Who are the 21st century prophets?
Is Jean Vanier one?
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From a series of three studies from December 2021 to January 11th 2022 Bible Study. A study inspired by Nicky Gumbel’s Bible in One Year
Irene and I Irene and I follow Phyllis Tickle’s Divine Hours prayers presented at the Ann Arbor Vineyard church. Looked up what they believe and found this on what a ‘centered set church looks like.
From June 2021.
A member of the Mens’s Bible Study asked some questions this that got me thinking. My daily devotions with Nicky Gumbel’s Bible in One Year has some answers for us. Day 145 is titled. How to Face Giant Problems.That will be the focus on this coming Thursday’s study at 7:00 pm Arizona/Pacific time. In preparation for the study, please review the following:Psalm 67:1-7John 15:1-16:41 Samuel 16:1-17:37 If you want to review the Bible in One Year referenced above, click on the link below.
How to Face Giant Problems | Bible in One Year
Right now our world is facing the giant challenge of the coronavirus pandemic (COVID-19). Goliath was a giant. He was 9 feet tall, a champion, wearing heavy armour, standing and shouting, defying the people of God (1 Samuel 17:1–11). As well as physical…
Originally posted May 2021 Some of us have been doing Nicky (Alpha) Gumbel’s Bible in One Year. It is a huge blessing. I particularly like what he wrote about the resurrection of Lazarus and the parallels that has with the Church. Nicky writes,” As a result of the coronavirus epidemic, our world has been shaken. All our assumptions are shattered. Almost everyone, each in our own way, has been dealing with fear, grief and trauma. However difficult your situation may be – however much ‘trouble’ you are facing in your life, you can have hope. Hope is the confident expectation of God’s ultimate blessing in this life and the life to come, based upon the goodness and promises of God. With Jesus, there is always hope.Like Lazarus in our New Testament passage for today, some parts of the church have been prematurely declared dead. In his book, The Death of Christian Britain, Callum Brown writes, ‘This book is about the demise of the nation’s core religious moral identity. As historical changes go, this has been no lingering and drawn-out affair. It took several centuries (in what historians used to call the Dark Ages) to convert Britain to Christianity, but it has taken less than forty years for the country to forsake it.’We often read headlines such as, ‘Crisis in the Church’, ‘Dramatic decline in attendance’ and ‘Church attendance figures fall again’.At the same time, today, we are seeing the results of a society that is attempting to shut God out. Every day, in Britain, around 300 couples are divorced. Somebody calls the Samaritans every fourteen seconds. The pornographic industry is worth billions of pounds. There are 30,000 Christian clergy of all types, and more than 80,000 registered witches and fortune tellers.Britain is not the only nation in trouble. Many other nations are going through difficult times. As well as on a national level, all of us are likely at some point to face times of trouble in our own individual lives.‘Trouble’ can take many forms. What is your hope in times of trouble?