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"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 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

Easter at Harderwyk - April 17, 2022

Resources For Easter From Each Harderwyk Preacher I. New For This Week Everything must be fullfilled that is written about me in the Law of Moses, the Prophets and the Psalms - Jesus in Luke 24:44  - Jesus is the "True and Better" fulfillment of everything that the Old Testament characters, events and narratives point to.  CLICK HERE for a two-minute YouTube flyover of the Old Testament from Tim Keller  Ukraine’s Holy Week Like No Other - I (Pastor Bill of Celebration Community) have struggled to be informed and praying during the Russian war on Ukraine as Christ follower.  CLICK HERE for a blog post by Archbishop Borys Gudziak an American Archbishop of the  Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church, which I found insightful and helpful in my own prayers From Greg Gilbert in the Gospel Transformation Bible  on Ezekiel 37:11-14:  "Beginning in verse 11, God explains the vision of the dry bones. It is not simply that God gives physical life; it is that he gives spiritual life in

"Enough!" at Harderwyk - Numbers 13-14 - April 10, 2022

Resources For "Enough" From Each Harderwyk Preacher I. New For This Week "Numbers" in the BibleProject's Torah Series -  Israel leaves Mount Sinai only to rebel against God again. But God responds with short-term severity and long-term generosity.   CLICK HERE for the video. Praying During The War In Ukraine - On Good Friday, April 15 you are invited to join us in prayer for the conflict in Ukraine by signing up for a 20 minute prayer time slot.  You can pray right where you are, or you may stop in to the sanctuary (open from 8am-6pm) to pray.  CLICK HERE to sign up for a time slot.  CLICK HERE for a blog post of several prayer resources on this issue. Celebration Sermon Outline - CLICK HERE for this Sunday's Sermon Outline. II. From The Commentaries On This Passage From Roy E. Gane in his commentary "The NIV Application Commentary: Leviticus, Numbers": "Epidemics of attitude. Just a short time before the scouts return to the main camp a

"Enough!" at Harderwyk - Exodus 34:1-9 - April 3, 2022

Resources For "Enough" From Each Harderwyk Preacher I. New For This Week Character of God Word Study by Bible Project: This study we will dive into Exodus 34: 6-7.  Bibleproject did a 6 video word study on verse 6.  They are well done and insightful.  Again they also put together a study guide worth exploring.  For the ambitious you can also find 14 podcast episodes on the same verses.  God speed! Character of God Video Link : CLICK HERE to Watch: Visual Commentary of Exodus 34:6-7: The Character of God Video | BibleProject™  Character of God Study Guide: CLICK HERE for downloadable pdf document  Celebration Sermon Outline - CLICK HERE for this Sunday's Sermon Outline. II. From The Commentaries On This Passage From John Goldingay in “Exodus and Leviticus for Everyone”: “Exodus 34 gives us one clue why that it so. The Israelites have imperiled their relationship with God, with potentially fatal results. That is symbolized by Moses’ breaking the tablets inscribed with