Hebrews: Greater Than… Part 2 Slaughtering our sacred cows… Hebrews 1:4-2:18 May 5, 2019 I. The STRUCTURE of the TEXT. (1:4-2:18)A. GREATER than the ANGELS. (1:4-14)B. WARNING to pay ATTENTION. (2:1-4)C. Jesus BECAME like us to FREE us...
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Hebrews: Greater Than… Part 1 It All Starts Here Heb. 1: 1-13 April 28, 2019 I. The WAY God SPEAKS. (v.1-2)A. COMMUNICATION is what He DOES. (v.1-2; Ps. 19:1-4)B. WHAT God already SAID. (v.1)C. Jesus: The FINAL WORD. (v.2: Jn 1:14) The book of...
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Resurrection Sunday (Easter) Reactions to the Resurrection Mt. 28:1-20; Is. 53:1-12 April 21, 2019 I. It STARTS at a TOMB. (Mt. 28:1; Is. 53)A. The GIFT of LENT. (Ps. 139:23-24)B. The REALITY of DARKNESS. (Jn 1:5)C. The REFUSAL to AVOID it. (v.1)...
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Isaiah: Preparing the Way ~ Part 6 (Palm Sunday) The Two Sides of Welcoming a King Mt. 21:1-17; Is. 56:7 April 14, 2019 I. What THEY have all been WAITING for. (v. 1-11)A. YEARS of LONGING. (v.4-5; Zech. 9:9)B. Finally, the ARRIVAL of the KING...
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Isaiah: Preparing the Way ~ Part 5 “Blessed” Isaiah 40:9; 52:7; 61:1-3; Matt. 5:1-12 April 7, 2019 I. The CONTEXT around the BEATITUDES. (Mt. 5:1-12)A. An ANCIENT LONGING. (Isaiah 40:9; 52:7; 61:1-3)B. The specific OCCASION and AUDIENCE. (Mt...
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Isaiah: Preparing the Way ~ Part 2 Repentance is Relational Mt. 21:13; Isaiah 56 March 17, 2019 I. JESUS in the TEMPLE. (Matt. 21:12-15)A. Jesus CREATES a RUCKUS. (v.12-13)B. Two TYPES of PEOPLE. (v.14-15) As we follow this Lenten journey...
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Matthew: The Story of the King ~ Part 9 The Simple Truth of the Gospel Matthew 22:34-40 March 3, 2019 < I. A STORY and its REPERCUSSIONS. (22:1-36)A. GOD who WELCOMES. (22:1-2,4)B. PEOPLE who RESIST. (22:3, 5-36)C. KNOWLEDGE as a means of...
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Matthew: The Story of the King ~ Part 8 Peeling back the layers… Matthew 19:16-30 February 24, 2019 I. What PROMPTS the QUESTION? (v.16-22)A. He was GOOD MAN. (v.18-20)B. He had FINANCIAL SECURITY.(v.22)C. Yet SOMETHING is MISSING. (v.16-17) Why...
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Matthew: The Story of the King ~ Part 7 Remember to Re-Member Matthew 18: 15-35 February 17, 2019 I. The STORY before the PROCESS. (v.10-14)A. The HEART of God for His PEOPLE. (v.10-13)B. The GOAL is always RESTORATION. (v.14) The story of 99...
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Matthew: The Story of the King ~ Part 6 The Kingdom of Heaven Matthew 13: 24-52 February 10, 2019 I. The KINGDOM of HEAVEN is like… (Matthew 13)A. These PARABLES are the “SEED”. (v.19)B. Kingdom UNDERSTANDING is GIVEN. (v.11-12, 51-52; Lk 12:32)...
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Matthew: The Story of the King ~ Part 5 Called and Sent Matthew 10: 1-42 February 3, 2019 I. The big PICTURE of the PASSAGE. (v.1-8)A. It’s about REAL PEOPLE… (v.2-4)B. …CALLED “to” and SENT “out”. (v.1,5)C. THEY are given AUTHORITY… (v.1)D. …To...
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Matthew: The Story of the King ~ Part 4 What do you see? Matthew 9: 1-37 January 27, 2019 I. From TEACHING to ACTION. (Matthew 8-9)A. RAPID fire MIRACLES. (Matt. 8-9)B. SOME unorthodox METHODS. (9:8-17) We have jumped over the Sermon on the Mount...
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Matthew: The Story of the King ~ Part 2 Preparing the way… Matthew 3: 1-17 January 6, 2019 I. The MAN and the MESSAGE. (v.1-3)A. SENT with a PURPOSE. (v.3-5; Is. 40:3)B. RESPONDING to the God who COMES. (v.2) John the Baptist was unique to say...
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Matthew: The Story of the King ~ Part 1 The Other Side of Christmas Matthew 2: 1-23 December 30, 2018 I. The COMING of the MAGI.A. Who WERE these PEOPLE? (Dan. 2:48)B. WHY have they COME? (v.2) We all know the story about the...
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Advent 2018: The King is Coming – Part 4 What Love Looks Like Matthew 1:18-25 December 23, 2018 I. Love is RARELY what you EXPECT. (v.18-19)A. She’s EXPECTING…that’s UNEXPECTED. (v.18)B. A DIFFICULT moral DILEMMA. (v.19; Deut. 22:23-24)C. LOVE...
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The King is Coming ~ Part 2 Unto us…Shalom Isaiah 9:1-7 December 9, 2018 I. Something BIG is HAPPENING. (v.1-5)A. LIGHT for a DARK world. (v.2)B. The COMING of JOY. (v.3)C. A DIFFERENT kind of SHATTERING. (Judges 7; 8:9-10; 9:4,5) Last week we...
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The King is Coming ~ Part 1 What kind of name is that? Isaiah 8:1-18 December 2, 2018 I. ISAIAH and SONS.A. The MEANING of the NAMES. (7:3; 8:1-3)B. The CONTEXT of the NAMING. (8:6) As we come into Advent this year we are looking at the book of...
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Foundations – Exodus God will be WITH them. Exodus 40:1-38 November 25, 2018 I. God SAID and Moses DID. (v.1-33)A. A NEW BEGINNING. (v.2,17)B. VERY specific INSTRUCTIONS. (v.2-15)C. Just as the LORD had COMMANDED. (8x in v.16-32) After all the...
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Foundations – Exodus Who, in this story, are you? Exodus 32:1-14 November 11, 2018 I. WHAT the PEOPLE do. (v.1)A. They STRUGGLE with SILENCE. (v.1; Ps 13:1-2)B. How QUICKLY they FORGET. (v.1; Lam 3:19-22) Mark Twain said that every person alive...
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Foundations – Exodus The Commandments Exodus 20:1-21 November 4, 2018 I. ANALYZING (noticing) the TEXT (2 Tim. 2:15)A. FIRST things FIRST (v.3-6)B. REVERENCE for GOD. (v.3-11; Mt. 22:37-40)C. LOVE for OTHERS. (v.12-17; Mt. 22:37-40) The 10...
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