Jun 18, 2016
Hamartia … this is the original Greek word for “sin.” Last week we started discussing what this word really meant back in ancient times. We saw this didn’t mean “breaking rules” but simply a mistake by which a person would tragically miss their purpose. This was used by Aristotle in many of his stories. Of...
May 27, 2016
One of my biggest pet-peeves in the modern church is how we pick up a language that we don’t understand. We use funny words that we never used before … words like sin, faith, prayer, holiness … and we really don’t understand them at all. If you are like me, we are never really told […]
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May 6, 2016
And now the ending … We have covered many interesting issues in our study on The Shack. In this episode, we conclude our study by going through (quickly) through the last 5 chapters of the book. How will the story end? How will Mack now approach his life after this amazing encounter with the Holy […]
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Apr 21, 2016
A Meeting of Hearts … Mack and Papa talked about his reunion with Missy through the waterfall and suddenly Mack thought of Missy’s favorite legend of the Indian princess whose death over the waterfall saved her people – was it for him that Missy had to die? Papa said that his ability to work good […]
Apr 8, 2016
In the Belly of the Beasts … As Jesus and Mack head back across the water, Mack confides that he has always been troubled by the idea of Missy all alone with her abductor. Jesus explains that she wasn’t alone; he was with her the whole time and that as they talked she gained great […]
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