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Stone's Throw Church exists to reach unchurched and dechurched people, tell them about Jesus, and mobilize them to change the world for Christ. We distribute audio/video content including sermons and other teaching events. You can find out more about us at our website www.stonesthrowchurch.org.
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Mark - The King's Command (Part 15) | Jesus is not a chump or a pansy. He is the Lord of all the earth and there is nothing beyond him. Storms are vicious, huge, intense, and scary, and Jesus can dismantle them with a word. We don't serve a king with a bigger bark than bite. Jesus is the real deal. | 2/5/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Mark - Hidden, Growing, Explosive Kingdom (Part 14) | Jesus gives us a lot of insight on the nature of the kingdom of God. We are part of the kingdom, responsible to be ambassadors of the King. This means we must understand the context in which God is operating. | 1/29/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Mark - The King Tells Stories (Part 13) | Jesus spoke in parables often. These stories are literary devices using hyperbole, metaphor, simile, and the like to impart various truths. The particular parable in this passage helps us understand how God works in the hearts of men, and our role in proclaiming the Gospel message. | 1/22/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Mark - The King - Liar, Lunatic, or Lord (Part 12) | No one has made a mark (no pun intended) on history like Jesus Christ. He is the most polarizing figure who has ever lived. Of all the things we think about him, know about him, or say about him, it comes down to three options: He is either a deceiver, a crazy�man, or the God of all creation. What say you?? | 1/15/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Mark - Close to the King (Part 11) | Jesus was being heavily pursued by the masses of many regions because his fame had spread, but he only called some. There was no intrinsic reason why the apostles deserved to be so near to him. It was by grace alone that Jesus sought them and sent them. | 1/8/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Guest Preachers - Ambassadors | This sermon was preached by Michael Shannon on 2 Corinthians 5. | 1/1/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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A Christmas Guarantee - A Christmas Guarantee | Christmas makes certain promises certain (Christmas Eve service). | 12/24/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Guest Preachers - A New and Better Wine | This sermon was preached by Jim Weaver from Crossroads Presbyterian Church (http://www.crossroadsfamily.com) on John 2. | 12/18/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Fear Not - God Brings Peace (Part 3) | God appears to shepherds in Luke 2 and tells them to "fear not". The peace that Jesus brings is the antonym of fear allowing us to experience true joy in the face of a world that identifies so readily with fear. | 12/11/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Fear Not - God With Us (Part 2) | In Matthew 1, Joseph, the adoptive father of Jesus has just heard the news that his future wife, Mary, is pregnant. Joseph is deciding how he can exit the scene quietly when an angel appears to him with a message. In this passage we find out exactly why the love of God casts out all fear--he is with us. | 12/4/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Fear Not - God Listens (Part 1) | Sometimes we fear that God is not listening, involved, or cares. | 11/27/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Mark - Rest in the King (Part 10) | God has graciously given us a time to rest, based on the pattern of his own work in creation. We are to seek full enjoyment of God and His people on the Sabbath, not use it as a rod to beat people with restrictions. | 11/20/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Mark - The King's New Era (Part 9) | The Gospel is good news! Right?? Jesus has come to bring us freedom and new life, and he is working for us right now. We no longer have to keep the Law to earn the favor of God. He has sent the Holy Spirit to give us wisdom, comfort, and understanding. This is new stuff, and it's good stuff! Isn't it?? | 11/13/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Mark - The King's Court (Part 8) | We cannot make the mistake of thinking the church is a collection of people who have been cleaned up and all think alike. The church is to be a place where grateful people come for healing and accept those who seek similar healing. We aren't as good as we think we are. That's where Jesus comes in. | 11/6/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Mark - The King Heals (Part 7) | The Gospel brings healing big time. Our sick souls are mended and our broken relationship with God is restored. The Gospel also promises to bring physical renewal to the world and our bodies when Christ returns. In a similar way, the church is to go forth and bring the healing of Jesus in both word and deed. | 10/30/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Mark - The King Causes Commotion (Part 6) | Jesus was making big waves by challenging the burden of the Law. His compassion and mercy trumped the traditions of the day, which failed to fulfill the heart of the Law. Jesus demonstrated a great truth about the character of God even as he created commotion. | 10/23/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Guest Preachers - Suffering, Stewardship, and Strength | This sermon was preached by Steve Hartland from Trinity Church (http://www.trinitymd.org) on Colossians 1. | 10/16/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Mark - The Famous One (Part 5) | Jesus was becoming well known in the region. The demons knew him and those who needed healing knew him. As Christians, we are attached to the most famous person who ever lived, who was also God incarnate. We should make much about him. | 10/9/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Mark - The King's Invitation (Part 4) | The calling of a Christian is one of invitation, not force. Jesus calls us to follow him toward work here on earth and eternal life to come. But