All our responses to these questions might be similar, but don't just copy and paste. Actually look up the verses and think about them. These posts are to help keep us connected, as well as reading and discussing God's Word.
Read Acts 17:22-34.
God has made every nation from one man, Adam, for what purpose? (vs.27)?
What does verse 29 tell us what we are NOT to think about God?
What does God command all people everywhere in verse 30?
Looking forward to seeing your responses!
Brynn
Monday, 26 September 2011
Wednesday, 21 September 2011
How do we know God Exists? Discussion pt. 1
Hi Girls! It's Brynn putting up the first questions for our new study at BLAST. I probably won't be able to be with you consistently on Sunday nights, but I'm praying for you all and will hopefully be able to be a part of some BLAST happenings.
The study on Sunday nights is So What: Knowing the God who is. The plan is that there will be questions and discussion on the blog throughout the week. The first session deals with the question "How do we know God exists?" This question is part of the catechism and the answer is "God exists and reveals his invisible attributes--his eternal power and divine nature--in creation."
Creation is not the only way we know God exists. God's Word and the Holy Spirit also reveal his existence.
Open your Bible to Psalm 19:1-3.
What in these verses declares the glory of God and what proclaims his handiwork?
Turn and read Romans 1:18-20. How does Psalm 19:1-3 compare to Romans 1:18-20?
Thursday, 16 June 2011
Thursday, 19 May 2011
Hoodies!
OK I've been rubbish....I think I should make Rachel chief blogger!
Anyways check this out and vote on what colour hoodie you want:
http://www.embroideryni.info/catalogue.html
Click hoodies, then click heavyweight, then click on the Gildan GD054 one- I think that type has the most colour options.
Also this Sunday I don't think there will be blast because of the big joint concert thing at the Baptists. I would but it seemed like last time it was really late before we got out of there.
How bout a end-of-year blast outing in June- any suggestions? Lets do something amazing!
Anyways check this out and vote on what colour hoodie you want:
http://www.embroideryni.info/catalogue.html
Click hoodies, then click heavyweight, then click on the Gildan GD054 one- I think that type has the most colour options.
Also this Sunday I don't think there will be blast because of the big joint concert thing at the Baptists. I would but it seemed like last time it was really late before we got out of there.
How bout a end-of-year blast outing in June- any suggestions? Lets do something amazing!
Wednesday, 27 April 2011
SATURDAY NIGHT
OK! just you have time to invite all your friends. 7-9pm the first ever Basement event! Should be good- 1st hour a little bit organised, 2nd hour: free time/hang-out, (wii, table-tennis-air-hockey all that sort of stuff)
Heres a question for you though- in general, you want a tuck shop type thing there? or are you not really bothered...or to put it another way, if there were drinks/sweets/chocolate etc would you buy them?
Anyways- see you there-no excuses! :)
Dave ,
Heres a question for you though- in general, you want a tuck shop type thing there? or are you not really bothered...or to put it another way, if there were drinks/sweets/chocolate etc would you buy them?
Anyways- see you there-no excuses! :)
Dave ,
Tuesday, 12 April 2011
Help this Sunday
Hey guys,
First there was Dave in a big box, then there was Amazing Dave, next there is...you guys!
That's right, I'm writing to give you guys the exciting oppertunity to be part of the next family Sunday with Scott and me! It should be alot of fun and quite entertaining too :)
Any of you guys free to be part of it? we'd just need you to come by the church Saturday afternoon at 2:30 for a quick rehersal.
Basically Scott and i will be being idiots and you guys will be the smart ones who eventually tell us to knock it off. Let me know if you can do it- it'll be fun- honest!
Sorry its been so long since I've been on here by the way. With Charlotte on the scene and being constantly quite tired anything that isnt essential has been repeatedly put off....which is also why I don't have definite dates on the hoodies yet- sorry Rachel!
First there was Dave in a big box, then there was Amazing Dave, next there is...you guys!
That's right, I'm writing to give you guys the exciting oppertunity to be part of the next family Sunday with Scott and me! It should be alot of fun and quite entertaining too :)
Any of you guys free to be part of it? we'd just need you to come by the church Saturday afternoon at 2:30 for a quick rehersal.
