Week 3 – An Old Testament Real Life Parable I. An unusual STORY, to say the LEAST. (v.1-11)A. WHO are the RECABITES? (2 Kings 10:23-26)B. An INVITE from the PROPHET.
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Lent 2021 – I am broken, but loved by God | Jeremiah 29:1-23
Week 2 – Reading someone else’s mail I. What LEADS to the LETTER. (2 Kings 24)A. The first WAVE of EXILE. (v. 1-3; 2 Kings 24:14)B. Why US and why
Read moreLent 2021 – I am broken, but loved by God | Lamentations 3:1-40
Week 1 – Learning to Lament I. Lamentations: FIVE heavy POEMS. (Lam. 1-5)A. A CONTEXT of great LOSS. (2 Kings 24-25)B. Attempting to bring STRUCTURE to CHAOS. (Lam. 1-4)C. Hope
Read moreMark – The Misunderstood Messiah – Part 8 | Mark 14:3-11
The Kingdom of the Messiah I. The IMPLICATIONS of What SHE Did (14:3-5; Isaiah 61:1-3; I Sam. 16:13)A. A SYMBOL of RECKLESS Devotion (14:4-5)B. ANOINTING the ANOINTED One (Isaiah 61:1-3;
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Here He Comes…the Messiah I. The COMING of the PROPHESIED Messiah. (v.1-26)A. ZECHARIAH tells of the ENTRY. (v.1-11; Zech 9:9)B. MICAH (and Hosea) explain the TREE. (v.12-14, 20-26; Hos. 9:10;
Read moreMark – The Misunderstood Messiah – Part 6 | Mark 8:22-26; 9:2-13 10:46-52
Opening our eyes to reality I. The ORGANIZATION of the TEXT. (Mark 8-10)A. The QUESTION for the DISCIPLES. (Mark 8:29)B. BOOKENDS of healing BLINDNESS. (8:22-26; 10:46-52)C. The MOUNT of TRANSFIGURATION.
Read moreMark – The Misunderstood Messiah – Part 5 | Mark 8:27-38; 9:30-41; 10:32-45
“You keep saying that word…” I. The BIGGEST of all QUESTIONS. (8:27-30)A. With Jesus it ALWAYS gets PERSONAL. (8:27-29)B. The RIGHT answer, but the wrong UNDERSTANDING. (8:29-33) Today we look
Read moreMark – The Misunderstood Messiah – Part 4 | Mark 4:1-34
The Parables of the Messiah I. The PURPOSE of the PARABLES (Mark 4:10-12, 21-25, 33-34)A. To CONNECT and to SUBVERT (v. 3, 8, 21, 24-25, 26, 29, 31)B. To REVEAL
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The People of the Messiah I. Two TYPES of PEOPLE. (Mark 2:17)A. The “SINNERS” – Those on the MARGINS. (2:14-16,18,23-24; 3:1,10-11,13-14, 34)B. The “RIGHTEOUS” – Those with the POWER. (2:16,18,24;
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The Power of the Messiah I. The POWER that comes from AUTHORITY. (1:21-2:12)A. Power OVER the SPIRITUAL realm. (1:21-34) B. Power over PHYSICAL SICKNESS. (1:29-34; 41-42) C. Power to RESTORE
Read moreMark – The Misunderstood Messiah – Part 1 | Mark 1:1-20
Let’s start at the beginning… I. Mark gets RIGHT to the POINT. (v.1-8)A. The long AWAITED coming of GOD. (v.1-3; Mal. 3:1; Is 40:3) B. Right HERE and RIGHT now.
Read moreFourth Sunday of Advent 2020 | Jeremiah 33:1-16
LOVE ~ From Big and Beyond to Small and Beside I. God is BIG and BEYOND. (v.1-13)A. ACKNOWLEDGING our limited VIEWPOINT. (v.1-3)B. WHAT God will do – RENEWAL. (v.4-13; Jer.
Read moreThird Sunday of Advent 2020 | Jeremiah 31
JOY: Grace Found in the Wilderness I. A Story of EXILE and RETURN A. From SLAVE to FAMILY Jer. 31:1, 9, 20, 22 B. From TORN DOWN to REBUILT v.
Read moreSecond Sunday of Advent 2020 | Jeremiah 14:1-22
Longing for PEACE in the Crisis I. Front row SEATS for a CRISIS. (v.1-16)A. DESCRIBING the DEVASTATION. (v.1-6) B. CRYING out for HELP. (v.7-9) C. God’s RESPONSE. (v.10-12) D. Looking
Read moreFirst Sunday of Advent 2020 | Jeremiah 1:1-19
Honesty Makes Way for HOPE I. The CALL of a PROPHET (v.1-16)A. Real PEOPLE, real PLACES, DIFFICULT times. (v.1-3) B. Jeremiah’s FEELINGS of INADEQUACY. (v.4-6) C. Clinging to SOVEREIGNTY, WORD,
Read moreThe Problem with Kings – Pt. 11 | 2 Kings 17:1-23
When God Gets Angry I. It’s the END of ISRAEL. (v. 1-6)A. The STRUGGLE for POWER. (v.1-4) B. A HARSH and PAINFUL end. (v.5-6) C. It TOOK place BECAUSE…(v.7) We’ve
Read moreThe Problem with Kings – Pt. 10 | 2 Kings 5:1-27
The Gift of Neediness I. The Story CONTINUES…(1 Kings 13-2 Kings 5)A. A DIVIDED KINGDOM. (I Kings 12:16)B. A DECLINE in FAITHFULNESS. (1 Kings 13-2 Kings 5)C. The RISE of
Read moreThe Problem with Kings – Pt. 9 | 1 Kings 12:1-33
The Idols of Power and Control I. An OPPORTUNITY for a new BEGINNING. (I Kings 11:42-12:5)A. Appearance of UNITY…reality of DIVISION. (12:4)B. COERCIVE power or SERVANT leadership? (12:6-18) We saw
Read moreThe Problem with Kings – Pt. 8 | 1 Kings 8:22-54
Dedicating the Temple – Then and Now I. APPROACHING the text ANALYTICALLY. (8:1-66)A. A STRUCTURE that highlights a PRAYER. (v.1-66)B. The EXEGETICAL difficulty of PREACHING a prayer. There’s a strategy
Read moreThe Problem with Kings – Pt. 7 | II Samuel 13-23, I Kings 1-2
Right with God? A Lot Has HAPPENED RAPE, REVENGE, and REBELLION (II Samuel 13-18) Even more REBELLION (II Samuel 20) The END of an ERA A Reminder of WHAT is
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