This Week’s Scriptures:

Worship Songs:

(click on song titles to preview in iTunes)
All Creatures of Our God and King by David Crowder Band
After All (Holy) by David Crowder Band
I Need You More by Bethel Church
The Greatness of Our God by One Sonic Society

Sunday Night Songs:
The End All by David Lunsford

Middle School Video:

This Week’s Scriptures:

• Luke 3:23, Matthew 3:1-3, Matthew 3:4-11, Luke 11:37-38, Matthew 3:13-17

Worship Songs:

(click on song titles to preview in iTunes)
Song of Hope by Robbie Seay Band
Hosanna by Brooke Fraser
It is Well With My Soul - Hymn
Take My Life by Chris Tomlin

Sunday Night Songs:
Our God by Chris Tomlin
How He Loves by John Mark McMillan

Baptism Video:

Snow doesn’t phase us, but we’ll close whenever the roads or our parking lot are too icy for you to get here safely. On Tuesday, the wet snow was coming down too quickly to clear it so we could reach the ice below to deal with it. Enjoy the pictures from earlier this week as we move back into our typical winter rain…

January 15, 2012
Pastor Joel Dombrow

This Week’s Scriptures:

• Colossians 2:9, Luke 2:39-40, Philippians 2:5-8, Luke 2:41-52

Resource Page:

• See the “Did You Know?” resource page about the reliability of the Gospels
• Discussion Questions for your family and community group

Worship Songs:

(click on song titles to preview in iTunes)
Doxology by Rend the Heavens
Here is Love by Brian Johnson
You’re Beautiful by Phil Wickham
In Christ Alone by Stuart Townend

Sunday Night Songs:
Jesus Lord of Heaven by Phil Wickham
Forever Reign by One Sonic Society

We also handed out a document at the end of each service, available below. See more resources — online articles and books — linked to at the bottom.

Did you know that …

• … approximately 6,000 ancient handwritten Greek New Testament manuscript copies still exit today? The earliest dates to 130 AD. Homer’s Iliad ranks 2nd in terms of the number of remaining copies, with 650 still in existence (but the gap between Homer’s writing and the earliest copies we have is 500 years).
• … as of the 1950s, the discovery of the Dead Sea Scrolls has confirmed archeological evidence for the Old Testament text preserved through the centuries?
• … evidence for Jesus Christ comes many written documents from the first century, including 39 ancient sources in addition to the New Testament and early church leaders?
• … the text of the Bible is far better preserved than the writings of Caesar, Plato or Aristotle?

Download: Did You Know? [PDF]

Additional Resources:

Online Articles:

• “Can We Trust the New Testament as a Historical Document?” article on the Christian Apologetics and Research Ministry website
• Archaeology and the Bible Q&A, ChristianAnswers.net website

Books:

• The Case for Christ: A Journalist’s Personal Investigation of the Evidence for Jesus, by Lee Strobel [Kindle]
  • Also see Strobel’s video “Is the Bible Reliable as a Historical Document?” an interview with Jerry Johnston on the Investigating Faith website

• Can We Trust the Gospels?: Investigation the Reliability of Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John, by Mark D. Roberts [Kindle]
  • Also see his blog series, “Are the New Testament Gospels Reliable?” the first draft of his book

• Rose Book of Bible Charts, Maps & Timelines (a reference book available in WCC library)
• The New Testament Documents: Are They Reliable? by F.F. Bruce [Kindle]
• The Historical Reliability of the Gospels, by Craig L. Blomberg (more academic; deals with every supposed contradiction and discrepancy in the Gospels)
• Reinventing Jesus: how contemporary skeptics miss the real Jesus and mislead popular culture, by J. Ed Komoszewski, M. James Sawyer and Daniel Wallace (more academic)

This Week’s Scriptures:

• John 1:18, John 14:8-9, 2 Peter 1:20-21, 1 Peter 1:24-25, Luke 1:1-4, John 5:2

Resource Page:

• See the “Did You Know?” resource page about the reliability of the Gospels
• Discussion Questions for your family and community group

Worship Songs:

(click on song titles to preview in iTunes)
Alive Again by Matt Maher
10,000 Reasons (Bless the Lord) by Matt Redman
We Are Hungry by Brian Sites
Jesus Messiah by Chris Tomlin

Sunday Night Songs:
Here is Love by Brian Johnson
God You Are My God by One Sonic Society

This Week’s Scriptures:

• Genesis 12:1-7, Hebrews 11:8, Acts 4:13-20, 29-31

Worship Songs:

(click on song titles to preview in iTunes)
You Love Never Fails by Jesus Culture
Furious by Jeremy Riddle
The End All by David Lunsford
Stronger by Hillsong United

Sunday Night Songs:
Christ is Risen by Matt Maher
In Christ Alone by Stuart Townend

This Week’s Scriptures:

• Mark 5:25-34

Worship Songs:

(click on song titles to preview in iTunes)
Joy to the World – Solid Rock Church (Download FREE!)
Jesus Lord of Heaven by Phil Wickham
God You Are My God by One Sonic Society
Prodigal Daughter by Andrew Smith
Jesus Messiah by Chris Tomlin

This Week’s Scriptures:

• Ephesians 1:15-17, Acts 19:23-35

Worship Songs:

(click on song titles to preview in iTunes)
Glory to God Forever by Steve Fee
Jesus Messiah by Chris Tomlin
Be Thou My Vision – Hymn
Amazing Grace (My Chains are Gone) by Chris Tomlin

Sunday Night Songs:
Jesus Lord of Heaven by Phil Wickham

This Week’s Scriptures:

• Matthew 7:21, 24-29 , James 1:22-25

Worship Songs:

(click on song titles to preview in iTunes)
Christ is Risen by Matt Maher
Alive Again by Matt Maher
Agnus Dei by Michael W. Smith
The Greatness of Our God by One Sonic Society

Sunday Night Songs:
God You Are My God by One Sonic Society