Weekend Connection

Weekend time with the Lord ...

Calvary Women: Lesson 6 Student Pages
​1 Samuel 16: Shepherd Boy

See the area around Bethlehem where David would have grown up, was a shepherd, and wrote many of the Psalms we have in Scripture.

Weekend beauty ...

Weekend food for thought ...

Ten Things You Should Know About Demons and Satan
​Outlines 10 things you should know about the spirit realm. This is helpful and ultimately encouraging, as believers!

Are You A Moral Grandstander?
New research suggests that moral grandstanding may be a major source of conflict in the world today. Interesting to consider from a Christian perspective, as well.

Why Your Youth Group Needs Generational Integration
From Segregated to Integrated We see in Scripture two realities that should shape our approach to youth ministry. One is that when God’s people gather to worship, all the generations tend to be included. The other is that faith being passed from one generation to the next is the Lord’s intention. The family is the primary place for this, but the assembly of believers is also part of the process. Through these we know that younger generations grow up understanding what it means to be in God’s covenant community. If a church decides to take seriously the patterns and instructions seen in God’s Word, then the task is to move from segregated or associated into a more integrated model of youth ministry. The process for doing this includes educating, including, and raising expectations.

As Innocent As A Snake
This emphasis on the protection of innocence and the danger of knowledge is crucial in at least two areas: theology and morality. In both areas we can be tempted to gain knowledge that, in the end, serves only to harm us. In both areas I’ve witnessed devastation.

Your Listening Habits [May Be] Harming Your Relationship With God
Sadly, the more outlets we have for immediate expression, the more voiceless our society has become. The habits that we have made and shaped for ourselves perpetuate this lack of communication, and this is especially true when it comes to hearing God. It becomes easier and easier to not even try.

Why I Still Believe
As a former atheist from the Pacific Northwest, Mary Jo Sharp thought religion was for the weak-minded. But she was transformed by encountering Jesus in the New Testament. In this episode, Sean and Scott interview MJ about her latest book Why I Still Believe. She shares her journey to faith, including some difficult experience she had adapting to church culture. Professor Sharp offers some powerful wisdom for engaging non-believers today. [Show notes, including a full transcript, are available at www.biola.edu/thinkbiblically]

I laughed right out loud at this one. I think Frank nails it but you will have to form your own thoughts.

Weekend kitchen adventures ...

This might have to do with the fact that we are hooked on Nothing Bundt Cakes up on Springboro Pike (left, if you're heading south on Springboro Pike) ... but this recipe looks lovely.

Caramel Apple Bundt Cake

Weekend worship ...

This is beautiful new worship. We'll be singing this a week from this Sunday, so it might be good to get a head start on learning now!

Weekend Scripture Memorization ...

Weekend Reading

These are some interesting note-worthy works worth your personal consideration. However, their inclusion here is not an endorsement of all ideas contained herein.

In the Bible, God gives guidance and offers the true solution to our anxieties and fears. Overcoming Fear, Worry, and Anxiety accesses this information to help women--

• Identify the source of fear, worry, and anxiety
• Transform fearful thoughts into peaceful confidence
• Discover specific strategies for overcoming anxiety

Women will find comfort and encouragement through real-life examples of how others, including Elyse, cast their cares upon God and experience His strength and love.

Combining biblical foundations with real-world application, a pastor and professional songwriter guides worship leaders and pastors to root their corporate worship in unchanging scriptural principles rather than divisive trends.

Nothing is more essential than knowing how to worship the God who created us. This book focuses readers on the essentials of God-honoring worship, combining biblical foundations with practical application in a way that works in the real world. The author, a pastor and noted songwriter, skillfully instructs pastors, musicians, and church leaders so that they can root their congregational worship in unchanging scriptural principles, not divisive cultural trends.

​Bob Kauflin covers a variety of topics such as the devastating effects of worshiping the wrong things, how to base our worship on God's self-revelation rather than our assumptions, the fuel of worship, the community of worship, and the ways that eternity's worship should affect our earthly worship.
Appropriate for Christians from varied backgrounds and for various denominations, this book will bring a vital perspective to what readers think they understand about praising God.

“Lord, Whatever It Takes, Make Me Like You!”

You long to serve God with grace and strength, to reflect Christ in every word and action. Yet you find yourself continually struggling to bring that vision to life in your daily walk.

At our very core, every one of us is a “twisted sister” within whom the flesh and spirit battle constantly for control. We are afflicted with spiritual schizophrenia, the disconnect between our “good girl” desire to put Jesus first and our “bad girl” realities that crowd our thoughts and push him out of the way.

In this life-changing book, Joanna Weaver, author of the perennial bestseller, Having a Mary Heart in a Martha World, directs your gaze past your own shortcomings to the God who stands ready, willing, and able to make a new woman out of you. She equips you with biblical insights and practical tools to partner with Christ, inviting him into the hidden places of your soul and giving him full permission to redeem and renovate.

Drawing on the stories of biblical Marys and others whose experience with God transformed their lives, Joanna shows how you can find the hope, healing, wholeness, and joy your heart longs for. Having a Mary Spirit will launch you toward lasting personal transformation–soul-deep change that results in a complete makeover, from the inside out.

If you had to explain to a friend what the Bible says about suffering, what would you say?

Paul Grimmond writes: "As I began to write this book, I thought I knew pretty much what I was going to say. But the more I read the Bible, trying to find the right passages to make the points I thought I needed to make, the more uneasy I felt."

Come with Paul and discover the surprises he uncovers as he asks some of the most basic questions of the Christian life: Why do we suffer? And what does it mean to suffer—and even die—well?

"Every believer in Jesus Christ deserves the opportunity of personal nurture and development." says LeRoy Eims. But all too often the opportunity isn't there. We neglect the young Christian in our whirl of programs, church services, and fellowship groups. And we neglect to raise up workers and leaders who can disciple young believers into mature and fruitful Christians. In simple, practical, and biblical terms, LeRoy Eims revives the lost art of disciple making. He explains: - How the early church discipled new Christians - How to meet the basic needs of a growing Christian - How to spot and train potential workers - How to develop mature, godly leaders "True growth takes time and tears and love and patience," Eims states. There is no instant maturity. This book examines the growth process in the life of a Christian and considers what nurture and guidance it takes to develop spiritually qualified workers in the church.