Christ Church - West Campus
"Question Everything" ~ 5/7/17
“God of War or God of Peace?”
Locations & Times
Christ Church Elyria
1420 S Abbe Rd, Elyria, OH 44035, USA
Sunday 9:00 AM
Sunday 10:30 AM
Sunday 12:00 PM
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https://christchurchoh.wufoo.com/forms/prayer-request/West Campus Landscaping Day~Saturday, May 13, 9:00 a.m.
Join us to help landscape our campus to make it attractive and<br>welcoming to new guests. Stop at the West Campus Connection<br>Center to sign up
Guest Services Ministry ~ Thursday, May 18, 7:00 p.m.
Are you a people person? We’d love to have you on our guest services team! Join Chet for a training event to help us launch the West Campus “We Care” campaign. Stop at the West Campus Connection Center to sign-up!
West Campus SERVE OUR CITY Day
Join us as we partner with Church of the Open<br>Door to SERVE OUR CITY on Elyria Pride Day, May<br>20. Be a part of churches serving together as a<br>testimony of the unity of the Body of Christ! For<br>more information and to sign up, stop at the<br>Connection Center at West Campus.
Israel Defeats Amalek ~ Exodus 17:8-16
Psalm 11:5 The LORD tests the righteous, but his soul hates the wicked and the one who loves violence.
Proverbs 6:16 There are six things that the LORD hates, seven that are an abomination to him: 17 haughty eyes, a lying tongue, and hands that shed innocent blood…
How do we approach these texts:
1) Reading Actively Rather than Passively
2) Questioning Rather than Just Listening
3) Ethically Critiquing, Rather than Uncritically Approving, Violent Texts
Three Guidelines for Engaging in an Ethical Critique
1) The Rule of Love: Reading for the Love of God and Others
2) A Commitment to Justice: Setting Things Right
3) A Consistent Ethic of Life: Valuing All People
How can we respond:
1)Press into the Scriptures
2)Be a peacemaker
3)Stand up to injustice
4)Appreciate a God who is uniquely just
Psalm 51:1 Have mercy on me, O God, according to your steadfast love; according to your abundant mercy blot out my transgressions. 2 Wash me thoroughly from my iniquity, and cleanse me from my sin!