Posts Tagged ‘Sacrifice’

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Dec05

Self-Understanding & Self-Giving

by Scott Chafee on December 5th, 2011 at 3:24 pm
Posted In: Teaching, The Cross of Christ

These are notes from my reading John R. W. Stott’s classic book, The Cross of Christ. What is the attitude we should adopt for ourselves? In society today, secular humanism teaches that we basically worship ourselves, literal self-deification. Jesus said to love God, then others as we love ourselves. Some counselors emphasize loving ourselves before […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…

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Dec05

The Celebration of Community

by Scott Chafee on December 5th, 2011 at 3:23 pm
Posted In: Teaching, The Cross of Christ

These are notes from my reading John R. W. Stott’s classic book, The Cross of Christ. Perhaps this presentation of Christ’s cross is too individualistic. If so, this section should restore the balance. The purpose of Christ’s self-sacrifice on the cross was not just to save isolated individuals but to create a new community, whose […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…

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Dec05

Ransomed by God

by Scott Chafee on December 5th, 2011 at 3:22 pm
Posted In: Teaching, The Cross of Christ

These are notes from my reading John R. W. Stott’s classic book, The Cross of Christ. This is about the self-substitution of God. How can the holy love of God come to terms with the unholy lovelessness of sinful man? The problem is not outside of God; it is within his own being. How can […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…

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Dec05

The Events of Passion Week

by Scott Chafee on December 5th, 2011 at 3:21 pm
Posted In: Teaching, The Cross of Christ

These are notes from my reading John R. W. Stott’s classic book, The Cross of Christ. So far, we have looked at some initial facts about the cross: It’s central importance (to Christ, the apostles and the universal church). Its deliberate character (the wickedness of man and the purposes of God). An Initial Construction: Christ […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…

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Oct05

Characteristics of a NT Church

by Scott Chafee on October 5th, 2011 at 4:47 pm
Posted In: Church Growth, Leadership

This is teaching from Rick Warren. As always, how do we see King’s Grant measuring up to this standard? If you want your church to have the impact of the early church, the book of Acts shows us eight essential characteristics we need in our congregations: Supernatural power (Acts 2:3-4): We don’t just talk about […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…

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Aug04

A Father’s Love

by Scott Chafee on August 4th, 2011 at 1:12 pm
Posted In: Men of Steel, Parenting

Saw this just today; if you are a father, you’ll understand. There is a much larger illustration of God’s love for us. I barely understood the love of God until I became a father.

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Jun13

Proper Understanding of Worship

by Scott Chafee on June 13th, 2011 at 12:08 pm
Posted In: Worship

Our worship leader, Rick Heil, found at crosswalk.com an article on worship and I wanted to pass on the edited information I learned from it. How many times after a Sunday worship experience you hear people say things like, “I didn’t get anything out of that today” or “I didn’t get anything out of the […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…

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Jun08

Love One Another

by Scott Chafee on June 8th, 2011 at 9:41 am
Posted In: Sermons

In the 1980′s, Tina Turner asked the infamous question, “What’s love got to do with it?” According to John, it has a lot to do with it. The key passage for today is 1 John 4:7-16. This month Skip has been preaching out of First John, a series about Learning to Love God’s Way. Love […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…

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May11

What Does God Want?

by Scott Chafee on May 11th, 2011 at 9:23 am
Posted In: Devotion

It’s probably the most asked question in the early stages of our Christian experience. We understand the sacrifice of Christ, what he did on our behalf, and the question just comes out, “What do you want from me in return?” While our salvation is not based on our good works (Ephesians 2:8-9), God does have […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…

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Feb14

Reflecting on Valentine’s Day

by Scott Chafee on February 14th, 2011 at 1:39 pm
Posted In: Men of Steel, Relationships

Today is Valentine’s Day. A young lady asked me at church yesterday if Valentine’s Day is for girls or for guys. I said I thought that it was for girls because they need to hear how much they are loved by the ones who love them. Men are rocks and don’t need to be on […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…

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