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David receives God's Promise (2 Samuel 7:1-17)

15/7/2018

David is now king, the land is secure, God's promises to David and Abraham seem to have been fulfilled. Now, David has another idea. Why not build a house for God. Initially, this sounds like a great vision. But God has other ideas!

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David receives God's Promise (2 Samuel 7:1-17) - Paul Worledge
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David shows Mercy (1 Samuel 24)

8/7/2018

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How would you treat those who make your life hell? In this story, David has an opportunity to kill Saul, the king who has driven David away from his friends, wife and career.

David, however, acts in a surprising way. He then explains his actions in a way that reveals how David sees things with a godly vision.

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David shows Mercy (1 Samuel 24, Growth Team Sheet)
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David Shows Mercy (1 Samuel 24) - Paul Worledge
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David in Danger (1 Samuel 18-19)

1/7/2018

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David has been anointed by Samuel and has defeated by Goliath. He is becoming very popular as again and again he wins victories over Israel's enemies the Philistines.

But, the king, Saul, is jealous and soon wants David dead.

Why is David so successful? What's gone wrong with Saul?

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David in Danger (1 Samuel 18-19, Growth Team Sheet)
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David in Danger (1 Samuel 18-19) - Robin Plant
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David and Goliath (1 Samuel 17)

24/6/2018

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David and Goliath is one of the best known stories in the Bible. It is often used as a symbol of a small force winning out over a more powerful and mighty force. The plucky underdog winning the day.

Yet the story has much deeper lessons about faith and insight, which are even more important for us to grasp today.

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David and Goliath (1 Samuel 17 - Growth Team Sheet)
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David is Chosen (1 Samuel 16:1-13)

17/6/2018

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This story introduces David to us for the first time. Yet, the focus is on Samuel. By this time he is an old prophet who as a child saw the failure of the High Priest, Eli, and his family and now as an old man the rejection by God of King Saul, the first king of Israel, whom Samuel had anointed.

Now God has one final mission for Samuel, to anoint a new king. It is a dangerous mission, but as ever Samuel is faithful and obedient. Yet, he still has lessons to learn. He needs to know that God judges our heart attitudes, not our outward appearance.

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David is Chosen (1 Samuel 16:1-13, Growth Team Sheet)
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Righteousness through faith (Romans 3:21-31)

10/6/2018

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Luther said that this passage is:
"…the chief point and the very central place of the Epistle and the whole Bible."

After spending the first few chapters explain that God's wrath is being revealed (1:18) on everyone because no one will be declared righteous by the works of the law (3:20), Paul says, 'but now...'.

In other words having explained the bad news, this is the heart of the good news that Romans is all about. There is a way of gaining righteousness, but it is from God not us!

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Righteousness through faith (Romasn 3:21-31, Growth Team Sheet)
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Righteousness through faith (Romans 3:21-31) - Gordon Warren
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Righteousness through faith (Romans 3:21-31, Going Deeper) - Paul Worledge
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God's Words and Sinful People (Romans 3:1-20)

3/6/2018

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Is the church a club for the righteous or a hospital for sinners?

Many people today associate the church with being judgemental and hypocritical. Yet, the Bible makes clear that we are not better than others, but fellow sinners who have found God's wonderful gift of salvation in Jesus Christ.

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Religious Identity doesn't Save (Romans 2:17-29)

20/5/2018

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Many people in the UK still describe themselves as Christians. Many others still bring their children for baptism. Others think highly of the Christian values that underlie the values of our country.

Do any of these attitudes or actions ensure people's salvation? Paul's challenge in these verses is to Jews who similarly relied on religious identity. He is keen to show them that such attitudes and actions are not enough to save. Only real faith in God's good news brings salvation.

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Religious Identity doesn't Save (Romans 2:17-29), Growth Team Sheet
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The Good News and Bad News about Judgement (Rom. 2:1-16)

13/5/2018

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Paul has just outlined the roots of sin and listed a number of different sinful behaviours in Romans 1. Some would probably be feeling quite smug at this point, thinking, 'I can see how this describes other people!"

Now, though, Paul turns on such people: "...at whatever point you judge another, you are condemning yourself, because... you do the same things." Christianity is not about feeling self-righteous or superior to others, it is about realising we are all sinners and that our only hope is to believe the good news.

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The Good News and Bad News about Judgement (Rom. 2:1-16, Growth Team Sheet)
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The Good and Bad News about Judgement (Romans 2:1-16) - Robin Plant
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Samuel, the Judge (1 Samuel 7:2-17)

6/5/2018

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What do you do when God seems to let you down big time? That is the situation Israel found themselves in in 1 Samuel 4 after a cataclysmic defeat by the Philistines.

In this chapter, however, Samuel calls on Israel for wholehearted commitment if they really want God to help them.

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Samuel, the Judge (1 Samuel 7:2-17, Growth Team Sheet)
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Samuel, the Judge (1 Sam. 7.2-17) - Paul Worledge
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David receives God's Promise (2 Samuel 7:1-17)

David shows Mercy (1 Samuel 24)

David in Danger (1 Samuel 18-19)

David and Goliath (1 Samuel 17)

David is Chosen (1 Samuel 16:1-13)

Righteousness through faith (Romans 3:21-31)

God's Words and Sinful People (Romans 3:1-20)

Religious Identity doesn't Save (Romans 2:17-29)

The Good News and Bad News about Judgement (Rom. 2:1-16)

Samuel, the Judge (1 Samuel 7:2-17)

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