Meeting Minutes May 18

May 18th, 2012 Meeting Minutes
Present:
Richard G, Tim J, Sam E, Peter B

Large Group #7: Spiritual Warfare, Part One

Last night, we watched a series of clips from a lengthy lecture that Pastor Mark Driscoll gave to leaders in his church, Mars Hill Church. Next time, we'll hear from two of our own, a current and former CCF President (Peter Buhler and Jonathan Gardner) about their experiences and understanding, but I used these clips to prime the crowd and contextualize the discussion. Read more for links to the clips.

FBM Two 2012 minutes

May 13th, 2012 Meeting Minutes
Present:
Dimetria, Robb M, Peter B, John, Luke B, Tom H, Sam E, Yan Choi, Tim J, Jonathan, Stephen W, Abraham, Ed, Cathy D, Grace, Eliza T, Madeleine Y, Rebecca W, Richard G, Brandon

Council Meeting Minutes May 11 2012

May 11th, 2012 Meeting Minutes
Present:
Peter B, Richard G, Sam E, Tim J

Large Group #6: Understanding (but not Comprehending) the Trinity

Hey everyone! Sorry for being behind on large group posts (not sure who reads them, but hopefully they're helpful for those of you who do). We'll be getting #s 4 and 5 up soon hopefully. I hope midterms were good for you all :)

Monday night, our grad student brother Yan Choi led a theological discussion about the Trinity, providing scriptural passages and the Athanasian Creed for us to study (see full post for more info).

Why is it important to study hard-to-grasp doctrine like the Trinity? It's because we want to know how to properly respond to God (like how to worship, pray, etc.), and being able to do that requires us to know the important aspects about God. (A way to help us distinguish which aspects are the "important" ones is to think of the distinctive qualities of our God. For instance, we have a monotheistic belief, but we also have three parts in one God.)

When we worship, pray, hear the word, read the word--basically when we are relating to God--we are relating to the Trinity. Eg. when we pray, the the commonly accepted way is to pray to the Father through the Son in the Holy Spirit. And we have knowledge, too, that the Holy Spirit is with us and teaches us how to pray.

So we know that understanding the Trinity is important, despite being hard to grasp. So read onward to get material on the Trinity and how we tried to wrestle with these concepts. (props to Yan Choi for the notes)

Book Review: The Four Loves by CS Lewis

Hello beloved readers of the CCF blog! I read this book and really wanted to share about it with all of you.

Let me begin by introducing one of my personal heroes, CS Lewis. There are few authors that are really awesome. CS Lewis is one of them. I am frequently saddened by the fact that he is no longer on this earth because I can’t meet him and he isn’t writing any more books.  He was born in England, somewhere. He was born in a Christian? home, but became an atheist through his school years. Then, he went to Oxford and realized that Jesus is awesome. For more on this, read another book of his entitled “Surprised by Joy.” (Fun fact! CS Lewis was buddies with JR Tolkien at Oxford)

His book The Four Loves introduces different kinds of love one at a time and contrasts them with other loves, and then explores both the ideal states of these loves and the ways they can be twisted. He mentions how each kind could become a sort of false god, and thus a demon, in our lives. I really encourage you all to read the book as it will be much more thorough and awesome than my attempt to summarize.

Meeting Minutes May 5 2012

May 5th, 2012 Meeting Minutes
Present:
Richard G, Sam E, Peter N, Robb M