Introduction
This week we wrap up our Discovering Grace/Known series with “Believe”. Many of us grew up in a religious system where belief was the door we had to pass through in order to belong. What might it mean if instead, belief was the fruit of belonging and becoming? Our Discovering Grace materials have the following to say about belief: “As Christ-followers, we want to be grounded in Scripture; to let it inform and expand our imaginations and guide the way we live. We read and teach the Bible at Grace Church because Scripture reveals Jesus to us; it tells us about God’s plan for humankind, shows us a history of God’s dealings with God’s creation and invites us to understand our own lives as part of the story. The Holy Spirit is in each of us and among us when we’re together allows us to learn from, sharpen and shape one another. So we want to create an environment where, as a faith community, we all are digging into the timeless truths it holds. Trying to hear what God is saying to us through God’s word is a serious undertaking; we approach it with care, respect and humility, not so that we can shape it to our will, but so we can grow in our understanding of how the Holy Spirit can use it to shape us. We believe that when all of us are tracking together and investing time as a community to be transformed by Scripture, we stand the best chance of growing into a church that looks like Jesus”
Let’s dig in this week and see what we can find.
Grace and peace y’all,
John and the teaching team
