Engaging: Tough Questions, Uncomplicated…

I asked church friends for some questions they wouldn't want to miss a sermon on. They delivered! Now it's my turn!! I know a good topic doesn't guarantee a good talk! But it will be meaningful to engage these issues together. So, please come and give a listen. Bring a friend and start a discussion!

  1. Why are relationships so challenging?
    • Toward Better Relationships (September 10)
  2. Does God love everyone equally?
    • Discovering Blind Love (September 17)
  3. Why does God allow evil?
    • Pulling Apart the Pieces (September 24)
  4. How do I know God has accepted me?
    • Assurance of Salvation (October 15)
  5. How many genders are there?
    • Making Sense out of Humankind (October 22)
  6. How should I study the Bible?
    • Learning to Hear from God (October 29)
  7. Is it faith vs spirituality?
    • Discovering Faithfulness (November 12)
  8. Is the end of the world near?
    • A Perspective on the End (November 19)
  9. Why is love most important?
    • Getting Wrapped Up in Love (November 26)

These talks happen at 11am on dates listed.

Toward Better Relationships: Why are relationships so challenging?


L. Hiebert
John 15:9-17

One who has unreliable friends soon comes to ruin, but there is a friend who sticks closer than a brother.
-- Proverbs 18:24

Discovering Blind Love: Does God Love Everyone Equally?


L. Hiebert
John 3:16-21

Very rarely will anyone die for a righteous person, though for a good person someone might possibly dare to die. But God demonstrates his own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us.
-- Romans 5:7-8

Pulling Apart the Pieces: Why Does God Allow Evil?


L. Hiebert
Ephesians 2:1-10

The Lord is righteous in all his ways and faithful in all he does. The Lord is near to all who call on him, to all who call on him in truth.
-- Psalms 145:17-18

Assurance of Salvation: How do I know God has accepted me?


L. Hiebert
Luke 15:11-32

All those the Father gives me will come to me, and whoever comes to me I will never drive away. For I have come down from heaven not to do my will but to do the will of him who sent me. And this is the will of him who sent me, that I shall lose none of all those he has given me, but raise them up at the last day.
-- John 6:37-40

Making Sense out of Humankind: How Many Genders are There?


L. Hiebert
Genesis 1:26-31

​This is the written account of Adam’s family line. When God created mankind, he made them in the likeness of God. He created them male and female and blessed them. And he named them "Mankind" when they were created.
-- Genesis 5:1-2

Learning to Hear from God: How Should I Study the Bible?


L. Hiebert
Matthew 9:1-8

Do your best to present yourself to God as one approved, a worker who does not need to be ashamed and who correctly handles the word of truth.
-- 2 Timothy 2:15-16

Discovering Faithfulness: Spirituality? Faith? Religion? What gives?


L. Hiebert
Philippians 2:1-11

And Jesus came and said to them, "All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me." -- Matthew 28:18

A Perspective on the End: Is the End of the World Near?


L. Hiebert
Matthew 24:1-8

"Look, I am coming soon! My reward is with me, and I will give to each person according to what they have done. I am the Alpha and the Omega, the First and the Last, the Beginning and the End."
-- Revelation 22:12-13

The Greatest of These!


E. Phillips
1 Corinthians 13:1-13

​Jesus said, "Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength." The second is this: "Love your neighbor as yourself." There is no commandment greater than these.
-- Mark 12:30-31

版權 © 2024 基督教銘恩堂