We are down to the Final Four and only three contestants are capable of winning. After Sunday’s games, Andrew Cody & Matt Little are tied for first place. If Duke loses in the semifinal game, then it will come down to total points in the championship game. However, if Duke wins in the semifinal game, then your new NCAA champ is our very own Ann Meyer! Stay tuned…
Archive for March, 2010
Ephesians 6:1-3 – What does it look like to honor your parents as a college student?
Content from the message preached at tenthirty on Ephesians 5:22-33 for Single Guys. The message was preached March 14, 2010. This recording was made several days later because of technical problems that Sunday.
We have been walking through Ephesians for about the last 15-20 weeks. These last two weeks have had us in Ephesians Chapter 5, looking at what Paul, and ultimately Jesus, have to say about marriage. This is a significant passage because marriage is such a big part of our world and our society. These 12 verses are not the cure all for marriage problems, but they lay out a blueprint that we should aim to follow, and when we chase that goal our marriages will begin to take their cue and their direction from it and will become strong and healthy.
The catch: the goal stated in this passage is not a healthy marriage. It’s not being a good husband or wife or even sacrificial, agape kind of love. The stated goal of this passage is to reflect and magnify the relationship Jesus has with his bride, the church.
The passage gives us very practical and deep thoughts on how to be godly husbands and wives because the way we do those roles are directly stated as illustrations of who Jesus is, how he leads and loves his people, how they respond to and respect him, and how powerful and affective the gospel is.
That being true, it’s important for us to realize, like we said on Sunday, Jesus is not the means to any goal. He is not a means to a good marriage or to any other thing. Jesus, himself, IS the goal. He is the pursuit. Paul said it in Philippians 3:10. Knowing, loving, following, serving, being known by Jesus…that is the goal. Just Jesus, not what that brings or who it may make us. All of those are huge, joyous results of it that God, in his wisdom, made a necessary and inseperable part of the journey. But the things we receive, they are not the goal.
What does this have to do with single people? Most single people want to be married. Most single people have crushes, want to be pursued, want to pursue, like to be kissed, like to give or receive flowers, and on and on and on. So as we pursue these things and trust Christ and his process, we realize, when we begin to understand God’s heart and his word, that there is no way to do any relationship successfully and purposefully apart from having your heart, mind, and life absolutely devastated by the gospel of Jesus.
That is the goal.
Through Sunday, March 22, 2010, I have the point totals as follows:
1) Charity–40
2) Matt Little–39
3) Justin Gandy–38
4) Christy Gandy–36
4) Aaron-36
4) Chaney–36
7) Rick-35
7) Andrew–35
9) Ann Meyer–34
10) Megyn–30
Good luck to all!
Bo & Julie Davis’ Story & Ephesians 5:22-33 – Jesus, Dating, and Marriage
Greetings, sports fans and pretenders. It is time to test your skills in this year’s NCAA Tournament Challenge. This contest is open to all & the rules are few. First, find a bracket online, choose a winner for each (Carl, this means you), other than the Tuesday play-in .
You receive one point for each Round One win, two points for Round Two, ect. You should probably keep track of your own points because the official scorekeeper is aged and easily distracted. As a tiebreaker, also pick the total points scored in the championship. Email your picks, prior to the start of Thursday’s , to rick@rickmillslaw.com.
Results will be posted on this blog & announced in class. Honor & deference shall go to victor. The loser will be subject to public ridicule (unless it happens to be me, in which case said result will never be spoken of again). Good luck to all!
Global Impact Celebration – Landon Reesor
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