Godly Play For Adults | Session 3 | Fall 2014
Thursday evenings, 7-8:15 p.m., Sept. 11 through Oct. 16, at First Presbyterian Church in the Reception Room 2619 Broadway Oakland, CA 94612 http://www.firstchurchoakland.org In story and song, Di Pagel and Greg … Continue reading
Thinking Theologically :: April 2014 | Atonement
Wednesday, April 30th 7:30pm at the church The essential belief underneath Christian faith is that the death and resurrection of Jesus changes the universe. But why did Jesus have to die … Continue reading
Blogging Towards Sunday, November 17, 2013
Ezra 8:1-18 Why do you go to church? How does it bring you joy? How doesn’t it? How does your participation in public worship, and communal listening to the Word … Continue reading
Blogging Towards Sunday, November 10, 2013
Ezra 3:1-13; 4:1-5, 4:23-24; 6:13-15 How do you deal with opposition? How do we deal with people who don’t share the same opinion as we do? While the elements of … Continue reading
Ezra – Nehemiah Preaching Series | November 2013
WHY READ EZRA-NEHEMIAH? I never have before, plus it’s not in the lectionary! The books we call Ezra and Nehemiah tell the story of the return of the Israelites from … Continue reading
Blogging Towards Sunday, October 27, 2013
Matthew 20:1-16 What is grace? Is it the goal or means of faith? Is it the beginning of the end of knowing God? Do we receive it or give it? … Continue reading
Blogging Towards Sunday, October 20, 2013
Philippians 3:12-14 & Isaiah 43:16-21 We live in a time in which we are looking for some higher power to deliver us from our addictions, the brokenness and stuck-ness of … Continue reading
Blogging Towards Sunday, October 6, 2013
John 3:1-17 John 3:16 perhaps the most quoted verse of the Bible, whether by voice, painted on the faces of athletes, or held aloft on signs. But when you … Continue reading
Theology on Tap
Wednesday, 10/2 @ 8:00pm A time of honest discussion over brews. Ben and Nick’s Bar & Grill 5612 College Ave | http://www.benandnicks.com We’ll be discussing “Is Jesus the Only … Continue reading
Blogging Towards Sunday, September 29, 2013
John 14:1-14 Confessing Christian faith can be challenging in the diverse pluralistic world – and city – which we call home. Can we claim to know truth, or salvation, which … Continue reading