Tanglewood Bible Fellowship

Tanglewood Bible Fellowship 12/28/2014 Phillipians 2:1-11 Suffering and Trials are a Reality of Life Take This To Heart We can Find Joy in the Midst of Suffering By remembering how awesome it is to be in Christ and by sharing in that reality with other Christians

Tanglewood Bible Fellowship 12/21/2014 Matthew 2:1-12 Iraqis Visit the Christ Child!?! The Aftermath of the First Christmas and the Real “Real Meaning” of Christmas Take This To Heart The Jewish Messiah is the Savior of the World “…(the Gospel) is the power of God for salvation to everyone who believes to the Jew first and also to the Gentile.” Romans 1:16 The Real “Real Meaning” of Christmas The...

Upper Room Discourse Series 12/14/2014 John 17:20-26 Christian Unity is a Fact That Should Be Celebrated and Manifested Take This To Heart Christian Unity is a Fact That Should Celebrated and Manifested The General Rule Rather than vilifying other believers/with whom we disagree on secondary issues-we should validate them by focusing on the majors/the things on which we DO agree. Certain Specific...

Upper Room Discourse Series                       12/7/2014 John 17:1-19 The Real Lord’s Prayer: John 17   John 17:1–5 Jesus Prays for Himself Jesus Prays That God/Father Would Restore to Him His Heavenly Glory v1 Jesus Prays That Through Him, Human Beings Can/Will Enjoy Heavenly Glory v2-3 Jesus Prays That God/Father Would Restore to Him His Heavenly Glory v4-5 John 17:6-19 Jesus Prays...

11/30/2014 John 16:16-33 Believers Will Have Perplexity in the Crises of Life If We Fail to Rest in the Reality (and the Implications) of the Resurrection of Christ v16-19 Believers Can Have (Eye of the Hurricane) Peace in the Crises of Life If We Rest in the Reality (and the Implications) of the Resurrection of Christ v20-33 Take This Home Keep It Real about Reality The Reality of the Resurrectio...

Upper Room Discourse Series                                                                  11/9/2014 John 15:18-16:6 Handling Hate: How We Should Think about and Respond to Hatred Directed at Us/Our Faith in Christ Take This To Heart Fellowship with Christ is Offensive to the World   1: To the extent that believers identify with Christ in the world we will face real resentment/ridicule, con...

  Upper Room Discourse Series 11/02/2014 John 15:12-17   Take This To Heart The BSOP  (Biblical Standard Operating Procedure) for All Believers is to Forge a “Growing Fellowship/ Friendship” with Christ and in His Name with Other Christians   Our close friends will make us or break us spiritually! Believers will NOT and cannot be “best friends” with every other Christian, but we can...

Upper Room Discourse Series 10/19/2014 John 15:7-11 Happiness < Joy Positive emotional feelings based on pleasant happenings/circumstances Joy > Happiness The inner contentment of the soul which is actively occupied with Jesus Christ-Who He is, what He has done and what He will do. Joy can be accompanied by a range of emotions depending on one’s personality and circumstances-from loud ecst...

Tanglewood Bible Fellowship                                                   10/12/2014     John 15:1-6 The Key to TBS: Abide in Christ   Believers Are to Abide in Christ So We Can Bear Much Spiritual Fruit 15:1-5a   Believers Are to Abide in Christ So We Can Avoid Spiritual Mediocrity/Divine Discipline 15:5b-6 Take This To Heart   God is MORE Interested in Our Character...

Upper Room Discourse Series 10/5/2014 Three Key Facts about the Rapture Believers Need to Know 1st: Is the Rapture Really Taught in Scripture? John 14:1-3 Let not your heart be troubled; believe in God, believe also in Me. In My Father’s house are many dwelling places; if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you. And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will c...

John 6:53-54 The Dangers of Observation and Interpretation (Apart from Context and Correlation) John 6:53-43: Radical (Attention Getting) Statement Which Could Be Interpreted in Different Ways unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink His blood, you have no life in yourselves. He who eats My flesh/drinks My blood has eternal life, and I will raise him up on the last day. Cannibalism? Tr...

John 13-17 The Upper Room Discourse 8/10/2014 John 13:21-30 What True Biblical Spirituality Does NOT Look Like Take This To Heart General Principle Good-Good Works, Including True Full Spiritual Servanthood are the FRUIT Not the ROOT, the EFFECT Not the CAUSE of Salvation. Specific Case Going to Church Doesn’t Make a Person a Christian Any More Than Going to a Garage Makes a Person a Car. However...

John 13-17 Upper Room Discourse Study 8/3/2014 John 13:1-20 What TBS (True Biblical Spirituality) Looks Like The Upper Room Discourse at a Glance Take This To Heart Fact: The Ultimate Pattern for True Biblical Spirituality/Fellowship with the Lord is Given to Us by Jesus When He Washed the Disciples’ Feet in the Upper Room Principle: True Biblical Spirituality is an Expression of our Personal Rela...