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Study of the Book of Acts 3/8/2015 Acts 1:12-26 Surprising Spirituality Prayerful Anticipation of the Advent of the Holy Spirit Followed by Flipping a Coin to Determine a New Apostle?!? Take This To Heart 1: True Spirituality often looks like “nothin’ special” to the human eye. 2: Flipping a coin can be a legitimate way for believers to make certain non-moral decisions and has the advantage of eliminating any appearance of favoritism.

Study of the Book of Acts 2/22/2015 Acts 1:9-11 The Ascension: Proof Positive That Christianity Is an Out of this World Reality Take This To Heart: The Ascension: Proof Positive That Christianity Is an Out of this World Reality > The Now 1: It Fulfilled Major OT Prophecy about the Messiah (Psalm 110/Psalm 2) 2: It Anticipates the Ultimate Fulfillment of All Biblical Prophecy in the Advent of Messiah as the Lion of Judah (Zechariah 14:1-4; Matthew 24:29-31)

Study of the Book of Acts 2/15/2015 Acts 1:6-8 A Powerful Prophecy Precept from Jesus Himself: Biblical Thinkers Don’t Set Dates for the End-Times Take This To Heart God Knows the Exact Timeline for the Initiation of End-Times Prophecy… …We Don’t and That’s OK!?! According the Scripture We Can Know Quite a Bit about “The Who/What/Where” of the End-Times Even Though We Can’t Know the Exact “When” of the End-Times

Study of the Book of Acts                              2/8/2015 Acts 1:1-5 TAKE THIS TO HEART “Doing Nothing” (i.e. Waiting Prayerfully While Doing Nothing Overt That Seems “Significant”) Can Sometimes Be Exactly the Right Thing to Do In This Fallen World/with our Finite Personal Resources “Nothing” is Sometimes the Only Thing We Can Do. BTW: “Only” Praying IS Doing Something Significant

Study of the Book of Acts                                                                                          2/1/2015 Introduction to the Book of Acts “Jesus Is Alive As Head Of His Bride”   What is the “Book of Acts” (or “The Acts of the Apostles”)? Who wrote The Book of Acts? Why Was The Book Written in the First Place? When Was the Book Originally Written? Final Question How can we get a good sense of the overall content of 28 whole chapters? One Answer Start by remembering just eight […]

Tanglewood Bible Fellowship                                                                                                        01/25/2015 The Life of Christ A-Z Take This To Heart Don’t Leave Today Without These Five Foundational Truths 1: Supernatural Conception/Nine Months Later the Virgin Birth […]

The POGs of TBF 2015 Purpose: Matthew 28:19-20 ONE Command: “Make Disciples (of Jesus-Not Brad, Homer or Ron)” THREE Participles (of Means Modifying the Command) 1: Go with the Gospel (Salvation-Mark 16:15) 2: Baptize Those Who Believe (Identification-1 Cor 1:14-17) 3: Teach Believers in the L-Church (Participation-Heb 10:23-25) Objectives: Ephesians 4:11-16 The Body of Believers Gathers for Edification on the LORD’s Day+ So When Scattered, We Can Live/Share the Gospel (as Salt/Light) Goals/Basic Functions: Acts 2:42/2:47 Acts 2:42 [when the […]

Take This To Heart What We Don’t Do…Does Define Us and Can/Should Help All of Us Better Appreciate and More Fully + Participate in TBF This (New) Year and Every Year The Word Teaches We Should: Do all things (in the church) in an orderly manner 1 Corinthians 14:40 Our informality should not ever become irreverence Our flexibility should not ever lead us to sloppiness The Word Teaches We Should: Do all things (in the church) without grumbling or complaining […]

Tanglewood Bible Fellowship 12/28/2014 Phillipians 2:1-11 Suffering and Trials are a Reality of Life Take This To Heart We can Find Joy in the Midst of Suffering By remembering how awesome it is to be in Christ and by sharing in that reality with other Christians

Tanglewood Bible Fellowship 12/21/2014 Matthew 2:1-12 Iraqis Visit the Christ Child!?! The Aftermath of the First Christmas and the Real “Real Meaning” of Christmas Take This To Heart The Jewish Messiah is the Savior of the World “…(the Gospel) is the power of God for salvation to everyone who believes to the Jew first and also to the Gentile.” Romans 1:16 The Real “Real Meaning” of Christmas The Babe in That Manger Was/Is the God-Man-Savior

