Tanglewood Bible Fellowship

Study of the Book of Acts 5/31/2015 Acts 6:1-7 Effective Churches Are Not “One Man or One Woman” Teams Take This To Heart Effective Churches are Not “One Man/One Women” Teams! and The Purpose Driven Church didn’t start with Rick Warren/late 20th century! No one believer (not even an Apostle) can do “everything” the Church can/should do! While all Christians should be involved in specific areas of...

Study of the Book of Acts 5/24/2015 Acts 5:12-5:42 Truth and Consequences A Supernatural Perspective on Suffering Take This To Heart The Reality of the Resurrection of Christ (and Our Life After Death in Him) Should Totally Change Our Perspective on Suffering Now

Study of the Book of Acts                                                                                                                        5/17/2015 Acts 4:32-5:11 Giving to the Church Is Serious Business to God Take This To […]

Tanglewood Bible Fellowship 5/10/2015 Proverbs 31:10-31 “An excellent woman who can find? Her worth is far above jewels!” 31:10 The Word of God: The Ideal Person Is a Godly Woman 1: All Christian Women Should Embrace the Ideal of Proverbs 31:10-31 2: All Christians Should Respect/Actively Appreciate Such Women as Expressions of God’s Grace and the Heart of Every Great Family/Church/Community/Count...

Study of the Book of Acts 5/3/2015 Acts 4:5-31 External Opposition to Our Faith in Christ is Inevitable Take This To Heart External Opposition to Our Faith in Christ is Inevitable But Panic is Optional (and Definitely Not Recommended)

Study of the Book of Acts 4/26/2015 Acts 3:1-4:4 The Real Healing Ministry of Jesus Christ Take This To Heart Physical healing has a place in God’s program and we can/should pray for the physical health and healing of others. However all physical healing-natural or supernatural is trumped by a factor of infinity by the spiritual/eternal healing available through faith in Jesus Christ

Study of the Book of Acts 4/19/2015 Acts 2:42-47 The One Word Key for Almost Everything Physically/Spiritually, Personally and Collectively Take This To Heart The KEY to the 1st Church is The KEY for Every Church BALANCE in 4 Fundamental Functions (1) The Apostles’ Doctrine: Teaching of the Word God Speaks to Us (2) Fellowship: Interaction between Believers that is Mutually Edifying We Commune wit...

1-2 Thessalonians Practical Prophecy 4/15/2015 1 Thessalonians 4:13-18 Succinct Summary of the Biblical Data on the Rapture Event The Rapture is a “mystery” and we can’t know the day/hour when it will take place. However, believers can know a good bit about it; more than enough to excite, comfort and convict us as we anticipate it/Him.

Study of the Book of Acts 4/12/2015 Acts 2:37-41 The Real “Real Meaning” of (Water) Baptism From Profanity to Proclamation/The Pentecostal Preaching of Peter The AIM TBFers NTK about H2O Baptism   H2O Baptism is an Important Testimony to Salvation But in No Way is it Part of the Terms for Receiving Salvation

  1-2 Thessalonians Practical Prophecy 4/8/2015 1 Thessalonians 4:13-18 Survey of New Testament Passages on the Rapture Event The Potentially Purifying Power of Prophecy “…every believer who has this hope (the imminent return of Christ for His Church) fixed on Him, purifies him/herself, just as He is pure.” 1 John 3:3                  

Easter Sunday 4/5/2015 The Real “Real Meaning” of Easter After His Death (as a SAS) on Good Friday, Jesus Christ Was Resurrected (LBSR) from the Dead on the First Easter Sunday A Central Effect of the Real “Real Meaning” of Easter Christ’s Literal Bodily Supernatural Resurrection Validates the Saving Power of His Death on the Cross as a SAS for our Sins Which is Why He/His Work is the Basis of Ete...

1-2 Thessalonians Practical Prophecy 4/1/2015 Titus 2:13-14 Survey of New Testament Passages on the Rapture Event The Potentially Purifying Power of Prophecy “…every believer who has this hope (the imminent return of Christ for His Church) fixed on Him, purifies him/herself, just as He is pure.” 1 John 3:3

Study of the Book of Acts 3/29/2015 Acts 2:14-36 God’s Purpose for “Signs/Wonders” Miracles is to Validate the Beginning of Major New Phases of His Program Take This To Heart The Real Meaning of “The Day of Pentecost” in Acts 2 Was to Mark and Validate in a Unique and Undeniable Way the End of the OT Era and the Beginning of the NT Church Age The General Principle: God’s Purpose for (Special “Sign...

