Woe to You Lawyers

Text: Luke 11:45-54Speaker: Jason Ching10/23/16[Listen or Watch] Jesus moves from the Pharisees to proclaim three more woes upon the Lawyers. How were the interpretations of the Lawyers known to be burdensome?  How is it possible for someone to be reading the word all the time and yet remain very far from God?  What are concrete […]

Woe to You Pharisees

Text: Luke 11:37-44Speaker: Jason Ching10/16/16[Listen or Watch] Jesus confronts the influential Pharisees for their hypocrisy and other departures from God. In 11:39-41, Jesus summarizes the problem with the Pharisees. In your own words, what was the problem he described?  What was a “woe”? How might someone misunderstand what a “woe” is?  How do you struggle […]

Faithful to Fearful and Faithless

Text: Genesis 20:1-18Speaker: Brian Borgman10/16/16[Listen or Watch] What is so surprising about Abraham jeopardizing the promise once again?  Abraham’s sin seems to be somewhat of a pattern. What drives him to this sin?  What is so surprising about God’s response to Abimelech regarding Abraham?  Do we see any actions/deeds in our life that spring from […]