Teaching Archives

GodSpeak Readings: Week 5/October 12-17

Week 5: October 12-17
Genesis 45-Exodus 4

GodSpeak readings for each day are listed below. Click the link to read the section and/or listen online. A discussion question is listed below for you to use in your GodSpeak group session or for discussion with others who are reading along.

Monday, Oct 12 Genesis 45-46  Read & Listen Online   (Click “Audio” link to listen)
1. Review Genesis 45:1-28. How does Joseph remind you of Jesus?

Tuesday, Oct 13 Genesis 47-48  Read & Listen Online   (Click “Audio” link to listen)
2. What roots for the nation of Israel do you see in chapters 48-49?

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Sermon: Accept My Generosity

Sunday, October 4, 2009 Readings: Genesis 25:19-34, Romans 9:6-16, Matthew 16: 21-25 It is so difficult for us to simply accept someone’s generosity.  There is something inside us that urges us to somehow deserve, earn or participate in some way.  We see that clearly in our Old Testament lesson for today.  We also see how Jesus … Read more

GodSpeak Readings: Week 4/October 5-10

Week 4: October 5-10
Genesis 36-44

GodSpeak readings for each day are listed below. Click the link to read the section and/or listen online. A discussion question is listed below for you to use in your GodSpeak group session or for discussion with others who are reading along.

Monday, Oct 5 Genesis 36-37  Read & Listen Online  (Click “Audio” link to listen)
1. Jacob dearly loved Joseph, providing him with a richly embroidered robe (Genesis 37:3). Somewhat similarly, our heavenly Father dearly loves us. With what, according to Galatians 3:26-27, has God clothed us? What is the significance of this action for us?

Tuesday, Oct 6 Genesis 38-39  Read & Listen Online  (Click “Audio” link to listen)
2. What one theme flows through Genesis 39:1-23? See verses 2-3, 5, 21-23. What encouragement can we find in these verses for those times when we feel like everything is against us?

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Sermon: “Cut”

Sunday, September 27, 2009 Readings: Genesis 15, Galatians 3:6-14, Luke 1:67-75 Promises are made, kept, broken and otherwise ignored in our culture.  In Abraham’s day promises were “cut.”  A cut is permanent.  God cut a promise to Abraham that is effective even to this day.  Listen to how this promise was cut to Abraham and … Read more

GodSpeak Readings: Week 3/Sept 28-Oct 3

Week 3: September 28-October 3
Genesis 23-35

GodSpeak readings for each day are listed below. Click the link to read the section and/or listen online. A discussion question is listed below for you to use in your GodSpeak group session or for discussion with others who are reading along.

Monday, Sep 28 Genesis 23-24  Read & Listen Online  (Click “Audio” link to listen)
1. As Abraham directed his servant to go back to the land of his relatives to find a wife for his son Isaac, Abraham described the LORD, the God of heaven, as the one “who brought me out of my father’s household and my native land and who spoke to me and promised me on oath, saying ‘to your offspring I will give this land’” (Genesis 24:7). With what words might God’s people today describe God according to what He has done for us in Christ Jesus?

Tuesday, Sep 29 Genesis 25-26  Read & Listen Online  (Click “Audio” link to listen)
2. The unbelieving Philistine king Abimelech told Isaac, “Move away from us; you have become too powerful for us” (Genesis 26:16) How might Abimelech’s words have been a blessing for Isaac and his family? See 2 Corinthians 6:14-18.

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Sermon: Lights Out

Sunday, September 20, 2009 Readings: Genesis 3:1-7, Romans 8:18-22, John 1:1-9 The beginning of GodSpeak, our effort to read through the Bible in 2 years, brings us to the beginning of the world.  God spoke and it came to pass, “Let there be light” and there was light… and it was good.  But the lights went out … Read more

GodSpeak Readings: Week 2/Sept 21-26

Week 2:  September 21-26
Genesis 12:10–22:24

GodSpeak readings for each day are listed below. Click the link to read the section and/or listen online. A discussion question is listed below for you to use in your GodSpeak group session or for discussion with others who are reading along.

Monday, Sep 21 Genesis 12:10-13:18 Read & Listen Online (Click “Audio” link to listen)
1. Read Genesis 13:8-9. Then read 1 Timothy 6:17-19. Describe evidence of the Spirit of God at work in the life of Abram.

Tuesday, Sep 22 Genesis 14-15 Read & Listen Online (Click “Audio” link to listen)
2. Review Genesis 15:1-6. Read God’s words of Abram recorded in verse 1, substituting your name for that of Abram. How has God made these words true for you through Christ Jesus? See also Ephesians 2:19-22.

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Sermon: Knowing and Communicating our Faith in Friendship

Sunday, September 13, 2009 Readings: Isaiah 40:1-9, Romans 10:8-17, Matthew 10:27-33 Today our congregation begins reading through the Bible in two years.  We call it GodSpeak.  But why are we doing this?  What are we trying to accomplish?  Our world has changed significantly over the last 50 years.  The church has a different level of influence now than … Read more

Sermon: How to Read the Bible Like the Devil

Sunday, August 30, 2009 Readings: Jeremiah 23:16-32, 2 Timothy 4:1-5, Matthew 4:1-11 Every time you crack open the Bible to read, there is a force trying to get you to interpret what you read incorrectly.  The Devil does not want us to read the Bible and find that Jesus died for our sins, that faith … Read more

Sermon: How to Read the Bible and Find Jesus Everywhere

Sunday, August 23, 2009 Readings: Isaiah 53:1-12, 2 Corinthians 1:18-22, John 5:35-47 Where do we find Jesus in the Bible?  Do we only find Him in the Gospels (Matthew, Mark, Luke & John) or do we find Him in other places in the Bible?  We believe that the whole Bible is the story of Jesus. … Read more