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God’s way often surprises us - but leads to victory Intro me Last week, Ed helped us see that Jesus declares himself greater than great King David, greater than the Holy Temple, greater even than the Sabbath, that central feature of Jewish identity. He’s making some serious claims - it almost feels like…

p / Walt Disney / Walt Disney is said to have taken a friend to a large, unimpressive plot of land and told him, “Buy it now, as much of this as you can. Soon the time will have passed and it will be too late!.” But his friend wasn’t in on the secret: He didn’t have the vision Walt Disney did, he couldn’t…

Jesus teaches us to pray for the eyes of our Father in heaving, knowing we have his ear and his heart.

To be in but not of Judges (Reflections: Samson and Culture Wars, Then and Now) The people of God have always been tempted to reflect culture instead of transforming it, but perhaps the temptation is greater in North America today than at any other time or place in the history of God’s people Jerry McCann…

Finding a resting place in Ruth 3

Introduction: If you have your Bibles let me invite you to open with me to the book of Proverbs chapter 6. We will begin in verse 20 and we will work our way all the way through the end of chapter 7 this morning. Through most of proverbs thus far we have heard the voice of a Father preparing his son…

Hebrews 5:7 “who, in the days of His flesh , when He had offered up prayers and supplications , with vehement cries and tears to Him who was able to save Him from death, and was heard because of His godly fear ,” In an open garden (gethsemane), between the brook kedron and the foot of the mount of olives…

[Example of underwhelming solution to an overwhelming problem] Maybe we feel like that. The problems, troubles, difficulties in our lives are overwhelming. And we don’t have the resources to deal with it. Maybe that’s not how you feel. But you SHOULD! Things in your life might be fine, but there is an…

We want to do a series on relationships… dating… marriage. Principles that you will learn you can apply to dating and to your relationship with God. POLL - How may of you ladies dreamed of the perfect guy… perfect wedding… perfect kids… perfect home… Men, I doubt that you had any of those… How many are…

Temporary tears accomplish suprising glory.

We are reminded that God graciously gives us faith. We are encouraged to pray for faith and be useful tools of the Spirit.

If we look at the Passover, the Old Testament outlines the feast that celebrates and remembers God’s release of Israel from Egypt. Joseph was given power in Egypt after being sold into slavery by his brothers. Eventually, he would save Israel from starvation as they stayed as guests in Egypt. Over time,…

It has been said that the first obstacle to getting help in life is being willing to admit help is needed. Similarly a person will never want wisdom or an increase in wisdom until they realize that either they don’t have it or that they need more of it. In my previous Bible study of Proverbs chapter…

It's A Mystery! The Parables of Jesus Concerning the Secrets of the Kingdom of Heaven What is a mystery? In verse 11, Jesus tells his disciples, “The knowledge of the secrets of the kingdom of heaven have been given to you." The word translated "secrets" is the Greek world "mysterion" from which we get…

We can't live all-in FOR God without going all -in WITH God.

11 Now God worked unusual miracles by the hands of Paul, 12 so that even handkerchiefs or aprons were brought from his body to the sick, and the diseases left them and the evil spirits went out of them. 13 Then some of the itinerant Jewish exorcists took it upon themselves to call the name of the Lord…

Judges 6:36-40 Gideon couldn’t conceive of carrying out the gargantuan task the Lord was requiring of him. He was too insignificant, too weak, too … whatever! How could Gideon—the least in his father’s house and identified with the weakest clan in Manasseh—ever deliver Israel from such a monstrous enemy…

Exegetical Point: Many of the disciples reject Jesus because of His hard teaching, but the chosen will recognize Jesus as the Holy One of God. Homiletic Point: Jesus is the true Holy One of God, but many will reject Him because they do not have the Spirit. Intro After a short diversion last week, we’re…

Personal pride and ambition obscure the beauty of godly unity.

Mormonism in a Nutshell Mormonism teaches that God used to be a man on another world, and that he became a god by following the laws and ordinances of his god on his homeworld. He brought his wife to this world, a woman he had married on the other world. She is essentially a goddess. In his present god-state,…

Intro Have you ever built a sand castle? If you have built a sand castle on a beach, you know that you have to be strategic in where you build it. Build it too close to water and the tide may wash it away. Build it too far away and the sand is too dry to build with. It is helpful to have tools to build…

God enlisted heralds to proclaim the significant Christ events. He enlists us to proclaim the significance of these events today.