A People Learning to Live with God and Each Other I. Taking some TIME to OBSERVE. (v.1-17)A. NOTICE who is SPEAKING. (v.1)B. GROUNDED in RELATIONSHIP with YAHWEH. (v.2)C. The LIST
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Forming A People – Part 5 | Exodus 16:1-36
A People Learning to Trust – Part 2 I. The CHALLENGES of day to day REALITY. (v.1-5)A. People: COMPLAINING and IDEALIZING the past. (v.2-3)B. God: From PROTECTING to PROVIDING. (v.4,12-15)C.
Read moreForming A People – Part 4 | Exodus 14:1-31
A People Learning to Trust – Part 1 I. Ummm….not TOTALLY free YET. (v.1-20)A. Pharaoh REALIZES what he has LOST. (v.5)B. The RESPONSE of the PEOPLE. (v.10-12)C. The WORD from
Read moreForming A People – Part 3 | Exodus 12:1-42
An Invitation to Freedom I. A CRUCIAL but CHALLENGING passage. (12:1-42)A. READING like an EGYPTIAN. (Prov. 18:17)B. We ALL know or have a FIRSTBORN. (v.30)C. This is a PART of
Read moreForming A People – Part 2 | Exodus 4:29-6:12
An Identity Shaped by Captivity I. Context: LIVING as SLAVES in Egypt. (Ex. 1-4)A. A CHANGE in STATUS. (1:8-10)B. Life SHAPES their IDENTITY. (1:11-14)C. God SEES what is HAPPENING. (2:23-24)
Read moreForming a People – Part 1 | Matthew 28:16-20
“Let’s Start at the Very Beginning…” I. We are a PEOPLE of full of CONTRADICTIONS. (v.16-18)A. OBEDIENT and WORSHIPPING. (v.17)B. Yet STILL struggling with DOUBT. (v.17)C. But...
Read moreUnmasking the Proverbs 31 Woman | Proverbs 31: 10-31
Proverbs 31 I. Proverbs: A FATHER’S ADVICE (Proverbs 1-9)A. PURSUE Lady WISDOM 1. She is a GUARDIAN to Those Who LOVE Her (4:5-9) 2. She is a TREE of LIFE for Those
Read morePhilemon: An Effective Fellowship | The Book of Philemon
The Book of Philemon I. UNDERSTANDING the SITUATIONA. The INHUMANITY of SlaveryB. The CULTURAL REALITY of SlaveryC. The LAW around Slavery II. Paul’s HARD SELLA. Slave, OBEY your MASTER (Phil.
Read moreThe Gate (John 10:6-9)
Guest speaker: Will Corbett I. What is the Gate? A. The Gate is a personB. The Gate is a portalC. Nobody who passes through the gate stays the same. II. The
Read moreJames & Wisdom After the Cross – Part 4 | James 4:1-12
Our Desires vs. God’s Desire I. The CAUSE of QUARRELS (4:1-3)A. The WAR that Rages INSIDE (4:1-2a; Ti. 3:10-11; Prov. 20:3; Rom. 8:7)B. Our FAILURE to ASK (4:2b; Matt. 7:7-8;
Read moreJames and Wisdom After the Cross – Part 3 | Selections from James
Sticks and Stones I. The LAY of the LANDA. Born by the WORD to Grow in PERSEVERANCE (1:2-4, 17-21)B. Our FAITH and the WORK of PERFECTION (1:22-25; 2:14-26)C. The Wisdom
Read moreJames and Wisdom After the Cross – Part 2 | James 2:1-13, 3:13-18
The Folly of Favouritism I. The Incompatibility of FAVOURITISM and the GOSPEL (2:1-13)A. God Chose the POOR (2:5; Matt. 25:40; Luke 4:17-19, 6:20)B. God is no RESPECTER of PERSONS (2:1;
Read moreJames & Wisdom After the Cross – Part 1 | James 1:2-7, 12-18; 2:14-26
The Legalism of Perfection and the Perfect Law I. A TALE of Two BIRTHS (1:1-8, 12-18)A. PERSEVERANCE is Grown through TRUTH and TRIALS (1:1-8, 17-18; Rom. 5:1-5)B. SIN is Born
Read moreLife Under the Sun – Part 3 | Ecclesiastes 12:9-14
The End of Humanity? I. The WISDOM of the TEACHERA. MEANING is Impossible to DISCERN (1:2; 12:8)B. STRIVING Will Leave You MISERABLE (4:4-8; 5:13-17)C. CARPE DIEM! (2:24-25; 3:12-13; 5:18; 8:15)
Read moreLife Under the Sun – Part 2 | Ecclesiastes 2:22-25; 3:9-13; 3:20-22; 5:15-20; 8:14-15; 9:7-10; 11:7-12:1
A Time to Mourn / A Time to Dance I. SIFTING Through the FOGA. All of our EFFORTS Gone up in SMOKE (6:12; 9:9; 11:10)B. Life: An ENIGMA we Cannot
Read moreLife Under the Sun – Part 1 | Ecclesiastes 1:1-18
A Time to Tear Down I. DECONSTRUCTING our Pursuits of FULFILLMENT (1:2-3)A. The MYTHS that we LIVE by 1. MATERIAL Fulfillment (2:1-11; 6:1-12) 2. INTELLECTUAL Fulfillment (1:12-18; 2:12-16; 8:16-17...
Read moreActs: Jesus at Work Through the Church – Part 9 | Acts 27-28
The End of the Beginning I. The Road to the CROSS, in all its Varied FORMS (Luke 19-23; Acts 21-28)A. No SERVANT is GREATER than His MASTER (John 15:20; Luke
Read moreActs: Jesus at Work Through the Church – Part 8 | Acts 16:6-34
When the Gospel Goes on Mission I. The GOSPEL is for EVERYONEActs 16:9, 13-14, 16-18, 29-34A. Lydia: A GOD-FEARING BUSINESS WOMANB. Slave Girl: A DEMON-POSSESSED WITNESSC. Jailer: A PAGAN EX-SOLDIER
Read moreActs: Jesus at Work Through the Church – Part 7 | Acts 15
A Gospel Shaped Community I. Paul & Barnabas: INDWELT, EMPOWERED, WITNESSING (Acts 13-14)A. A Multi-ETHNIC FAITH Community Following KING JESUS (Acts 11:19-30; 13:1-3)B. SIGNS, SERMONS, and STONINGS! (Acts 13:4-14:20)C. “REPORTING
Read moreActs: Jesus at Work Through the Church – Part 6 | Acts 10:1-48
Yet Another Example of God at Work I. A THREE-PART story. (v.1-48; Acts 1:1-2)A. God at work BEFORE the VISION. (v.1-8)B. God IS at work DURING. (v.9-22)C. God CONTINUES working
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