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Text - Nehemaih 9:38-10:39 Subject - Covenant Theme - Making a covenant. Thesis - God’s word caused the people to recognize their sin and their need to make a new covenant before God. Principle - In making a covenant/promise to follow Christ, you are not simply promising to keep yourself from certain…

1 Samuel 20:18-42 and Genesis 1:14-16 Review We are starting a new cycle of Torah readings We have taught from the Torah portions directly for the last 3 years We will dedicate this new cycle to the teaching of every Haftarah that accompanies every Torah Portion in the cycle If we were to think about…

Intro: “Fifty-eight percent of people who identify as Christian do not believe the Holy Spirit is real. At least that is what the Cultural Research Center at Arizona Christian University found in a study done in 2021. Nearly 70 percent of US adults self-identify as Christian, but many of them express…

22 But don’t just listen to God’s word. You must do what it says. Otherwise, you are only fooling yourselves. 23 For if you listen to the word and don’t obey, it is like glancing at your face in a mirror. 24 You see yourself, walk away, and forget what you look like. 27 So God created human beings in…

God’s Design As I told you all last week, for the next three weeks we are going to be taking a journey around how we can best share our faith with others. I don’t know about you, but for many believers sharing their faith can be difficult. It can be overwhelming. Questions arise in our minds like, “What…

22 But don’t just listen to God’s word. You must do what it says. Otherwise, you are only fooling yourselves. 23 For if you listen to the word and don’t obey, it is like glancing at your face in a mirror. 24 You see yourself, walk away, and forget what you look like. 27 So God created human beings in…

One of the favorite buzz words used in our culture today is the phrase, “toxic masculinity.” This is the idea that to be a man is to be toxic. It is the idea that we must, in our understanding and according to our own pleasures and lusts, redefine what it means to be a man. In fact, that line of reasoning,…

22 But don’t just listen to God’s word. You must do what it says. Otherwise, you are only fooling yourselves. 23 For if you listen to the word and don’t obey, it is like glancing at your face in a mirror. 24 You see yourself, walk away, and forget what you look like. 27 So God created human beings in…

Tending the Garden - Pastor Sven Frantzen 2023-06-03 Theme Text: Genesis 1:28 NKJV Then God blessed them, and God said to them, “Be fruitful and multiply; fill the earth and subdue it; have dominion over the fish of the sea, over the birds of the air, and over every living thing that moves on the earth.” It is spring time and we are all looking to a great season of growing plants in our garden. Whether it is fruits, berries, or just beautiful plants, we are excited about tending our gardens. God has called us from the very beginning to tend the garden. He said this in Genesis 1:28: “And God blessed them, and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it:” But there is another garden that God wants us to tend; the garden of the Kingdom of God. God asks us to carry fruit worthy of repentance. This sermon highlights how you can help grow the fruits in the Kingdom of God.

Dominion Mandate Gen 1:28 “And God blessed them. And God said to them, “Be fruitful and multiply and fill the earth and subdue it, and have dominion over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the heavens and over every living thing that moves on the earth.”” Gen 9:1 “And God blessed Noah and his…

6 We have different gifts, according to the grace given to each of us. If your gift is prophesying, then prophesy in accordance with your faith; 7 if it is serving, then serve; if it is teaching, then teach; 8 if it is to encourage, then give encouragement; if it is giving, then give generously; if it…

In the Bible, there are several attributes of God that can be described as "Motherly". These attributes highlight God's caring and nurturing nature towards his people. Overall, these "Motherly" attributes of God show his love and care for his people. They remind us that God is not just a distant, all-powerful deity, but a loving and nurturing parent who desires the best for his children.

Then God said, “Let us make man in our image, after our likeness. And let them have dominion over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the heavens and over the livestock and over all the earth and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth.” Today we are going to talk creation. Specifically…

Today we are going to walk through a series on marriage and family. Marriage and family are the bedrock of every society. The healthier our marriages are, the healthier our families will be, and the healthier our society will be. Wherever you buy books from, there are sure to be countless books on marriage,…

Luke 20:19-21:4 Outline & Discovery Full Manuscript By Calvin Dorsey Intro: Nick name was straight lace or straight edge. They saw the outside but they didn’t see my daily struggle I didn’t always do what is right In Genesis 18 , I believe verse 25, Abraham is having a conversation with God about the…

Merry Christmas and Blessed Advent! Who here likes birthdays? 2 Key components of a birthday are: PRESENTS God With Us 22 Now all this took place to fulfill what was spoken by the Lord through the prophet: 23 See, the virgin will become pregnant and give birth to a son, and they will name him Immanuel,…

Meaning of the word “Heaven” in the Bible Given the reality of the waters above the heavens, the Hebrew word “heavens” (shamayim / םימש) can be used in three distinct waters within biblical cosmic geography. “Heavens” can refer to the sky-dome itself that divides the cosmic waters above and below Genesis…

What is the Ekklesia? We are going to explore where the term Ekklesia comes from. We are going to uncover the purpose of His Ekklesia. Matthew 16:18 (NASB95) 18 “I also say to you that you are Peter, and upon this rock I will build My church; and the gates of Hades will not overpower it. First lets look…

The oxford dictionary on Google defines solitude as: “The state or situation of being alone A lonely or uninhabited place” Thought technically, solitude means to be alone, christian solitude holds a different truth The truth that we are never alone Solitude for the christian is the opposite, it is getting…

John 18:38 (ESV) Pilate said to him, “What is truth?” Sanctify them in the truth; your word is truth. This morning we are going to talk about worldviews. We will get to the definition of a worldview in just a moment, but first it might be helpful if we talk about a practical example. Let’s talk about…

In our introduction to the series of worship you will see: Worship is a part of your make-up as a person ( Genesis 1:26-27 ) How the God of the Bible views worship as a priority ( Exodus 20:3-6 , Isaiah 42:8 ) How your view of God affects your worship ( Isaiah 6:1-5 ) How the previous 3 considerations…

In the past few weeks, there seems to have been an overabundance of loss, most due to tragic events. I have counseled with people who are having a tough time coping with death, and with the seeming finality that surrounds death. It is made harder, it seems, when someone dies in a tragic manner and at…

Introduction What do other gods all have in common? They are all made in the image of man or some other created thing with the characteristics of the ones that seek to worship the idol. What is different between God and the false gods? God has made man in His own image and we are told how we ought to…

Last week we saw how we were created in the image of God. This being the rational faculty of the human soul: How we think, how we reason. How God has given us attributes similar to His so we can better understand and comprehend Him. We also looked at the multiple ways in which the culture gives no thought…

What Is The Image of God? When we speak of the image of God…what is it? God is a spirit, He isn’t physical like us. When we speak of the image of God, it isn’t a physical likeness. He uses terms such as arm, eyes, & hands; but these are anthropomorphisms or terms human traits to describe heavenly truths.…