Today we embark on a series called’ “What Unique About Matthew’s Gospel?” This series will take us through Easter 2017. It will be a great series for helping us all understand more about who Jesus is and what he came to accomplish.Pastor Chadd recommends a Bible study by Peter Bolt and Paul Barnett for personal or small group use. It is called: ‘Matthew: A Great Light Dawns’ (2014: Aquila Press). It is available in Koorong or can be ordered from CEP. Discipleship is our strategic focus for 2017 Matthew’s gospel contains Jesus’ Great Commission’ to make disciples of all people. At our most......
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Old Testament Wisdom Books Overview Many people would be aware that the Bible is divided into two major sections: The Old Testament and The New Testament. However, fewer would be aware that the Bible also contains further sub-divisions. The New Testament can be subdivided into at least four sections: The Gospels; Acts; The Apostolic Letters and Revelation. The Old Testament can also be subdivided into at least four smaller units including: The Five Books of Moses; The Historical Books; The Writings/Wisdom Literature and The Prophets. There are more subdivisions we could explore as......
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John study sevenJohn study six This Bible study series is called, ‘John’s Water Gospel’ because of John’s frequent use of water symbolism, (such as baptism, water being turned into wine, water that heals and gives eternal life, the washing of feet, and water flowing from Jesus’ pierced side). John concludes his gospel by saying that he recorded these things ‘so that you may believe that Jesus is the Messiah, the Son of God, and that by believing you may have life in his name.’ (John 20:31) Therefore, what can John’s frequent use of......
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SALT This Winter we will have a new and exciting set of seminars called SALT, that will run for 4 Wednesday nights in August instead of our usual small group meetings. SALT sessions will be a Q&A panel discussion format where different topics related to Christ and popular culture will be examined and you will be able to ask questions of the panel. Aug 6: Talking about world news Aug 13: Talking about TV and movies Aug 20: Talking about local news Aug 27: Talking about asylum seekers Coming this August; Wednesday nights at......
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Acts Starting this week, CroydonPark@10 will start a exciting new sermon series on the Book of Acts! In Luke’s introduction, he states, In my former book, Theophilus, I wrote about all that Jesus began to do and to teach until the day he was taken up to heaven” (Acts 1:1 – 2). Acts picks up during the forty-day period between Christ’s resurrection and ascension into heaven. Luke tells us that during this time Jesus continued to teach his disciples about the kingdom of God, the coming of the Holy Spirit, and the necessity to spread......
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