As we have continue through the book Multiply by Francis Chan, we learn more and more about God. WE learn that His promises hold true and he is persistent and relentless. We are still at the beginning of the biblical story, a pattern has already developed: people sin, people face the consequences, God redeems. People…
For the past couple of months we ave been learning about the Bible, the concept of God and how we can use the Bible to have a healthy relationship with God. Now this week we put it into practice. In part IV of Multiply, by Francis Chan, we head to the beginning. Genesis Chapter 1,…
Each of us has an approach to reading and using our Bible. Some may even think they study the bible, but for the most part we spend time reading various parts of the Bible and keeping it dusted off. This session of Multiply by Francis Chan challenges us with the concept of over analyzing and…
Some of our most difficult challenges in life are when we are belabored over an activity we are not that enthused about. This session from the book Multiply, by Francis Chan, we are given insight to how to study the bible prayerfully and obediently. If we are all honest with ourselves, we have gotten into…
The session this week we will take the knowledge we have gained from Multiply by Francis Chan, we put into practice some of our learnings. Do not merely listen to the word, and so deceive yourselves. Do what it says. – James 1:22 Last session we learned about the Bible and foundation of the scriptures…
As we continue our sessions through the book of Multiply by Francis Chan, we now begin section III on How to Study the Bible, and specifically this week on “Why Study the Bible”. It gets interesting in the context because all us have a concept of the Bible, many of us have multiple Bibles and…
We have learned more and more about “church” in the past couple sessions, and this week hits the outer fringes, around the globe. As much as God wants us to reach the people in our community, He has no intention of stopping there. God’s plan of redemption reaches into our neighborhood and every other city,…
As we gather this week, we must realize that these sessions on the “Church” are not meant to condemn, or glorify any specific church of believers. The intention is to understand the varying aspects of what the Bible refers to church. We should not just check the box if our local church is playing a…
This week in our session of Multiply by Francis Chan, we discuss Part II: Living as the Church. Regardless of our background or current situation or past experiences, if we are a Christian we do live as a church. This week we see the character of the church we create and engage with, as well…