Soma Bible Church http://somabible.org a site about the church and the glory of God Mon, 05 Apr 2010 21:00:41 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 Story of God http://somabible.org/story-of-god/ http://somabible.org/story-of-god/#comments Mon, 05 Apr 2010 20:39:10 +0000 Jself http://somabible.org/?p=511 For thousands of years, stories and oral traditions were the key means for Jewish and Christian people to learn about and experience God. One of the ways that Soma Bible Church teaches and engages the Word is by telling the biblical narrative in the form of a story. Storying, is the modern name for this ancient Hebrew process.

We interact with these stories as a way to understand, experience and connect with God through his Word in community.  The result is a theological foundation of God’s (redemptive) purposes as revealed in scripture.

We will go through the Story chronologically. These stories make up what we call the Overarching Story or “Redemptive Arc”. The line of questions we ask are designed to help us see the pattern of God’s redemptive work from the beginning of the Story to the end. It is not meant to teach us everything that we could possibly see in the story…that’s for another day.

Story of God Itinerary
Story of God Weekend Details

]]> http://somabible.org/story-of-god/feed/ 0 Humility – a major mark of Christian Piety http://somabible.org/humility-a-major-mark-of-christian-piety/ http://somabible.org/humility-a-major-mark-of-christian-piety/#comments Sun, 01 Nov 2009 15:38:49 +0000 Jself http://somabible.org/?p=429 piety2A thick understanding of godliness (piety) and how it is inseparable from righteousness will guard us from missing the gospel and crystallize our understanding of “how to glorify God.”

The Advent of Humility – Tim Keller

Calvin on Piety - Joel Beeke

]]> http://somabible.org/humility-a-major-mark-of-christian-piety/feed/ 0 Mission of God – Christopher J.H. Wright http://somabible.org/mission-of-god-christopher-j-h-wright/ http://somabible.org/mission-of-god-christopher-j-h-wright/#comments Tue, 27 Oct 2009 19:06:28 +0000 Jself http://somabible.org/?p=397 0830825711mBeginning with the Old Testament and the groundwork it lays for understanding who God is, what he has called his people to be and do, and how the nations fit into God’s mission, Christopher J.H. Wright gives us a new interpretative perspective of the Scriptures. He emphasizes throughout this book that God’s holistic mission is the proper shape of Christian missions. God’s mission is to reclaim the world—and that includes the created order—and God’s people have a designated role

Christopher Wright is the international director of Langham Partnership, which is known in the U.S. as John Stott Ministries.

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Timothy Keller is Senior Pastor of Redeemer Presbyterian Church in New York City.

http://www.theprodigalgod.com/

]]> http://somabible.org/prodigal-god-tim-keller/feed/ 0 Counterfeit Gods – Tim Keller http://somabible.org/364/ http://somabible.org/364/#comments Tue, 27 Oct 2009 18:16:35 +0000 Jself http://somabible.org/?p=364 counterfeit godsTaking his trademark intellectual approach to understanding Christianity, Keller uncovers the essential message of Jesus, locked inside his most familiar parable. Within that parable, Jesus reveals God’s prodigal grace toward both the irreligious and the moralistic. This book will challenge both the devout and the skeptics to see Christianity in a whole new way.

Timothy Keller is Senior Pastor of Redeemer Presbyterian Church in New York City.

http://www.counterfeitgods.com/

]]> http://somabible.org/364/feed/ 0 Resources http://somabible.org/resources/ http://somabible.org/resources/#comments Thu, 15 Oct 2009 18:27:08 +0000 Aself http://somabible.org/?p=279
What is Wholistic Ministry?

Scott D. Allen Copyright © 2005 Disciple Nations Alliance, Inc. Download .pdf

Will We Regain the Vision of Our Forefathers in the Faith?

Ralph Winter Download .pdf

The Pauline Conception of Reconciliation

Geerhardus Vos Download .pdf

Righteousness in Proverbs

Bruce Waltke Download .pdf

Idols of the Heart and “Vanity Fair”

David Powlison Download .pdf

Charting a Faithful Path Amidst Postmodern Winds

Michael W. Goheen Download .pdf

The Surrender and Recovery of the Unbearable Tension

Michael W. Goheen Download .pdf

Creation Regained (Lecture)

Al Wolters Download .pdf ]]> http://somabible.org/resources/feed/ 0 toMUSE http://somabible.org/tomuse/ http://somabible.org/tomuse/#comments Thu, 15 Oct 2009 17:38:13 +0000 Jself http://somabible.org/?p=263

muse (myz)

–verb (used without object)

1. to think or meditate in silence, as on some subject.
2. Archaic. to gaze meditatively or wonderingly.
–verb (used with object)

3. to meditate on.
4. to comment thoughtfully or ruminate upon.
Origin:
1300–50; ME musen to mutter, gaze meditatively on, be astonished < MF muser, perh. ult. deriv. of ML mūsum muzzle
]]> http://somabible.org/tomuse/feed/ 0 Monotheism, gnats & camels http://somabible.org/monotheism-gnats-camels/ http://somabible.org/monotheism-gnats-camels/#comments Thu, 15 Oct 2009 17:36:22 +0000 Jself http://somabible.org/?p=264 gnat-camel

Sometimes we complicate life by making a big deal out of small things while not making a big deal out of things that have great significance.  That is what Jesus accused the Pharisees of in Matthew 23.  He pronounces “Woe” upon them and says stuff like “you guys strain out gnats to swallow camels.”  In other words you miss the simplicity of the big picture and you focus on the little complicated things of life.  The result is that your life is in a complicated, twisted mess… and you think you are OK.


Profound simplicity.
If we don’t understand the simple yet profound truth of Christian monotheism we are in danger of a life plagued with camel swallowing.  We will strain out gnats (worry about behavior rather than heart) and miss the foundational truth that God is “the One True God.”  The fact that He is Lord will be proclaimed in word but will be contradicted in deed.
It will look like stagnant lives devoid of desperate, prayer soaked Jesus clinging.  A sad lack of reliance on (or even thought of) the Holy Spirit.  A gospel that is complicated, cluttered and shallow that sounds and feels powerless.

At the core of our Christian faith is the monotheistic realization that the Creator God of the universe has a redemptive claim over every area of our lives. A thick understanding of this truth:

  • Informs our concept of salvation and discipleship
  • Protects us from a compartmentalized life of sacred and secular areas
  • Directs our worship toward God rather than idols and over desires.

4 “Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God, the Lord is one. [2] 5 You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your might. 6 And these words that I command you today shall be on your heart. 7 You shall teach them diligently to your children, and shall talk of them when you sit in your house, and when you walk by the way, and when you lie down, and when you rise. 8 You shall bind them as a sign on your hand, and they shall be as frontlets between your eyes. 9 You shall write them on the doorposts of your house and on your gates.

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