This is not exhaustive.

1.) He is God
–He’s the fully Divine Lord, of one being and equal glory with God.
2:6 though he was in the form of God, he didn’t count equality with God a thing to be grasped

–He’s the rightful possessor of the divine name (and not Caesar)2:9-11 God has highly exalted him and bestowed on him the name that is above every name, 10 so that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, in heaven and on earth and under the earth, 11 and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.

— He’s the source, together with the Father, of:
Grace & peace: 1:2 Grace to you & peace, from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ
Heavenly riches: My God will supply all your needs according to his riches in glory in Christ Jesus

— The Holy Spirit is the Spirit of Jesus1:19: I know that through your prayers and the help of the Spirit of Jesus Christ this will turn out for my deliverance

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A wonderful letter from Paul to the church he’d start 10 years prior from around 60AD. Paul wrote while imprisoned in Rome. Here is a “word cloud” showing the emphases in the letter.

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1.) Attack these classes with vigor! There are two new classes beginning Sunday. You can participate.

Two New Adult Education Classes—Begining April 7th

9:00AM—Tim Keller “Gospel in Life – From Heart to Culture”

Join author and pastor Timothy Keller in a 12-week study of the gospel and the ways to live it out in your everyday life. Topics include: the focus on the city, the centrality of the heart, the need to live by grace, the significance of idolatry, the importance of cultural engagement, the role of work in mission, and more. Led by Ken French.

10:30AM—”From Gethsemane to Galilee: Poetry of Death and Resurrection”

Consider poetic responses to and reflections on Christ’s death and resurrection. For centuries, poets have been drawn to the story of Christ’s passion, and we hope that each week the readings will encourage our own thoughtful consideration of this central moment in the Christian story. We hope to foster insight into how our contemplation of Christ might be both challenged and renewed.

*Participants need not read in advance, but poems will be posted online. Led by Stephen Addcox

2.) I’m not sure about you, but there are some dishes that I find are actually BETTER as leftovers. Well, there was so much to say about the hope that God has inaugurated in the resurrection of Jesus Christ that I’m going to preach one more sermon from Revelation 21 and 22. Here’s a couple of teaser quotes:

“Don’t make the church body do everything you want the body parts to be doing. In other words, there’s a difference between the church gathered and the church scattered. Some theologians call it the church as organization and the church as organism. Help people be faithful disciples and entrepreneurs and hard workers in their jobs, in their families, and in their communities. Equip them for ministry, but don’t make a church program for every good deed Christians might do in Christ’s name.”  –Kevin DeYoung & Greg Gilbert

“Clearly, caring for the poor, the hungry, the afflicted is not just a liberal thing to do. It is a biblical thing to do. We must allow this uncomfortable chapter (Isaiah 58?) to discomfort us a bit. Those of us in conservative circles can get all sorts of religious ritual right, but it counts for nothing and less than nothing if we do not love our neighbors as ourselves.”  –Kevin DeYoung & Greg Gilbert

3.) We’ll be sharing in Holy Communion during both the 9:00 and 10:30 services.

“There should be priests to remind men that they will one day die—and poets, to remind men that they are not dead yet.”–GK Chesterton

Sunday begins a class (during the 10:30 hour, led by Stephen Addcox) looking at poetry. As a lifelong non-artist, I am wowed and delighted that we have folks in Christ Community who create. It is such a beautiful thing to experience a well-done flower arrangement, meal, poem, painting, guitar lick, etc.

These resources are offered in honor of our artists.

Makoto Fujimura, an artist who serves as a ruling elder in the Presbyterian Church in America (PCA), in his book