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Fall Bible Study: Holy Spirit (session 10)

This week, we tackle chapter 8 "Peter's Praise" of Fresh Air.

1. In Acts 2, the followers of Jesus receive the gift of the Holy Spirit. This gift manifests in their speaking in many different languages. Have you ever heard someone speak in tongues? What does “speaking in tongues” mean for you: in terms of your faith and your practice of Christianity?
2. Levison observes that, rather than a confused babbling, the many languages of Acts 2 allows the story of what God has done to be heard clearly by all. Levison argues that “the purpose of ecstasy is to communicate a clear and comprehensible word that recounts God’s praiseworthy acts.” How does this perspective influence your views on speaking in tongues?

 

Recorded: November 12 , 2020

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Sermon: Misjudging the Master

Fall Bible Study: Holy Spirit (session 9)

This week, we dive into chapter 7 "Jesus' Test."

1. Read Mark 9:1-13. What is the lesson that Jesus learns from the Spirit? When has adversity in the midst of God’s will taught you a similar lesson?
2. Levison writes, “The holy spirit sends us to places and people we would never otherwise choose to go to because only there, where our very existence is at risk, can we understand…that we too are God’s beloved.” (pp. 178-179) How is this observation at odds with the world’s definition of love?

Recorded: November 5 , 2020

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Sermon: When the Lights Go Out

Sermon: Who Are These?

Fall Bible Study: Holy Spirit (session 8)

Metaphors and descriptions of the Holy Spirit in scripture and hymns. How has the Holy Spirit been imagined throughout the centuries? How do you imagine the Holy Spirit as you pray and worship?

 

Recorded: October 22, 2020

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Sermon: Better Than We Found It

Fall Study: Holy Spirit (session 7)

Ezekiel 37:1-14; Acts 11:19-30

 

Recorded: October 15, 2020

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Sermon: In the Cleft of the Rock

Fall Study: Holy Spirit (session 6)

Join us to discuss Chapter 6 "Chloe's Complaint."

Read: 1 Corinthians 3:1-17, Ephesians 2:11-22

Reflect:

1. Assess your experience of how well the Holy Spirit fills your community. Where do you witness exclusivity and an attempt to “corner” the Spirit within a few pockets of the church? Where and how do you witness the Spirit filling your community?
2. Levison observes, “The spirit exists in a community in a way that it does not quite exist within individual believers. The whole – the holy whole – is bigger than the parts.” What differences have you experienced between the presence of the Spirit individually and in community?

Recorded: October 8, 2020

 

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