I was regularly challenged to consider what role I might play in God’s global plan. However, the roles that I heard about seemed limited to those of a pastor, or a missionary, or something in alleviating poverty. Those are all clearly important roles, but for some reason those roles just never appealed to me and I felt guilty about it.
The Bible
#thebible
What if we don’t really love the Bible because we don’t really know the Bible? Or rather, what if the Bible we know isn’t what the Bible was inspired to be?
Scripture forms the basis for each Urbana. As such, Urbana 15 has developed several posts to give you context for the Gospel of Matthew, context for studying Scripture in general, and background on how Urbana approaches studying the Scriptures. Keep these posts handy as you engage with the Scriptures.
Throughout church history, believers have prayed the Scriptures. Praying through God’s Word opens our hearts, shapes our prayers, and deepens our experience.
Scripture leads us into prayer
Prayer is, first and foremost, a dialogue with God. Most frequently, he initiates the conversation and responds to our prayers by speaking to us through the Scripture.
What follows is a way for individuals and small groups to delve deeply into the Bible, discover a passage’s core message, and learn to hear from and experience Jesus in his Word.
Urbana is information and question overload. My mind and notebook are full of thoughts, ideas, observations, and questions. One question in particular came home with me for more consideration.
Here are the videos which were used in the Manuscript Bible Studies at Urbana 15. To download video, click vimeo in the player, then click download and select your desired format.
This year, preparing for Christmas feels a lot more like preparing for Urbana. This advent season, typically a time of preparing for the coming of the King of Kings and Lord of Lords as a baby in Bethlehem, has been infused with a sense of urgency to prepare for the movement of God at Urbana.
In January of 1959, Paul Milanowski moved to Alaska with his wife and two young children. They were sent by Wycliffe Bible Translators to minister among the Athabascan tribe of native Alaskans in the small village of Tetlin (population: 100).
Participating in Urbana is like making a batch of chocolate chip cookies. Each ingredient plays a critical role in helping you have the best possible experience at Urbana.