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The Newsletter Podcast is a production of Emmanuel Church for Emmanuel Church. With new episodes each week, we’ll hear what’s coming up, what’s gone down, and we’ll have a little fun along the way.
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Conversations with folks from the Emmanuel Church Family and friends about life, faith, and our God who knits us all together.
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Preparing for the Potluck
March 22, 2020
“Therefore, brothers, since we have confidence to enter the holy places by the blood of Jesus, by the new and living way that he opened for us through the curtain, that is, through his flesh, and since we have a great priest over the house of God, let us draw near with a true heart in full assurance of faith, with our hearts sprinkled clean from an evil conscience and our bodies washed with pure water. Let us hold fast the confession of our hope without wavering, for he who promised is faithful. And let us consider how to stir up one another to love and good works, not neglecting to meet together, as is the habit of some, but encouraging one another, and all the more as you see the Day drawing near.” Hebrews 10:19-25
Follow the Recipe
March 21, 2020
“Create in me a clean heart, O God, and renew a right spirit within me. Cast me not away from your presence, and take not your Holy Spirit from me. Restore to me the joy of your salvation, and uphold me with a willing spirit. Then I will teach transgressors your ways, and sinners will return to you. Deliver me from bloodguiltiness, O God, O God of my salvation, and my tongue will sing aloud of your righteousness. O Lord, open my lips, and my mouth will declare your praise. For you will not delight in sacrifice, or I would give it; you will not be pleased with a burnt offering. The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit; a broken and contrite heart, O God, you will not despise.” Psalm 51:10-17
The Lord Determines Our Load Limits
March 20, 2020
“But we have this treasure in jars of clay, to show that the surpassing power belongs to God and not to us. We are afflicted in every way, but not crushed; perplexed, but not driven to despair; persecuted, but not forsaken; struck down, but not destroyed; always carrying in the body the death of Jesus, so that the life of Jesus may also be manifested in our bodies. For we who live are always being given over to death for Jesus’ sake, so that the life of Jesus also may be manifested in our mortal flesh. So death is at work in us, but life in you. Since we have the same spirit of faith according to what has been written, “I believed, and so I spoke,” we also believe, and so we also speak, knowing that he who raised the Lord Jesus will raise us also with Jesus and bring us with you into his presence. For it is all for your sake, so that as grace extends to more and more people it may increase thanksgiving, to the glory of God. So we do not lose heart. Though our outer self is wasting away, our inner self is being renewed day by day. For this light momentary affliction is preparing for us an eternal weight of glory beyond all comparison, as we look not to the things that are seen but to the things that are unseen. For the things that are seen are transient, but the things that are unseen are eternal.” 2 Corinthians 4:7-18
Thankful for the Loser Lobster
March 19, 2020
“Therefore I tell you, do not be anxious about your life, what you will eat or what you will drink, nor about your body, what you will put on. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothing? Look at the birds of the air: they neither sow nor reap nor gather into barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not of more value than they? And which of you by being anxious can add a single hour to his span of life? And why are you anxious about clothing? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow: they neither toil nor spin, yet I tell you, even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these. But if God so clothes the grass of the field, which today is alive and tomorrow is thrown into the oven, will he not much more clothe you, O you of little faith? Therefore do not be anxious, saying, ‘What shall we eat?’ or ‘What shall we drink?’ or ‘What shall we wear?’ For the Gentiles seek after all these things, and your heavenly Father knows that you need them all. But seek first the kingdom of God and his righteousness, and all these things will be added to you. Therefore do not be anxious about tomorrow, for tomorrow will be anxious for itself. Sufficient for the day is its own trouble.” Matthew 6:25-34
A Rooted Flower Loves the Sun
March 18, 2020
How blessed is the man who does not walk in the counsel of the wicked, nor stand in the path of sinners,
nor sit in the seat of scoffers! But his delight is in the law of the Lord, and in His law he meditates day and night. He will be like a tree firmly planted by streams of water, which yields its fruit in its season and its leaf does not wither; and in whatever he does, he prospers. Psalm 1:1-3
A Kibbutz in the Culture- Our Sunday Roundtable- Session 2, Week 12
Why are so many Christian movies, Christian novels, and Christian albums so bad? Does the indwelling of the Holy Spirit evict the artistic? Is the Christian audience so Stepford in its appetites that they’ll clap like seals for anything with a Scripture reference? Or, are believers afraid that if they produce parables; people won’t get the point?