He doesn't leave us to our own devices. He is the source of our strength and the perfect model for a life of holiness. | 10/2/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Mark - The King Brings the Kingdom (Part 3) | The kingdom of God is a kingdom of repentance from our sins towards an allegiance with the King. Jesus inaugurated it and it continues to advance this very day. The church is an agent in this kingdom, and we are charged with bringing forth the Gospel to all people. | 9/25/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Mark - The King Battles (Part 2) | Our God is not detached from the pain and struggles of the world. In being fully man, he endured real trials and temptation. He is also a warrior-king who fought for his people, continues to intercede for them, and will one day return to finally put away all of His foes. | 9/18/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Mark - The Gospel Appears in Person (Part 1) | Jesus was the promised remedy for the curse laid on mankind from Genesis 3. After generations upon generations, Mark announces that the Messiah has come. The "good news" is here, dwelling among us. | 9/11/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Redemption Rising - The Great Love Story (Part 5) | The main character in the book of Ruth is God. This story is included in the canon to show us how theline of David would be preserved and ultimately lead to the birth of Jesus. The mundane details are never mundane in the life of a believer. Ruth was simply looking to make a living for herself and Naomi when she met Boaz. They would be the great grandparents of the greatest king to rule over Israel. The lives of believers are never mundane. Our story is part of God's greater redemptive story. We all have a part. | 9/4/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Redemption Rising - Ruth's Gamble (Part 4) | Naomi sees what is going on. She sees that there is an opportunity for Ruth's situation and her own situation to change. She also sees the budding romance between Boaz and Ruth. In essence, she instructs Ruth to go for it and offer herself to Boaz. She wants Ruth to make a move. Ruth risks her relationship with Boaz and sneaks in to his room while he is sleeping. She lays out her intentions for marriage in a daring move. Boaz could have taken advantage of Ruth but instead answers her graciously and lovingly. He reflects the character of God as his broken people come to him for a relationship. Jesus calls the weary and broken and sinful to himself. He offers to carry the burden and to be the remedy. Jesus asks us to risk everything and trust him. He asks us to take a gamble. | 8/21/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Redemption Rising - Generous God, Generous Children (Part 3) | As the story moves along we see the generosity of Boaz. He has great compassion on Ruth and Naomi. He is a godly man who reflects the character of God in his life and mission. Because God has been generous to Boaz, Boaz is generous to Ruth and Naomi. God uses his people to meet the needs of his people. Worshippers of a generous God will be generous to others. God has been generous to us in giving us his only son Jesus to cover over a multitude of sin. | 8/14/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Redemption Rising - Hope Rising (Part 2) | When all seems lost along comes Boaz. Boaz is the perfect man for Ruth and yet somehow, in her suffering, Naomi had not realized there was still hope in Bethlehem. In this sermon we will meet Boaz and begin to see the love story unfold. God is sovereign over the details of our lives. Naomi and Ruth have resigned themselves to live out their lives in hopelessness when along comes Boaz. Our lives were hopeless until along came Jesus our Redeemer. Each of the details of our lives brought us to realize our need for a Savior and that Jesus is our only Redeemer. | 8/7/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Redemption Rising - The Crucible of Sanctification (Part 1) | Ruth opens with great suffering in the midst of great national suffering. Bethlehem is starving, the people of Israel are doing whatever is right in their own eyes. Naomi and Ruth lose everyone that is close to them and there seems to be no hope at all. It is so bad that Naomi changes her name to "bitter." When we are suffering we, like so many before us, will wonder about the sovereignty and goodness of God. The story of Ruth demonstrates to us that God is both good and sovereign even in our affliction. God uses the suffering of his people to sanctify them and make them more like Jesus while working out his good and perfect will in the world. | 7/31/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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The Steward - Q&A | A Q&A session of questions submitted by the congregation during The Steward series. | 7/24/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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The Steward - Talent (Part 3) | Time. Treasure. Talent. These are resources that God has given to us to be stewards. We either worship our resources or we worship God with resources. Jesus says that there is no in between ground to stand on. Money is either God or gift. Time is either a slave master or a tool. Talents are either a prison or emancipation to serve and glorify Jesus. | 7/24/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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The Steward - Treasure (Part 2) | Time. Treasure. Talent. These are resources that God has given to us to be stewards. We either worship our resources or we worship God with resources. Jesus says that there is no in between ground to stand on. Money is either God or gift. Time is either a slave master or a tool. Talents are either a prison or emancipation to serve and glorify Jesus. | 7/17/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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The Steward - Time (Part 1) | Time. Treasure. Talent. These are resources that God has given to us to be stewards. We either worship our resources or we worship God with resources. Jesus says that there is no in between ground to stand on. Money is either God or gift. Time is either a slave master