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Beginnings Hebrew “bǝrēʾšît bārāʾ ʾǝlōhîm ʾēt haššāmayim wǝʾēt hāʾāres.” - Genesis 1:1 In beginning created God the Heavens (sky) and the Earth (land). - Genesis 1:1 Septuagint (LXX) “ἐν ἀρχῇ ἐποίησεν ὁ θεὸς τὸν οὐρανὸν καὶ τὴν γῆν.” - Genesis 1:1 “In beginning created the God the heavens and the Earth.” - Genesis 1:1 “The unacknowledged heresy underlying most Modern English versions of the Bible is the use of translation as a vehicle for explaining the Bible instead of representing it in another language, and in the most egregious circumstances this amounts to explaining away the Bible.” - Robert Alter

Philosophy and Theology • Philosophy is the study of the fundamental nature of __________________, ______________, and __________________, especially when considered as an academic discipline. (A philosopher is one who “strives for meaning.) • Theology is the study if the nature of ______ and __________________ ____________. (Lit. “Thinking about God.”) •Worldview is a particular ____________________ of life or ____________________ of the world. “See to it that no one takes you captive through ____________ and __________________ ____________________, which depends on human tradition and the elemental spiritual forces of this world rather than on Christ.” - Colossians 2:8

Genesis Series: Week 1 The Order of Belief Stats: • Pew Research 2021: ____ in ____ U.S. Adults identify as “nones.” • Gallop Research 2022: A ____% drop in U.S. Adults who believe in God from 2017. • Barna: Syncretism - the amalgamation or attempted amalgamation of different religions, cultures, or schools of thought. The Order of Belief • Propositional Knowing - Knowing __________ ____________. • Procedural Knowing - Knowing ______ ____ ____ ____________. • Perspectival Knowing - Knowing ______ ____ ______________ ____________. • Participatory Knowing - Knowing ______ ____ ____________ ____ ______ __________. Stats: • Pew Research 2021: ____ in ____ U.S. Adults identify as “nones.” • Gallop Research 2022: A ____% drop in U.S. Adults who believe in God from 2017. • Barna: Syncretism - the amalgamation or attempted amalgamation of different religions, cultures, or schools of thought. The Order of Belief • Propositional Knowing - Knowing __________ ____________. • Procedural Knowing - Knowing ______ ___

Dylan Adams shares about biblical faith.

Jacob shares about faith and fear.

The Banquet - Luke 15

Part 3

How To: Not Grow Weary by Pierce Point Community Church

Growing Weary by Pierce Point Community Church

The Good Father - Barney Estes by Pierce Point Community Church

Temporal to Eternal - Dylan Adams by Pierce Point Community Church

Today Jacob shares a very important message about the value of the family of God's Church.

The final week in our series It Is Finished.

Today Pastor Nathan shares a connection between God resing on the seventh day of creation and declaring "it is finished" on the cross.

Today Pastor Nathan discussed Hebrews 11:39-40.

In today's message, Pastor Nathan outlines our service as priests unto God.

Today pastor Nathan shares an important message about where heaven meets earth.

In this week's message, pastor Nathan Franckhauser shares an important answer to the question of what was finished by Jesus on the cross.

With Paul’s help, we too, have begun to discover what it looks like to preserve unity while celebrating the differents among us—to preserve God’s world-changing social experiment—the Church. Learning how to bring unlikes and differents to the same table to share life as a new kind of family. While also recognizing that when we do this, we show the world what love, justice, peace, reconciliation, and life together are designed by God to be. Today we take a look at one last question—what makes thriving (in this pursuit) possible. We don’t merely want to survive, we all want to thrive. God’s answer to this question is that we thrive, as a celebration of differents, when we walk according to the Spirit submitting to His work in our lives.

In this series we’ve been discovering what it looks like to preserve unity all the while celebrating the differents among us—learning how to preserve God’s world-changing social experiment—the Church. Learning how to bring unlikes and differents to the same table to share life as a new kind of family. All the while recognizing that when we do this, we show the world what love, justice, peace, reconciliation, and life together are designed by God to be. Up to this point, we’ve talked about the need for grace and love in accomplishing this goal. For a more in depth look at those two ideas you can go back and listen to the messages online. I also address the issue of love in this week's “Critically Biblical” podcast. I take a practical approach to 1 Corinthians 13 and the components of love within Paul’s immediate context. I encourage you to check that out as it has everything to do with what we’re talking about in our series. Today (although grace and love will always be mainstays) we’re going to shift our f