tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9296891192252046122024-02-08T04:26:22.782-08:00Young Families Life GroupSharing Life. Sharing Christ.NFWBC Family Life Grouphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06331243553892868999noreply@blogger.comBlogger107125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-929689119225204612.post-49937529578835199242011-12-08T06:19:00.000-08:002011-12-08T06:19:00.126-08:00This Week: John 9 (and Christmas?)We continue our discussion on the gospel of John. If your schedule allows, spend some time to read and reflect on the passage before life group this week. <br /><br /><center><br /><img title="The One" alt="The One" src="http://northfortworth.com/monkimage.php?mediaDirectory=am_cms_media&mediaId=1124840&fileName=the-one-0-0-576-324.jpg" height="30%" width="30%"/><br /><br /></center><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Robert D.http://www.blogger.com/profile/04039993305000221374noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-929689119225204612.post-42038292455218083892011-11-24T06:16:00.000-08:002011-11-24T06:16:00.279-08:00This Week: John 8:1-58We continue our discussion on the gospel of John. If your schedule allows, spend some time to read and reflect on the passage before life group this week. <br /><br /><center><br /><img title="The One" alt="The One" src="http://northfortworth.com/monkimage.php?mediaDirectory=am_cms_media&mediaId=1124840&fileName=the-one-0-0-576-324.jpg" height="30%" width="30%"/><br /><br /></center><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Robert D.http://www.blogger.com/profile/04039993305000221374noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-929689119225204612.post-9943850131843571092011-11-17T06:15:00.000-08:002011-11-17T06:15:00.269-08:00This Week: John 6-7We continue our discussion on the gospel of John. If your schedule allows, spend some time to read and reflect on the passage before life group this week. <br /><br /><center><br /><img title="The One" alt="The One" src="http://northfortworth.com/monkimage.php?mediaDirectory=am_cms_media&mediaId=1124840&fileName=the-one-0-0-576-324.jpg" height="30%" width="30%"/><br /><br /></center><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Robert D.http://www.blogger.com/profile/04039993305000221374noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-929689119225204612.post-27705762777309912712011-11-10T06:13:00.000-08:002011-11-10T06:13:00.460-08:00This Week: John 4:46-5:47We continue our discussion on the gospel of John. If your schedule allows, spend some time to read and reflect on the passage before life group this week. <br /><br /><br /><img title="The One" alt="The One" src="http://northfortworth.com/monkimage.php?mediaDirectory=am_cms_media&mediaId=1124840&fileName=the-one-0-0-576-324.jpg" height="30%" width="30%"/><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Robert D.http://www.blogger.com/profile/04039993305000221374noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-929689119225204612.post-34121466062961601942011-11-03T06:11:00.000-07:002011-11-03T06:11:00.917-07:00This Week: John 4:1-45We continue our discussion on the gospel of John. If your schedule allows, spend some time to read and reflect on the passage before life group this week. <br /><br /><center><br /><img title="The One" alt="The One" src="http://northfortworth.com/monkimage.php?mediaDirectory=am_cms_media&mediaId=1124840&fileName=the-one-0-0-576-324.jpg" height="30%" width="30%"/><br /><br /></center><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Robert D.http://www.blogger.com/profile/04039993305000221374noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-929689119225204612.post-84420794521832537022011-10-27T06:10:00.000-07:002011-10-27T06:10:01.627-07:00This Week: John 3:22-4:29We continue our discussion on the gospel of John. If your schedule allows, spend some time to read and reflect on the passage before life group this week. <br /><br /><center><br /><img title="The One" alt="The One" src="http://northfortworth.com/monkimage.php?mediaDirectory=am_cms_media&mediaId=1124840&fileName=the-one-0-0-576-324.jpg" height="30%" width="30%"/><br /><br /></center><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Robert D.http://www.blogger.com/profile/04039993305000221374noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-929689119225204612.post-10415930469417359032011-10-20T18:07:00.000-07:002011-10-20T18:07:00.339-07:00This Week: John 3:1-21We continue our discussion on the gospel of John. If your schedule allows, spend some time to read and reflect on the passage before life group this week. <br /><br /><center><br /><img title="The One" alt="The One" src="http://northfortworth.com/monkimage.php?mediaDirectory=am_cms_media&mediaId=1124840&fileName=the-one-0-0-576-324.jpg" height="30%" width="30%"/><br /><br /></center><br /><br /><br />Robert D.http://www.blogger.com/profile/04039993305000221374noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-929689119225204612.post-52914674926002565372011-10-13T04:04:00.000-07:002011-10-13T04:04:00.215-07:00This Week: John 2:1-25We continue our discussion on the gospel of John. If your schedule allows, spend some time to read and reflect on the passage before life group this week. <br /><br /><br /><img title="The One" alt="The One" src="http://northfortworth.com/monkimage.php?mediaDirectory=am_cms_media&mediaId=1124840&fileName=the-one-0-0-576-324.jpg" height="30%" width="30%"/><br /><br /><\center><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Robert D.http://www.blogger.com/profile/04039993305000221374noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-929689119225204612.post-40079362327457742812011-10-06T05:30:00.000-07:002011-10-06T05:30:00.691-07:00This Week: John 1:35-51We continue our discussion on the gospel of John. If your schedule allows, spend some time to read and reflect on the passage before life group this week. <br /><br /><img title="The One" alt="The One" src="http://northfortworth.com/monkimage.php?mediaDirectory=am_cms_media&mediaId=1124840&fileName=the-one-0-0-576-324.jpg" height="30%" width="30%"/><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Robert D.http://www.blogger.com/profile/04039993305000221374noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-929689119225204612.post-24856577906702738152011-09-29T04:48:00.000-07:002011-09-29T04:48:00.767-07:00This Week: John 1:19-34We continue our discussion on the gospel of John. If your schedule allows, spend some time to read and reflect on the passage before life group this week. <br /><br /><img title="The One" alt="The One" src="http://northfortworth.com/monkimage.php?mediaDirectory=am_cms_media&mediaId=1124840&fileName=the-one-0-0-576-324.jpg" height="30%" width="30%"/><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Robert D.http://www.blogger.com/profile/04039993305000221374noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-929689119225204612.post-69858099892863167722011-09-26T05:00:00.000-07:002011-09-26T05:00:04.150-07:00Just