Where Is The Line (What’s The Sin Against The Spirit?)

This week we explore Mark 3:20-29 and a common big question: What is the sin against the Spirit?  And how do I avoid it?  Either listen to the Sunday sermon, or watch the visual version (a rough copy) as it might be hard to follow without pictures!

Mp3 Listen:  180610 Where is Gods Line or watch the rough copy instead…

This is a complex area with many side-paths, so not everything can be said in a short sermon.  If you want more info I recommend the following reading and discussion material…

From Hope Aurora Lutheran Church www.hope-aurora.org :

Explaining The Unforgivable Sin

A deeper historical document from lutherantheology.com:

C.F. Walther On The Sin Against The Spirit

Grace Table 5 – Eat (Luke 14:1-24)

GRACE Table:  Gather, Relate, Accept, Consecrate, Eat!

Listen to Sermon 5…   Grace Table 5 – Eat (Audio)

Grace Table Discussion Guide 5…   Grace Table 5 STUDY – Eat

Gather – invite someone over, make a stranger a friend, break isolation!

Relate – turn off the TV, sit together at a table, face each other, listen: change lives!

Accept – let your table be a place where differences are accepted and people are not judged

Consecrate – bless, say thanks, don’t be ashamed to acknowledge the giver!

Grace Table 4 – Consecrate (Luke 9:10-17)

GRACE Table:  Gather, Relate, Accept, Consecrate, Eat!

Listen to Sermon 4…   Grace Table 4 – Consecrate

Grace Table Discussion Guide 4…  Grace Table 4 Study – Consecrate

Gather – invite someone over, make a stranger a friend, break isolation!

Relate – turn off the TV, sit together at a table, face each other, listen: change lives!

Accept – let your table be a place where differences are accepted and people are not judged

Consecrate – bless, say thanks, don’t be ashamed to acknowledge the giver!

Grace Table 3 – Accept (Luke 19:1-10)

GRACE Table:  Gather, Relate, Accept, Consecrate, Eat!

Listen to Sermon 3…  190304 Grace Table 3 Accept

Grace Table Discussion Guide 3…  Grace Table 3 STUDY – Accept

The song in better quality…   Grace Table 3 Song

Gather – invite someone over, make a stranger a friend, break isolation!

Relate – turn off the TV, sit together at a table, face each other, listen: change lives!

Accept – let your table be a place where differences are accepted and people are not judged

Consecrate – bless, say thanks, don’t be ashamed to acknowledge the giver!

Eat – eating together grows trust, unites enemies, and defines who we are.

Grace Table 2 – Relate (Luke 10.38-42)

Listen to sermon:  Grace Table 2 Audio – Luke 10.38

Study guide:  Grace Table 2 Study – Relate

Gather – invite someone over, make a stranger a friend, break isolation!

Relate – turn off the TV, sit together at a table, face each other, listen: change lives!

Accept – let your table be a place where differences are accepted and people are not judged

Consecrate – bless, say thanks, don’t be ashamed to acknowledge the giver!

Eat – eating together grows trust, unites enemies, and defines who we are.

Grace Table 1 – Gather (Luke 5:27ff)

GRACE Table:  Gather, Relate, Accept, Consecrate, Eat!

Listen to Sermon 1…  180218 Grace Table 1 AUDIO

Grace Table Discussion Guide 1…  Grace Table 1 STUDY – Gather

 

Gather – invite someone over, make a stranger a friend, break isolation!

Relate – turn off the TV, sit together at a table, face each other, listen: change lives!

Accept – let your table be a place where differences are accepted and people are not judged

Consecrate – bless, say thanks, don’t be ashamed to acknowledge the giver!

Eat – eating together grows trust, unites enemies, and defines who we are.