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As a community, we’re continuing to grow in our understanding and practice of "whole-brained worship, discipleship and witness," learning how our gatherings as a church—in our building, homes, workplaces, and play spaces—can grow deeper in relational joy, healthy attachment to God and one another, and shared identity as "people of Christ" by speaking the truth in love with one another. READ MORE
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GODLINESS WITH CONTENTMENT
But godliness with contentment is great gain,
for we brought nothing into the world, and we cannot take anything out of the world.
(1 Timothy 6:6, ESV)
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T H I S W E E K ' S D I S C U S S I O N
As we come to Paul’s teaching about "godliness with contentment," it appears this is part of a longer discussion on individual and collective worship, discipleship, and witness. Looking backward and ahead from this week’s passage, it seems Paul’s warning about "the love of money" stems from the Holy Spirit’s warning that some followers would deny Christ because of their devotion to "deceitful spirits and teachings of demons" (1 Timothy 4:1). Do we teach and practice godliness with contentment as Paul did?
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