Welcome to "Join Us At The Table" - Sermon Resources at Harderwyk Ministries

I remember COVID-19 arriving and suddenly, we were left scrambling with exactly how to go about "doing ministry" - especially preaching - in entirely new circumstances. I'll be forever thankful for the Harderwyk team, especially fellow preachers Aaron VanderVeen and Luke Carrig, as we began to prayerfully figure out our next steps.

Along the way, the three of us did a weekly video "Table Talk" where we gathered together to talk through a particular text. It was probably the first time that everyone connected to Harderwyk and our three distinct "Worshiping Communities" ever got to see our "sermon collaboration process" in a practical and ongoing way. Circumstances moved us on, but for that season our people got to see three preachers study, reflect and consider together in a way that made each of us stronger as we prepared to preach the same text.

It is with the benefit of that experience in mind, that we have started this new Harderwyk blog: "Join Us At The Table." Our goal is for this to be a weekly repository of sermon resources connected to our collaborative sermon preparation process. Expect to see quotations, links to podcasts, blogs or magazines, references made in a sermon, resources for digging deeper or just about anything else that we want to make available related to that Sunday.

Especially, if we don't get to spend a lot of time with a thought or question presented in the text. Think of it as digging through some of the things that never made it to the final edit of the movie, but that can be found on the "Cutting Room Floor."

Typically, we will connect each item with the "preacher of source" so you can even follow up from there. Feel free to send us feedback, requests, additional questions or restaurant recommendations using the comment section.

-- Posted by Pastor Bill Lindner - Harderwyk - Celebration Campus Pastor

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"Colossians: The Glory & Mystery" at Harderwyk - Colossians 1:1-14 - April 24, 2022

Resources For "Enough" From Each Harderwyk Preacher I. New For This Week BibleProject Overview of Colossians - CLICK HERE for their helpful online video. An Early Copy of the Book of Colossians - CLICK HERE to learn some about "P46" - a papyrus copy of Paul's epistles from about one century after Paul would have first written it. Note: No dating can be exact, and there is often debate about just when a book of the Bible was written, and then again over the age of any given manuscript that we possess, so none of this can be exact. CLICK HERE for some actual photographs of P46 and the page where Colossians actually begins! Also of note: Half of P46 is housed at the University of Michigan library. Unfortunately for this sermon series, Colossians is in the half housed at the Chester Beatty Library in Dublin, Ireland. Celebration Sermon Outline - CLICK HERE for this Sunday's Sermon Outline. II. From The Commentaries On This Passage From The Gospel T

"Colossians: The Glory & Mystery" at Harderwyk - Colossians 1:15-23 May 1, 2022

Resources For "Enough" From Each Harderwyk Preacher I. New For This Week BibleProject Overview of Colossians - CLICK HERE for their helpful online video. All Four Rooms: Reading Colossians Through Paul's Eyes - CLICK HERE for a blog post by Pastor Bill about Paul's nuanced view of reality and how it affects our own ability to read Colossians with understanding. Celebration Sermon Outline - CLICK HERE for this Sunday's Sermon Outline. II. From NT Wright in his commentary Colossians and Philemon: An Introduction and Commentary on Colossians 1:15-23 Jesus and God Paul, then, does not in this poem abandon the Jewish doctrines of monotheism and election. He redefines them. But what, in that case, is he asserting about Jesus, in particular when he calls him ‘the image of God’ (v. 15)? There has been considerable debate about this from the first Christian centuries up to the present, and the answer offered below is an attempt to hold together the strong points of

"Colossians: The Glory & Mystery" at Harderwyk - Colossians 3:1-17 - May 22, 2022

Resources For "Enough" From Each Harderwyk Preacher I. New For This Week Ponder This: “An idol is whatever you look at and say, in your heart of hearts, ‘If I have that, then I’ll feel my life has meaning, then I’ll know I have value, then I’ll feel significant and secure.’” - Tim Keller, Counterfeit Gods “If anything becomes more fundamental than God to your happiness, meaning in life, and identity, then it is an idol.” - Tim Keller, Counterfeit Gods “Worry about your character, not your reputation. Because, your character is who you are, and your reputation is what people think you are.” - John Wooden Celebration Sermon Outline - CLICK HERE for this Sunday's Sermon Outline. II. Ongoing Resources 1) Spiritual Formation Resources Page - CLICK HERE - This is still a work in progress, but be a part as we look to build 2) Scotty Smith’s Heavenward Daily Prayers - CLICK HERE - to see the daily prayer blog of Scotty Smith. You will see an option to have them delivered to

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