or a tool. Talents are either a prison or emancipation to serve and glorify Jesus. | 7/10/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Guest Preachers - Daughter | This sermon was preached by Chuck L. Betters from Glasgow Church (http://www.glasgowchurch.org) on Luke 8 about the story of Jairus and his daughter. | 7/3/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Full Hearts - Full Hearts | Paul writes to the Church in Ephesus telling them "for this reason", that is Jesus Christ, he gave thanks for all the saints there. The church must be made up of saints who believe that all that we do is for the reason for which Christ came and died -- the glory of God. | 6/26/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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King of the Broken - The Recreational Disciple II (Part 7) | Being a Christian is the most serious of things. Churches everywhere are filled with those who consider their Christianity an extracurricular activity. But Christ paid an eternal price for the souls of his people. We should delight in him, which moves us past just knowing him. | 6/19/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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King of the Broken - The Recreational Disciple I (Part 6) | Being a Christian is the most serious of things. Churches everywhere are filled with those who consider their Christianity an extracurricular activity. But Christ paid an eternal price for the souls of his people. We should delight in him, which moves us past just knowing him. | 6/12/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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King of the Broken - The Fearful & Anxious (Part 5) | We are all plagued with fears of varying types, but Jesus tells us not to worry or be anxious. Learning to trust in his work and his promises is the key to shacking off the bonds of debilitating fear, allowing us to enjoy a rich life with Christ. | 6/5/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Guest Preachers - Suffering For Christ | This sermon was preached by Isaac Shaw of Delhi Bible Institute (http://www.delhibible.org). | 5/29/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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King of the Broken - The Addicted & Abused (Part 4) | Every single human being is an image-bearer of God and was designed to find their identity in him. As broken people, we find our identity in the things we've done to ourselves and the things done to us. Jesus gives us a new identify if we come to him in faith. | 5/22/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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King of the Broken - The Depressed (Part 3) | There are a variety of circumstances that contribute to depression and loneliness. Some are a result of our sin; others are a result of the effects of sin in the world. Both hurt. Jesus knows what it means to mourn and experience loneliness. But he is a king who will make all things new and we can find hope in that. | 5/15/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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King of the Broken - The Broken Relationship (Part 2) | Forgiveness is what allows broken relationships to be mended. In order to understand how to forgive others, we must first understand the nature of God's forgiveness through Jesus. | 5/8/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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King of the Broken - The Prodigal (Part 1) | The Gospel is about God restoring his broken children so that they can enjoy a right relationship with him. Parenting is an earthly demonstration of this truth, and we need to look to Jesus not only for the grace to love our children well, but to also trust that he is ultimately responsible for their souls. | 5/1/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Easter Sunday (2011) - Easter Sunday (2011) | Our first Easter service as a church. | 4/24/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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The Book of James - Stone's Throw 2.0 (Part 20) | When church is on Sundays we will ruin everything. James closes his letter with a look into how the Christian should understand the church. We are to be truthful with each other. We are to be praying for each other. We are to be confessing our sins to one another. We are to restore one another. In summary, we are to be the church. If we are to evolve as a church we will have to grasp the concept that Church is not on Sundays | 4/17/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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The Book of James - Perseverance and Preservation (Part 19) | When Jesus' return is irrelevant to our mission and community we will ruin everything. James encourages us to live like Job. That takes perseverance. James' reminds us that the story of Job promises that the Lord would be compassionate and merciful as he preserves those he has saved. A church must do everything with the coming of Christ in view. Jesus' second coming must be relevant as we work with urgency. | 4/10/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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The Book of James - Big Screen or Big Impact (Part 18) | If we are going to plant a church that is making a big impact, we will have to make hard decisions in each of our personal lives. It doesn't seem like your one personal choice will affect the bigger plan—but when a church is full of people who are making bad stewardship choices the collective effort is ruined. When we are not intentional with our time, money and resources we will ruin everything | 4/3/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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The Book of James - Flexible Church (Part 17) | It takes about 3 minutes from the birth of a church program for church people to be willing to die for a program, idea or tradition. Some of the same church people who are willing to die for a sacred cow were at one point willing to kill if the sacred cow was erected. Sacred cows become sacred because we seek our own ends and not the Lord's will. Sacred cows graze when