October 6, 2020
The Apostle Paul, A Friend of Women
Oct 2, 2020
Joshua Chestnut
While many discussions of women in the writings of the Apostle Paul begin and end in the infamous controversial passages, this lecture will start elsewhere and instead look at the often overlooked named women in Paul’s letters. My hope is that by looking at who these particular named women are, what they appear to be up to and the way Paul describes them will provide us a fresh way into the often fraught discussion of Paul and women.
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September 30, 2020
Fear, Anxiety, and the Fear of the Lord
September 25, 2020
by Dave Friedrich
There is a curious line from the well-known hymn Amazing Grace that mentions what appears to be two contradictory out-workings of grace: “ ’Twas grace that taught my heart to fear, and grace my fears relieved.” In this lecture we will take a closer look at this paradox of grace as we compare and contrast fear, anxiety and the fear of the Lord.
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September 24, 2020
Hearts Set on Pilgrimage: How Taking Walks Might Become Your Favorite Spiritual Discipline
September 18, 2020
by Anna A. Friedrich
Walking is as ordinary as it gets. It’s so commonplace, it’s almost pedestrian. But the Scriptures, especially Proverbs, elevate this simple activity to a rich analogy for life with God. If we’re invited to “walk with God” how do we do that? And might regular, literal walks be a way to stay on the Way?
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June 17, 2020
Bound to the Risen Christ
by Ben Keyes
2020
Here is another rough recording of a new hymn. Bound to the Risen Christ is a broad reflection on the incarnation and our union with Christ in his death and resurrection. The Christian hope is that we go where Jesus goes; that our sin was conquered in him on Good Friday and that a new life is guaranteed in him on Easter morning. I was trying to find different ways of communicating the uniqueness of the cross. It simply cannot be replaced with any other source of hope. I hope you enjoy it and find it encouraging. Ben Keyes
Bound to the Risen Christ
He who gives us the breath of life died for our sin.
And every good and wholesome thing is a gift from Him.
So what can we, with a conscience clean withhold from Him? … Allelujah!
The God of Israel and this man, they are the same.
The Lord, His name unspeakable, took a common name,
Which was disgraced but has earned the place of eternal fame…. Allelujah!
Chorus:
We live, bound to the risen Christ-
In his death and life.
The Maker of all is our Salvation.
Build your kingdom with our hands
As we long for the New Creation
There is no freedom in life except what was bought that day,
So don’t reject the priceless gift with attempts to pay,
For when we hope in less than this we have gone astray… Allelujah!
But no great love have we returned to You, our King.
And chilly thanks we give to You, who give everything.
So broken spirits and empty hands are all we bring….. Allelujah!
Chorus
O where were you when all his friends abandoned Him?
Yes, I was with Him on that day only by my sin
But that part died and what survives will rise with Him … Allelujah!
We who stand in the name of Christ have been remade.
And bound to Him we will leave behind these empty graves
So let us sing in the face of death, ‘we are not afraid’…. Allelujah!
Chorus
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April 20, 2020
The Table Is Laid (A Hymn)
by Ben Keyes
Southborough L'Abri, 2020
'The Table is Laid' is a hymn that I have been trying to finish writing for a long time. I am not convinced that it is quite done, but I thought I would offer it anyway in hopes that it might be an encouragement. The hymn is a prayer both of longing and of hope. The world is in desperate need of Christ's coming and every day we see brokenness that is not yet mended. But we also stand in a place of confidence in light of the battle already won be God. Ultimately the image of the table is our great hope- a feast at which each of us is truly expected!
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The Table is Laid
We seek the Lord Christ
With faith that is dim
And hearts that half long
To stray away from Him
But the conquering King
holds the bruised and bent reed
And the flickering wick
He will fan into flame.
…We need you O Christ
The world brims with hate.
The sickness, the strife
Your church does not escape
May your children rise,
In the power of your love
In a world ripped apart,
But made one by your blood, and unite.
We love you O Christ
For what you have done
The defeat that you sought
And the victory you won
So that God’s enemies
Might abandon that fight-
O children of Heav’n,
Peace is your birthright…..
Our brother, your son
Has forged us this place,
In Your family O God.
We can long for your face
We approach Your great throne
Yet walk by your side
All wrongs they are known
But in Christ swept aside
And the chairs are pulled back
And each one bears a name:
Of a child of God.
O the table is laid.
April 17, 2020
22 Things I Have Learned From Life
by Dr. Donald J. Drew
L’Abri 2001
“I listened to this lecture last month on Nickaela’s recommendation. It’s full of gems! I played it for one of our Wednesday night Wild Cards and it became a light-hearted competition to try and discern what the actual 22 things were. One of the most helpful things was his way of emphasizing that God doesn’t play games!” — Anna Friedrich
Dr. Donald J. Drew studied at Cambridge and was President of the Christian Union and worked at L'Abri for a number of years. His books include Images of Man: A Critique of the Contemporary Cinema (1974) and Letters to a Student: Encouraging Words from a Christian Mentor (2003).
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April 10, 2020
An Altared Heart: Anxiety, Prayer, Poetry and Hope During COVID-19
by Sarah Chestnut
April 10. 2020
In this personal essay written in the middle of Lent, just as social isolation measures were being put in place, Sarah Chestnut reflects on poems that have given her language for her anxious heart in an anxious time, and on the source of true hope.
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April 9, 2020
CRUCIAL: Poems on Christ's Seven Last Words from the Cross
by Sarah Chestnut
April 9, 2020
Sarah Chestnut shares original poems written on each of Christ's final words from the cross, read alongside the gospel texts. These meditations on Christ's death are a helpful companion on Good Friday.
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March 27, 2020
Between the Cross and Resurrection: Reflections on Jesus’ Death and Our Own.
by Joshua Chestnut
March 13, 2020
This lecture will be an exploration of the theology of Holy Saturday. Taking what the Apostle’s Creed refers to as Jesus’ “descent to the dead” as our starting place, this lecture will consider what it means that Jesus was dead as well as what this might mean for us as we consider the inevitability of our own death.
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March 10, 2020
Violence in the Bible from Joshua to Jesus (Part 2 of 2): Jesus and the Cross
by Dave Friedrich
March 6
What are we to make of the similarities and significant differences between Joshua and Jesus, especially as it relates to the role of violence in the Promised Land? That will be the guiding question of this lecture as we look at how Jesus ‘conquers’ in the gospels and the book of Revelation.
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