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Resources For "Enough" From Each Harderwyk Preacher I. New For This Week "Three Uses of The Law" - So what use are the Ten Commandments - as well as ALL that law in the Old Testament! - in light of the Gospel of God's Grace?  CLICK HERE for a brief summary of John Calvin's classic summary of reasons from the Reformation Study Bible footnotes. Heldeberg  Catechism - On Obedience and the Ten Commandments: Q & A 114 Q. But can those converted to God obey these commandments perfectly? A. No.  In this life even the holiest have only a small beginning of this obedience.1 Nevertheless, with all seriousness of purpose, they do begin to live according to all, not only some, of God’s commandments.2 1 Eccles. 7:20; Rom. 7:14-15; 1 Cor. 13:9; 1 John 1:8-10 2 Ps. 1:1-2; Rom. 7:22-25; Phil. 3:12-16 Q & A 115 Q. Since no one in this life can obey the Ten Commandments perfectly, why does God want them preached so pointedly? A. First, so that the longer we live the...

Resources For "Enough" From Each Harderwyk Preacher I. New For This Week Holy Uncertainity - At Fusion we will talk some about the struggle of uncertainty.  Pastor John Mark Comer wrote an excellent ebook toward the beginning of the pandemic on this topic titled, “We Don’t know What’s Going to Happen and That’s Okay: Living in Holy Uncertainty.” (September 2020) Here is a helpful quote on this idea of holy uncertainty. "Holy Uncertainty Holy uncertainty is the capacity to live with a very loose grip – or no grip at all – on our plans and, more important, on the outcomes of our plans, because our security is rooted in a relational connection to God, not in a false sense of control.  Apprentices of Jesus who develop his capacity for holy uncertainty still make plans, but they are free – at an emotional level – from the need for those plans to come to pass. They don’t need to know what will happen, or not happen, or how long it will all take, because they are happy in God....

Resources For "Enough" From Each Harderwyk Preacher I. New For This Week When Pharaoh’s Heart Grew Harder - How does God relate to evil?   CLICK HERE for a Bible Project blog post that digs into the hardening of Pharoh's heart. Celebration Sermon Outline - CLICK HERE for this Sunday's Sermon Outline. II. From The Commentaries On This Passage From Tim Chester on Exodus 14 in Exodus For You "The conflict between God and Pharaoh has continued. God has pulled apart his creation around Pharaoh. Through the plagues, Egypt has returned to a primordial chaos, darkness and death. And yet still Pharaoh has not learned the lesson. So we come to chapter 14. Once again, Pharaoh is trying to exert his authority over God’s people. Once again, we have a showdown between God and Pharaoh. Once again, God determines to gain glory by demonstrating that he alone is Lord: “I will harden Pharaoh’s heart, and he will pursue them. But I will gain glory for myself through Pharaoh and a...

Resources For "Enough" From Each Harderwyk Preacher I. New For This Week Bible Project Background for Our New Series in Exodus I have ordered these from broad to focused. See the big sweeping movement of the OT.  Check out a beautiful theme video on the Law and how this theme works its way throughout the scriptures and in Jesus' life and ministry.  Then see more detail in the Torah with 7 episodes on the first 5 books – link to the home of that series. Finally, the Exodus overview in two parts that works through the bible poster of Exodus. Here are the links.  Happy exploring! TaNaK / OT Summary Watch: TaNaK / Old Testament / Hebrew Bible Overview Video | BibleProject™ Torah Summary Video – the Law through OT to Jesus Watch: The Law Biblical Theme Video | BibleProject™ The Torah Series (7 Episodes) from Book Collections Watch: Torah Book Collection Video Series | BibleProject™ Exodus Summary Videos Watch: Exodus 1-18 Bible Book Overview Video | BibleProject™ Watch: Exo...