Jesus and the ten commandments: no other gods.
This new series, Jesus and the ten commandments, is a conversation on how Jesus embodies – and helps us to embody – the kind of life we are built for, and the kind of life framed by the Ten Words.
Bill starts with a re-framing of the Ten Words – which we mistakenly call Commandments – as more about relationship and reality than about rules and restrictions. When the Ten Words are reduced to rules restricting what we think of as our freedom, we will try and find ways to do end-runs around them – and discover that they were actually protections put in place to enable human thriving the way God intended.
Because Jesus is fully aware of this, He invites us to learn our lives from Him – to follow in His way. As we do so, allowing Him to shape us by alignment with Him, we discover that we live in the center of the Ten Words naturally and without thinking about it. They have become part of what it means for us to be human.
By Bill Dogterom
Come alive: Learning to tell time.
Given the current cultural moment, it would be wise for disciples of Jesus not to sleep their life away and, instead, to wake up to the realities surrounding them. We are not the first to be charged with that task!
Paul’s challenge to the church comes with specific advice on how to partner with the Holy Spirit in not only learning to tell time, but to redeem it!
By Bill Dogterom
A Fresh Word: God is big enough.
As worship expands our understanding of God, we will discover God is “big enough” for all that happens in our lives – and for us. In fact, worship – having put God in God’s rightful place – puts us in our place, as well – where we discover forgiveness enabling repentance. That leads us to an intimacy with God, enabling us to hear the invitation to mission – and to respond.
By Bill Dogterom
Moses: Knowing when to be still and when to act.
We were delighted to welcome guest speaker Bill Dogetrom to speak and continue our series on Moses and the marks of a great leader. Bill brings all his years of experience to help unpack the famous episode of God delivering the Israelites across the Red Sea. Moses learns there are times when we need to be still in prayer, and others when when we need to move forward prayerfully. When we are grounded in God through prayer we can be a non-anxious presence when all around is chaos. And we’ll know when it’s time to stay still, and when it’s time to go.
By Bill Dogterom