a Little Deeper: John 1:1-18The first verses in John, often referred to as the Prologue, act as a window into the rest of the Gospel of John: John touches on his key points that he will address later in the gospel. In a sense, these verses would act much like a movie trailer would today, it gives you just enough information for you to determine if you'd be interested in seeing how the movie (or gospel, in this case) builds those ideas out. Take a look at the parallels between the Prologue and the rest of the gospel of John:<div><br /></div><br /><center><div> </div><table class="MsoTableMediumList2Accent2" border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="border-collapse:collapse;border:none;mso-border-alt:solid #C0504D 1.0pt; mso-border-thememso-yfti-tbllook:1184;mso-padding-alt:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4ptcolor:accent2;"> <tbody><tr style="mso-yfti-irow:-1;mso-yfti-firstrow:yes"> <td width="229" valign="top" style="width:171.9pt;border:none;border-bottom:solid #C0504D 3.0pt; mso-border-bottom-themecolor:accent2;background:white;mso-background-themepadding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4ptcolor:background1;"> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal;mso-yfti-cnfc:517"><span style="font-family:"Cambria","serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font:major-latin;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-theme-font:major-fareast;mso-hansi-theme-font:major-latin; mso-bidi-Times New Roman";mso-bidi-theme-font:major-bidi; color:black;mso-themefont-family:";font-size:12.0pt;color:text1;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> </td> <td width="144" valign="top" style="width:1.5in;border:none;border-bottom:solid #C0504D 3.0pt; mso-border-bottom-themecolor:accent2;background:white;mso-background-themepadding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4ptcolor:background1;"> <p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt; text-align:center;line-height:normal;mso-yfti-cnfc:1"><span style="font-family:"Cambria","serif";mso-ascii-theme-font:major-latin; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-fareast-theme-font:major-fareast; mso-hansi-theme-font:major-latin;mso-bidi-Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font:major-bidi;color:black;mso-themefont-family:";color:text1;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-large;">Prologue</span><o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> <td width="150" valign="top" style="width:112.5pt;border:none;border-bottom:solid #C0504D 3.0pt; mso-border-bottom-themecolor:accent2;background:white;mso-background-themepadding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4ptcolor:background1;"> <p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt; text-align:center;line-height:normal;mso-yfti-cnfc:1"><span style="font-family:"Cambria","serif";mso-ascii-theme-font:major-latin; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-fareast-theme-font:major-fareast; mso-hansi-theme-font:major-latin;mso-bidi-Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font:major-bidi;color:black;mso-themefont-family:";color:text1;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-large;">Gospel</span><o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> </tr> <tr style="mso-yfti-irow:0"> <td width="229" valign="top" style="width:171.9pt;border:none;border-right:solid #C0504D 1.0pt; mso-border-right-themecolor:accent2;background:white;mso-background-themepadding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4ptcolor:background1;"> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal;mso-yfti-cnfc:68"><span style="font-family:"Cambria","serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font:major-latin;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-theme-font:major-fareast;mso-hansi-theme-font:major-latin; mso-bidi-Times New Roman";mso-bidi-theme-font:major-bidi; color:black;mso-themefont-family:";color:text1;">The pre-existence of the Son<o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> <td width="144" valign="top" style="width:1.5in;border:none;background:#EFD3D2; mso-background-thememso-background-themetint:63;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4ptcolor:accent2;"> <p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt; text-align:center;line-height:normal;mso-yfti-cnfc:64"><span style="font-family:"Cambria","serif";mso-ascii-theme-font:major-latin; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-fareast-theme-font:major-fareast; mso-hansi-theme-font:major-latin;mso-bidi-Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font:major-bidi;color:black;mso-themefont-family:";color:text1;">1:1-2<o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> <td width="150" valign="top" style="width:112.5pt;border:none;border-right:solid #C0504D 1.0pt; mso-border-right-themecolor:accent2;background:#EFD3D2;mso-background-thememso-background-themetint:63;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4ptcolor:accent2;"> <p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt; text-align:center;line-height:normal;mso-yfti-cnfc:64"><span style="font-family:"Cambria","serif";mso-ascii-theme-font:major-latin; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-fareast-theme-font:major-fareast; mso-hansi-theme-font:major-latin;mso-bidi-Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font:major-bidi;color:black;mso-themefont-family:";color:text1;">17:5<o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> </tr> <tr style="mso-yfti-irow:1"> <td width="229" valign="top" style="width:171.9pt;border:none;border-right:solid #C0504D 1.0pt; mso-border-right-themecolor:accent2;background:white;mso-background-themepadding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4ptcolor:background1;"> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal;mso-yfti-cnfc:4"><span style="font-family:"Cambria","serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font:major-latin;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-theme-font:major-fareast;mso-hansi-theme-font:major-latin; mso-bidi-Times New Roman";mso-bidi-theme-font:major-bidi; color:black;mso-themefont-family:";color:text1;">In him was life<o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> <td width="144" valign="top" style="width:1.5in;border:none;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt"> <p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt; text-align:center;line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:"Cambria","serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font:major-latin;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-theme-font:major-fareast;mso-hansi-theme-font:major-latin; mso-bidi-Times New Roman";mso-bidi-theme-font:major-bidi; color:black;mso-themefont-family:";color:text1;">1:4<o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> <td