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God's true people were initiated in Promise, born and live by the Spirit, and await an inheritance in the higher Jerusalem.

“The Death of a Nation” Exegetical Point: There was no king in Israel, and great division and wickedness abounded. Homiletic Point: We have a King, and he is the only antidote to all of our ills. Intro Kids, How do your parents check your health? They look for symptoms of being sick right? They will…

Last week we saw Jacob find Rebekah’s brother Laban, along with his 2 daughters, Rachel and Leah. He met Rachel first and worked 7 years to marry her, but was given Leah instead. He worked another 7 years in order to be able to marry Rachel also. 1 Now when Rachel saw that she bore Jacob no children,…

There are striking connections and parallels between a human family and the church. First, the church is a family - a spiritual family. We are brothers and sisters to one another. We reach and teach spiritual children. We enjoy a close relationship with God as our Father. Christ himself said: For whoever…

The responsibility and Qualifications for the office of Pastor.

Divine Transgression After the ruin of Eden, the human story heads south in a hurry. That is to be expected. The curses that followed the events in the garden bound the fate of humanity with the spiritual descendents of the Nachash, all those who oppose the rule of God either in the earthly or spiritual…

Today we’re beginning a new series. We’re going to be studying the books of 1 & 2 Samuel. Now for those of you who have read through your Bibles, or are familiar with 1 & 2 Samuel, you will note that much of the story is repeated in 1 & 2 Kings, and 1 & 2 Chronicles. But for us, we’re going to be looking…

Looking at at least this week and next week and after being separated for Easter I’m having a hard time praising . Genesis 29 uses an unlikely source to bring us a wonderful message of praising God despite circumstances. Summary of first 8 verses: Jacob comes to the people of the east Searching for Laban,…

Text: Genesis 4:16-26 High-Tech Rebellion Many of us have a hard time remembering life pre-smartphone and most of us have mindlessly accepted this technology into our lives. Smartphones empower us to do many amazing and wonderful things, but has this empowerment come at a cost? The great danger that…

I once heard someone describe parenting in a really humorous way. When asked “what is it like to be a parent”? The answer was: It’s often really really hard to the point of being awful, and then there are times when being a parenting is so rewarding that it makes the difficulty and awfulness worth it.”…

John Macarthur and further back the SBC have made Women’s roles in the life of the church a front and center issue. The SBC had knuckle heads making statements like… a women in my pulpit… never . Then a couple of weeks ago, John MacArthur made the satement about Beth Moore… stay home. Unfortunately today…

INTRODUCTION: Welcome/prayer Introduction to our new series - these 4 books provide the background for 27 other OT books… essentially, by covering these 4 books we’ll cover close to 80% of the Old Testament Intro to 1 & 2 Samuel A book of many events… as well as many names LXX & Greek Orthodox Traditions…

Awareness of the wickednes of others warns us to consider our choices.

What is in the heart is reflected in the home. Today’s passages are in a section of Moses sermon that covers a lot of ground. They consist of situations that may arise in the Israelite culture and what God has to say about them. We are going to take another bite out of this section today. Last weeks…

1 There was a man from Ramathaim-zophim in the hill country of Ephraim. His name was Elkanah son of Jeroham, son of Elihu, son of Tohu, son of Zuph, an Ephraimite. 2 He had two wives, the first named Hannah and the second Peninnah. Peninnah had children, but Hannah was childless. 3 This man would go…

Holy Ambition Hannah’s home life was sometimes hard, as she had to contend with a second wife in the marriage. 2 He had two wives. The name of the one was Hannah, and the name of the other, Peninnah. And Peninnah had children, but Hannah had no children. This second wife tended to make fun of Hannah…

God designed marriage to be the very best that life has to offer, the very best. In fact, Peter rightly called it “the grace of life.” But since the fall of man, it is anything but the best for most people. In fact, for most marriage starts in a euphoria of emotion and love, bliss and gradually descends…

So far in our journey, in our series Casket Empty - we’ve been seeing how our God, the Creator God, the LORD God, who is named Yahweh Elohim - is a God who pursues man despite the fumblings, errors, and total disobedience. We saw it in the Garden after the original sin - God came walking in the garden…

Well, last week we left off with Noah and the flood, and during the past week I think God has been reminding us with all the rain we’ve been having. I’m going to back up just a bit as we saw Noah enter the ark last week. We remember that from Adam and Eve we had their sons Cain and Abel. Cain kills Abel…

We’re doing things a bit differently. Ordinarily, I go verse by verse, chapter by chapter, in order. Last week, though, we jumped around a bit and observed the last portions of chapters 21 and 22. We finished Abraham’s story with Abimelech and saw the covenant they made with one another, and also saw…

1 “Now these are the rules that you shall set before them. 2 When you buy a Hebrew slave, he shall serve six years, and in the seventh he shall go out free, for nothing. 3 If he comes in single, he shall go out single; if he comes in married, then his wife shall go out with him. 4 If his master gives…

Intro Have you heard the story of the greatest deacon meeting that ever occurred? There was a group of men surrounding a table. There was holy conversation, the word of God was shared, their was gospel centered reflection on their lives, a hymn was sung, there was only one disgruntled person in the room,…

The Pagan World What has been—it is what will be; what has been done—it is what will be done; there is nothing new under the sun. Before Our Lord Jesus Christ preached the Good News of the Gospel among men, the world was submerged in a prolonged and terrible night, in which moral licentiousness, egoism,…