we are not flexible to the desire of God. Sacred cows starve when a church's mission is to glorify Jesus alone. When we allow sacred cows to graze we will ruin everything. | 3/27/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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The Book of James - Everyone But You (Part 16) | The lead pastor of Mars Hill Church, Mark Driscoll, makes it a point of saying, "I am just a nobody, trying to tell everybody, about a somebody." This just about sums up what James is saying in these verses. We often find ourselves slandering other people rather than taking inventory in our own lives. It is very difficult to pass judgment and slander others if we have in view that we are nobody trying to tell everybody about Jesus. When we are honest with everyone but ourselves we will ruin everything. | 3/20/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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The Book of James - It's About Me III (Part 15) | When it is all about us we will ruin everything. For three weeks we will examine this one area in which we could ruin everything. Our mission and community cannot be about us. We must make much about Jesus. The third area we will deal with is what we are drawn too. When we stop drawing near to Jesus and drawing others to Jesus we will ruin everything | 3/13/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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The Book of James - It's About Me II (Part 14) | When it is all about us we will ruin everything. For three weeks we will examine this one area in which we could ruin everything. Our mission and community cannot be about us. We must make much about Jesus. The second area we will deal with is our influence. We know that our mission is about us when we stop transforming the culture and are instead transformed by the culture. | 3/6/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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The Book of James - It's About Me I (Part 13) | When it is all about us we will ruin everything. For three weeks we will examine this one area in which we could ruin everything. Our mission and community cannot be about us. We must make much about Jesus. The first area we will deal with is our personal desire. When our personal desire drives us we will ruin everything. | 2/27/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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The Book of James - Demonic Wisdom (Part 12) | Satan and his demons have a real handle on Scripture. Many of them could probably surpass our best theologians with their knowledge and understanding of who God is. If it were possible, they could pass ordination exams, seminary classes, and even disguise themselves as good Christians. They have knowledge that appears to be wisdom. But this wisdom is from below. It is a pseudo-wisdom. When our wisdom is from below we will ruin everything. | 2/20/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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The Book of James - Kill Me Softly (Part 11) | Words kill people every day. A father can crush his children with his words. A marriage can fall apart when words are too many or too absent. Rumors can bring a person to ruin regardless of the truth. Words can also bring healing. They can build up. They can be constructive. When gossip rages on and the image of God means nothing we will ruin everything. | 2/13/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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The Book of James - Delusions of Grandeur (Part 10) | Fame is a god that has no place in the church. Many of us desire to have a place of fame. We want to be noticed. Technology has given us all kinds of ways to be famous among our friends. A clever Facebook status makes us popular for a day. Our good deeds make us look good. Perhaps we are a good teacher and can really conduct a great Bible Study or Community Group. And yet James gives us a somber warning. Fame seekers cannot glorify Jesus for they glorify themselves. When ambition and power drive the church it will ruin everything. | 2/6/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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The Book of James - When Authentic Faith Is Elusive (Part 9) | If what we believe does not impact the world, we will ruin everything. When we return to authentic faith, we will know it. Our community will know it. Our friends and family will know it. We are not just speaking about an individual faith but a church full of people who have an authentic faith that works. | 1/30/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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The Book of James - When We Shake Like Demons (Part 8) | When our Christian walk is defined by our knowledge alone, and/or we lack a life of gratitude, we will ruin everything. James gets right to the point when he says that a faith that has no works is not able to save. The reason being is that a faith without a life of gratitude is not faith at all. James really brings it home when he says that a faith without works is very much like the faith of demons. They believe. It isn't enough to believe. Jesus changes people. Plain and simple. Are we changed? | 1/23/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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The Book of James - When the Image of God Isn't Enough (Part 7) | When we fail to realize that every single human being has been created in the image of God, we will ruin everything. James confronts the church regarding favoritism. He uses the example of the rich receiving preference over the poor. This example has many applications. A theme we will take a look at is the theology of Imago Dei. We are all created in the image of God. Every human being ought to be treated as such. | 1/16/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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The Book of James - When Sunday Has No Impact on Monday (Part 6) | We have all been there. We are moved by the preaching, the music, and the fellowship. But when Monday comes, we can barely remember why we went to church outside of the fact that we are creatures