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What Is Your Calling? Part 3: The Parable of the Wedding Feast

9/10/2018

This week in our college Sunday school class, we zoomed in on Jesus' parable of the wedding feast:

1 Jesus spoke to them again in parables, saying, 2 “The kingdom of heaven may be compared to a king who gave a wedding feast for his son. 3 And he sent out his slaves to call those who had been invited to the wedding feast, and they were unwilling to come. 4 Again he sent out other slaves saying, ‘Tell those who have been invited, “Behold, I have prepared my dinner; my oxen and my fattened livestock are all butchered and everything is ready; come to the wedding feast.”’ 5 But they paid no attention and went their way, one to his own farm, another to his business, 6 and the rest seized his slaves and mistreated them and killed them. 7 But the king was enraged, and he sent his armies and destroyed those murderers and set their city on fire. 8 Then he said to his slaves, ‘The wedding is ready, but those who were invited were not worthy. 9 Go therefore to the main highways, and as many as you find there, invite to the wedding feast.’ 10 Those slaves went out into the streets and gathered together all they found, both evil and good; and the wedding hall was filled with dinner guests.

11 “But when the king came in to look over the dinner guests, he saw a man there who was not dressed in wedding clothes, 12 and he said to him, ‘Friend, how did you come in here without wedding clothes?’ And the man was speechless. 13 Then the king said to the servants, ‘Bind him hand and foot, and throw him into the outer darkness; in that place there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.’ 14 For many are called, but few are chosen.”

In our class, we asked a few questions of this parable.

If the kingdom of heaven may be compared to a king who gave a wedding feast, then . . .

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CNCF’s Semester Plan

8/25/2017

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Welcome to IU!

Here at Clearnote Campus Fellowship, we want to equip you for the challenges of college life, but we want to do more than that. It may sound strange, especially if you just started college, but our goal is actually to prepare you for life after college. We want you to know what it means to honor the God who made you, and how you can joyfully serve Him in all of life. Here are some of the ways we're doing that this Fall semester…

Mission

We strive to see IU students come to know, love, and obey Jesus Christ.

Goal

We want to produce students who are committed to "contending earnestly for the faith which was once and for all handed down to the saints" (Jude 1:3).

Collective Student Gatherings

– The Melting Pot @ the McNeillys'. Fridays, 7 PM. Weekly college-student gathering with games, music, food, and more!
– Examining Your Worldview. Sundays, 10 AM, Clearnote Church. Sunday School class for college students on what it means to think like a Christian, complete with donuts.

“Vocational” Studies on Campus

– Sciences w/ Ben Burlingham. Tuesdays, lunchtime, A206. A weekly Bible study in a professor’s office, geared towards science majors, pre-med, and med students.
– Law w/ Brian Bailey. Every other Thursday, 5 PM, Buffalouie's. A reading group with seasoned attorney Brian Bailey, discussing what it means to be a God-honoring lawyer.
– Music Students. Contact us if you're interested!

For Chinese Students

– Chinese Bible Study @ Jason’s. Fridays, 7 PM.
– Melting Pot @ the McMansion. Every 2nd Friday of the month.
– Chinese Service @ Clearnote Church. Sundays, 11 AM.

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Cheap “Commitment”

3/3/2017

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This semester in our men's Bible study we're studying the Fruit of the Spirit (Galatians 5:22–23). Last night we looked at "faithfulness." Part of our homework each week is to come with a worldly cultural example of the assigned Fruit of the Spirit. My wife, Dani, supplied me with this example of what faithfulness looks like to the world…

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Read the Bible!

1/10/2017

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It's a new year. It's a perfect time to recommit yourself to bathing every day in God's Word!

Instead of hopping on Facebook every spare moment, why not read a chapter of Scripture when you sit down by yourself?

Quite a number of CNCFers are joining me this year in doing a year-long reading plan called "Reading God's Story." It's kind of a combination of a chronological reading plan and a topical reading plan that gets you through the whole Bible in 365 days. The basic structure is chronological: you read the Bible in the order in which it was written. But the creator of the plan mixes in passages that relate to whatever event is happening in that day's reading.

For example, after reading the account of the Flood in Genesis 8 and 9, the plan has you read this Psalm on the same day:

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Spring 2017 Preview!

1/9/2017

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We've got exciting plans for 2017, and we hope you'll join us!

