Hope – A Vision of a Coming Hope I. A CONTEXT much like ours TODAY. (1:21-31)A. A CONTINUAL downward TRAJECTORY. (v.21-23)B. The WEAK suffer, the POWERFUL don’t care. (v.23)C. REDEMPTION will come through God’s JUSTICE. (v.24-27)D. It will...
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Advent 2021 – Week 1: Hope | Luke 1:5-25; 57-80
A Song of Hope I. The OTHER birth STORY. (v.5-25, 57-66)A. A FAITHFUL but BARREN couple. (v.5-7)B. A ONCE in a LIFETIME event. (v.8-17)C. Even FAILURE to believe gets USED.
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End Time Ethics I. The END of the WORLD as We KNOW it (I Pet. 4:7; II Peter 3:8-10a; Luke 21:34-36)A. Not an INVITATION to WORRY (Matt. 24:36, 6:25-34; I
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Living in Exile for Dummies I. Remember WHO and WHOSE You Are (I Peter 1:1-2:10)A. Those ADOPTED by God (1:3-4, 14, 17)B. Those CALLED out of DARKNESS (2:9; Eph. 5:8-11)C.
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Our New Family Identity I. Using LANGUAGE to communicate family IDENTITY. (1:13-2:10)A. Get ready and “GIRD up your LOINS.” (1:13; Ex. 12:11)B. Be the HOLY PEOPLE of God. (1:15-16; Lev.
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Starting with some Fundamentals I. SETTING the CONTEXT of these letters.A. SITUATION: Think about the READERS. (v.1)B. SOURCE: Think about the WRITER. (5:12) Peter writes two letters from Rome to
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 moreI Thessalonians: A Letter of Hope- Part I | I Thessalonians 1 & 2
The Three That Remain… I. The CONTEXT for I ThessaloniansActs 17 II. Paul’s Prayer of THANKSGIVINGI Thes. 1:3 A. WORK of FaithI Thes. 1:4-101 1. Ergon- both CAUSE and EFFECT
Read moreAdvent 2019 – Zechariah’s Dreaming Of… ~ Part 1 | Zechariah 1:1-17; 6:1-8
We Wait in Hope I. Zechariah – MINOR prophet with a MAJOR message. (1:1-6)A. The CONTEXT of this BOOK. (Jer. 25:11, 33:11-14; Ez, 5:1-2)B. The STRUCTURE of the DREAMS. (Zech.
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First Sunday of Advent Season of Advent 2017 HOPE: God has remembered… Luke 1:5-25; 57-80 December 3rd, 2017 I. There is ALWAYS a STORY… (v.5-7)A. 400 YEARS of SILENCE. (Mal.
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Ezekiel: Repentance and Hope – Lent 2017, Part 2 Horrible Judgment, Beautiful Hope Ezekiel 8-11 March 12th, 2017 I. A LONG text in short SECTIONS…(Chap. 8-11)A. Chapter 8 –
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Ezekiel: Repentance and Hope – Lent 2017, Part 1 When God Shows Up… Ezekiel 1:1-3:15 March 5th, 2017 PRELUDE to a VISION. (II Kings 24:8-17; Ezek. 1)A. The BEGINNINGS
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Waiting on the World to Change… The Light of Hope in a Dark World Ps. 142 and Lamentations 3:1-32 November 27th, 2016 I. WHAT is a LAMENT? (Ps.
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