Am I “nuts” believing Jesus rose again?
Sceptics
and atheists assert that the resurrection of Jesus is impossible. Dead people
don’t come back to life again. End of
story.
So
what do they make of Paul’s story - of how he encountered Jesus on a road to
Damascus?
Or
the dramatic change in Paul telling others the Good News of Jesus – for the
rest of his life?!
Years
later, when Paul tells his story to governor Festus and King Herod Agrippa II,
he concludes:
“I am saying nothing beyond what the
prophets and Moses said would happen — that the Messiah would suffer and,
as the first to rise from the dead, would bring the message of light to his own
people and to the Gentiles.”
At this point Festus interrupted
Paul’s defense. “You are out of your mind, Paul!” he shouted. “Your great
learning is driving you insane.” Acts 26:22-24 NIV
Labelling
Christians as “deluded” or “nuts” is nothing new!
Paul
didn’t change his tune – and neither should we.
It’s
one thing to dismiss Christians as “nutters”.
It’s another to give a plausible account of what happened in light of
the historical evidence: the empty tomb, Jesus’ dead body never produced,
eyewitness claims that the risen Jesus kept appearing to lots of people, and
radically changed lives of millions of believers since – including you and me!
Pr
Rolly Stahl
This week’s message is “Emptiness: When more feels less” as we continue the series “Is this
all there is?”
Podcasts of weekly messages are available at www.paravista.org.au
Bible Readings: Luke 12:13-21
Kingdom Kids is back this week! The topics each zone will be looking at
are:
Baby Zone: People at Church Help Me
Kindy Zone: Breakfast on the beach
(John 21:1-19)
Kids Zone: Jesus' Promise (Acts 1:1-11)
Kool Zone: Telling the world about
Jesus (Acts1:1-11)
Baby Zone
Thank you so
much to everyone who donated items, toys and money to the new Baby Zone room.
Praise God! There are just a few items left that we need for the whole
year's program which is fantastic! If you have these items or can donate
them, please leave them in the Baby Zone room:
- Doll blankets
- Stuffed toy animal sheep, cow, donkey and camel
- Variety of plastic or washable play/dress up hats
Calling All Creative People
Are you interested
in sharing ideas, vision and creativity, or would you like to help with
planning and pulling together events for the Children and Family Ministry? We
would love to get together a team of people who can help provide this support
for the ministry. If God has gifted you with creativity, drama, ideas and
vision, or you have a passion for the ministry and enjoy working with kids then
we need and want you! Please have a chat with me, or just contact me with your
interest via email, phone or in person!
Kindy Zone Team Leader
We are still
praying for someone who would love to lead Kindy Zone and be part of the team!
Please consider if this might be you and get in touch with me (beth.einthal@paravista.org.au) for a chat!
Beth Einthal -
Children and Family Team Leader
Prayer Requests:
Prayer requests
are not included in the weekly news. If you would like to view the current
requests refer to the email that alerted you to this weekly news. If you have a
prayer request please email churchequiries@paravista.org.au
with your request.
Good Shepherd Lutheran Women’s Fellowship
45th
Anniversary Luncheon on Tuesday 3rd June 2014 @12pm. GSPV Church
Hall. Donation $12
RSVP by 27th
May to Ruth Oster Ph. 8265 0221
AGM’s of the Church, School and Village
The AGM’s of the church, school and village will be held
on Sunday May 25th commencing at 12:30 pm. More information will be
available by Sunday May 18th.
There will a lunch available in the hall prior to the
meeting.
Noticeboard
Car parking available on football
match days
IMMANUEL LUTHERAN CHURCH - 139 ARCHER STREET, NORTH ADELAIDE
With the
football now at Adelaide Oval, parking is at a premium. We can take the hassle
out of finding a park with approximately 20 car parks available at the rear of
the Church for $10 per game. Season passes are also available.
Funds raised
will go to our Ministry and Mission Projects.
Contact
Chairperson – Gary Boyce on 0413 553 770
New Lutheran Media website
Check out the
new www.lutheranmedia.org.au website. Easy access to resources and our outreach
ministries, including a new blog called the “Hub”. You’ll also discover easy
ways to support this vital outreach ministry.
Chronic – Episode 3 of 5
'I want to be healed; why aren't I?' Go to facetoface.org.au or youtube.com/luthmedia to see a short clip about making sense of why sometimes people aren't healed as we want. There are resources for you too, such as the free booklet Chronic Pain.
'I want to be healed; why aren't I?' Go to facetoface.org.au or youtube.com/luthmedia to see a short clip about making sense of why sometimes people aren't healed as we want. There are resources for you too, such as the free booklet Chronic Pain.
Emerge Leadership Conference
Emerge is a one
day leadership conference for youth, young adult & camping leaders aged 16
years and above. ONLY $10 registration plus $8 for lunch (or BYO)
Keynote Speaker
Chris Mann and excellent workshops to choose from!
Register at https://events.blueprintministries.org.au/
“Live so that when people get to know you,
they will want to get to know Christ”