width="150" valign="top" style="width:112.5pt;border:none;border-right:solid #C0504D 1.0pt; mso-border-right-themepadding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4ptcolor:accent2;"> <p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt; text-align:center;line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:"Cambria","serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font:major-latin;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-theme-font:major-fareast;mso-hansi-theme-font:major-latin; mso-bidi-Times New Roman";mso-bidi-theme-font:major-bidi; color:black;mso-themefont-family:";color:text1;">5:26<o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> </tr> <tr style="mso-yfti-irow:2"> <td width="229" valign="top" style="width:171.9pt;border:none;border-right:solid #C0504D 1.0pt; mso-border-right-themecolor:accent2;background:white;mso-background-themepadding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4ptcolor:background1;"> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal;mso-yfti-cnfc:68"><span style="font-family:"Cambria","serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font:major-latin;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-theme-font:major-fareast;mso-hansi-theme-font:major-latin; mso-bidi-Times New Roman";mso-bidi-theme-font:major-bidi; color:black;mso-themefont-family:";color:text1;">Life is light<o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> <td width="144" valign="top" style="width:1.5in;border:none;background:#EFD3D2; mso-background-thememso-background-themetint:63;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4ptcolor:accent2;"> <p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt; text-align:center;line-height:normal;mso-yfti-cnfc:64"><span style="font-family:"Cambria","serif";mso-ascii-theme-font:major-latin; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-fareast-theme-font:major-fareast; mso-hansi-theme-font:major-latin;mso-bidi-Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font:major-bidi;color:black;mso-themefont-family:";color:text1;">1:4<o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> <td width="150" valign="top" style="width:112.5pt;border:none;border-right:solid #C0504D 1.0pt; mso-border-right-themecolor:accent2;background:#EFD3D2;mso-background-thememso-background-themetint:63;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4ptcolor:accent2;"> <p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt; text-align:center;line-height:normal;mso-yfti-cnfc:64"><span style="font-family:"Cambria","serif";mso-ascii-theme-font:major-latin; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-fareast-theme-font:major-fareast; mso-hansi-theme-font:major-latin;mso-bidi-Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font:major-bidi;color:black;mso-themefont-family:";color:text1;">8:12<o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> </tr> <tr style="mso-yfti-irow:3"> <td width="229" valign="top" style="width:171.9pt;border:none;border-right:solid #C0504D 1.0pt; mso-border-right-themecolor:accent2;background:white;mso-background-themepadding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4ptcolor:background1;"> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal;mso-yfti-cnfc:4"><span style="font-family:"Cambria","serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font:major-latin;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-theme-font:major-fareast;mso-hansi-theme-font:major-latin; mso-bidi-Times New Roman";mso-bidi-theme-font:major-bidi; color:black;mso-themefont-family:";color:text1;">Light rejected by darkness<o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> <td width="144" valign="top" style="width:1.5in;border:none;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt"> <p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt; text-align:center;line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:"Cambria","serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font:major-latin;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-theme-font:major-fareast;mso-hansi-theme-font:major-latin; mso-bidi-Times New Roman";mso-bidi-theme-font:major-bidi; color:black;mso-themefont-family:";color:text1;">1:5<o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> <td width="150" valign="top" style="width:112.5pt;border:none;border-right:solid #C0504D 1.0pt; mso-border-right-themepadding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4ptcolor:accent2;"> <p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt; text-align:center;line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:"Cambria","serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font:major-latin;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-theme-font:major-fareast;mso-hansi-theme-font:major-latin; mso-bidi-Times New Roman";mso-bidi-theme-font:major-bidi; color:black;mso-themefont-family:";color:text1;">3:19<o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> </tr> <tr style="mso-yfti-irow:4"> <td width="229" valign="top" style="width:171.9pt;border:none;border-right:solid #C0504D 1.0pt; mso-border-right-themecolor:accent2;background:white;mso-background-themepadding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4ptcolor:background1;"> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal;mso-yfti-cnfc:68"><span style="font-family:"Cambria","serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font:major-latin;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-theme-font:major-fareast;mso-hansi-theme-font:major-latin; mso-bidi-Times New Roman";mso-bidi-theme-font:major-bidi; color:black;mso-themefont-family:";color:text1;">Yet not quenched by it<o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> <td width="144" valign="top" style="width:1.5in;border:none;background:#EFD3D2; mso-background-thememso-background-themetint:63;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4ptcolor:accent2;"> <p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt; text-align:center;line-height:normal;mso-yfti-cnfc:64"><span style="font-family:"Cambria","serif";mso-ascii-theme-font:major-latin; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-fareast-theme-font:major-fareast; mso-hansi-theme-font:major-latin;mso-bidi-Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font:major-bidi;color:black;mso-themefont-family:";color:text1;">1:5<o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> <td width="150" valign="top" style="width:112.5pt;border:none;border-right:solid #C0504D 1.0pt; mso-border-right-themecolor:accent2;background:#EFD3D2;mso-background-thememso-background-themetint:63;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4ptcolor:accent2;"> <p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt; text-align:center;line-height:normal;mso-yfti-cnfc:64"><span