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Vanity Fair
Scheduled: May 19, 2024

(MULTILINE) VANITY FAIR REPRESENTS THE AND THE THAT WOULD  FROM FOLLOWING JESUS. (MULTILINE) The allure of this world is not just in things that are blatantly , but also in things that might be considered , but that, , amount to nothing in the end. (MULTILINE) “I have seen everything that is done un …

Walking Through the Valley
May 12, 2024

EPHESIANS 6:10-18 ESV (MULTILINE) THE VALLEYS REPRESENT (Ephesians 6:12 ESV) (MULTILINE) Who is our spiritual enemy? – We have a spiritual enemy who seeks to us in our journey of following Jesus, and whose ultimate goal is to ___________________________ us. (John 10:10 ESV) (MULTILINE) Spiritual Ove …

Palace Beautiful
May 5, 2024

PALACE BEAUTIFUL REPRESENTS  (MULTILINE) What is the Church? According to Bunyan, the church is meant to be a place of  for weary travelers along the way. (MULTILINE) Our English word “church” is the Greek word “ecclesia”, and it literally means . (MULTILINE) Church is not a place we go to, . (The f …

Difficulty & Danger
April 28, 2024

(MULTILINE) QUESTIONS FOR REFLECTION & DISCUSSION 1.  When Christian was climbing Hill Difficulty, he finds a place set by the Lord for refreshing weary travelers. What does this represent, and what does it mean that he fell asleep there? (MULTILINE) 2. What does it mean that Christian loses his …

Grace & Works
April 21, 2024

(MULTILINE) QUESTIONS FOR REFLECTION & DISCUSSION STAGE 2: 1.  Christian runs to the wicket gate and knocks more than once or twice, what do the running and the knocking teach us? (MULTILINE) 2. Goodwill pulls Christian through the gate. Why does he do this, and what do these dangers represent? …

An Invitation to Pilgrimage
April 14, 2024

INTRODUCTION: Pilgrim – Someone who is on a  (a “pilgrimage”) to a spiritually significant place. (MULTILINE) This book is written as an “allegory” – an . (MULTILINE) I fell asleep and dreamed. In my dream, I saw a man clothed with rags standing in a certain place, with his face turned from his own …

Our Unchanging God
April 7, 2024

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A Surprising Sunday
March 31, 2024

MARK 16:1-8 ESV (MULTILINE) SURPRISE #1: The very large stone was . (4) (MULTILINE) God is of us in ways we could . (MULTILINE) He surprises us with grace and kindness! SURPRISE #2: . (6) (MULTILINE) For Mark, the resurrection account is more of an than an  . (MULTILINE) The empty tomb of Jesus pres …

Judgment Day
March 24, 2024

MARK 15:22-39 ESV (MULTILINE) Locations: The Garden of Gethsemane (Prayer & betrayal) Home of the High Priest (Trial & denial) Governor’s Palace (Pilate & Barabbas) Praetorium (Soldier barracks inside palace) Via Dolorosa (Road to Golgotha) Golgotha (MULTILINE) Mark 15:22-32 ESV: THE JUD …

The Way of the Cross
March 17, 2024

Locations: The Garden of Gethsemane (Prayer & betrayal) Home of the High Priest (Trial & denial) Governor’s Palace (Pilate & Barabbas) Praetorium (Soldier barracks inside palace) Via Dolorosa (Road to Golgotha) (MULTILINE) Mark 15:21 ESV (MULTILINE) Simon shows what it means to be . (MUL …