Quote
“A creed alone means nothing. Words with hands mean everything.”
Saturday, Oct 24
Homologia (Baptism, Creed)
Dialogue
What's something you say all the time without really thinking about what it means?
Scripture
"Whenever you pray, you must not be like the hypocrites, because they love to pray standing in the synagogues and on the street corners to be seen by people. Truly I tell you, they have their reward."
Dialogue
Have you ever felt pressure to "look the part," at church, at school, on a team, anywhere? What did that do to you?
Scripture
"Remember the earlier days… Sometimes you were publicly exposed to taunts and afflictions, and at other times you were companions of those who were treated that way… and accepted with joy the confiscation of your possessions."
Scripture
“Let us draw near… with our hearts sprinkled clean… and our bodies washed in pure water. Let us hold on to the confession of our hope without wavering, since he who promised is faithful.”
Scripture
“And let us consider one another… not neglecting to gather together… but encouraging each other.”
Scripture
"…since he who promised is faithful."
Scripture
"I will never leave you or abandon you."
Scripture
"Go, therefore, and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit."
Scripture
"Take hold of eternal life to which you were called and about which you have made a good confession in the presence of many witnesses."
Scripture
"When your children ask you, 'What does this ceremony mean to you?' you are to reply…"
Scripture
"There was an Ethiopian man, a eunuch and high official of Candace, queen of the Ethiopians, who was in charge of her entire treasury. He had come to worship in Jerusalem and was sitting in his chariot on his way home, reading the prophet Isaiah aloud."
Scripture
"An angel of the Lord spoke to Philip: 'Get up and go south to the road that goes down from Jerusalem to Gaza.' (This is the desert road.)"
Scripture
"Do you understand what you're reading?"
Scripture
"How can I, unless someone guides me?"
Scripture
"He was led like a sheep to the slaughter, and as a lamb is silent before its shearer, so he does not open his mouth. In his humiliation justice was denied him."
Scripture
"…the eunuch should not say, 'Look, I am a dried-up tree.' For the Lord says this: 'For the eunuchs who… hold firmly to my covenant, I will give them, in my house and within my walls, a memorial and a name better than sons and daughters. I will give each of them an everlasting name that will never be cut off.'"
Scripture
"Look, there's water. What would keep me from being baptized?"
Dialogue
Who has been a "Philip" for you—someone who climbed in next to you when you didn't understand, or didn't belong yet?
Scripture
“Now you are the body of Christ, and individual members of it.”
Dialogue
Where have you seen someone being the church, Christ's hands, when nobody was watching?
Quote
“I believe in God, the Father almighty, creator of heaven and earth. I believe in Jesus Christ, his only Son, our Lord, who was conceived by the Holy Spirit, born of the Virgin Mary, suffered under Pontius Pilate, was crucified, died, and was buried; he descended to the dead. On the third day he rose again; he ascended into heaven, he is seated at the right hand of the Father, and he will come to judge the living and the dead. I believe in the Holy Spirit, the holy catholic Church, the communion of saints, the forgiveness of sins, the resurrection of the body, and the life everlasting. Amen.”
Scripture
"Let us hold on to the confession of our hope without wavering, since he who promised is faithful."
Dialogue
Pick one line of the creed. What’s one specific thing it’s asking your hands to do this week? Who at your table will check in with you about it?
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