This Fall we are taking extra time to explore a theological theme together. The Fall Theological Focus will provide content for you to access whenever, and wherever you like during the week through video, podcast, and blog forms. For six weeks a video session will be released accompanied a few days later by a blog article on the same theme. So much of our time throughout the week is spent in traffic, or in a gym, or doing small tasks around the house. In these moments, we hope these new bits of theological content will be encouraging to you. This Fall’s Theological Focus is centered on Generosity and Stewardship. We hope you’ll join us for the journey!

The Hebrew Church is calling for nonsense and they are finding that it comes. Things are murky and foggy and odd and wicked. God is exceedingly patient with His beloved bride, but nonsense is afoot. Don't fool around with holy things – take God's patience to heart: repent and believe.

Two points –

1. The Story's Explained
2. The Explanation Applied

This Fall’s Theological Focus is centered on Generosity and Stewardship and will provide content for you to access whenever, and wherever you like during the week through video, podcast, and blog forms. For six weeks a video session will be released accompanied a few days later by a blog article on the same theme. So much of our time throughout the week is spent in traffic, or in a gym, or doing small tasks around the house. In these moments, we hope these new bits of theological content will be encouraging to you. We hope you’ll join us for the journey!

ast week we saw the transfer from one prophet to the next. EliJah becomes a kind of father to his protégé, EliSHa, and gives Him the mantle of authority. The follower becomes the leader (a pattern often repeated in Scripture.)

This is about 850 BC and immediately following the transfer of office and authority is a kind of challenge to the new prophet. The chorus of prophets and the people and even the opposition demand proof. How do we know this new guy is the real thing?

Today's reading is comprised of three episodes. So, let's look at: #1 Basic Facts #2 Common Objections #3 Big Ideas (concerning these strange episodes teaching and how should we respond?)

This Fall we are taking extra time to explore a theological theme together. The Fall Theological Focus will provide content for you to access whenever, and wherever you like during the week through video, podcast, and blog forms. For six weeks a video session will be released accompanied a few days later by a blog article on the same theme. So much of our time throughout the week is spent in traffic, or in a gym, or doing small tasks around the house. In these moments, we hope these new bits of theological content will be encouraging to you. This Fall’s Theological Focus is centered on Generosity and Stewardship. We hope you’ll join us for the journey!

Today, we learn a huge lesson from The Follower, a key, maybe THĒ key to the spiritual life i.e. the reality of what someone has called The Magnificent Obsession, that the believer is fixated, in what may appear to some as an unhealthy preoccupation, he or she is obsessed with God's word of grace and truth.

Let's look, then, at this passage for:

1. Patterns
2. Paradox
3. Power

This Fall’s Theological Focus is centered on Generosity and Stewardship and will provide content for you to access whenever, and wherever you like during the week through video, podcast, and blog forms. For six weeks a video session will be released accompanied a few days later by a blog article on the same theme. So much of our time throughout the week is spent in traffic, or in a gym, or doing small tasks around the house. In these moments, we hope these new bits of theological content will be encouraging to you. We hope you’ll join us for the journey!

The two themes that loom large here are fate and truth/deception and these will serve as our two points. Two big issues:

1. Fate
2. Truth/Deception. (Boring points but a very exciting story – let's jump in.)