TPCC Church School

What Do You Think About Death?

pastorofdisaster — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 23:43:27 +0000

For Further Study:

Five Wishes from Aging With Dignity is an interesting resource.

The Quest for the Holy Grail at the bridge of death.

A hopeful song about Heaven by Rance Allen.

One view inside the Fundamentalist evangelistic Halloween Hell House (warning disturbing)

Heaven and Hell by Hieronymus Bosch

Questions For Further Discussion:

Do You believe in Heaven?
Do you believe in Hell?
How does one go to Heaven or Hell?
How often do you think about death?

Is The Bible Still Important To You?

pastorofdisaster — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 22:22:28 +0000

Music By John Austin at www.austinecho.com

For further study click on the red links below:

The Secular Web’s article called The Formation of the New Testament Canon by Richard Carrier

Many Evangelicals interpret scripture is through the lens of Dispensationalism

The Social Gospel and Fundamentalism article on PBS’s “Scope’s Monkey Trial”

A technical article on the “Historical-Critical Method” of interpreting scripture

Father Matthew presents: Lectio Divina

A video on what Lectio Divina is not (could be any type of biblical reading)

Daily Biblical Devotions from the Presbyterian Church (You can even hear my seminary classmate David Gambrell read them out loud).

An interesting article on the Mishnah, skip down to the section on Rabbinical “Attitudes toward Scripture”

Questions for discussion in the Comments section:

Do you read the Bible on a regular basis?
Do you understand the Bible?
Does it matter what translation of the Bible that you read?

Introduction to Working Class

pastorofdisaster — Wed, 13 Jan 2010 03:38:32 +0000

Launching Online Church School

pastorofdisaster — Tue, 12 Jan 2010 13:27:32 +0000

In the next couple of weeks we will be launching an online church school on this blog. It will give you the opportunity to explore a vital faith question weekly and participate through responding in the comment section. We hope that the use of this will enhance your spiritual life and deepen your relationship with our creator.