October 20, 2014...Training Material

Greetings on this cool, Fall, Monday morning.  
       
PERSONAL NOTE: I want to thank everyone who was involved in planning, preparation for the Sunday worship service. I also want to thank Dave Lester and Bud Myers for going to the Mich. annual ABC meeting in Lansing. They represented our congregation in the business meetings. I also want to thank everyone who went to CRI and helped with the Christian literature...good work!

We will be having one baptism this coming Sunday...I look forward to this.     

LEADERSHIP ARTICLE: Click this LINK for the article, Love for the Outcast.  This is different from last week.  
       
THEOLOGY ARTICLE: Click on this LINK for the article, Faith in the Night Season series...Our Human Spirit, part 3 of 3 . This is article number 33 in the series.  
     
HOPE FOR PARENTS: Click this LINK for the article, Does Your Family Know You Love Them?
                   
ADVANCED DISCIPLESHIP: Click this LINK  for the article, Why We Should Not Boast, part 2 of 3. Give yourself the time you need to watch this video message.
                 
HERE'S MY QUESTION: How did the Urim and the Thummim function?  Click on this LINK. This is an interesting question about a tough subject that we have little information about.
                 
GRADUATE STUDIES: Ecclesiology and Eschatology...Lesson 2 of 10. Click on this LINK . These are video lessons (they also have an audio version available on the same page).  Lesson 2 of 10 is The Church and Israel: A defense of replacement Theology. This lesson offers a look at a theology position you should know, but that I do not hold...although it is commonly taught. I hold to the view explained in lesson 3 to come.
       
COUNSELING HELP: Click this LINK for it. Give my spouse a second chance?
       
LEADERSHIP QUOTE: "Live constructively and live optimistically." A. Montapert.  Here is a humorous bonus by that great baseball player and philosopher, Yogi Berra, to lighten your day: "In theory there is no difference between theory and practice. In practice there is." 
                
My desire for you this week is that you minister with your whole heart.    
In His Majesty's service, Pastor Darrell.