Our group met again Friday night at the Coffee Cabana. My beloved didn't come because she was under the weather. Must be this flu thing going around. The three of us who did fellowship had a great time. We shared our experiences of the week, discussed some parts of the book I just finished reading ("Waking the Dead"), and even sang a few songs. Being in a room in the back of the public area of the coffee shop, I'm not sure what we sounded like outside. Aaron plays guitar great, but we are not great singers. We made a "joyful noise" and we didn't get kicked out. Praise God for that. The Coffee Cabana has been great. They serve up some great drinks and provide a meeting room free of charge. We decided to meet there again next week as long as the group that had scheduled the room really did reschedule like the cashier said. I will have to check later this week.

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We had a great meeting Friday night. Sue, Debbie, Aaron, and I got together at the Coffee Cabana and enjoyed a great time of fellowship, study of God's Word, and prayer. The coffee drinks weren't bad either. We decided that we would take part in a house church/small group gathering sponsered by ValleyLife Church on September 12. We also agreed to meet at the same location next Friday night.

We are now in Chapter 11 of Romans. God has revealed much to us during our study of Romans. In the previous chapter, Paul talked about how the Jews had rejected the gospel. Then in this chapter he shows that their rejection is not complete because there is a remnant who God foreknew would believe. This is further evidence of God's holy sovereignty. Some He calls and some He does not call. Comments are invited to discuss this.

I am currently reading or studying a couple of books. One is Waking the Dead by John Eldridge. What a great book. He presents some ideas that really go against things I have believed for a long time. I will talk about this in future posts.

AG and I are reading Spiritual Classics by Richard Foster. Each chapter of the book features a writing by a Christian writer from early times or recent times. We study a chapter each week and meet on Saturday mornings to discuss the chapter over coffee at the Coffee Society in Chandler. This morning Aaron joined us and we had a very good discussion on the writing of Marguerite Porete. This chapter was her description of the 7 stages of Christian growth. After our discussion, we enjoyed some games of chess.

Unfortunately, our small fellowship did not officially meet this week but we will meet next Friday night at a currently undetermined location.