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 moreSpeaker: Jeff Kuhn
Mark – 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 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. 6 | 2 Samuel 11-12
I. The ACTUAL story highlights a CONTRAST. (11:1-27)A. The CORRUPTION of the POWERFUL. (v.2-25)B. The INTEGRITY of the WEAK. (v.9-13) This is one of the most tragic personal stories in
Read moreThe Problem with Kings – Pt. 5 | 2 Samuel 7:1-28
The Plans to Build a House I. The KING has a good IDEA. (v.1-4)A. I will BUILD a HOUSE for God. (v.1-2)B. Nathan AGREES…but too QUICKLY. (v.3-4)C. When GOOD ideas
Read moreThe Problem with Kings – Pt. 4 | 2 Samuel 6:1-23
“God struck him down…” I. David ESTABLISHES the KINGDOM. (2 Sam. 5-6)A. A KING, a CAPITAL, and big VICTORY. (2 Sam 5)B. BRINGING the ark (God) HOME. (v. 1-2)C. WHERE
Read moreThe Problem with Kings – Pt. 3 | 1 Samuel 24:1-22
The Right Thing To Do With Our Rights I. A MOMENT made for HOLLYWOOD. (v.1-22)A. A REVERSAL of POWER. (v.1-4)B. A DECISION that DISAPPOINTS. (v.5-15)C. REPENTANCE that doesn’t LAST. (v.16-22;
Read moreThe Problem with Kings – Pt. 2 | 1 Samuel 18:1-30
All those Emotions… I. RELATIONSHIPS always involve EMOTIONS. (v.1-30)A. SAUL is JEALOUS of David. (v.5, 8-30)B. But SAUL’S kids LOVE David. (v.1-4, 20, 28) Preaching 1 Samuel 18 is like
Read moreThe Problem with Kings – Pt. 1 | 1 Samuel 13:1-15
Forgetting the True Reality I. RECONNECTING the NARRATIVE. (v.1-15)1. The Jews OPPRESSED by the PHILISTINES. (v.3, 19-22)2. A KING for the first TIME. (1 Sam. 8:5; v.1)3. An event that
Read moreKoinonia – 1 John Pt. 4 | 1 John 5:1-21
Believing and Receiving I. What JOHN has said thus FAR. (Chap. 1-4)1. The TRINITY’S table of “FELLOWSHIP”. (1:1-4)2. Living in LIGHT not DARKNESS. (1:5-3:11)3. Letting LOVE flow TO and THROUGH
Read moreKoinonia – 1 John Pt. 3 | 1 John 3:11-24; 4:7-21
This is the message…part 2 I. The link between LOVE and FELLOWSHIP. (3:11-4:6)A. Love as a DIAGNOSTIC TOOL. (3:11-15, 19-24)B. CHRIST as the PROTOTYPE. (3:16-18)C. JESUS as the CONNECTION to
Read moreKoinonia – 1 John Pt. 2 | 1 John 2:15-3:11
Challenges to “Fellowship” in a Dark World I. The Challenge: A TRINITY of DARKNESS. (2:15-17)A. FEELING, HAVING, and CONTROLLING.(v.16)B. This is NOT their first APPEARANCE. (Gen.3:6-7; Mt. 4:3-4,6,8-9) When the
Read moreKoinonia – 1 John Pt. 1 | 1 John 1:1-2:14
Fellowship is more than a pot-luck I. WHY is John WRITING? (1:1-4)A. To PROCLAIM what others DENY. (1:1; 2:19,22)B. Jesus as the WORD of LIFE. (1:1-2)C. To COMPLETE the circle
Read more2 Thessalonians – Part 1 | 2 Thessalonians 1-3
“Is this all there is?” I. The NEED for a second LETTER. (1:1-2:2)A. Growing FAITH and increasing LOVE. (1:3-4)B. Yet more PERSECUTION and SUFFERING. (1:5-10)C. A question: Is THIS all
Read more