Newsletter of RezChat, a RezWest Bible study group open to all souls curious about the Bible. We ask the tough questions. And we'd like answers. of The United Methodist Church of the Resurrection in Olathe, Kansas, United States for Friday, 26 December 2014

Newsletter of RezChat, a RezWest Bible study group open to all souls curious about the Bible. We ask the tough questions. And we'd like answers.

CONTENTS Sunday's session: Terry Bahadur Sunday's chewables and cafe 12.28: Bette and Gary Tranbarger RezChat calendar Last RezChat newsletter of 2014 Time to break out that great Hermann, Missouri wine. Norton, right Jim? Sunday's session: I want lots of stuff, please Sunday 12.28. Terry Bahadur. I want lots of stuff, which the Bible promises. A biblical look at the kind of Abundant Life God wants for us. Bible passages: Job 36:10-12; Malachi 3:10; Matthew 6:19-21, 24; 1 Timothy 6:10 Next year: CHRISTIANS IN THE FRYING PAN 1.4. Jim Buffington. Rx for a happy family 1.11. Open. Suffer now, party later 1.18. Robert Ladd. How to grow a Christian 1.25. Terry Bahadur. How to spot a fraud Christian. Job 36:5-15 “It’s true that God is all-powerful,     but he doesn’t bully innocent people. For the wicked, though, it’s a different story—     he doesn’t give them the time of day,     but champions the rights of their victims. He never takes his eyes off the righteous;     he honors them lavishly, promotes them endlessly. When things go badly,     when affliction and suffering descend, God tells them where they’ve gone wrong,     shows them how their pride has caused their trouble. He forces them to heed his warning,     tells them they must repent of their bad life. If they obey and serve him,     they’ll have a good, long life on easy street. But if they disobey, they’ll be cut down in their prime     and never know the first thing about life. Angry people without God pile grievance upon grievance,     always blaming others for their troubles. Living it up in sexual excesses,     virility wasted, they die young. But those who learn from their suffering,     God delivers from their suffering. Malachi 3:8-11 “Begin by being honest. Do honest people rob God? But you rob me day after day. “You ask, ‘How have we robbed you?’ “The tithe and the offering—that’s how! And now you’re under a curse—the whole lot of you—because you’re robbing me. Bring your full tithe to the Temple treasury so there will be ample provisions in my Temple. Test me in this and see if I don’t open up heaven itself to you and pour out blessings beyond your wildest dreams. For my part, I will defend you against marauders, protect your wheat fields and vegetable gardens against plunderers.” The Message of God-of-the-Angel-Armies. Matthew 6: A Life of God-Worship 19-21 “Don’t hoard treasure down here where it gets eaten by moths and corroded by rust or—worse!—stolen by burglars. Stockpile treasure in heaven, where it’s safe from moth and rust and burglars. It’s obvious, isn’t it? The place where your treasure is, is the place you will most want to be, and end up being. 6:24 “You can’t worship two gods at once. Loving one god, you’ll end up hating the other. Adoration of one feeds contempt for the other. You can’t worship God and Money both. 1 Timothy 6:9-10 But if it’s only money these leaders are after, they’ll self-destruct in no time. Lust for money brings trouble and nothing but trouble. Going down that path, some lose their footing in the faith completely and live to regret it bitterly ever after. REZCHAT CALENDAR Second Sunday Social: January 11, 2015

I'd say more, but Linda's working and I'm in charge of 3 dogs...one of whom remembers sitting on my lap as a pup, and can't seem to understand why she don't fit anymore. Steve

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