In the Beginning, God ....

“The Bible is all about God,” writes Marva J. Dawn in the opening paragraph of her latest work, In the Beginning, God. “That might seem an overly obvious point with which to begin a book on character formation, but if we consider the mater seriously, we discover that we often read the Bible imagining it is about ourselves.”

Dawn wants readers to understand the enormous shift in perspective that occurs when we stop asking, “what does this text say about me,” and start, instead, by asking, “What is God doing in this text?”

That is the big idea behind In the Beginning, God. The book primarily is a study of Genesis 1-3 and how their focus on God as the principle transforms our attitude toward faith, Scripture and worship from self-improvement to adoration.

We will be reading Marva Dawn's book "In the Beginning God, Creation, Culture and  the Spiritual Life" for Monday Bible Study Group. Join us now!

Monday Group

The "Monday Group" is almost finished with the book "Holy Sweat" and have begun looking for a new book to study. Are you free on Monday afternoons at 1:00? This is an ideal time to join us! Contact Donna Gordon for more info. You could email me at DonnaG@Orofino-ID.com

JESUS ASKS

Tim says, "I work at a homeless shelter where I have the privilege of catching glimpses of Jesus in the strangest places and faces. He really never seems to care about how much I know about the Bible or my religious pedigree. He only wants to know the same thing that everyone who comes to the shelter asks: "Do you have any room?" It's all he really ever asks of any of us. He's also always on the move. The issue is never about where we have been, but where we are willing to go when he says, "Follow me". Read more on Tim's Blog http://hobojesus.blogspot.com/

Faith

  Faith is the confidence that what we hope for will actually happen; it gives us assurance about things we cannot see. By faith we understand that the entire universe was formed at God’s command, that what we now see did not come from anything that can be seen.

Hebrews 11:1-3

"Good news from heaven the angels bring, Glad tidings to the earth they sing; To us this day a child is given, To crown us with the joy of heaven" - Martin Luther

God sent his Son

God sent His Son. They called Him Jesus; He came to love, heal and forgive. He lived and died to buy my pardon; an empty grave is there to prove my Savior lives. Because He lives I can face tomorrow; because He lives, all fear is gone. Because I know He holds the future, and life is worth the living just because He lives. (Hymn-Because He Lives)