Sunday, October 01, 2006
Oct. 1 . Recap Todd M. - John 10:10
the question: Share a movie that kept you guessing?
The teaching: John 10:10b "I have come to give life and give it abundantly"
This verse is used commonly and there is a whole lot behind it. So we backtracked to get some context to this verse. As we backtracked to find the context, we found that in order to understand this one verse we needed to begin back in John 9:1 where Jesus heals a blind man but ultimately Jesus sets down a new paradigm about how things work in the world to his disciples. When Jesus heals the man a religiuos argument ensues between the healed man and the Pharisees, the religious leaders of the time. Read John 9:1-34 to get a clearer picture of the silliness that occurs. In the end, the Pharisees toss the man out of the synogogue because they revert back to the old paradigm that the disciples first asked about in John 9:1.
As Christians, there are ways that we too are the religious leaders of our time. Just like Jesus switched the prardigm on the Pharisees he is asking us to follow his new way of thinking. I believe in all of our lives we have had moments where God spoke into our lives and after that moment we could no longer think, act or behave the same. How has God seriously changed your view on something?
Want to add your thoughts to the recap, feel free.
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LiFE
The teaching: John 10:10b "I have come to give life and give it abundantly"
This verse is used commonly and there is a whole lot behind it. So we backtracked to get some context to this verse. As we backtracked to find the context, we found that in order to understand this one verse we needed to begin back in John 9:1 where Jesus heals a blind man but ultimately Jesus sets down a new paradigm about how things work in the world to his disciples. When Jesus heals the man a religiuos argument ensues between the healed man and the Pharisees, the religious leaders of the time. Read John 9:1-34 to get a clearer picture of the silliness that occurs. In the end, the Pharisees toss the man out of the synogogue because they revert back to the old paradigm that the disciples first asked about in John 9:1.
As Christians, there are ways that we too are the religious leaders of our time. Just like Jesus switched the prardigm on the Pharisees he is asking us to follow his new way of thinking. I believe in all of our lives we have had moments where God spoke into our lives and after that moment we could no longer think, act or behave the same. How has God seriously changed your view on something?
Want to add your thoughts to the recap, feel free.
If you blog or have a website leave your link and we will add you to our list.
LiFE
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Todd challenged us to not only think about WHAT we say, but HOW we say it. That was a paradigm shift for me as well. Learning Compassion is hard. Learning to NOT say anything at all is even harder for me. :)
# posted by 
: 6:37 PM
: 6:37 PM
Couple movies...The Game, 6th Sense, Momento, Snakes on a plane(ok, it wasn't mentioned but that would have been funny)
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# posted by : 4:49 PM
: 4:49 PM
I hate to bring up the movie I chose, but...Goonies!!
I can honestly say, without hyperbole, perhaps one of the greatest adventure films of all time!
Action, humor, romance, suspense, quality character development...can you really ask for anything more?
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I can honestly say, without hyperbole, perhaps one of the greatest adventure films of all time!
Action, humor, romance, suspense, quality character development...can you really ask for anything more?
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