Upper Room Discourse Series 12/14/2014 John 17:20-26 Christian Unity is a Fact That Should Be Celebrated and Manifested Take This To Heart Christian Unity is a Fact That Should Celebrated and Manifested The General Rule Rather than vilifying other believers/with whom we disagree on secondary issues-we should validate them by focusing on the majors/the things on which we DO agree. Certain Specific Instances If/When we must disagree we should do so with grace/finesse. We should do so discretely and respectfully. […]

Upper Room Discourse Series                       12/7/2014 John 17:1-19 The Real Lord’s Prayer: John 17   John 17:1–5 Jesus Prays for Himself Jesus Prays That God/Father Would Restore to Him His Heavenly Glory v1 Jesus Prays That Through Him, Human Beings Can/Will Enjoy Heavenly Glory v2-3 Jesus Prays That God/Father Would Restore to Him His Heavenly Glory v4-5 John 17:6-19 Jesus Prays for the Eleven Apostles Jesus Prays Thanking the Father for the Eleven/Their Faith in Him v6-10 Jesus Prays That God/Father Would Keep the Eleven Strong Spiritually as He […]

11/30/2014 John 16:16-33 Believers Will Have Perplexity in the Crises of Life If We Fail to Rest in the Reality (and the Implications) of the Resurrection of Christ v16-19 Believers Can Have (Eye of the Hurricane) Peace in the Crises of Life If We Rest in the Reality (and the Implications) of the Resurrection of Christ v20-33 Take This Home Keep It Real about Reality The Reality of the Resurrection of Jesus Christ Revolutionizes Everything about Reality for Everybody (Whether […]

Upper Room Discourse Series                                                                  11/9/2014 John 15:18-16:6 Handling Hate: How We Should Think about and Respond to Hatred Directed at Us/Our Faith in Christ Take This To Heart Fellowship with Christ is Offensive to the World   1: To the extent that believers identify with Christ in the world we will face real resentment/ridicule, contempt/hatred…and this should not surprise us   2: Evangelical Christians are NOT going to win popularity contests in the world BUT: we should not be […]

  Upper Room Discourse Series 11/02/2014 John 15:12-17   Take This To Heart The BSOP  (Biblical Standard Operating Procedure) for All Believers is to Forge a “Growing Fellowship/ Friendship” with Christ and in His Name with Other Christians   Our close friends will make us or break us spiritually! Believers will NOT and cannot be “best friends” with every other Christian, but we can/should be “friends/friendly” as far as it depends on us to all other believers (Romans 12). This […]

Upper Room Discourse Series 10/19/2014 John 15:7-11 Happiness < Joy Positive emotional feelings based on pleasant happenings/circumstances Joy > Happiness The inner contentment of the soul which is actively occupied with Jesus Christ-Who He is, what He has done and what He will do. Joy can be accompanied by a range of emotions depending on one’s personality and circumstances-from loud ecstatics to quiet stability. John 15:1-6 Last Week Believers are to abide in Christ… …so that we can produce spiritual […]

Tanglewood Bible Fellowship                                                   10/12/2014     John 15:1-6 The Key to TBS: Abide in Christ   Believers Are to Abide in Christ So We Can Bear Much Spiritual Fruit 15:1-5a   Believers Are to Abide in Christ So We Can Avoid Spiritual Mediocrity/Divine Discipline 15:5b-6 Take This To Heart   God is MORE Interested in Our Character Than in Our Circumstances and MORE Interested in Our Inner Spirituality Than in Our Outward Religiousity; Success…   …So Rather Than Focusing […]

Upper Room Discourse Series 10/5/2014 Three Key Facts about the Rapture Believers Need to Know 1st: Is the Rapture Really Taught in Scripture? John 14:1-3 Let not your heart be troubled; believe in God, believe also in Me. In My Father’s house are many dwelling places; if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you. And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again, and receive […]

John 6:53-54 The Dangers of Observation and Interpretation (Apart from Context and Correlation) John 6:53-43: Radical (Attention Getting) Statement Which Could Be Interpreted in Different Ways unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink His blood, you have no life in yourselves. He who eats My flesh/drinks My blood has eternal life, and I will raise him up on the last day. Cannibalism? Transubstantiation? Context (and Correlation) MUST Be Our Guide   Take This To Heart […]

John 13-17 The Upper Room Discourse 8/10/2014 John 13:21-30 What True Biblical Spirituality Does NOT Look Like Take This To Heart General Principle Good-Good Works, Including True Full Spiritual Servanthood are the FRUIT Not the ROOT, the EFFECT Not the CAUSE of Salvation. Specific Case Going to Church Doesn’t Make a Person a Christian Any More Than Going to a Garage Makes a Person a Car. However Some Unbelievers Need Community Before They Will Consider Conversion (Ask Bob Schalit When […]