style="font-family:"Cambria","serif";mso-ascii-theme-font:major-latin; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-fareast-theme-font:major-fareast; mso-hansi-theme-font:major-latin;mso-bidi-Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font:major-bidi;color:black;mso-themefont-family:";color:text1;">12:35<o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> </tr> <tr style="mso-yfti-irow:5"> <td width="229" valign="top" style="width:171.9pt;border:none;border-right:solid #C0504D 1.0pt; mso-border-right-themecolor:accent2;background:white;mso-background-themepadding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4ptcolor:background1;"> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal;mso-yfti-cnfc:4"><span style="font-family:"Cambria","serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font:major-latin;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-theme-font:major-fareast;mso-hansi-theme-font:major-latin; mso-bidi-Times New Roman";mso-bidi-theme-font:major-bidi; color:black;mso-themefont-family:";color:text1;">Light coming into the world<o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> <td width="144" valign="top" style="width:1.5in;border:none;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt"> <p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt; text-align:center;line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:"Cambria","serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font:major-latin;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-theme-font:major-fareast;mso-hansi-theme-font:major-latin; mso-bidi-Times New Roman";mso-bidi-theme-font:major-bidi; color:black;mso-themefont-family:";color:text1;">1:9<o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> <td width="150" valign="top" style="width:112.5pt;border:none;border-right:solid #C0504D 1.0pt; mso-border-right-themepadding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4ptcolor:accent2;"> <p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt; text-align:center;line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:"Cambria","serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font:major-latin;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-theme-font:major-fareast;mso-hansi-theme-font:major-latin; mso-bidi-Times New Roman";mso-bidi-theme-font:major-bidi; color:black;mso-themefont-family:";color:text1;">3:19; 12:46<o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> </tr> <tr style="mso-yfti-irow:6"> <td width="229" valign="top" style="width:171.9pt;border:none;border-right:solid #C0504D 1.0pt; mso-border-right-themecolor:accent2;background:white;mso-background-themepadding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4ptcolor:background1;"> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal;mso-yfti-cnfc:68"><span style="font-family:"Cambria","serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font:major-latin;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-theme-font:major-fareast;mso-hansi-theme-font:major-latin; mso-bidi-Times New Roman";mso-bidi-theme-font:major-bidi; color:black;mso-themefont-family:";color:text1;">Christ not received by his own<o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> <td width="144" valign="top" style="width:1.5in;border:none;background:#EFD3D2; mso-background-thememso-background-themetint:63;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4ptcolor:accent2;"> <p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt; text-align:center;line-height:normal;mso-yfti-cnfc:64"><span style="font-family:"Cambria","serif";mso-ascii-theme-font:major-latin; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-fareast-theme-font:major-fareast; mso-hansi-theme-font:major-latin;mso-bidi-Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font:major-bidi;color:black;mso-themefont-family:";color:text1;">1:11<o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> <td width="150" valign="top" style="width:112.5pt;border:none;border-right:solid #C0504D 1.0pt; mso-border-right-themecolor:accent2;background:#EFD3D2;mso-background-thememso-background-themetint:63;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4ptcolor:accent2;"> <p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt; text-align:center;line-height:normal;mso-yfti-cnfc:64"><span style="font-family:"Cambria","serif";mso-ascii-theme-font:major-latin; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-fareast-theme-font:major-fareast; mso-hansi-theme-font:major-latin;mso-bidi-Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font:major-bidi;color:black;mso-themefont-family:";color:text1;">4:44<o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> </tr> <tr style="mso-yfti-irow:7"> <td width="229" valign="top" style="width:171.9pt;border:none;border-right:solid #C0504D 1.0pt; mso-border-right-themecolor:accent2;background:white;mso-background-themepadding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4ptcolor:background1;"> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal;mso-yfti-cnfc:4"><span style="font-family:"Cambria","serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font:major-latin;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-theme-font:major-fareast;mso-hansi-theme-font:major-latin; mso-bidi-Times New Roman";mso-bidi-theme-font:major-bidi; color:black;mso-themefont-family:";color:text1;">Being born to God and not to flesh<o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> <td width="144" valign="top" style="width:1.5in;border:none;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt"> <p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt; text-align:center;line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:"Cambria","serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font:major-latin;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-theme-font:major-fareast;mso-hansi-theme-font:major-latin; mso-bidi-Times New Roman";mso-bidi-theme-font:major-bidi; color:black;mso-themefont-family:";color:text1;">1:13<o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> <td width="150" valign="top" style="width:112.5pt;border:none;border-right:solid #C0504D 1.0pt; mso-border-right-themepadding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4ptcolor:accent2;"> <p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt; text-align:center;line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:"Cambria","serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font:major-latin;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-theme-font:major-fareast;mso-hansi-theme-font:major-latin; mso-bidi-Times New Roman";mso-bidi-theme-font:major-bidi; color:black;mso-themefont-family:";color:text1;">3:6; 8:41-42<o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> </tr> <tr style="mso-yfti-irow:8"> <td width="229" valign="top" style="width:171.9pt;border:none;border-right:solid #C0504D 1.0pt; mso-border-right-themecolor:accent2;background:white;mso-background-themepadding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4ptcolor:background1;"> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal;mso-yfti-cnfc:68"><span