Basically Scott and i will be being idiots and you guys will be the smart ones who eventually tell us to knock it off. Let me know if you can do it- it'll be fun- honest!
Sorry its been so long since I've been on here by the way. With Charlotte on the scene and being constantly quite tired anything that isnt essential has been repeatedly put off....which is also why I don't have definite dates on the hoodies yet- sorry Rachel!
Saturday, 19 March 2011
Leeanne and Olivia stink
That's right you 2- i deleted your jealous comments - stay off our blog-I hate to say it but you're just not sufficiently awesome- you don't belong here :D
You may look at Blast things, you may wish you were part of it, but that is all we can allow.
Thank you for attention to this matter.
You may look at Blast things, you may wish you were part of it, but that is all we can allow.
Thank you for attention to this matter.
Tuesday, 15 March 2011
Reading for March 27th (March 20th joining with Connect)
Hey guys sorry this is late- I got a bit distracted with the Edengrove U stuff that was tonight.
Anyhow- this one will be up for 2 weeks. This weekend Connect and BLAST will join up seeing our dumb baby is refusing to to come out, meaning that Brynn and I probably won't be there at the weekend. I'll throw baby pictures and news up on here as soon as I'm able:)
So so far in BLAST we've been thinking about God- who he is and how we relate to him. For the next couple of weeks we're going to turn to look at the Bible.
Our faith is based on the bible- its pretty much how we know what we know about God. Its not just a history book, we believe its the Word of God.
When you think about it- that's a pretty crazy statement. This book, or collections of books, written by a bunch of different people over hundreds of years....why do we get to claim that it is God's word?
So 2 questions for you to think about. The first is to answer that question- why do you believe its God's word. If you haven't thought about it in that way and maybe don't have answer- no worries- we'll sort that out March 27th :)
The second is one we've kind of talked about a bit in your comments last week. When it comes to reading your bible, for you, what does that look like- what's your routine? when? how often? how do you decide what bits ,to read? do you use notes that explain stuff? What does your quiet time look like? what do you do- just read, pray? Why do you do it- what do you feel you get out of it? Any cool stories you want to share?
I suppose I'm asking what your God time looks like. Now that is a personal question and don't feel you have to answer- and also this is not to try and make anyone feel guilty- when I was your age I would say I was a Chistian but I really didn't have any God time at all. So this isn't to try and guilt anyone into reading massive chunks of the bible every day- or create this weird thing where everyones pretending to be super-christians all the time- everyone has times when we're not where we'd like to be with God- my hope for us is that we will always always be totally honest with each other.
Mostly I just thought it would be interesting for all of us to hear and learn from each other how we approach the bible, and how we approach God
Commence blasting!
Anyhow- this one will be up for 2 weeks. This weekend Connect and BLAST will join up seeing our dumb baby is refusing to to come out, meaning that Brynn and I probably won't be there at the weekend. I'll throw baby pictures and news up on here as soon as I'm able:)
So so far in BLAST we've been thinking about God- who he is and how we relate to him. For the next couple of weeks we're going to turn to look at the Bible.
Our faith is based on the bible- its pretty much how we know what we know about God. Its not just a history book, we believe its the Word of God.
When you think about it- that's a pretty crazy statement. This book, or collections of books, written by a bunch of different people over hundreds of years....why do we get to claim that it is God's word?
So 2 questions for you to think about. The first is to answer that question- why do you believe its God's word. If you haven't thought about it in that way and maybe don't have answer- no worries- we'll sort that out March 27th :)
The second is one we've kind of talked about a bit in your comments last week. When it comes to reading your bible, for you, what does that look like- what's your routine? when? how often? how do you decide what bits ,to read? do you use notes that explain stuff? What does your quiet time look like? what do you do- just read, pray? Why do you do it- what do you feel you get out of it? Any cool stories you want to share?
I suppose I'm asking what your God time looks like. Now that is a personal question and don't feel you have to answer- and also this is not to try and make anyone feel guilty- when I was your age I would say I was a Chistian but I really didn't have any God time at all. So this isn't to try and guilt anyone into reading massive chunks of the bible every day- or create this weird thing where everyones pretending to be super-christians all the time- everyone has times when we're not where we'd like to be with God- my hope for us is that we will always always be totally honest with each other.
