The Day of Justice Will Come I. PAIN that brings PERSPECTIVE. (Chapter 1-2) A WORLD that has been DECIMATED. (1:1-12) Loss makes SPACE for REPENTANCE. (1:13-20) SEEING a larger PATTERN.
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Lent 2022 – Longing for Justice – Part 4 | Zephaniah
Transformed by God’s Justice I. The DAY of the LORD… AGAIN (1:2-3; 14-18; 3:8)A. The REVERSAL of CREATION (1:2-3)B. The PRIDE that Comes Before the FALL (1:12; 2:10,15; 3:2,11) 1. A
Read moreLent 2022 – Longing for Justice – Part 3 | The Book of Amos
The Target of God’s Justice I. God has set His SIGHTS on ISRAEL (Amos 1-2)A. A List of the USUAL SUSPECTS (Amos 1:3-2:3)B. Chosenness doesn’t mean EXEMPTION, but EXPECTATION (Amos
Read moreLent 2022 – Longing for Judgement – Part 2 | Micah
Hoping in the Justice of God I. Three cycles of JUDGMENT and HOPE. (Micah 1-7)A. First DESTRUCTION, then the SHEPHERD. (Micah 1-2)B. The sin of the LEADERS and PROPHETS. (Micah
Read moreLent 2022 – Longing for Justice – Part 1 | Book of Habakkuk
Questioning the Justice of God I. LONGING for justice in an UNJUST world. (Hab. 1-3)A. Habakkuk speaks FOR us as well as TO us. (1:1-4,1:12-2:1)B. We QUESTION the reality we
Read moreLent 2021 – I am broken, but loved by God | Jeremiah 45
Week 5 – “I’ll give you your life…” I. Who is BARUCH?A. Jeremiah’s SCRIBE (36:4, 32; 45:1)B. Jeremiah’s STUDENT (36:5-8)C. Jeremiah’s FRIEND (36:17-19) II. A Legitimate COMPLAINT (45:3)A. SORROW upon
Read moreLent 2021 – I am broken, but loved by God | Selections from Jeremiah 38-44
Week 4 – What to do when the world falls apart I. The story of the END and a new BEGINNING? (Jer. 38-42)A. Telling the KING to SURRENDER. (Jer. 38)B.
Read moreLent 2021 – I am broken, but loved by God | Jeremiah 35:1-19
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.
Read moreLent 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 morePalm Sunday (COVID-19 version) | John 12:12-19; John 18-19
Looking for a Hero in Desperate Times I. JOY of every longing HEART. (Jn 12:12-19)A. A LONG time of WAITING. (12:12-15; Zech. 9:9-17)B. A REASON to be JOYFUL. (12:12-18)C. A
Read moreLent 2020 – Part 5 | Nehemiah 12:27-13:31
Lessons in Exile Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, we will be streaming our worship service live at 11:00 AM each Sunday morning via Facebook Live for the foreseeable future. (Our
Read moreLent 2020 – Part 4 | Nehemiah 7:73b-10:39
Nehemiah 7:73b-10:39 Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, we will be streaming our Sunday service live at 11:00 AM each Sunday morning via Facebook Live for the foreseeable future. (Our church
Read moreLent 2020 – Part 3 | Ezra 7-10
Wrestling with Ezra I. UNDERSTANDING the FLOW of “Ezra-Nehmiah.” A. Rebuild the TEMPLE. (Ezra 1-6) B. Rebuild the TORAH COMMUNITY (Ezra 7-10) C. Rebuild the CITY of JERUSALEM. (Nehemiah) To
Read moreLent 2020 – Part 2 | Ezra 1-6
The Temple: It’s not what you think I. RETURNING to build the TEMPLE. (Ezra 1-6)A. SUPPORT from the KING. (Ezra 1:1-8)B. Initial STAGES and DISAPPOINTMENT. (Ezra 3:1-13)C. The problem with
Read moreLent 2020 – Part 1 | 2 Kings 24-25; Ezra 1
Realize, Reflect, Release, Refocus I. From BAD to WORSE to NOTHING. (2 Kings 24-25)A. A CYCLE of REBELLION… (2 Kings 24:1-20)B. …Leads to a KINGDOM in RUINS… (2 Kings 25:1-12)C.
Read morePalm Sunday – The 6th Sunday of Lent
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
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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;
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Isaiah: Preparing the Way ~ Part 4 The Unusual King Isaiah 42:1-4, Matthew 12 March 31, 2019 I. QUARRELS and KINGSHIP – Mt. 12A. One Greater than the TEMPLE –
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Isaiah: Preparing the Way ~ Part 3 The Fasting God has Chosen Isaiah 58 & Matthew 6 March 24, 2019 I. The TRAP of RELIGION Is. 58:1-5; Mt. 6:1-21A. It
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