Gateway Fellowship

Keep me as the apple of the eye; Hide me in the shadow of Thy wings, From the wicked who despoil me, My deadly enemies, who surround me. (Psalm 17:8-9 NAS)

Our Father in heaven, Reveal who you are. Set the world right; Do what’s best—     as above, so below. Keep us alive with three square meals. Keep us forgiven with you and forgiving others. Keep us safe from ourselves and the Devil. You’re in charge! You can do anything you want! You’re ablaze in beauty! Yes. Yes. Yes. Smile to Father, Son, and Spirit Smile to yourself. Smile to someone else. I’m...

Carl led in the Lord's Supper and taught about encouragement.

Occasionally at a Wednesday Whiteboard I give a brief biography and some highlights of people I've been reading...

Psalm 4:4 When you are disturbed, do not sin; ponder it on your beds, and be silent. Selah

An exploration of the question to see how different worldviews answer this, including how the people of Gateway answered.

Psalm 115:2-3 2 Why do the nations say,     “Where is their God?” 3 Our God is in heaven;     he does whatever pleases him. Psalm 116:68a You are good, and what you do is good.

This talk takes the words of Jesus directed against the hypocrisy of the scribes and pharisees in Matthew 23 and turns them into healthy, positive goals for us to pursue. Yes, it's a 16 point sermon.

Three ways Christianity is utterly unique among world religions, plus a point about apples.

Stan encouraged us to speak life and to be there for each other with encouragement when needed.

This one's about Jesus becoming -- and remaining -- a full human, and some implications of that. "And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us..." (Jn 1:14)

Jesus often told people that. "This happened because you believed." How do we grow in the faith Jesus walked in?

This talk is about our task as leaders to engage people in a way that invites them to excercise their own faith and collaborate with the Spirit, not just "minister to" them. It's based on the way Jesus engaged the two blind men who chased him down and demanded a meeting in Matthew 9:27ff.

We took time to pray over individuals today. Here's the audio of that if anyone's interested.

Jesus said it isn't the healthy who need a doctor, but the sick. And he didn't come to call good folks, but broken people. This is why we've called the church a kind of hospital for souls...

Carl on Matthew 13.

"And Isaac redug the wells of his father Abraham..." (Genesis 26).

This talk is about the motive underneath all other human pursuits. Section 1: Data on Happiness Section 2: A few philosophers (and a mathematician) Section 3: A castrated medieval theologian on happiness Conclusion: How Christianity is completely unique.

Does God expect blind faith? Are faith and reason opposed to each other?

We discussed some fascinating quotes from this Stoic Roman Emperor who sought to live a virtuous life. Much of his advice to himself can be helpfully applied to us in our life lived with and for Jesus.

Hope for the broken based on Jesus' words in Matthew 5.

We're made in the image of our Creator, who is creative (Gen 1) and who designed us to be creative (Gen 2). Here's the thesis: To be creative we must allow ourselves the luxury and the discomfort of boredom . The algorythms disrupt this God-given impulse, turning us into consumers.

Tonight we dug deeper into the theme of how we are meant to let go and let God, and what we are meant to hold onto instead of what we naturally do. This was a Wednesday Whiteboard chat.

Some questions and answers after one of my annual week of counseling short term missions students.

Carl Chupp taught Wednesday Whiteboard. :)