lives and to see others in a different way through a new lens given by Christ. Who do you need to see in a different light? - How do we support and grow our relationships? - What circumstances exist in the w...

Our way of handling conflict and people we don’t like is by avoiding them or pretending they don’t exist. We can’t just pretend people, hurt, and our baggage doesn’t exist. Joseph chooses a different path when given the opportunity to punish his brothers. We can confuse our hurt with righteousness or truth. - How do we offer grace to those who have caused us hurt? - What is one time you could have...

May 15, 2022 at Concord Presbyterian. concordpreschurch.com

Luke makes Paul look like the world’s best speaker, which is likely an attempt to make Paul look better and more effective. However, Paul was a talented speaker who actively searched for clues about how to explain the gospel to people with no background in the Jewish tradition. In the same way, the church is challenged to not just stand in contrast to society, nor to be overwhelmed by it, but to s...

Sociologists define religion as anything which binds people together because of shared belief. If true, anything can become a religion, even a shared belief McDonald’s is the best hamburger. This passage is the result of a confrontation between different groups of believers who defend their shared beliefs as the only true Christian religion. - How are religion and faith different? Where are they t...

In response to an unknown event which caused a sense of impending doom, this Psalm was written as a reminder to sing praises. The Psalmist shows how God acts throughout the passage of time. The acts of the past shows God’s faithfulness in the future. - When you look at your past, where do you see God at work? How is that a foretaste of God’s actions on your behalf in the future? - Are we walking i...

May 1, 2022 at Concord Presbyterian. concordpreschurch.com Music and lyrics used by permission from CCLI License # CSPL086812 One License # A-735433

April 24, 2022 at Concord Presbyterian. concordpreschurch.com Music and lyrics used by permission from CCLI License # CSPL086812 One License # A-735433

The Door is locked out of fear. Who are they afraid of? The Religious Authorities? Or is it Jesus? In truth, Easter absorbs both the joy and triumph as well as the fear and disbelief, and is irreducible to just one experience of it. It would be easier if Easter were only the trumpet blasts and Alleluias. Or, it might even be easier if Easter were only fear and disbelief. But Easter is all of this,...

In the other gospels, Thomas appears only as a name on the list of disciples (Matthew 10:3, Mark 3:18, Luke 6:15). In John, however, Thomas appears not just in a list of disciples but is featured in three stories. Out looking to follow Jesus unto death, out where those who would harm him could find him, Thomas missed Jesus. Thomas’ belief that he could and would follow Jesus unto death is re-cast....

Peter presents Jesus’ life and resurrections as the renewal of the covenant God made with Jacob. In doing so, Peter reshapes Joel’s original prophecy to show how Jesus fits into the well-known prophecy. Peter never showed a lot of Biblical knowledge, so did he intentionally reinterpret the passage or simply remember it in the way he needed to support his sermon? - At some point between the time of...

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Easter 2022, April 17, 2022 at Concord Presbyterian. concordpreschurch.com Music and lyrics used by permission from CCLI License # CSPL086812 One License # A-735433

(Almost) Daily Devotion on Romans 6. How can death be good news?

(Almost) Daily Devotion on Zephaniah 3. How does putting our trust in human leaders set us up for failure?

(Almost) Daily Devotion on Genesis 9. When and how do rainbows appear? concordpreschurch.com Songs used with Permission from: bensounds.com

(Almost) Daily Devotion on Psalm 19. If creation is speaking, we can't understand what it says. So how do we learn a lesson from it? concordpreschurch.com Songs used with Permission from: bensounds.com