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“The Book of Nehemiah” — New FORGE Men Series Study

Men, we’re starting a new series on our time together: The Book of Nehemiah by Eric Mason.

Description

Whether we’ve felt spiritually stale or devoured by doubts, we’ve all wanted God to renew us. But what does spiritual restoration even look like?
The book of Nehemiah tells the story of God’s power to restore his people. As Israel returned from exile to the Promised Land, they found the walls of Jerusalem in shambles. So God equipped Nehemiah to rebuild the wall and lead the discouraged Israelites. In this 10-session series, Dr. Eric Mason shows us how God renewed his people both physically and spiritually. Through the story of Israel’s plight and God’s faithfulness, we see how God preserved his people to carry out his mission of redemption.

Series Trailer

Participant handouts, leader’s guide, and other resources for the series is available here.

“Faith in Hostile Times” — New FORGE Men Series Study

Men, we’re starting a new series on our time together: Faith in Hostile Times by Berni Dymet.

Description

Are you overwhelmed by the godlessness sweeping across our world and flooding every corner of cyberspace? Are you disillusioned that the most vitriolic voices in debates are sometimes those of people calling themselves Christians? In this five-part series, Berni Dymet explores how Jesus engaged with and responded to people who were hostile toward Him. In Jesus’ example, we find a way to hold tight to the truth, while speaking it in love.

Series Trailer

Schedule

Session 1December 12, 2023The Rising Tide of Persecution
Session 2January 9, 2024Understanding Your Enemy
Session 3January 23When Freedoms Come under Threat
SPECIALFebruary 13Valentine’s Meal with Wives at LB!
Session 4February 27Speaking the Truth in Love
Session 5March 12Shining the Light of Christ

Participant handouts, leader’s guide, and other resources for the series is available here.

Faith More Precious than Gold

We have great, inexpressible reason to praise God!

For forgiveness, life, and salvation won for us by Jesus through the cross and empty tomb is more than we deserve or could even fairly imagine!

It is a living hope that is realized and assured through faith in Him!

But that doesn’t mean that everything will always be easy while here on earth. Just because we live in the reality of the resurrection doesn’t mean the reality of a fallen world doesn’t still plague us.

We are assured of trials, heartaches, and persecution. We are guaranteed of persecution and testing of our faith.

That’s not only ok, but we rejoice in those trials, too! Scripture tells us that “the tested genuineness of [our] faith” is “more precious hat gold!”

Trials and testing won’t be pleasant, but through endurance they cannot change Christ’s victory and our salvation!

Praise God!

Scriptures

  • Psalm 148
  • 1 Peter 1:3-9

REFORM

For we hold that one is justified by faith apart from works of the law.

Romans 3:28

The treasure of the grace of God through faith in Jesus is not something easily believed. When grasped, the magnitude seems incomprehensible. Utterly fantastical. Beyond reason or understanding!

That is why it is lifted so high, taken so deep, and clenched so tightly!

May our lives be reformed because of this ecstatic truth!

Scriptures

  • Romans 3:19-28