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Resources For "Who Are We? - The Vision Series" From Each Harderwyk Preacher I. New For This Week Bema Discipleship Podcast - CLICK HERE to listen, or search for the Bema Discipleship Podcast, Episode 158 for a great overview of Ephesians around the theme of "Family Membership. Ephesians 2 “with Christ”  [ syn Christos ]   “Made us alive with Christ…” (v.5) suzóopoieó   [ συζωοποιέω ]  prefix –  syn=with   “And God raised us up with Christ…” (v.6) sunegeiró   [ συνεγείρω ]  prefix –  syn=with   “…and seated us with him in the heavenly realms in Christ Jesus.” (v.6) sugkathizó [ συγκαθίζω ]  prefix –  syn= with   Romans 6 “with”   “We were therefore  buried with him …”  (v.4) sunthaptó   [ συνθάπτω ]  prefix –  syn= with   “we have been  united with him …”  (v.5)   sumphutos  [ σύμφυτος ]  prefix –  syn= with   “old self was  cruci...

Resources For "Devoted" Series From Each Harderwyk Preacher I. New For This Week OverView of Ephesians - CLICK HERE to view a 9-minute video by The Bible Project that gives a great overview of the Book of Ephesians.  Great way to get a "Big Picture" as we start our new series. "We Refuse To Be Enemies" - Learn more about the Peace Project that was a key illustration in Fusion.  CLICK HERE for the video. Dig Deeper Into This Series and Ephesians - CLICK HERE for some resources and ideas to dig deeper into Ephesians over these next weeks. Celebration Sermon Outline - CLICK HERE for this Sunday's Sermon Outline. II. From The Commentaries On This Passage From Bryan Chapell in his commentary Ephesians (Reformed Expository Commentary): “Paul first describes God’s reason for saving his people even though they are originally dead and are by nature objects of his wrath. Why does God make us spiritually alive? Paul answers, “Because of his great love for us...

Resources For "Devoted" Series From Each Harderwyk Preacher I. New For This Week "The Category Defying Christian Community" - CLICK HERE for a 5 minute YouTube of Tim Keller summarizing 5 distinctive aspects of the Gospel-Centered, Spirit-Empowered Church that is legacy of Acts. Get to Know John Bunyan - Bunyan is another historical figure who, like the Apostle Paul, writes while imprisoned for preaching the gospel.  Only the Bible itself is more widely published than Bunyan's Pilgrim's Progress.  This one-page biography is a great introduction. Celebration Sermon Outline - CLICK HERE for downladable pdf. II. From The Commentaries On This Passage From Justin S. Holcomb, “Acts,” in Gospel Transformation Study Bible  -  Acts 28:23 -  As in John 5:39–47 and Luke 24:25–27, 44, we are once again encouraged to see that the entire Bible, even the parts that come before Christ’s birth, are about Christ himself. He is the point of the Bible. The Bible is fundamen...

Resources For "Devoted" Series From Each Harderwyk Preacher I. New For This Week Generational Difference on Faith-Sharing - CLICK HERE for some fascinating research by the Barna Research Group that includes and explains - and enlarges - this infographic.   Notice in particular the last statement - "If someone disagrees with you, it means that they're judging you." - and how Millenials are four times move likely to agree than Boomers. _______________________ Deconstructing Our Culture's Catechism  -   CLICK HERE  for the video by Tim Keller of that name.  In Celebration, we took a moment to compare and contrast one statement of our "Culture's Catechism"  - How can you experience "Happiness?" - with Heidelberg Catechism #1 as an example of what Dr Keller is speaking about. II. From The Commentaries On This Passage NT Wright in Acts For Everyone beautifully summarizes the details of Paul’s defense before Agrippa in Acts 26 this way: “Bu...