style="font-family:"Cambria","serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font:major-latin;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-theme-font:major-fareast;mso-hansi-theme-font:major-latin; mso-bidi-Times New Roman";mso-bidi-theme-font:major-bidi; color:black;mso-themefont-family:";color:text1;">The ‘one and only’ Son<o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> <td width="144" valign="top" style="width:1.5in;border:none;background:#EFD3D2; mso-background-thememso-background-themetint:63;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4ptcolor:accent2;"> <p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt; text-align:center;line-height:normal;mso-yfti-cnfc:64"><span style="font-family:"Cambria","serif";mso-ascii-theme-font:major-latin; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-fareast-theme-font:major-fareast; mso-hansi-theme-font:major-latin;mso-bidi-Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font:major-bidi;color:black;mso-themefont-family:";color:text1;">1:14; 1:18<o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> <td width="150" valign="top" style="width:112.5pt;border:none;border-right:solid #C0504D 1.0pt; mso-border-right-themecolor:accent2;background:#EFD3D2;mso-background-thememso-background-themetint:63;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4ptcolor:accent2;"> <p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt; text-align:center;line-height:normal;mso-yfti-cnfc:64"><span style="font-family:"Cambria","serif";mso-ascii-theme-font:major-latin; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-fareast-theme-font:major-fareast; mso-hansi-theme-font:major-latin;mso-bidi-Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font:major-bidi;color:black;mso-themefont-family:";color:text1;">3:16<o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> </tr> <tr style="mso-yfti-irow:9"> <td width="229" valign="top" style="width:171.9pt;border:none;border-right:solid #C0504D 1.0pt; mso-border-right-themecolor:accent2;background:white;mso-background-themepadding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4ptcolor:background1;"> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal;mso-yfti-cnfc:4"><span style="font-family:"Cambria","serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font:major-latin;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-theme-font:major-fareast;mso-hansi-theme-font:major-latin; mso-bidi-Times New Roman";mso-bidi-theme-font:major-bidi; color:black;mso-themefont-family:";color:text1;">Truth in Jesus Christ<o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> <td width="144" valign="top" style="width:1.5in;border:none;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt"> <p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt; text-align:center;line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:"Cambria","serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font:major-latin;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-theme-font:major-fareast;mso-hansi-theme-font:major-latin; mso-bidi-Times New Roman";mso-bidi-theme-font:major-bidi; color:black;mso-themefont-family:";color:text1;">1:17<o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> <td width="150" valign="top" style="width:112.5pt;border:none;border-right:solid #C0504D 1.0pt; mso-border-right-themepadding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4ptcolor:accent2;"> <p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt; text-align:center;line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:"Cambria","serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font:major-latin;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-theme-font:major-fareast;mso-hansi-theme-font:major-latin; mso-bidi-Times New Roman";mso-bidi-theme-font:major-bidi; color:black;mso-themefont-family:";color:text1;">14:6<o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> </tr> <tr style="mso-yfti-irow:10;mso-yfti-lastrow:yes"> <td width="229" valign="top" style="width:171.9pt;border:none;border-right:solid #C0504D 1.0pt; mso-border-right-themecolor:accent2;background:white;mso-background-themepadding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4ptcolor:background1;"> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal;mso-yfti-cnfc:68"><span style="font-family:"Cambria","serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font:major-latin;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-theme-font:major-fareast;mso-hansi-theme-font:major-latin; mso-bidi-Times New Roman";mso-bidi-theme-font:major-bidi; color:black;mso-themefont-family:";color:text1;">No one has seen God, except the one who comes from God’s side<o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> <td width="144" valign="top" style="width:1.5in;border:none;background:#EFD3D2; mso-background-thememso-background-themetint:63;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4ptcolor:accent2;"> <p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt; text-align:center;line-height:normal;mso-yfti-cnfc:64"><span style="font-family:"Cambria","serif";mso-ascii-theme-font:major-latin; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-fareast-theme-font:major-fareast; mso-hansi-theme-font:major-latin;mso-bidi-Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font:major-bidi;color:black;mso-themefont-family:";color:text1;">1:18<o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> <td width="150" valign="top" style="width:112.5pt;border:none;border-right:solid #C0504D 1.0pt; mso-border-right-themecolor:accent2;background:#EFD3D2;mso-background-thememso-background-themetint:63;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4ptcolor:accent2;"> <p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt; text-align:center;line-height:normal;mso-yfti-cnfc:64"><span style="font-family:"Cambria","serif";mso-ascii-theme-font:major-latin; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-fareast-theme-font:major-fareast; mso-hansi-theme-font:major-latin;mso-bidi-Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font:major-bidi;color:black;mso-themefont-family:";color:text1;">6:46<o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> </tr></tbody></table><br /></center><center style="text-align: left;">Note: Again, this is not my own work, but from "The Gospel According to John" by D.A. Carson and part of the Pillar New Testament Commentary series.