Beer & Bible: Luke 16

Posted by Rob Borley | Posted on 15-10-2009

Category : Beer and Bible, Bible, Luke

This week we march on through Luke 16. Things seem to be getting a little strange.

Questions

The main questions that came up were;

  1. Shrewd business man? How can God encourage his behaviour?
  2. What is the story all about at the end? Heaven, void, errrr….?

Discussion

Most of the evening focused on the parable of the shrewd business man. This seems, at first glance, so far removed from much of the rest of what we have read elsewhere that it just doesn’t make sense. God seems to encourage dishonesty and use of other “worldliness” if the end results are going to be positive.

We discussed what this could mean and how it fits with our understanding of how we live in world but not of it. Etc.

This lead to how we use money, and how we interact with people generally. What does it mean to be shrewd for the kingdom.

A great discussion. I think we all left feeling challenged.

Drinks consumed were:  Tangle Food, 6X, Carlsberg

Next week

Reading: Luke 17

Venue: The Northcote Hotel (lounge bar)

Time: 20:00

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Discipleship: The six week course

Posted by Rob Borley | Posted on 05-10-2009

Category : Cell / Sermon notes, Discipleship, St Simon's

At Church a few weeks ago Matt was attempting to introduce his plans to refresh the idea of cells in our church. For many, cells haven’t really become all that they wanted them to be and as such several new initiatives  have started, by way of experiment, to see if we can scratch the midweek meting itch.

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Beer & Bible: Luke 13

Posted by Rob Borley | Posted on 24-09-2009

Category : Beer and Bible, Bible, Luke

It’s been a little while since I reported on Beer and Bible. We are up to Luke 14 and it’s intense stuff. We have had a number of new faces join us recently and it’s not been the easiest of sessions to join in. But it has been fun and the new contributions are very welcome. It’s exciting to start to see this grow.

Questions

The main questions that came up were;

  1. Repent or perish? A bit harsh?
  2. Is the parable of the fruit tree unfinished?
  3. Why is the door narrow?

Discussion

We took on a long discussion about the nature of the Kingdom of God. What is it? This led into spending some time with the parable of the fruit tree. Questions were raised about how it could have ended and who the characters in the story were supposed to represent.

The second main topic for discussion was about the narrow door. Does God deliberately make the door narrow? How can people try, and fail, to find their way through it as seems to be suggested in the passage?

Finally we discussed the idea that our motivations might be more important to God than our actions.

It was a really challenging discussion and I felt quite tired by the end of it. Food thought. Good stuff.

Drinks consumed were:  Guinness, Red Wine, Coke

Next week

Reading: Luke 14 (the rest)

Venue: The Northcote Hotel (lounge bar)

Time: 20:00

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