by Eric Spivey | Dec 15, 2019 | Advent 2019
Passage Intro Knowing some of Israel’s history is incredibly helpful when reading this psalm. Give it a read and you’ll know right off that it was written after David became king of Israel. The author asks the Lord to remember his promises to David and touches...
by Eric Spivey | Dec 8, 2019 | Advent 2019
Passage Intro In this psalm Israel in the midst of some difficult time and the psalmist looks back to another time when Israel was in distress and God visited them with his kindness. At that point God “restored the fortunes” of Israel, either when a crop came...
by Eric Spivey | Dec 1, 2019 | Advent 2019
Passage Intro For the four Sundays of Advent this year we’ll be looking at four special psalms called Songs of Ascents. In the Jewish calendar there were three religious holidays that necessitated traveling to Jerusalem, and the Songs of Ascents are psalms that...
by Eric Spivey | Nov 24, 2019 | Kingdom of Love
Passage Intro The book of John has a masterful structure to it. It falls into four big sections: the Prologue (1:1-18), the Book of Signs (1:18-12:90), the Book of Glory (13:1-20:31), and the Epilogue (John 21:1-25). Thus far in 2019 we’ve looked primarily at the...
by Eric Spivey | Nov 20, 2019 | Kids
This post is part of a series from our Kids in CG workshop, which was all about helping families thrive in community group. You can find other posts and audio from that workshop by clicking here. Part 1: How to welcome families In part 1 I give an overview of how to...
