Everyday Miracles - Pastor Paul Collard

God is at work around you all the time. Take time to notice the everyday miracles.

Join Pastor Andrew next Thursday night at 6:30 pm for an online Bible Study on the passages and questions below. Send an email to office@columbiagrove.org for the link.

Where is it written:

Read John 21:24-25.

What does this passage imply about all the things Jesus did?

Read John 2:1-11, John 4:46-47, Luke 5:1-11, Mark 1:23-28, Mark 1:30-31, Mark 1, 40-45, Matthew 8:5-13, Luke 7:11-18, & Matthew 8:23-27.

What similarities do you notice between these miracles?

What differences do you notice?

Why did Jesus perform miracles?

How goes your walk:

Is there a difference between an "everyday miracle" and a "miracle?"

What "everyday miracles" have you experienced?

Have you ever experienced a "non-everyday miracle?" What happened?

May 31 Online Worship Service - Everyday Miracles

God is at work around you all the time. Take time to notice.

A full audio copy of the online service from May 31, 2020

May 24, Online Worship Service - "The Resurrection of the Body and the Life Everlasting"

When the roots go deep, your faith can survive, even thrive, in hard times. A closer look at the Apostles' Creed.

A full audio copy of the online service from May 24, 2020.

The Resurrection of the Body and the Life Everlasting

Join Pastor Andrew next Thursday night at 6:30 pm for an online Bible Study on the passages and questions below. Send an email to office@columbiagrove.org for the link.

The resurrection of the body and the life everlasting.

Where is it written:

Read Luke 24 & John 20 & 21 noting the physical attributes Jesus has in his resurrected body. What new or additional attributes did he have after his resurrection?

Read 1 Corinthians 15:20-23.

What promise is given here to us because of Jesus' resurrection?

Read 1 Corinthians 15:35-56.

What does this passage tell us about the resurrected bodies we will one day have? What will they be like?

Read Revelation 21:1-5

What attributes do you see here of the new heaven and new earth?

How goes your walk:

• What are some of our culture's assumptions about what happens to people after they die?
• How do these passages challenge or reinforce those assumptions?
• What do you look forward to about a resurrected body?
• What questions do you wonder about regarding resurrection and eternity?
• How do your beliefs about resurrection and eternity affect how you live now?

May 17, 2020 Online Worship Service - "We Believe in the Forgiveness of Sins"

When the roots go deep, your faith can survive, even thrive, in hard times. A closer look at the Apostles' Creed.

A full audio copy of the online service from May 17, 2020.

I Believe in the Forgiveness of Sins

Retired Pastor Mark Benadom.

When the roots go deep, your faith can survive, even thrive, in hard times. A closer look at the Apostles’ Creed, the oldest creed of the Church.

I believe in the forgiveness of sins...

Where is it Written?

Read Colossians 2:13-15; 3:12-13 & Ephesians 4:31-32.

How does forgiveness change our relationship to God?

How does forgiveness change how we relate to others?

Read Romans 8:1-2.

How does forgiveness set you free?

How Goes Your Walk?

Do you struggle to believe that you are forgiven by God?

What might you say to someone who struggled to believe that God could really forgive them?

Is there someone you are needing to forgive?

What is your next step of forgiveness?

May 10, 2020 Online Worship Service - "We Believe in the Holy Spirit"

When the roots go deep, your faith can survive, even thrive, in hard times. A closer look at the Apostles' Creed.

A full audio copy of the online service from May 10, 2020.

We Believe in the Holy Spirit

When the roots go deep, your faith can survive, even thrive, in hard times. A closer look at the Apostles' Creed.

We believe in the Holy Spirit, the holy catholic Church, the communion of saints...

The Holy Spirit

Read Matthew 28:19-20

What does the listing of the Holy Spirit with the Father and the Son imply about who the Holy Spirit is?

Look up the following Names for the Holy Spirit

• Living Water – John 39-40
• Spirit of Truth – John 14:1
• The Advocate – John 15:26
• Spirit of Jesus – Acts 16:7
• Spirit of Holiness – Romans 1:4
• Spirit who gives life – Rom 8:2
• Spirit of Christ – Rom 8:9
• The eternal Spirit – Hebrews 9:16
• The Spirit who is from God 1 Corinthians 2:12
• Spirit of our God – 1 Corinthians 6:11
• Truth – 1 John 5:6

What does each name reveal about who the Holy Spirit is?

Read John 14:26, John 16:7-8 1 Corinthians 3:16, Acts 1:8 & Ephesians 1:13.

What do these passages tell us about what the Holy Spirit does in our lives?

What does the Holy Spirit mean to you? How have you encountered the Holy Spirit?

The holy catholic Church, the communion of saints.

(The adjective catholic means - “universal across time and space”)

Read Revelation 5:9-10 & Hebrews 11:39-12:2.

What do these passages tell us about who is included in Jesus’ Church?

What does it mean to you that you are part of a universal church that involves all types of people and transcends the limits of time and space?

May 3, 2020 Online Service - "We Believe in Jesus Christ - Part 2"

When the roots go deep, your faith can survive, even thrive, in hard times. A closer look at the Apostles' Creed.

A full audio copy of the online service from May 3, 2020.

We Believe in Jesus Christ - Part 2

When the roots go deep, your faith can survive, even thrive, in hard times. Join us for church online at facebook.com/columbiagrove Sunday at 10.

“I believe in Jesus Christ, God’s only Son, our Lord..." - Part 2”

...he descended to the dead. / he descended into hell
This is the most controversial line on the creed. With the idea that Jesus visited hell between his crucifixion and resurrection, It is the only line without the support of many clear verses. It does not appear in the earliest versions of the creed. But it has nonetheless impaired much speculation and art. (Google the phrase “Harrowing of Hell for more info.)

The one verse that may support this idea is 1 Peter 3:19-20. Read it and see what you think. Then read 1 Peter 3:8-22 to see the larger point of the passage.

• Do you agree that this is a line in the creed that could be skipped? Why or why not?

On the third day he rose again; he ascended into heaven,
he is seated at the right hand of the Father,

Read Acts 1:3-11, Philippians 2:5-11, and Romans 8:34.

• What did the disciples experience when they saw Jesus ascend? What promise of Jesus was fulfilled about 3 days later? (See Acts 2)
• What can Jesus do now as He reigns in heaven that he couldn’t do while he was on earth as a human?

...and he will come to judge the living and the dead.

Read Acts 17:31 and Revelation 20:11-15.

• What do these passages tell us about judgment?
• How does Jesus grace affect how we are judged?
• How does knowing that Jesus is also our judge affect how you live?