Weekend Connection

10/11/2019

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Weekend time with the Lord ...

Lesson 4: LOST DONKEYS AND A FLASK OF OIL
Complete the last half of the lesson including word studies, cross-references, and journaling Scripture (Ephesians 1:13-14 and Psalm 139:7-12)

Life of David class follow-up and resources ...

SAUL: A HISTORICAL BACKDROP
A Jewish perspective on the factors that influenced the Israelite shift from the Era of the Judges to the Era of the Kings, and the events that led to crowning King Saul as Israel’s first monarch in 879 BCE. This video was produced for Lesson 2 of Strength and Struggle, a course by the Rohr Jewish Learning Institute.

THE HOUSE OF SAUL
This is a great chart showing Saul's lineage.

MAP: THE KINGDOM OF SAUL AND HIS WARS

KING SAUL VIDEO
This is a short clip of a history channel movie. It's graphic so be forewarned.

Weekend Scripture memorization ...

Weekend food-for-thought ...

A BEGINNER'S LOOK AT THE BLACK HEBREW ISRAELITE MOVEMENT
Our own gracious and articulate Tramaine!!

THE LORD BLESS THEE: REMEMBERING PASTOR CHUCK
"In 1980, my dad heard someone sing the Aaronic blessing ..."
If you're like me, you may want to have a box of tissues handy. This one was moving.

And this is a video of the first time Pastor Chuck introduced this song to Calvary Chapel Costa Mesa about 1979. This is Calvary Chapel gold here, haha!

(For years, I had a soundclip of this as a ringtone every time Peter called me! I miss that ringtone.)

THE SECRET OF CONTENTMENT
God doesn’t want his secret to contentment to be a secret. He wrote it plainly in a book. In this lab, Pastor John Piper uncovers it for us. This is fascinating to actually watch how Pastor John works through a text.

JUST PUT YOUR PHONE AWAY
Five interesting reasons why maybe our phones should be put away while at church.