Women’s Book Club February 22, 11:45am The Question That Never Goes Away: Why? by Philip Yancey You are invited to our next Women’s book club gathering. The Ladies of Holy Trinity are reading Yancy’s book The Question that Never Goes Away. In his new book, Philip Yancey returns to the question, ‘what is God up …
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Readings: Colossians 2:6-15; Matthew 9:2-8 Paul writes to the church at Colossae, concerned that they may be distracted or pulled away from the central truths of the gospel by the variety of cultural influences in that city. He takes significant pains to remind this dear church of who Jesus is. Then, he encourages them to …
Our word Eucharist, sometimes called the Lord’s Supper or Communion, comes from a Greek New Testament word meaning thanksgiving or giving thanks. The thanks involved here is twofold: Christ gave thanks at the meal which instituted the Eucharist, and the church throughout the ages has practiced the Eucharist as the supreme act of Christian thanksgiving …
Readings: Colossians 1: 15 – 23; John 5:2-18 We turn our attention to Colossians 1:15-23 which has scholars debating whether or not it’s an ancient church hymn, a piece of poetry, or a spontaneous interjection of praise. Whatever its literary structure is, these verses contain some of the most exalted images and depiction of the …