by Bill Giovannetti | Mar 11, 2020 | Apologetics, Gospel, Grace, Sermon, Theology
Please think with me today on the topic: The Paradigm A paradigm is a pattern. It is a repeatable pattern. A paradigm is a super clear, repeatable pattern in philosophy, in science, or in life. In our chapter of the Bible today, God lays out a paradigm that...
by Bill Giovannetti | Feb 18, 2020 | Apologetics, Blog, Grace, Sermon, Theology
The title of my talk today is The Secret Decoder Ring. There’s a great scene in the movie Christmas Story where Ralphie, a little kid, receives his long awaited Secret Decoder Ring. This isn’t just any secret decoder ring. It’s the secret decoder ring from Little...
by Bill Giovannetti | Feb 10, 2020 | Apologetics, Gospel, Grace, Sermon, Theology
Open your Bible please to the book of Ezra and chapter 8. Today, the part of the Bible we’re looking at is a kind of invitation. It’s an invitation to join an adventure. An invitation to risk the Great Unknown. An invitation to risk AND to the rewards that come...
by Bill Giovannetti | Jan 20, 2020 | Apologetics, Gospel, Grace, Sermon, Theology
…Ezra came up from Babylon; and he was a skilled scribe in the Law of Moses, which the LORD God of Israel had given. The king granted him all his request, according to the hand of the LORD his God upon him. (Ezra 7:6) When our kids were little, we had this...
by Bill Giovannetti | Jan 14, 2020 | Apologetics, Gospel, Grace, Sermon, Theology
Let’s start today in the contents page of your Bible. I have a plan. The first thing you’ll notice is that the Bible is a collection of a lot of books. It’s actually a small library of 66 books. What you won’t notice is that the books of the Bible...