"Sabbath Way of Life"

Scott Moore | From Reconstructin...

Greg spoke tonight about our call to the Sabbath. All of creation is designed to need rest - we see it in agriculture, exercise, everywhere. We simply need rest, as much as our society tries to deny it. Why? How do we actually have a Sabbath DAY? It's a challenge - do you trust God enough to give up your work for a day, knowing that you will have enough time to do it. Have you ever considered that if you are never able to complete what you feel you are suppoed to, then some of those things cannot be God's will for your life? God is not going to ask of you more than you have time for!! Can we look at time as a delight and blessing rather than the bane of our existence? Listen to Greg's sermon. Read Greg's sermon here.

Called to Community

Matt spoke to us tonight about being called to the same unity in community as Jesus and the Father were united. Quite the calling if you ask me! Thankfully, Jesus prayed on our behalfs for this unity (John 17) and is still praying on our behalf now. And if anyone's prayer is going to be answered, it's going to be Jesus' isn't it? (well, God hears and responds to everyone's prayer, but anyhow...). Read the text of Matt's sermon. Or, Listen to Matt's sermon.

TONIGHT: "Called to Community"

Tonight, Matt will be teaching about community, our straying from biblical truth by 'individualizing' faith. He'll be using Jesus' prayer for us from John 17. It should be a dandy evening as it always is as we listen to, hear from and respond to God (who is Father, Son, and Spirit...just have to throw that in there...).

NEW SERIES: Reconstructing the Call

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The Christian Church today has been handed down many different understandings of what it means to be called by God, but are they all true or biblical? Over the next few weeks we will be breaking down some of the poor assumptions we have and we will reconstruct our understanding of God’s call on our lives based on the foundation of Scripture.

Jan. 14 | “Come Follow Me” | Matthew 4:18-22
These words spoken by Jesus sound so simple yet can be so complex. When Jesus calls us to follow Him, what does it mean to be His disciples?

Jan. 21 | “Called to Community” | John 17:6-26
“Christianity is about my relationship with God, not religion, so I don’t really need church. I just want to follow Jesus.” What does Jesus have to say about this?

Jan. 28 | “Sabbath Way of Life” | Mark 2:23-28
Many of us see the Sabbath either as a day of legalism void of fun and pleasure, or as an irrelevant and idealistic day off, impossible to achieve in our fast paced lives. However, if God took a day off after creating the universe, is it possible that rest isn’t for the lazy but is of the heart of God?

Feb. 4 | “Called to Ministry” | Mark 5:1-20
I don’t work for the church, so how am I a minister? I hardly know what’s in the Bible! What do I say? What difference can I make?

Feb. 11 | “Called to Creation” | Romans 8:18-23
What role do we play in ‘ruling’ the Earth as God commanded in Genesis 1? Does it really matter how we treat the Earth if we are destined for heaven anyway?

Feb. 18 | “God’s Call ON your life” | John 6:25-58
Why can’t I just live my life as I see fit? Sometimes it feels like God is in the way of my happiness. If God has called me, why does life often seem so pointless and without direction?

Feb. 25 | “God’s Call IN your life” | Matt 6:25-34
Should I take this job? Should I buy this car? Should I eat pasta or soup? These are questions we ask ourselves, but are they things God has an opinion on? A specific plan for our lives? What does God call us to in the smaller details of life?

Past Stations

In line with our view of teaching at TILT, we sometimes use what we call "stations" as a teaching for a given evening. Stations combine Scripture with images and objects and we journey around the stations, listening and reflecting on what we hear from God. Two of the handouts from stations in the past are uploaded: Easter 2005 | Advent 2006 (unfortunately, we don't have the associated images included this time around).