Here’s the first presentation from the CCBCi Saturday Seminar on Jan 7, 2012. The presentation and note files work together, so it might be best to print out the pdf and then go through the presentation with notes in hand. There are a number of long quotations there that seemed inconvenient to put into a PowerPoint.
Paul doesn’t seem to tire of certain subjects. We probably shouldn’t tire of them either. How Christians should behave is one of them. The plain facts of the gospel are another. He covers both of these again in this last chapter to Titus who is serving on the island of Crete.
Peter Gabriel captured the sentiments of our time back in the year 2000 in the song Downside Up:
I looked up at the tallest building
Felt it falling down
I could feel my balance shifting
Everything was moving around
These streets so fixed and solid
A shimmering haze
And everything that I relied on disappeared
(Refrain) Downside up, upside down
Take my weight from the ground
Falling deep in the sky
Slipping into the unknown
All the strangers look like family
All the family looks so strange
The only constant I am sure of
Is this accelerating rate of change
By contrast, in this chapter Paul challenges us to stay focused on Jesus. God brings stability, direction and meaning to the intentionally Christ-focused life.
For Christmas 2011: Gabriel’s Seven Assertions about Jesus
This is the story of Christmas with a focus on Gabriel’s announcement to Mary.
Central Reflections 