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Lesson 11. An Ordered Life Paul adds an ordered life as another response from those who receive God's blessings of salvation. ( Ephesians 5:22-6:9 ) Intro - Review Man’s obligations in response to God’s offer of spiritual blessings: Obligations of the church in response to God’s offer A. Unity B. Righteous…

God sets boundaries on Man's relationship with animals, other humans and Himself.

Renew's values are Biblical Discipleship, Gracious Community, and Light to the World. Where do these values come from, what do they mean, and how do we live them out? Join Malcolm as he explores our foundations and their consequences.

The Gospel of Jesus Christ and the church are for all people. Every soul is equally lost, without purpose, and equally condemned to an eternally empty and suffering state. The Gospel — the good news about what God did for you through His Son, Jesus Christ, is for all people. But God demonstrates His…

STANDING STRONG IN A GODLESS SOCIETY Daniel 6:1-17 Daniel 6:1-17 Have you ever felt difficulty because of your walk with the Lord? Have you ever felt like this whole world was against you? A Christian who is walking forward for Christ carrying his cross with him, is going to face some hardships and some…

Introduction Black Bart was a professional thief whose very name struck fear as he terrorized the Wells Fargo stage line. From San Francisco to New York, his name became synonymous with the danger of the frontier. Between 1875 and 1883 he robbed 29 different stagecoach crews. Amazingly, Bart did it all…

The announcement of the most important birth in the history of the world was made to the least important people in society: shepherds. Why? Why did the hosts of heaven appear to a bunch of shepherds in Judea, rather than people who mattered to the world? Listen to our Christmas Eve message and find out why this message is for everyone in society, from the "least important" to the "most important." The video in the middle can be found here: https://youtu.be/4y9rNSKuk3I

In our modern society, we can be quick to give up. Jesus calls us to be dependent on our Heavenly Father, and to keep asking, seeking, and knocking. Do you believe that God is good? Do you believe that good things come from God?

Introduction A Clean Heart devotionals are available. Read passage: 1 Peter 1:13-25 (ESV) Biblical: Peter makes a remarkable claim: Our identity as born again children of God is the basis and foundation for ethics and morality. “Therefore” (v. 13)… “As obedient children” (v. 14)… “as he who called you…

Spiritual Infidelity's Pain Hosea 2 +3 Morality, justice, loving kindness, and faithfulness. These are all words and concepts that are familiar to our culture’s understanding, but are woefully absent from existing in it. Immorality is not just the norm of our society, it is accepted, promoted, and awarded.…

Introduction One of my ancestors, Galba Fuqua, died at the age of 16, fighting in the Alamo. We all love a good underdog story… The Christian story is an underdog story. Series Subject: How do we live as Christians in a non-Christian society? How do we follow Jesus in a culture that rejects the way of…

Why does Christianity continue to grow? What are the values that drive its culture-spanning history? How does it transform cultures and people into better versions of themselves, rather than forcing the one culture on everyone? The values of inclusion and diversity, which lie at the heart of Christianity, account for all these questions. But then why does the church struggle so much with the modern Western values of inclusion and diversity? Where did they come from? How are they different? Join us as we grapple with these questions in the hope that we can understand how, as modern, Western Christians, we can embrace the values of Christianity while reaching out to a broken world.

Sixth Commandment Honor Marriage Exodus 20:14 Like observing the Sabbath rest and honoring parents, this commandment originally was social legislation intended to protect those vulnerable in the society—in this case, women. In other societies at the time, men could grab any woman they wanted and treat…

Matthew 28:19 “Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit,” Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all…

Scene 1: In October of 2006 an Amish community suffered a horrific loss, a man shot and killed several Amish schoolgirls before he turned the gun on himself. The killer's actions represent an inner conflict taken to a horrible extreme. To walk into a schoolhouse and kill innocent children is something,…

Wedding invitations When I was training for the ministry, my mentoring minister gave me quite qa lot of advice about weddings - lots of it was useful, practical and wise. But, looking back, he gave em what now seems an incommensurate amount of advice on how to deal with the etique of wedding invitations.…

I. THE LOSS OF INFLUENCE 7 And the people served the Lord all the days of Joshua, and all the days of the elders who outlived Joshua, who had seen all the great work that the Lord had done for Israel. 2 and you shall make no covenant with the inhabitants of this land; you shall break down their altars.’…

Jehovah’s Witnesses and their message will spread like gangrene, among whom are Hymenaeus and Philetus, who have deviated concerning the truth by saying the resurrection has already taken place, and they are upsetting the faith of some. Much can be said about the details of Jehovah’s Witness doctrines…

Honoring God by Honoring Parents Since moving down here to Palm Beach County, I have noticed a certain impatience some folks have in traffic. I have especially noticed that some people, within a millisecond of a traffic light going green, expect the car in front of them to speed off like a rocket, and…

Scene 1. On a number of occasions in my pastoral ministry I have had husbands say to me that their wife won’t submit. In those cases I have so far always found that what the husband really wants is a housekeeper, cook and concubine. A woman who will please him and meet his desires, not a wife who is…

Jesus Saves The mission of Jesus is to preach the good news the miracles was only to prove to the world that He was the Messiah so Jesus came to His home town to start His mission by proclaiming who He is “ THE SPIRIT OF THE LORD IS UPON ME , BECAUSE HE ANOINTED ME TO PREACH THE GOSPEL TO THE POOR .…

Philippians 4:4-7 Rejoice in the Lord always. Again I will say, rejoice! Let your gentleness be known to all men. The Lord is at hand. Be anxious for nothing, but in everything by prayer and supplication, with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God; and the peace of God, which surpasses…

Romans 3 In times past many of us here today would have been viewed with suspicion in many of our churches. Only the upright, respectable christian who hadn’t publically done anything remotely scandalous was welcome. Wild clothing, financial difficulties, divorce, children who had gone off the rails,…

Setting a Hedge of Protection Within our lives there are many things which tempt us to stray from our secure lives as Christians. Society deems different lifestyles as okay and provides enticement to veer off the straight and narrow path through television and movies. When we investigate the moral nature…