1-2 Thessalonians Practical Prophecy 3/25/2015 1 Thessalonians 4:13-18 Rightly Dividing the Word of Truth Involves Distinguishing between the Rapture and the 2nd Advent

Study of the Book of Acts 3/22/2015 Acts 2:1-13 The Supernatural Start of NT Church The Significance of the 50 Days between the Resurrection of Christ and the Advent of the Holy Spirit on the Day of Pentecost in Acts 2 Take This To Heart The Christian faith in rooted and built upon truth/facts-real people, real places and real events. Consistent with that principle: God has made it a point to high...

Practical Prophecy 3/18/2015 1 Thessalonians 4:13-18 What the Rapture is Ultimately All About Interpretation The Rapture is all about the Literal,Bodily,Supernatural Resurrection of Church Age Believers Application The now is real and important, but it is not ultimate and is only temporary

Study of the Book of Acts 3/15/2015 Acts 1:12-14 The Uniqueness of the Apostles Take This To Heart The Uniqueness of the Apostles Is an Important Part of the Uniqueness of New Testament Christianity The New Testament Church Rooted in a Succession of Apostolic Truth/Propositions NOT on a Succession of Apostolic Teachers/Persons The New Testament Books Apostolic and Authentic 1st Century Documents W...

Study of the Book of Acts 3/8/2015 Acts 1:12-26 Surprising Spirituality Prayerful Anticipation of the Advent of the Holy Spirit Followed by Flipping a Coin to Determine a New Apostle?!? Take This To Heart 1: True Spirituality often looks like “nothin’ special” to the human eye. 2: Flipping a coin can be a legitimate way for believers to make certain non-moral decisions and has the advantage of eli...

Study of the Book of Acts 2/22/2015 Acts 1:9-11 The Ascension: Proof Positive That Christianity Is an Out of this World Reality Take This To Heart: The Ascension: Proof Positive That Christianity Is an Out of this World Reality > The Now 1: It Fulfilled Major OT Prophecy about the Messiah (Psalm 110/Psalm 2) 2: It Anticipates the Ultimate Fulfillment of All Biblical Prophecy in the Advent of M...

Study of the Book of Acts 2/15/2015 Acts 1:6-8 A Powerful Prophecy Precept from Jesus Himself: Biblical Thinkers Don’t Set Dates for the End-Times Take This To Heart God Knows the Exact Timeline for the Initiation of End-Times Prophecy… …We Don’t and That’s OK!?! According the Scripture We Can Know Quite a Bit about “The Who/What/Where” of the End-Times Even Though We Can’t Know the Exact “When” o...

Study of the Book of Acts                              2/8/2015 Acts 1:1-5 TAKE THIS TO HEART “Doing Nothing” (i.e. Waiting Prayerfully While Doing Nothing Overt That Seems “Significant”) Can Sometimes Be Exactly the Right Thing to Do In This Fallen World/with our Finite Personal Resources “Nothing” is Sometimes the Only Thing We Can Do. BTW: “Only” Praying IS Doing Something Significant

Study of the Book of Acts                                                                                          2/1/2015 Introduction to the Book of Acts “Jesus Is Alive As Head Of His Bride”   What is the “Book of Acts” (or “The Acts of the Apostles”)? Who wrote The Book of Acts? Why Was The Book Written in the First Place? When Was the Book Originally Written? Final Question How can we get a...

Tanglewood Bible Fellowship                                                                                                        01/25/2015 The Life of Christ A-Z Take This To Heart Don’t Leave Today Without These Five Foundational Truths 1: Supernatural Conception/Nine Months Later the Virgin Birth […]

The POGs of TBF 2015 Purpose: Matthew 28:19-20 ONE Command: “Make Disciples (of Jesus-Not Brad, Homer or Ron)” THREE Participles (of Means Modifying the Command) 1: Go with the Gospel (Salvation-Mark 16:15) 2: Baptize Those Who Believe (Identification-1 Cor 1:14-17) 3: Teach Believers in the L-Church (Participation-Heb 10:23-25) Objectives: Ephesians 4:11-16 The Body of Believers Gathers for Edifi...

Take This To Heart What We Don’t Do…Does Define Us and Can/Should Help All of Us Better Appreciate and More Fully + Participate in TBF This (New) Year and Every Year The Word Teaches We Should: Do all things (in the church) in an orderly manner 1 Corinthians 14:40 Our informality should not ever become irreverence Our flexibility should not ever lead us to sloppiness The Word Teaches We Should: Do...