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Exod. 32:1-20 ; 30-35 1 When the people saw that Moses was so long in coming down from the mountain, they gathered around Aaron and said, “Come, make us gods who will go before us. As for this fellow Moses who brought us up out of Egypt, we don’t know what has happened to him.” 2 Aaron answered them,…

Intro: Some years ago I read a book by Thom Rainer entitled “Autopsy of a Deceased Church”. He outlines 14 churches that he was called to consult with to help revive them, but they all died because they would not heed his advice. In his book he gives the ten most probable causes of dying churches. Of…

Theo-Centric vs. Anthro-Centric Aboslute Truth Yaweh Interpretations, Man Advises Bridging the Gap

In the previous chapter we saw Joseph having a divine appointment with Pharaoh’s cupbearer and his chief baker. Both had been imprisoned, and both had dreams which Joseph interpreted. While the baker was condemned to die, the cupbearer was restored, just as Joseph had predicted. Unfortunately, the cupbearer…

Review Proverbs 4:23 tells us to keep our hearts with all diligence. We learned to guard our hearts from two things: Heretical deception People claim to speak on God’s behalf today, but we must compare what we hear with Scripture. If what someone is saying is popular, chances are, it is not of God, it…

Growth It is impossible to be commited but not involved... for commitment demands involvement. at the same time…it is possible for a person to be involved but still not be committed. therefor it takes commitment and involvement together. to not be involved or to not be engaged in action is to be inactive.…

The ark of God has been stolen, captured, taken into exile by the Philistines. These three chapters— 1 Samuel 5-7 —follow the ark of the covenant around Philistia (the land of the Philistines) and back to Israel again. Let’s pick up where we left off: 1 After the Philistines had captured the ark of God,…

Welcome Good morning everyone, today we are continuing in our series on the life of Joseph. Today, we get to see Joseph encounter some better experiences than what he has had for the last 13 years of his life. He was sold into slavery by his brothers, accused falsely of a crime that landed him in prison,…

God’s Unusual Characters become the important people in the histories of Israel. I won’t give the recap again today, as we are still in the story of Joseph, the 11th son of Jacob Israel. You can catch up to the messages already preached in this series on our website, Inter-CommunityChurch.com/Sermons,…

In his parables of the lost sheep and coin, Jesus reveals the extraordinary love of God for his lost children. Join us as we explore how God expresses that love, and how we can join him in his hunt for the lost. The video of the sheep played after my story can be found here: https://youtu.be/f97zwQS6I4o

Why does God summon some people to face His judgement? Amos gives us four reasons why you might soon face the judgement of God for your sin. I. Fat Cows (vv. 1-3) Amos is preaching a sermon of judgment. He is summoning the sinful people of the Northern Kingdom of Israel to judgement. And in this sermon…

Zeal for your house will consume me. Has church ever made you angry? I’m sure it has. Some rule you didn’t like. Some ham handed handling of a difficult situation. I’ve probably made you angry at some point. I do and say stupid and careless things sometimes. And sometimes I say wise and careful things…

10 “They shall make an ark of acacia wood. Two cubits and a half shall be its length, a cubit and a half its breadth, and a cubit and a half its height. 11 You shall overlay it with pure gold, inside and outside shall you overlay it, and you shall make on it a molding of gold around it. 12 You shall…

Two years after the events of chapter 40. Pharaoh has a dream Part 1: From the Nile come seven plump cows, then seven “ugly and thin” cows. The ugly, thin cows eat the plump cows. Part 2: Seven ears of grain, “plump and good”, are growing on a stalk. Then seven thin and blighted ears sprout and swallow…

Announcements Are there any announcements? There is a board meeting on Wednesday at 6:30pm. Please pray for wisdom and direction as we meet to discuss church business. Introduction Thank you for that wonderful message of music and for you faithfulness week after week in bringing us before the Lord. Good…

Appreciate the time at the conference. Had sessions about culture change in a rural area, about pulpit ministry in the public square, brushed up on some preaching concepts, and got a whole bunch of encouragement from people that I only see once or twice a year. The Sunday after conference, I like to…

I heard about a young lawyer who was called in from the big city to represent a large railroad company that was being sued by a farmer . It seems that the farmer’s prize cow was missing from a field through which the railroad passed, and the farmer was suing for the value of the cow. Before the case…

Riding Line In the 1800’s and early 1900’s men on ranches would spend a lot of time riding line. What they did doing this was to go out every day and ride the boundary line of the ranch. While doing this they were looking for cattle that either drifted onto their side and push them off, and look for…

Leader Guide ESV, Unit 10, Session 2 © 2019 LifeWay Christian Resources, Permission granted to reproduce and distribute within the license agreement with purchaser. Edited by Rev. Lex DeLong, M.A., July 2022. Summary and Goal In these passages, the prophesied punishment on Eli’s family become reality.…

Introduction I think it necessary for us to read Romans 1:18-32 in order for us to get a proper understanding of what is going on in the minds of the Philistines and their attempt at finding escape from divine judgment. It is the same escape we all want to find but it is elusive until we find it in Jesus…

Introduction We all have moments of doubt, worry, and fear. We have moments of hopeful expectation. We desire great things to happen and great things to change the situations we are in. Maybe we have great promises guiding us and to lean on. Maybe we just have a strong positive attitude and mindset.…

Last week I shared about one of those why God? moments in my life. What happened next reflected a bit of today’s story. You see, I embarked on a nearly year long effort to find another position in which to serve God and take care of my family. Though the fig tree does not bud and there is no fruit on…

Sermon Introduction If you are anything like me, then you have often sat and wondered, where did I come from? I don’t mean this question in the big sense, the sense of “Where did all humans come from?” But rather, in the sense of, what were my parents like when they were younger? What were my grandparents…

4/29/2020 Wednesday Night Bible Study 1 Samuel 1-7 ] Show Time line Outline I. Samuel 1–8 1. Early life 1–3 2. Defeat at Aphek 4–6 3. Mizpah 7 4. Demand for a king 8 II. Saul 9–31 1. Saul anointed 9–12 2. Saul rejected 13–15 3. Saul and David 16–20 4. David a fugitive 21–30 5. Saul’s death 28, 31 1 There…