New Life Church in Cupertino
Prepared - Eyewitnesses
When many of us think about being prepared to share our faith, it can feel like being prepared for a job interview. In this series, the goal is to try to help you be prepared with some anchor points to share your faith - moving from passing comments to conversations that may just percolate over time. If you are new to faith or not a Jesus follower, this will be a great opportunity to look behind the scenes at what we believe and more importantly why. Join us online (http://www.nlnc.online.church) each Sunday at 10:30am as we become more prepared to share our faith with others.
Locations & Times
Silicon Valley Christian Assembly
3131 Bowers Ave, Santa Clara, CA 95054, USA
Sunday 10:30 AM
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Peter's Hope = Resurrection
Our answer for hope and why we follow Jesus is based in His resurrection.
I believe Jesus died for my sin and rose from the dead.
I believe Jesus died for my sin and rose from the dead.
"We evangelicals, with our infallible view of scripture ripped from our hands, were left gasping for air. If you crumple and toss out a literal reading of the Bible, then what does it mean to talk about Jesus literally dying for your sins?"
Jessica Misener
“Why I Miss Being A Born-Again Christian”
Jessica Misener
“Why I Miss Being A Born-Again Christian”
The foundation of our faith as Jesus followers is not the Bible.
FOR DISCUSSION
Do you know someone who walked away from faith? If so, what caused that person to change what he or she believed?
Do you know someone who walked away from faith? If so, what caused that person to change what he or she believed?
The reason we take the Old Testament seriously is because Jesus took it seriously.
The Christian faith does not exist because of the Bible.
Christians believe the Gospels and included them in the Bible because they are considered reliable.
The Gospels are considered reliable because of who wrote them and when they were written.
The Gospels are considered reliable because of who wrote them and when they were written.
AD 70
The Jewish temple in Jerusalem was destroyed.
The Jewish temple in Jerusalem was destroyed.
"The slaughter within was even more dreadful than the spectacle from without. Men and women, old and young, insurgents and priests, those who fought and those who entreated mercy were hewn down in indiscriminate carnage… The legionaries had to clamor over heaps of dead to carry on the work of extermination."
Josephus
H.H. Milman, “The History of the Jews”
Josephus
H.H. Milman, “The History of the Jews”
Arch of Titus
Arch of Titus
FOR DISCUSSION
Has there been a time when something in the Bible seemed to conflict with something you experienced in the world? Were you able to resolve that tension?
Has there been a time when something in the Bible seemed to conflict with something you experienced in the world? Were you able to resolve that tension?
The Gospels are considered reliable because of who wrote them and when they were written.
I believe Jesus died for my sin and rose from the dead.
I believe Jesus died for my sin and rose from the dead.
We believe that because Matthew, Mark, Luke, John, Peter, James, and Paul say so.
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