After centuries of being the theater for war, violence, destruction, and dislocation, the Holy Land in the nineteenth century was barely inhabitable. The farmers had all fled, the vineyards had become thickets, villages were now quarries of rubble, and the irrigation ditches that honeycombed the plains were all dammed and dry. It was a bleak, post-apocalyptic sort of place. But it was in this environment that Jewish settlers moved in and started the kibbutz. These community settlements were begun for the purpose of both repatriating and restoring the land. They would make the Shephelah bloom again, bring a new vintage out of Hebron, and work to see the Jordan River once again water the Jezreel Valley. There was a time when the world of the arts blossomed with Christian themes and an era that saw the Biblical worldview inspire cultures around the world. Renaissance masterpieces were painted by Christian hands, literary classics were products of Christian minds, and some of the greatest symphonies were Christian compositions. But today, Christian contributions to the artworld are limited and out of the mainstream and the landscape is bleaker because of it. It’s time for the Church to kibbutz in our blighted culture. But how do we do this? Is the redemption of the national culture even a good and profitable use of our energies? Barbara Nicolosi is a Christian film critic who has spent her professional life advocating for increased Christian influence in Hollywood and working hard to realize that goal. She has some tough words for both the Church and the industry; but is passionate in her desire to see the Gospel story well-told. Please take a moment to follow the link and read through an interview with Mrs. Nicolosi in Aleteia, a popular Catholic online publication. Nicolosi’s unique perspective and stirring challenge should give us lots to talk about! Please consider joining us for a roundtable discussion on the subject of Christianity and the culture this Sunday morning at 8:30 upstairs in the Family Life Center. Hot coffee and a homemade treat will caffeinate and sweeten the conversation!
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Bringing Something to Vanity Fair- Our Sunday Roundtable- Session 2, Week 11
It’s hard enough to be a witness in the real world, but with the creation of a digital world online, many of us find ourselves having to manage our Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter avatars as they ping on screens all over the planet. These little pixilated offspring of our ego can be a real handful at times; running free from their leash, biting people, rummaging through the neighbors trash, peeing on every mailbox and pooping on every lawn. Too often, our online presence hurts our real-life witness. Should we delete these little avatars of ours or can they be redeemed as agents of salvation in the social media mission field?
In Paul Bunyan’s The Pilgrim’s Progress, the young protagonist Christian finds himself passing through Vanity Fair on the way to the Celestial City. This was a marketplace town of sorts where all sorts of merchandise was sold and spectacles kept on display. Every booth, table, kiosk, and shop appealed to the lust, greed, pride, and arrogance of the shoppers. There were honors for sale, bawds to gawk at, jugglers to jeer, and glittery trinkets to adorn every puffed out chest. It was a soulless and miserable town and the pilgrim Christian was clearly out of place. As the merchants and consumers began to pressure Christian to join in the revelry and weigh out silver and gold for worthless things, he plugs his ears and cries out, “Turn away mine eyes from beholding vanity” (Psalm 119:37). When pressed to find out what things he might be interested in, he declares “I buy truth.” For those of you who’ve read the tale, you know that Christian was imprisoned for all this and had to make an impassioned plea for his soul. While Vanity Fair was not changed by any of this, there were a few who were impacted by Christian’s witness and even one abandoned his shop to join the pilgrimage. Reading through this section of Bunyan’s allegory, I really fellowshipped with Christian’s strolling through Vanity Fair in all my scrolling through Facebook. It seems a hard place for me to be a witness and to also keep my witness and yet there it is along the pathway; a town we are called to pass through and impact. How Christians should use and interact with social media is an overdue topic for conversation and consideration. Please take a moment to read the short blog post attached and come prepared to join the discussion this Sunday morning at 8:30 upstairs in the Family Life Center. We’ll have the coffee on and a treat out waiting for you!
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