Faithelement Conversations Faithelement
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- Religião e espiritualidades
A lively conversation around a selected lectionary Bible passage that is connected to the Faithelement Bible study for the week. Features Nikki Hardeman, David Cassady, Bert Montgomery, Daniel Glaze and Crystal Shepherd, plus periodic guests. Together, we discuss themes, current events, personal stories and anecdotes that arise from the text.
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16.19 Real Ministry
Real Ministry
For the session to be discussed on May 12, 2024
Acts 1:15-26
David Cassady
Nikki Hardeman
Crystal Shepherd
Daniel Glaze
We discuss what it means to do “ministry.” Whether we are pastors, counselors, homemakers, physicians, bankers, teachers, retirees, financial planners, nurses, librarians, volunteers, administrative assistants, graphic designers, teenagers, or students… we are ministers!
Daniel Glaze says, “Real ministry happens in the living out of this wild and wonderful life to which we have each been called.”
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16.18 Come to the Waters
For the session to be discussed on May 5, 2024
Acts 10:44-48
David Cassady
Nikki Hardeman
Crystal Shepherd
Daniel Glaze
We continue our journey through the book of Acts, this time discussing Acts 10, where Peter orders the baptism of Gentiles, previously excluded from the waters. How does the movement of the Spirit lead us to respond? In what ways do we try to contain the Spirit?
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16.17 A Gospel of Grace
For the session to be discussed on April 28, 2024
Acts 8:26-40
David Cassady
Nikki Hardeman
Crystal Shepherd
Daniel Glaze
In today’s story, Philip is driven by the Spirit of God to go south from Jerusalem to Gaza. Along the path, he comes across, and I’m quoting verse 27, an Ethiopian eunuch, a court official of the Candace, queen of the Ethiopians in charge of her entire treasury. This unnamed Ethiopian eunuch, whom many would consider a sexual minority, became the first Christian in Africa. And he is the patron saint of Ethiopia. All because Philip threw caution to the wind and crossed the boundaries others had placed in the way.
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16.16 Peter’s Powerful Proclamation
For the session to be discussed on April 21, 2024
Acts 4:1-12
David Cassady
Daniel Glaze
Nikki Hardeman
David Adams
After the healing of a man in desperate need, John and Peter are hauled before the Sanhedrin to defend themselves. Daniel Glaze comments, “So much of the Book of Acts is about the Spirit of God that cannot be contained. An early Christian movement that is so filled by the power of God and unconstrained by human boundaries. A church so full of love, yet tired of rules and regulations about who’s in and who’s out. Peter’s response to his Inquisitors is yet another sermon.”
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16.15 The Story in Us
For the session to be discussed on April 14, 2024
Acts 3:12-19
David Cassady
Daniel Glaze
Nikki Hardeman
David Adams
Crystal Shepherd
In the opening of Acts 3, we find Peter and John heading to afternoon prayer. Fresh off of Pentecost and the influx of the Holy Spirit, Peter encounters a lame man begging for alms – who is healed. The healing was proof that Jesus was still a living presence in his followers and could transform the world. We discuss what it means to encounter miracle in our lives.
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16.14 Sharing the Hope
For the session to be discussed on April 7, 2024
Acts 4:32-35
David Cassady
Daniel Glaze
Nikki Hardeman
Crystal Shepherd
In the light of Jesus death and resurrection, with the hope we now have, how shall we now live? With the hope of resurrection, should we live a different life? What does it look like to live as a people of hope? Does the world need a church today that looks more like the Christian fellowship that is described in Acts?
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