</center><div></div>Robert D.http://www.blogger.com/profile/04039993305000221374noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-929689119225204612.post-49176779123869391032011-09-22T05:46:00.001-07:002011-09-22T10:13:14.145-07:00This Week: John 1:1-18We continue our discussion on the gospel of John. If your schedule allows, spend some time to read and reflect on the passage before life group this week. <br /><br /><center><img title="The One" alt="The One" src="http://northfortworth.com/monkimage.php?mediaDirectory=am_cms_media&mediaId=1124840&fileName=the-one-0-0-576-324.jpg" height="30%" width="30%"/></center><br /><br /><br />Robert D.http://www.blogger.com/profile/04039993305000221374noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-929689119225204612.post-12331860318460546812011-09-19T03:46:00.000-07:002011-09-19T05:47:59.315-07:00Just a Little Deeper: John 1:1-5So some of this we may have alluded to yesterday, but let's take just a little deeper look at the passage that we discussed yesterday...<div><br /></div><div>Don Carson, in his commentary <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Gospel-according-Pillar-Testament-Commentary/dp/0802836836/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1315358410&sr=8-1">The Gospel According to John</a>, believes that though the author of the gospel of John is very much aware of his Greek audience, the author is intending to unpack the works, life, and importance of Jesus to the Jewish community at large. From the very first verse, John intends that his gospel be read with the emphasis that the words and deeds of Jesus Christ are the deeds and works of God. Nothing is more obvious than the opening phrase, "In the beginning," which immediately draws ones thoughts to the Genesis 1 passage describing how God created the world. </div><div><br /></div><div>Working from the context of John's gospel being written primarily for a 1st-century Jewish audience, then we can best understand this gospel (or the New Testament, in general) in the light of the Old Testament; Jesus is present and active in the Old Testament. Before John even identifies Jesus by name, he identifies him as "the Word." If John's gospel is to be better understood in the light of the Old Testament, then where would 1st-century Jewish minds be drawn, especially if John's goal is to strongly identify Jesus and God as one? There are three strong candidates for where Jewish thought would go upon hearing someone so closely identified with God and named "the Word": God's activity in creation, revelation and deliverance. Take a look at the following verses and how "the Word" was used in the Old Testament:</div><div><ul><li>Creation - <a href="http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Genesis%201&version=ESV">Genesis 1</a>; <a href="http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Psalm%2033:6&version=ESV">Psalm 33:6</a></li><li>Revelation - <a href="http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Jeremiah%201:4&version=ESV">Jeremiah 1:4</a>; <a href="http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Is%209:8&version=ESV">Isaiah 9:8</a>; <a href="http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=ez%2033:7&version=ESV">Ezekiel 33:7</a>; <a href="http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=amos%203:1,8&version=ESV">Amos 3:1</a></li><li>Deliverance - <a href="http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=ps%20107:20&version=ESV">Psalm 107:20</a></li></ul><div>If John intended his readers to see Jesus as creator, what practical difference does that make in my daily life? If Jesus is to be seen in the light of God's revelation, what implications exist to my daily interactions with Him? If the deliverance of God is synonymous with Jesus, then how does my routine change?</div></div><div><br />Note: Any information of any note was gleaned from the commentary mentioned above.<br /></div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Robert D.http://www.blogger.com/profile/04039993305000221374noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-929689119225204612.post-45604123789152146262011-09-03T10:55:00.000-07:002011-09-03T11:18:33.043-07:00Upcoming Study: The Gospel of JohnThis Sunday, tomorrow to be more specific, our church begins an emphasis on the gospel of John that will take us until Easter Sunday. Pastor Stephen will begin with a sermon about the gospel author's purpose for writing the gospel, and the life groups will spend the next two Sundays studying the background of John and his gospel. We will finish our current study in time to sync back up with the other life groups when they start working through the gospel itself, but it is important that we understand who John is so that we will better understand his message. Below is a teaching that will help us understand more about who John was, and hopefully help us gain more insight as we proceed the his gospel.
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<br />Additionally, if you'd like to study ahead, here's an outline of the first few weeks:
<br /><ul><li>Sept. 18 - John 1:1-5</li><li>Sept. 25 - John 1:6-18</li><li>Oct. 2 - John 1:19-34</li><li>Oct. 9 - John 1:35-51</li></ul>Robert D.http://www.blogger.com/profile/04039993305000221374noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-929689119225204612.post-85519365639777152352011-08-17T10:28:00.001-07:002011-08-17T10:41:11.735-07:00A Change from the Norm this Sunday (Aug. 21)<br />Just a reminder, but we will not be having our regular life group meeting this Sunday. Instead, our group will be meeting in the gym to listen to Dr. Ross @ 9:30 talk about discipleship in the home. <br /><br />Hope to see you there. <br /><br /><br /><br />Robert D.http://www.blogger.com/profile/04039993305000221374noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-929689119225204612.post-28931975490439248392011-05-19T14:14:00.000-07:002011-05-19T14:14:00.199-07:004th Sunday Fellowship (May 22) - CiCi's in Saginaw<!--center><img src="http://www.rosascafe.com/themes/rosas/images/store.png"/></center--><br />As a life group, we are designating the fourth Sunday of each month to meet and eat for lunch after church. You don't have to make a reservation, but we will coordinate a casual restaurant (with plenty of high chairs) where you order when you get there, sit, eat, and can feel free to move around and visit the different people who come.<br /><br /><span style="font-size:180%;">This Sunday: <strong><a href="http://www.cicispizza.com">CiCi's Pizza in Saginaw</a> </strong></span><br /><br /><iframe width="425" height="350" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" marginheight="0" marginwidth="0" src="http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=1453+N.+SAGINAW+BLVD.,+Saginiaw,+TX+76179&aq=&sll=32.88653,-97.35645&sspn=0.008739,0.020707&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=1453+N+Saginaw+Blvd,+Saginaw,+Tarrant,+Texas+76179&t=h&z=14&ll=32.883932,-97.386471&output=embed"></iframe><br /><small><a href="http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=embed&hl=en&geocode=&q=1453+N.