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1 Corinthians #5: Grow Up! (1 Corinthians 3:1-23) Rob Woodrum (7/28/24) Download “You’re acting like a baby!” If someone were to direct that statement to us, we’d know that it’s not a compliment. I mean, most people like babies – they’re cute and sweet and vulnerable and we instinctively want to protect them. There is, however, a threshold where humans are expected to move beyond the helpless, sel...

1 Corinthians #4: God's Plan Revealed (1 Cor 2:1-16) Rob Woodrum (7/21/2024) My grandson lost one of his water shoes at our house the other day. We looked everywhere for it – outside, inside, in drawers, under couches…no place left unturned. It appeared to have a yearning to be free because it never showed up. Until a few weeks later, when we weren’t looking for it, it was resting in plain view in...

1 Corinthians #3: The Wisdom Paradox (1 Cor 1:18-31) Janelle Greene 7/14/24) Download “Wisdom shouts in the streets.     She cries out in the public square. She calls to the crowds along the main street,     to those gathered in front of the city gate.” ~Proverbs 1:20-21 I don’t know about you, but when I think of wisdom, I don’t often imagine it calling out...

1 Corinthians #2: The Weight of Unity (1 Cor 1:10-17) Janelle Greene (7/7/2024) Download Has anyone ever had a job that would require regular inspections from outside sources? When I (Janelle) worked in the children’s program at the navy base we were regularly inspected by government officials to make sure our practices complied with their standards. Sometimes the inspections were planned and some...

1 Corinthians #1: Introduction To A Messy Church (1 Cor 1:1-9) Rob Woodrum (6/30/24) Download So, we finished up Genesis last week, and this Sunday we’ll begin a new series, working our way chapter by chapter, verse by verse, through another book of the Bible. However, instead of just telling you what we’re going to be studying, I’m inviting you to figure it out for yourself. Follow this LINK , an...

Genesis #13: The Pattern (Gen 1-5) Rob Woodrum & Janelle Greene (6/23/24) Download Join Janelle Greene and Rob Woodrum as the bring the Genesis series to a close with a great teaching/discussion that covers the main themes from our studies in the first 5 books of Genesis. Click here for a pdf of the teaching slideshow.

Genesis #12: The Two Roads (Gen 4:17-26) Rob Woodrum (6/16/2024) Download There is no way around it, the Bible presents us with a dualistic worldview. We are continually presented with two paths, two choices, two loves. Middle ground is hard to come by in Scripture. As the Didache says in it’s opening: “There are only two paths; one leads to life and the other to death and there is a world of diff...

Genesis #11: Outside of Eden (Gen 4:1-14) Rob Woodrum (6/9/24) Download One of the intriguing puzzles of the Biblical narrative is the amount of detail that is afforded some elements of the story, and the shocking lack of detail given to others that feel like they deserve more. Part of that, I believe, is intentional. There is no better way to draw your readers in than to push their minds to fill...

Genesis #10: God's Response To Human Failure (Gen 3:8-24) Rob Woodrum (6/2/24) Download We’re coming to the most tragic part of the Biblical narrative this Sunday – we’ll be reading Genesis 3:8-24 in our continued study in that book. It’s a tragedy that sets up a pattern that gets set on repeat throughout the whole Hebrew Scriptures, leading right up to the Gospel. As you read about God’s response...

Genesis #9: The Ruin (Gen 3:1-7) Rob Woodrum (5/26/24) Download Have you ever done a diet, say restricting carbs or something? I don’t know if it’s your experience as well, but the moment I decide to cut out carbs the only food I ever think about is full of carbs. “Just don’t think about it, Rob.” – Heh….for me, the moment I’m told not to think about something the only thing I can think about is w...

Genesis #8: The Rescuing Counterpart (Gen 2:18-25) Rob Woodrum (5/12/24) Download This Sunday is Mother’s Day and coincidentally enough, in our study we’ll be reading about the very first mother, the creation of Eve. We’ll be continuing our study in Genesis, reading ch 2:18-25 . Once again, I want to remind us to manage our expectations when we come to a study like this. Remember, Genesis isn’t a...

Genesis #6: Origin & Destiny in Eden (Gen 2:8-17) Rob Woodrum (5/5/24) Download Do you remember the old Mad Magazines, how the inside back page was an Al Jaffe cartoon that had an image on it which, if you folded it in, created another image which was a commentary on the first. I used to love those things. In many ways, the book of Genesis, if we metaphorically folded it to touch the book of Revel...