Starting tomorrow (January 10) we'll be continuing in our preaching series through the book of 1 John. Join us every Tuesday as we worship together and hear from God's Word concerning what it looks like to truly follow after Christ.

For the first half of the semester, we'll be studying the Fruit of the Spirit from Galatians 5:22–23 in our men's and women's discipleship groups. Love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control. What do these things mean, and what does it look like for us to bear these fruits?

Join us for a panel discussion on Sunday, February 12 with Christian professors in the sciences, including 2 current IU professors and an IU alumnus. Bring your questions. You won't want to miss this!

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Summer Bible Study 2016: The Life of Elijah

5/11/2016

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CNCF's Summer Bible Study starts on Tuesday, May 24! We'll be meeting at the IMU (more details on room to come) on Tuesdays at 7 PM throughout the summer to study The life of Elijah.

In the New Testament, the prophet Elijah is kind of a big deal. He's mentioned in Matthew, Mark, Luke, John, Romans, and James. John the Baptist is said to be the Elijah prophesied about way back in the book of Malachi, and Elijah himself shows up (along with Moses) on the Mount of Transfiguration to speak with Jesus before His death and resurrection.

So why's Elijah so important? What's so special about him? Well, for starters, he called down fire from heaven, raised a boy from the dead, and ascended into heaven on chariots of fire. And most of all, he trusted God and was filled with the Holy Spirit.

Join us Tuesdays this summer for a study on The Life of Elijah. Starting May 24, we'll be meeting every Tuesday at 7 PM throughout the summer at IU's Indiana Memorial Union (IMU). Stay tuned for more specific details.

See you there!

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Prayer Q&A This Thursday!

4/25/2016

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This Thursday at 7 PM in Read, Landes Lounge, we'll be wrapping up our semester study on prayer with an open Q&A session. What questions do you still have? Is there something theological you'd like to understand better? Something practical you don't know how to manage? Anything is fair game! Use the form below to let us know what questions you'd like answered this Thursday.

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Prayer Resources

3/4/2016

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Last night at our weekly CNCF Bible Study, we took a break from focusing as much on the content of our prayers, and we looked at some practical resources we can use as tools to discipline ourselves in the spiritual discipline of prayer.

Books

I've found that few things stir in me a desire to pray than reading good books by faithful men of the past and present. Aside from Scripture, here are some good ones:

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“Teach Us to Pray . . .”

1/1/2016

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Prayer to the One True God is one of the clearest things that sets apart the people of God from the rest of the world. And yet if you ask any self-professing Christian, most will indicate that prayer is one of the greatest areas of weakness in their exercise of faith. We all have many rebellious excuses for not getting around to this duty: busy schedules, cold hearts, other responsibilities.…But without prayer we suffer. And we must ask ourselves, If we lack a desire to seek blessings from our Father in heaven through prayer, are we really His sons?

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Is Jesus Really All about Love?

11/9/2015

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At our Bible studies last week, we asked the question, "Is Jesus really all about love?"

First, we read well over a dozen passages from the New Testament which talk about Jesus' love, compassion, and mercy. Here are two:

For God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him shall not perish, but have eternal life. For God did not send the Son into the world to judge the world, but that the world might be saved through Him. (John 3:16–17)

A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another, even as I have loved you, that you also love one another. By this all men will know that you are My disciples, if you have love for one another. (John 13:34–35)

After reading many such passages, we came to the conclusion that, in His time on earth, Jesus was indeed driven by love.

But then we asked the question, "If Jesus is really all about love, then what's different about the love that Jesus teaches, as compared to the teaching of other philosophers and religious teachers?"

Isn't that a claim you've heard people make? That Jesus' teaching boils down to the same moral message as Gandhi's, Buddha's, Lennon's, Gaga's…? Have you made that claim? What's supposed to be so different about Jesus' teaching? Is there anything different?

Here's one big way to answer the question…

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What Is Your Calling? Part 3: The Parable of the Wedding Feast

CNCF’s Semester Plan

Mission

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Collective Student Gatherings

“Vocational” Studies on Campus

For Chinese Students

Cheap “Commitment”

Read the Bible!

Spring 2017 Preview!

Summer Bible Study 2016: The Life of Elijah

Prayer Q&A This Thursday!

Prayer Resources

Books

“Teach Us to Pray . . .”

Is Jesus Really All about Love?

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