+SAGINAW+BLVD.,+Saginiaw,+TX+76179&aq=&sll=32.88653,-97.35645&sspn=0.008739,0.020707&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=1453+N+Saginaw+Blvd,+Saginaw,+Tarrant,+Texas+76179&t=h&z=14&ll=32.883932,-97.386471" style="color:#0000FF;text-align:left">View Larger Map</a></small><br /><br />NOTE: If you have any suggestions of where we can meet in the future, we'd be happy to hear them. Just leave a comment on this post.Robert D.http://www.blogger.com/profile/04039993305000221374noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-929689119225204612.post-13451952807365872142011-04-21T17:38:00.000-07:002011-04-21T17:38:00.910-07:00This Sunday: Living When Dying is Gain<div align="center"><em>"For here we do not have an enduring city, but we are looking for the city that is to come." (Hebrews 13:14)</em></div><br /><br /><br /><center><a href="http://www.radicalthebook.org"><img src="http://www.radicalthebook.org/images/main/125x125.png" alt="Radical | A book by David Platt" /></a></center><br /><br />This week we continue the <a href="http://northfortworthfamilies.blogspot.com/2011/02/church-wide-book-study-radical.html">church-wide study</a> based around the book, "<a href="http://www.radicalthebook.com/home.html">Radical: Taking Back Your Faith from the American Dream</a>". Join the discussion as we explore how risky a life we as Christians are challenged to live.<br /><br /><strong>Your Assignment: </strong>Read through Chapter 8 and pray about its implications for you before Sunday morning. Also, if you are interested, the passage of scripture that we'll be studying is Matthew 10:24-39.<br /><br /><strong>Additional Resouce:</strong> Sermons by David Platt corresponding to this topic. <a href="http://www.brookhills.org/media/series/radical/"> LINK</a>Robert D.http://www.blogger.com/profile/04039993305000221374noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-929689119225204612.post-6806732260299802742011-04-20T18:03:00.000-07:002011-04-20T18:03:00.628-07:004th Sunday Fellowship (Apr. 24) - Rosa's<center><img src="http://www.rosascafe.com/themes/rosas/images/store.png"/></center><br /><br />As a life group, we are designating the fourth Sunday of each month to meet and eat for lunch after church. You don't have to make a reservation, but we will coordinate a casual restaurant (with plenty of high chairs) where you order when you get there, sit, eat, and can feel free to move around and visit the different people who come.<br /><br /><span style="font-size:180%;">This Sunday: <strong><a href="http://www.rosascafe.com">Rosa's Cafe</a> </strong></span><br /><br /><iframe width="425" height="350" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" marginheight="0" marginwidth="0" src="http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=6551+Old+Denton+Road,+Fort+Worth,+Tarrant,+Texas+76131++rosa's+cafe&sll=32.635147,-97.368908&sspn=0.012486,0.021243&ie=UTF8&hq=rosa's+cafe&hnear=6551+Old+Denton+Rd,+Fort+Worth,+Tarrant,+Texas+76131&ll=32.860983,-97.317225&spn=0.008291,0.020707&t=h&z=14&iwloc=A&cid=16613072825523313376&output=embed"></iframe><br /><small><a href="http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=embed&hl=en&geocode=&q=6551+Old+Denton+Road,+Fort+Worth,+Tarrant,+Texas+76131++rosa's+cafe&sll=32.635147,-97.368908&sspn=0.012486,0.021243&ie=UTF8&hq=rosa's+cafe&hnear=6551+Old+Denton+Rd,+Fort+Worth,+Tarrant,+Texas+76131&ll=32.860983,-97.317225&spn=0.008291,0.020707&t=h&z=14&iwloc=A&cid=16613072825523313376" style="color:#0000FF;text-align:left">View Larger Map</a></small><br /><br />NOTE: If you have any suggestions of where we can meet in the future, we'd be happy to hear them. Just leave a comment on this post.Robert D.http://www.blogger.com/profile/04039993305000221374noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-929689119225204612.post-79939535547835636872011-04-14T17:34:00.000-07:002011-04-14T17:34:00.969-07:00This Sunday: There Is No Plan B<div align="center"><em>Jesus answered, “I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me." (John 14:6)</em></div><br /><br /><br /><center><a href="http://www.radicalthebook.org"><img src="http://www.radicalthebook.org/images/main/125x125.png" alt="Radical | A book by David Platt" /></a></center><br /><br />This week we continue the <a href="http://northfortworthfamilies.blogspot.com/2011/02/church-wide-book-study-radical.html">church-wide study</a> based around the book, "<a href="http://www.radicalthebook.com/home.html">Radical: Taking Back Your Faith from the American Dream</a>". Join the discussion as we are reminded that God made a way of salvation solely through Jesus.<br /><br /><strong>Your Assignment: </strong>Read through Chapter 7 and pray about its implications for you before Sunday morning. Also, if you are interested, the passage of scripture that we'll be studying is John 14:1-6.<br /><br /><strong>Additional Resouce:</strong> Sermons by David Platt corresponding to this topic. <a href="http://www.brookhills.org/media/series/radical/"> LINK</a>Robert D.http://www.blogger.com/profile/04039993305000221374noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-929689119225204612.post-18687265605323812312011-04-12T14:34:00.001-07:002011-04-12T15:02:44.931-07:00Follow Up on Compassion and A ResourceHope everyone's week is going well. I wanted to follow up on our discussion this past Sunday morning and more concisely drive home the main point: <u><i>if we say we trust Jesus for our salvation, then our response is one of outward love and compassion</i></u>. We are to love God (Matt. 22:37), we are to love others (Matt. 22:39), and we are to love our enemies (Matt. 5:43-47). We talked this past week that disciples of Jesus are most known by their love for one another (John 13:34-35). More specifically, the most evident work of faith in us is our compassion toward the least of our brothers and sisters in Christ (Matt. 25:31-46). <br /><br />Though the Matthew passage we covered this past week dealt more specifically for our outward expression of love and compassion for needs of our fellow Christians, but we are encouraged throughout scripture to assist the poor, sick, orphaned, and widowed, among others. I hope each of us individually identify this as something that we need to be doing and that as a group we can encourage and challenge each other to give of our time and money as a result of the faith in Jesus that we have.<br /><br />Also, I know there was some discussion about being able to research organizations so that we can be better stewards of our resources, specifically money. <b><a href="http://charitynavigator.org/">Charity Navigato</a></b><a href="http://charitynavigator.org/">r</a> is the website that I mentioned as just one resource that I know is out there.<br /><br /><i>If you know of any other resources for researching charitable organizations, or if you know of any reputable organizations that are extending God's glory globally, feel free to leave in the comments here or on <a href="http://www.facebook.com/northfortworthfamilies?sk=wall">facebook</a>.</i>Robert D.http://www.blogger.com/profile/04039993305000221374noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-929689119225204612.post-90076804560296970972011-04-07T17:21:00.000-07:002011-04-07T17:21:00.161-07:00This Sunday: How Much is Enough?