BTLN UPDATE

Congrats Josh! This is Josh's First Helmet of the Btln year! Greenwood was there at the end with Josh, but was not able to win his first Helmet. I have a feeling that a Helmet is in Greenwood's future. 

The game of the week was Stickball. It seems like everytime we play Stickball there are a bunch of guys that haven't ever played. This time around the grade sevens had to learn. Even with a bunch of rookies the game was so much fun, Stickball is becoming one of my Btln favourites. It was one of the closer games that we have ever played.

Stickball Final Scores

Ben's Team - 10
Isaac's Team - 9
Jason's Team -8
Coady's Team - 8


In the Bible Study we looked at Noah and the Flood.


Genesis 6:5-9   The Lord saw how great the wickedness of the human race had become on the earth, and that every inclination of the thoughts of the human heart was only evil all the time. The Lord regretted that he had made human beings on the earth, and his heart was deeply troubled. So the Lord said, “I will wipe from the face of the earth the human race I have created—and with them the animals, the birds and the creatures that move along the ground—for I regret that I have made them.” But Noah found favour in the eyes of the Lord.

This is the account of Noah and his family.

Noah was a righteous man, blameless among the people of his time, and he walked faithfully with God.

It is amazing how the righteousness of Noah stood out next to the wickedness of the world! If we choose to live like Noah then we will also stand out next to the world and will find favour with God.

Genesis 6:3   Then the Lord said, “My Spirit will not contend with humans forever, for they are mortal; their days will be a hundred and twenty years.”

1 Peter 3:20   God waited patiently in the days of Noah while the ark was being built. In it only a few people, eight in all, were saved.

This story is often portrayed as one about God's wrath. It is a story of God's wrath, but it is also a story of God's grace! God gave the human race 120 to turn from their sin and to choose to follow him. 

Ezekiel 18:23   Do I take any pleasure in the death of the wicked? declares the Sovereign Lord. Rather, am I not pleased when they turn from their ways and live?

2 Peter 3:9   The Lord is not slow in keeping his promise, as some understand slowness. Instead he is patient with you, not wanting anyone to perish, but everyone to come to repentance.

1 Timothy 2:3-6   This is good, and pleases God our Savior, who wants all people to be saved and to come to a knowledge of the truth. For there is one God and one mediator between God and mankind, the man Christ Jesus, who gave himself as a ransom for all people. This has now been witnessed to at the proper time.

Isn't it comforting to know that God does not find pleasure in the death of the wicked? Even more amazing is that he wants all men to be saved!

THE CAPTAIN