JESUS & WOMEN
Date: April 22, 2018 Text: Various Speaker: Clint Nelson In a male-dominated culture, Jesus elevated women and entrusted to them the Good News to take to both men and women.
CHRIST FIRST ELEVATES WOMEN
Date: April 8, 2018 Text: Ephesians 5:21-33 Speaker: Clint Nelson Christians put Christ first which means we love others how He loves us. The love of Christ lived out between men and women translates into mutual submission.
DIE AND LIVE
Text: Matthew 28:1-7 Date: April 1, 2018 Speaker: Clint Nelson Take your hands off your life (die to self) and let Jesus hold you (resurrect you). That is the way of salvation - the way to life in Him and with Him forevermore.
A RIDE INTO THE HEART
Date: March 25, 2018 Text: Matthew 21:1-17 Speaker: Clint Nelson That first Palm Sunday, Jesus rode into town and confronted the hearts of the people. Some obeyed and praised while others were indignant. How do you respond when Jesus starts turning over parts of your life that aren't of Him?
GRADUALLY & PROGRESSIVELY
Date: March 4, 2018 Text: Various (Leviticus 20:10; Matthew 19:8; Gal. 3:19-28) Speaker: Clint Nelson If God wants men and women to be equal then why did He let men dominate women in the Bible?
EQUALITY LOST
Date: February 18, 2018 Text: Genesis 3 Speaker: Clint Nelson In Genesis 3 we're told how and where things went wrong for humanity. We lost paradise and with it, equality between men and women. Just as we must pluck weeds, we must also pluck patriarchy.
YOU COMPLETE ME
Date: February 11, 2018 Text: Genesis 1-2 Speaker: Clint Nelson Before sin, men and women related, ruled and rested together as equals. When men and women work together, a complete picture of the image of God is painted for our world to see. Let us be that picture to our world. Manuscript: This morning we continue our Biblical study of women. Last week was an introduction. Today, we will walk through Genesis 1-2. Genesis plays a critical part in understanding not only where we came from, how we were made, what we were made for and why we're in the mess we're in, but why God created male and female. Two genders, not one and not three. It is our origin story. And like any good origin story it provides context - the light of our origin/past [...]
INTRODUCING WOMEN
Date: February 4, 2018 Text: Genesis 1,2; Galatians 3:28; 2 Tim. 3:16-17 Speaker: Clint Nelson An introduction to a new series: What does it mean to be a Christian woman in 2018? We begin to look at a biblical view of women. Good Reads: Brown, Daniel A. THE PROBLEM WITH THE PROBLEM WITH WOMEN IN MINISTRY LEADERSHIP. http://ctw.coastlands.org/articles/The%20Problem%20With%20The%20Problem%20With%20Women%20In%20Ministry%20Leadership.pdf Bruce, FF. Women in the Church: a Biblical Survey. Essay in Christian Brethren Review 33 (1982): 7-14. https://theologicalstudies.org.uk/pdf/cbr/women_bruce.pdf Johnson, Alan F. (Ed.). How I Changed My Mind about Women in Leadership: Compelling Stories from Prominent Evangelicals. Zondervan (Nov. 6 2010). McKnight, Scott. The Blue Parakeet: Rethinking How You Read the Bible. Zondervan; Revised edition (June 7 2016). Pierce, R.W. (Ed.), Groothuis, R.M. (Ed.). Discovering Biblical Equality: Complementarity without Hierarchy. Inter-Varsity Press (Aug. 30 2005) Stackhouse, John G. Jr., Finally Feminist: A [...]
HOLINESS IS 20/20
Text: Matthew 5:8 Date: January 14, 2018 Speaker: Clint Nelson Holy living is what we get to do and what whets our appetite for what is to come. Holy living is the evidence of our faith and the way in which Jesus is seen more clearly in our world.
A LIFE BUILT ON THE BOOK
Text: Psalm 119:105; John 8:31-21; Psalm 1; Matthew 7:24-28 Date: January 7, 2018 Speaker: Clint Nelson Your life can go one of two ways. The difference between a bad life and good life comes down to our approach and response to the Bible.
