Chiangmai Christian Fellowship

Big Idea - What is the setting or occasion, the situation, that prompted the writing of this book? Deuteronomy does not give us much of anything new. It is mostly repeating and restating what Moses has already written in the first four books of the Pentateuch. Why does he feel the need to tell it and write it all over again? How does understanding the occasion, help explain the reason he "spoke" t...

Big Idea - What is the setting or occasion, the situation, that prompted the writing of this book? Deuteronomy does not give us much of anything new. It is mostly repeating and restating what Moses has already written in the first four books of the Pentateuch. Why does he feel the need to tell it and write it all over again? How does understanding the occasion, help explain the reason he "spoke" t...

Big Idea - We are all called to serve God by using our own gifts, and following His specific call on our lives to serve Him, share Christ, and make disciples, but what does it mean to be doing that together as the Church? Is it really necessary that we work together? Are there things that we can only accomplish when we work together? We are indeed called to serve God in specific ways that are uniq...

Big Idea - We are all called to serve God by using our own gifts, and following His specific call on our lives to serve Him, share Christ, and make disciples, but what does it mean to be doing that together as the Church? Is it really necessary that we work together? Are there things that we can only accomplish when we work together? We are indeed called to serve God in specific ways that are uniq...

Big Idea - Why do we go to Church? Do we really understand the purpose of our gathering together and what is to be the point of it all? We live in a world that is so consumer driven that the Churches everywhere exist to satisfy their customers. Church, it seems, is all about giving people what they want. And if people don't get what they are looking for at one Church, they will just move on to fin...

Big Idea - Why do we go to Church? Do we really understand the purpose of our gathering together and what is to be the point of it all? We live in a world that is so consumer driven that the Churches everywhere exist to satisfy their customers. Church, it seems, is all about giving people what they want. And if people don't get what they are looking for at one Church, they will just move on to fin...

Summary of Main Points Christ’s sacrifice compels us to engage in church We are compelled by His sacrifice for peace We are compelled by His sacrifice for unity We are compelled by His sacrifice for belonging

Summary of Main Points Christ’s sacrifice compels us to engage in church We are compelled by His sacrifice for peace We are compelled by His sacrifice for unity We are compelled by His sacrifice for belonging

Big Idea - Jesus is risen from the dead and He reveals Himself to those who seek Him as Lord and savior! So what's next? What are the ultimate implications of the resurrection? His kingdom has come and those who are His followers enter into His Kingdom. Do we simply live the good life? Or is there more? If Jesus has risen from the dead what are the implications for those who are His followers and...

Big Idea - Jesus is risen from the dead and He reveals Himself to those who seek Him as Lord and savior! So what's next? What are the ultimate implications of the resurrection? His kingdom has come and those who are His followers enter into His Kingdom. Do we simply live the good life? Or is there more? If Jesus has risen from the dead what are the implications for those who are His followers and...

Chiangmai Christian Fellowship

Chiangmai Christian Fellowship

Chiangmai Christian Fellowship

Big Idea - Jesus died on the cross in order to pay in full the penalty of our sin and guilt. The wages of sin is death, so Jesus experienced the full agony of death. But, sin has other consequences and the cross involved suffering and experiencing every consequence of sin. Sin is the ultimate cause of every sickness and physical suffering, so Jesus suffered tremendous physical pain and agony. But...

Big Idea - Jesus died on the cross in order to pay in full the penalty of our sin and guilt. The wages of sin is death, so Jesus experienced the full agony of death. But, sin has other consequences and the cross involved suffering and experiencing every consequence of sin. Sin is the ultimate cause of every sickness and physical suffering, so Jesus suffered tremendous physical pain and agony. But...

Big Idea - As human beings, we have been given the capacity to contemplate how things could be different. It is a great gift when looking forward, but it is a curse when looking back. Our future can and is shaped by choices, but the past is fixed, it cannot be changed or undone. There is no way to rewind and do it over. When we think of how things could be different if we had only made different c...

Big Idea - As human beings, we have been given the capacity to contemplate how things could be different. It is a great gift when looking forward, but it is a curse when looking back. Our future can and is shaped by choices, but the past is fixed, it cannot be changed or undone. There is no way to rewind and do it over. When we think of how things could be different if we had only made different c...

Big Idea - Jesus stands on trial first before the Jewish council who must come up with a valid reason to hand Him over to Pilate for execution. The purpose of a trial should be to determine guilt or innocence, but it is clear from the beginning that they have already determined Jesus is guilty. Jesus’ trial before the Jews helps us examine our own method and motives as we consider who Jesus is. Wh...

Big Idea - Jesus stands on trial first before the Jewish council who must come up with a valid reason to hand Him over to Pilate for execution. The purpose of a trial should be to determine guilt or innocence, but it is clear from the beginning that they have already determined Jesus is guilty. Jesus’ trial before the Jews helps us examine our own method and motives as we consider who Jesus is. Wh...

Big Idea - Why is Jesus so overwhelmed as the cross draws near? Is this just a normal fear of suffering and death - the cross was certainly a terrible way to die? Or was there more to it? And more importantly, how does Jesus deal with this grief and fear? How does His example help us when we feel overwhelmed? Finally, what does this episode tell us about His sacrifice and the great cost of our sal...

Big Idea - Why is Jesus so overwhelmed as the cross draws near? Is this just a normal fear of suffering and death - the cross was certainly a terrible way to die? Or was there more to it? And more importantly, how does Jesus deal with this grief and fear? How does His example help us when we feel overwhelmed? Finally, what does this episode tell us about His sacrifice and the great cost of our sal...

Big Idea - Jesus has just told the disciples that one of them will betray Him. Now He tells them that they will all desert Him and the Peter will deny he even knows Him. But, Peter and the others are convinced that their devotion and loyalty to Jesus are so strong that nothing, not even death, could move them from their commitment to follow Him. We know that Jesus was right and they were wrong. Co...

Big Idea - Jesus has just told the disciples that one of them will betray Him. Now He tells them that they will all desert Him and the Peter will deny he even knows Him. But, Peter and the others are convinced that their devotion and loyalty to Jesus are so strong that nothing, not even death, could move them from their commitment to follow Him. We know that Jesus was right and they were wrong. Co...

Big Idea - Jesus has been moving toward the cross from the time he left Galilee, but now the hour has come and things are rapidly being set in motion. In verses 1-13 we see four different people or groups who all have very different ideas about who Jesus is and what they need to do with Him. Some get it very wrong, and in fact, only one gets it right. We would expect the disciples to be the ones w...

Big Idea - Jesus has been moving toward the cross from the time he left Galilee, but now the hour has come and things are rapidly being set in motion. In verses 1-13 we see four different people or groups who all have very different ideas about who Jesus is and what they need to do with Him. Some get it very wrong, and in fact, only one gets it right. We would expect the disciples to be the ones w...