<div align="center"><em>“The King will reply, ‘I tell you the truth, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers of mine, you did for me.’" (Matt 25:40)</em></div><br /><br /><br /><center><a href="http://www.radicalthebook.org"><img src="http://www.radicalthebook.org/images/main/125x125.png" alt="Radical | A book by David Platt" /></a></center><br /><br />This week we continue the <a href="http://northfortworthfamilies.blogspot.com/2011/02/church-wide-book-study-radical.html">church-wide study</a> based around the book, "<a href="http://www.radicalthebook.com/home.html">Radical: Taking Back Your Faith from the American Dream</a>". Join the discussion as we explore what our responsibility in meeting the needs of the afflicted in this world.<br /><br /><strong>Your Assignment: </strong>Read through Chapter 6 and pray about its implications for you before Sunday morning. Also, if you are interested, the passage of scripture that we'll be studying is Matt 25:31-46.<br /><br /><strong>Additional Resouce:</strong> Sermons by David Platt corresponding to this topic. <a href="http://www.brookhills.org/media/series/radical/"> LINK</a>Robert D.http://www.blogger.com/profile/04039993305000221374noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-929689119225204612.post-80173007190343133212011-04-01T19:32:00.000-07:002011-04-01T19:38:20.432-07:00This Sunday: Multiplying Community<div align="center"><em>"Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them ina the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit" (Matt 28:19)</em></div><br /><br /><br /><center><a href="http://www.radicalthebook.org"><img src="http://www.radicalthebook.org/images/main/125x125.png" alt="Radical | A book by David Platt" /></a></center><br /><br />This week we continue the <a href="http://northfortworthfamilies.blogspot.com/2011/02/church-wide-book-study-radical.html">church-wide study</a> based around the book, "<a href="http://www.radicalthebook.com/home.html">Radical: Taking Back Your Faith from the American Dream</a>". Join the discussion as we explore what multiplying community is and what it means to make disciples.<br /><br /><strong>Your Assignment: </strong>Read through Chapter 5 and pray about its implications for you before Sunday morning. Also, if you are interested, the passage of scripture that we'll be studying is Matt 28:16-20.<br /><br /><strong>Additional Resouce:</strong> Sermons by David Platt corresponding to this topic. <a href="http://www.brookhills.org/media/series/radical/"> LINK</a>Robert D.http://www.blogger.com/profile/04039993305000221374noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-929689119225204612.post-20315303393260239002011-03-24T18:38:00.000-07:002011-03-24T18:38:00.100-07:00This Sunday: The Great Why of God<div align="center"><em>"May God bless us still, <br /> so that all the ends of the earth will fear him." (Psalm 67:7)</em></div><br /><br /><br /><center><img src="http://www.radicalthebook.com/images/header/book-sm.png" /></center><br /><br />This week we continue the <a href="http://northfortworthfamilies.blogspot.com/2011/02/church-wide-book-study-radical.html">church-wide study</a> based around the book, "<a href="http://www.radicalthebook.com/home.html">Radical: Taking Back Your Faith from the American Dream</a>". Join the discussion as we explore why God saves...Particularly, why God saved us.<br /><br /><strong>Your Assignment: </strong>Read through Chapter 3 and pray about its implications for you before Sunday morning. Also, if you are interested, the passage of scripture that we'll be studying is John 15:1-8.<br /><br /><strong>Additional Resouce:</strong> Sermons by David Platt corresponding to this topic. <a href="http://www.brookhills.org/media/series/radical/"> LINK</a>Robert D.http://www.blogger.com/profile/04039993305000221374noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-929689119225204612.post-84169462393460939102011-03-23T18:49:00.000-07:002011-03-23T18:49:00.187-07:004th Sunday Fellowship (Mar. 27) - Lone Star BBQ<center><img src="http://c1.urbns.pn/w/s/8w/OHgsqlcXxJueOP-130.jpg"/></center><br /><br />As a life group, we are designating the fourth Sunday of each month to meet and eat for lunch after church. You don't have to make a reservation, but we will coordinate a casual restaurant (with plenty of high chairs) where you order when you get there, sit, eat, and can feel free to move around and visit the different people who come.<br /><br /><span style="font-size:180%;">This Sunday: <strong><a href="http://www.urbanspoon.com/r/13/886443/restaurant/Northside/Lone-Star-Bar-B-Q-Haltom-City/">Lone Star Bar-B-Que</a> </strong></span><br /><br /><iframe width="425" height="350" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" marginheight="0" marginwidth="0" src="http://maps.google.com/maps?client=ie9-lb&ie=UTF8&q=lone+star+bbq+fort+worth&fb=1&gl=us&hq=lone+star+bbq&hnear=Fort+Worth,+TX&hl=en&view=map&cid=6587479377899510299&ll=32.858556,-97.289868&spn=0.006295,0.006295&t=h&iwloc=A&output=embed"></iframe><br /><small><a href="http://maps.google.com/maps?client=ie9-lb&ie=UTF8&q=lone+star+bbq+fort+worth&fb=1&gl=us&hq=lone+star+bbq&hnear=Fort+Worth,+TX&hl=en&view=map&cid=6587479377899510299&ll=32.858556,-97.289868&spn=0.006295,0.006295&t=h&iwloc=A&source=embed" style="color:#0000FF;text-align:left">View Larger Map</a></small><br /><br />NOTE: If you have any suggestions of where we can meet in the future, we'd be happy to hear them. Just leave a comment on this post.Robert D.http://www.blogger.com/profile/04039993305000221374noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-929689119225204612.post-74138356126632703882011-03-17T16:25:00.000-07:002011-03-17T16:32:41.083-07:00This Sunday: Beginning at the End of Ourselves<div align="center"><em>"I am the vine; you are the branches. If you remain in me and I in you, you will bear much fruit; apart from me you can do nothing." (John 15:5)</em></div><br /><br /><br /><center><img src="http://www.radicalthebook.com/images/header/book-sm.png" /></center><br /><br />This week we continue the <a href="http://northfortworthfamilies.blogspot.com/2011/02/church-wide-book-study-radical.html">church-wide study</a> based around the book, "<a href="http://www.radicalthebook.com/home.html">Radical: Taking Back Your Faith from the American Dream</a>". Join the discussion as we talk about what it means to be totally reliant on God.<br /><br /><strong>Your Assignment: </strong>Read through Chapter 3 and pray about its implications for you before Sunday morning. Also, if you are interested, the passage of scripture that we'll be studying is John 15:1-8.<br /><br /><strong>Additional Resouce:</strong> Sermons by David Platt corresponding to this topic. <a href="http://www.brookhills.org/media/series/radical/"> LINK</a>Robert D.http://www.blogger.com/profile/04039993305000221374noreply@blogger.com0