Mostly I just thought it would be interesting for all of us to hear and learn from each other how we approach the bible, and how we approach God
Commence blasting!
Tuesday, 8 March 2011
Video!
It's here!
OK, so have a look, check it out- and let me know if you're happy with it/have any suggestions.
You can find it at:
OK, so have a look, check it out- and let me know if you're happy with it/have any suggestions.
You can find it at:
Catch ya soon! :)
Dave
Monday, 7 March 2011
First Reading- for March 13
Hey guys,
The first few weeks of BLAST we looked at our mission statement, who God is, and the Trinity. As Brynn, Christy and I met to plan what we would talk about at BLAST, we decided we'd use the Westminster Shorter Catechism as a guide. The Catechism is a little book written to help teach people the basic doctrines (beliefs) of the Church. In the past, kids learned the catechism in Sunday School. Your grandparents and maybe parents learned the questions and answers.
So the very first question in the catechism is:
What is man's chief end?
And the answer:
Man's chief end is to glorify God and enjoy him forever
To put it another way, what's the number one reason why God made you?
1.Glorifying God- Showing how wonderful he is
2. Enjoying Him- enjoying how wonderful he is.
So if God created us to enjoy Him, its important to know how we can do that. You cannot fully enjoy a flower unless you stop and take a good look at it, and take a deep breath to see how wonderful it smells. You cannot fully enjoy an apple until you take a bite of it and find out how crisp and sweet it tastes. If you are going to enjoy God, you have to spend time finding out how wonderful he is.
Possible Questions you might want to respond to- or you might have something completely different to say!:
When you think about your life- where does this fit in, where and how do you glorify and enjoy god? Does it surprise you that this is the absolute number 1 reason God created you? Do you feel like you enjoy God? If I had just asked the question whats the number one reason God made you....what would your answer have been?
Ok so write a few sentences and post them as a comment by friday, and comment on as many other comments as you want :)
See you all soon!
The first few weeks of BLAST we looked at our mission statement, who God is, and the Trinity. As Brynn, Christy and I met to plan what we would talk about at BLAST, we decided we'd use the Westminster Shorter Catechism as a guide. The Catechism is a little book written to help teach people the basic doctrines (beliefs) of the Church. In the past, kids learned the catechism in Sunday School. Your grandparents and maybe parents learned the questions and answers.
So the very first question in the catechism is:
What is man's chief end?
And the answer:
Man's chief end is to glorify God and enjoy him forever
To put it another way, what's the number one reason why God made you?
1.Glorifying God- Showing how wonderful he is
2. Enjoying Him- enjoying how wonderful he is.
So if God created us to enjoy Him, its important to know how we can do that. You cannot fully enjoy a flower unless you stop and take a good look at it, and take a deep breath to see how wonderful it smells. You cannot fully enjoy an apple until you take a bite of it and find out how crisp and sweet it tastes. If you are going to enjoy God, you have to spend time finding out how wonderful he is.
Possible Questions you might want to respond to- or you might have something completely different to say!:
When you think about your life- where does this fit in, where and how do you glorify and enjoy god? Does it surprise you that this is the absolute number 1 reason God created you? Do you feel like you enjoy God? If I had just asked the question whats the number one reason God made you....what would your answer have been?
Ok so write a few sentences and post them as a comment by friday, and comment on as many other comments as you want :)
See you all soon!
Tuesday, 22 February 2011
Welcome
Believing, living and sharing truth doesn't just happen on a Sunday. This blog is just another way we can share with each other throughout the week.
Each week we'll have a reading we'll do together. By Friday, each person should write a short response to what they've read- something they noticed, something they found interesting, or any questions they have. By Sunday everyone should write at least one response to somebody else's comment. Hopefully it should be alot of fun and will help us get to know each other better.
Let the Blasting of the week begin!
Each week we'll have a reading we'll do together. By Friday, each person should write a short response to what they've read- something they noticed, something they found interesting, or any questions they have. By Sunday everyone should write at least one response to somebody else's comment. Hopefully it should be alot of fun and will help us get to know each other better.
Let the Blasting of the week begin!
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