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We are reminded that the Holy Spirit gathers us into faith in the Father who created us and sent the Son to redeem us. We are encouraged to understand the Trinity more seriously than we do.

Why Do We Believe That? Week 6 Systematic Theology—The Doctrine of Creation Part 2 · Where did we come from? · Why are we here? · Is there a purpose, a goal behind all that we see and experience? · Or is life one big cosmic accident - directionless and purposeless? Again, these are simple, straightforward…

God, the Transcendent Creator God, the Immanent Father God, at work in us

“We abhor, besides, and anathematize those who say falsely that he is but the mere Word of God and non-existent, having his being in another—at one time the ‘expressed’ Word, as some say, at another the ‘immanent’ Word, holding that he was not Christ or Son of God or mediator or image of God before ages;…

Have your Bibles ready this morning because we will be looking at the Bible as whole this morning and not really camping in one location of the Bible. What we are going to discussing in this series of messages is Does your God match with the God of Holy Scripture? Confronting your God vs. the God of…

Introduction There was a little girl who was home alone and ill. She called her mother at work and told her, “Momma, I need you and I need you really bad.” This mother asked to get off work and frantically rushed down to the corner drug store to bring home some medicine. She notices it was beginning…

The Gospel Project® for Adults, Leader Guide ESV, Unit 4, Session 4 © 2018 LifeWay Christian Resources, edited by Rev. Lex DeLong, M.A. Permission granted to reproduce and distribute within the license agreement with purchaser. God Hears His People Summary and Goal In this session we move from Genesis…

Attributes are qualities or characteristics of a person or thing. Since we are talking about the attributes of God, in relation to God, A. W. Tozer says, An attribute of God is whatever God has in any way revealed as being true of Himself. Although general revelation is able to give us a glimpse of God’s…

Men Who Met God November 5, 2023 Isaiah 6:1-7 Secular: Beneath the Marquand Chapel at Yale Divinity School is an undecorated prayer chamber. Some refer to it as the catacombs. The octagonal room rises to an immense height. Its unadorned walls are broken only by small openings for light. As we approach…

The Gospel Project® for Adults Leader Guide CSB, Unit 1, Session 6 © 2018 LifeWay Christian Resources Permission granted to reproduce and distribute within the license agreement with purchaser. Suffering and God’s Presence Summary and Goal We don’t know for sure when Job lived, much less when the book…

Grief & Mourning “Grief is the painful emotion of sorrow caused by the loss or impending loss of anyone or anything that has deep meaning to you.” Biblical Counseling Keys on Grief Recovery, June Hunt. Be gracious to me, O Lord , for I am in distress; my eye is wasted from grief; my soul and my body…

Big Idea of the Message : Lent is a season in which we lament our personal sin and brokenness. Understanding What is Lent? Lent is a season of forty days before Easter when Christians fast, pray, and refocus their lives on God. Lent is a season that involves lament, repentance, and anticipation. What…

Big Idea of the Message : Lent is a season in which we lament our personal sin and brokenness. Understanding What is Lent? Lent is a season of forty days before Easter when Christians fast, pray, and refocus their lives on God. Lent is a season that involves lament, repentance, and anticipation. What…

Is there a God? And if so, what's He like? These are the two most important questions any person has or ever will ask. Last week we covered God's existence and how the Bible doesn't argue for God's existence, it assumes it. We saw how God has revealed himself… Generally, in creation and history Propositionally,…

Genesis 11:10-32 10 These are the generations of Shem. Shem was 100 years old and became the father of Arpachshad two years after the flood; 11 and Shem lived 500 years after he became the father of Arpachshad, and he became the father of other sons and daughters. 12 And Arpachshad lived 35 years and…

That I may know him, and the power of his resurrection, and the fellowship of his sufferings, being made conformable unto his death; Matthew Henry, the Bible commentator said... To know Him is more than merely to know a doctrine about Him. Believers are brought not only to redemption, but to the Redeemer…

In the mid 1800’s, Thomas K. Beecher once substituted for his famous brother, Henry Ward Beecher, at the Plymouth Church in Brooklyn, New York. Many curiosity seekers had come to hear the renowned Henry Beecher speak. Therefore, when Thomas Beecher appeared in the pulpit instead, some people got up and…

Yesterday Yesterday, I started my morning by checking my calendar. Now I’m pretty bad at reaching out to people on their birthdays, but I’m trying to get better. I have started adding birthdays to contact information, and I’m trying to reach out to people on their special day. I’m still awful at it,…

O Lord , our Lord, how majestic is your name in all the earth! You have set your glory above the heavens. Out of the mouth of babies and infants, you have established strength because of your foes, to still the enemy and the avenger. When I look at your heavens, the work of your fingers, the moon and…

Illus: Went by George for a year My guess is for your kids you thought a lot about the names you would give them, that there's some significance, weight, meaning, hope, prayer behind those names. You probably didn’t put your hand in a hat and just draw out, but even if you didn’t put a lot of thought…

Intro There was an unwed mother who was on the run from a dire situation. To make matters worse, she was pregnant from her boss’s husband. Her boss was unable to have children, so in a desperate act, had her husband sleep with this lady. Of course, you can guess this went south pretty quick. This lady…

This week I received a phone call from an individual in response to our door hangers that we passed out eight days ago. After I answered the phone the person said this: “Hello. I would just like to say that the Lord doesn’t want you soliciting Christianity” and then she hung up before I had any opportunity…

Alternate Title: Why are we in James its almost Christmas? Introduction to James / Time of Transition We took our time in Romans, quickly covered Ruth… slowing down again James is similar to Ruth - Short book ( Ruth 4 and James 5 ) (15-20 minute read) Different than Ruth in form and complexity Ruth -…

Creation and New Creation After discovering how to clone humans, two scientists challenged God: "We don't need you anymore," they said. "We can make life by ourselves now." "Okay," God replied, "let's have a man-making contest." "All right," said the scientists. "We'll do it like you did in the beginning."…

God is Spirit One of the things that I hope to accomplish with this sermon series is that we get a bigger and grander view of who God is. Theologian A.W. Tozer wrote, “The weightiest word in any language is its word for God.” He also wrote “What we think when we think about God is the most important…