2019 Spring Conference
Speaker - Nancy Guthrie
"Even Better Than Eden"
When: February 22 - 23, 2019
Where: Northeast Presbyterian Church, 601 Polo Rd, Cola SC 29223
Our PresWM Meeting will be Saturday, 2/23/19 at NE Pres at 8:30am. (It is free to attend the meeting, so please come even if you did not register for the conference. You will need to pay the conference registration fee if you choose to stay afterwards)
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Even Better Than Eden
Description: All of us have a story that includes the place we were born, the family we grew up in, and the experiences we’ve had. But these things may be true, they simply aren’t the most profound realities that have shaped our past, our present, or our future. There’s another story, found in the pages of the Bible, that explains where we came from, why we are the way we are, and what is ahead for us in the future. The story of the Bible begins in a garden called Eden, a place that was bright and beautiful, but became sullied by sin. Fortunately, however, God’s plan for his world and his people could not be thwarted by human sin. There in the garden, God began working out his plan to bring his people into a home that will be even better than Eden. How will it be better? Nancy Guthrie will show us by tracing three themes that run from Genesis to Revelation, helping us to set our hearts on our forever-life in the new creation.
1. The Story of the Wilderness
We read in the second verse of the Bible that when God created the earth is was “without form and void.” It was like a barren wasteland until God spoke, filling it up with goodness. Sometimes our lives are like a barren wasteland. Can we expect that God will fill our lives with his goodness like he did at Creation?
2. The Story of the Offspring
At the beginning of the Bible’s story read about a promise God made—a promise made to the serpent that one day a child will be born who will crush his head. Throughout the rest of the Bible’s story we see the constant struggle between the offspring of the serpent and the offspring of the woman. So what does this ongoing battle have to do with our lives now and our future?
3. The Story of the Bridegroom
The Bible begins with God presenting Adam with his bride, Eve, and ends with God presenting Christ with his bride, the church. Everything in between is the story of God’s loving pursuit of his run-away bride. So what does this mean for us as women who long to be loved with a sacrificial, never-ending love?
Description: All of us have a story that includes the place we were born, the family we grew up in, and the experiences we’ve had. But these things may be true, they simply aren’t the most profound realities that have shaped our past, our present, or our future. There’s another story, found in the pages of the Bible, that explains where we came from, why we are the way we are, and what is ahead for us in the future. The story of the Bible begins in a garden called Eden, a place that was bright and beautiful, but became sullied by sin. Fortunately, however, God’s plan for his world and his people could not be thwarted by human sin. There in the garden, God began working out his plan to bring his people into a home that will be even better than Eden. How will it be better? Nancy Guthrie will show us by tracing three themes that run from Genesis to Revelation, helping us to set our hearts on our forever-life in the new creation.
1. The Story of the Wilderness
We read in the second verse of the Bible that when God created the earth is was “without form and void.” It was like a barren wasteland until God spoke, filling it up with goodness. Sometimes our lives are like a barren wasteland. Can we expect that God will fill our lives with his goodness like he did at Creation?
2. The Story of the Offspring
At the beginning of the Bible’s story read about a promise God made—a promise made to the serpent that one day a child will be born who will crush his head. Throughout the rest of the Bible’s story we see the constant struggle between the offspring of the serpent and the offspring of the woman. So what does this ongoing battle have to do with our lives now and our future?
3. The Story of the Bridegroom
The Bible begins with God presenting Adam with his bride, Eve, and ends with God presenting Christ with his bride, the church. Everything in between is the story of God’s loving pursuit of his run-away bride. So what does this mean for us as women who long to be loved with a sacrificial, never-ending love?