of habit. When worship and our daily lives are not connected, we will ruin everything. | 1/9/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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The Book of James - When We Can't Listen, Only Speak, and Seethe In Anger (Part 5) | If men and women cannot be quick to listen, slow to speak and instead continually seethe in anger, they will ruin everything. Every Sunday, there is an epidemic across the world—hundreds of thousands of people are falling asleep in pews. But what is even worse is that there are millions whose eyes have been opened who have also fallen asleep in their faith. Many Christians are not inclined to hear God's Word on a Sunday morning. How will they then give a rip throughout the week? | 1/2/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Come Awake - Come Awake (Part 3) | Part 3 of the Christmas series, Come Awake. | 12/26/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Come Awake - Christmas Eve | Our first ever Christmas Eve service as a church. | 12/24/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Come Awake - Come Awake (Part 2) | Part 2 of the Christmas series, Come Awake. | 12/19/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Come Awake - Come Awake (Part 1) | Part 1 of the Christmas series, Come Awake. | 12/12/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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The Book of James - When God is Not So Good (Part 4) | If men and women cannot be broken before God and each other, they will ruin everything. There are times in our lives when God doesn't seem so good. James admits as much. But he tells us not to be deceived about God's character. You can sense James' pastoral nature when he encourages the church to not fall into the deception of believing that God is not good. | 12/5/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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The Book of James - When The Devil Didn't Make You Do It (Part 3) | The devil certainly did not make you do it. If men and women are unwilling to own up to their sin, they will ruin everything. Whatever it is that you see in this combat zone you can be certain that the Devil probably doesn't even know your name. When you sin, it is because you made you do it. In this passage, you will be challenged to examine the various temptations in your life that you are continually playing with rather than putting to death. We will also see that we are not powerless; rather, we have been made powerful through Jesus Christ to walk away from temptation. | 11/28/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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The Book of James - When You Live With Mom (Part 2) | If the men and women aren't maturing in their faith, they will ruin everything. We are unwise. The generation that walks the earth today is lacking in wisdom and maturity. Statistics show that men are no longer the spiritual heads of their households but can school their buddies in a mean game of Modern Warfare. They know incredible button combinations on their Xbox controllers and computer keyboards. They are the leader of their online guild. For these men, the word, "halo" refers to a game to be played, not something you earn on a cloud in heaven. | 11/21/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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The Book of James - When You Have No Joy (Part 1) | James doesn't make it easy on us. If the church is unwilling to "count it all joy" it will fail. The first confrontation is to see how deep our joy goes. Church people love to talk about joy--until their lives are wrecked. Joy becomes an elusive concept when the wrecking ball smashes into the side of our American dreams. | 11/14/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Jesus Is - Jesus Is Coming (Part 9) | Can you imagine what it must have been like for those 40 days in between the time Jesus rose from the grave and his ascension? We only have a few snippets of the euphoria that surrounded the followers of Jesus. Acts 1 gives us some insight as to their mindset. The Disciples believed that Jesus was going to usher in the fully realized Kingdom of God. There would be no more death, no more pain, and no more oppression. But in the middle of the euphoria and joy, Jesus says a couple of final words and begins to rise up into heaven. The disciples were very confused. They just stood there staring into heaven. It took two angels dressed in white to get everyone moving again! The writings of the New Testament demonstrate to us that the earliest Christians lived in expectancy. They really believed that Jesus would return at any moment. Christians are called to live as if Jesus will return at any moment. If we lived like this we could change the world! We must be living in expectancy because when Jesus returns he will make all things new, punish the wicked, reward the righteous, and bring the final resurrection. | 11/7/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Jesus Is - Jesus Is Reigning (Part 8) | Almost every single Jesus movie ever made will cause you to doubt how a man like the one portrayed on the screen could rule the universe. It is true that Jesus was poor, a peasant, and from a backwater part of the Roman Empire. However, he probably didn't have long hair and never wore blush on his cheeks. He left the halo in heaven and worked like a blue collar man. Even so, Jesus is no longer the peasant man. He is seated at the right hand of God, ruling the universe. Have you ever wondered what Jesus is doing right now? He gives us some ideas throughout the Bible. Jesus reigns from heaven, over all, by making intercession, while preparing a place for God's people, and while he is with us as we tell the world about him. | 10/31/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Jesus Is - Jesus Is The Fulfillment II (Part 7) | David was an adulterous murderer. Moses was a coward at one point. Solomon had no self control. Adam brought the whole ship down. Eli couldn't keep control of his sons. Aaron built idols. Balaam talked to donkeys. Elijah played hide and seek. It doesn't take long to see that all of the prophets, priests and kings of the Old Testament were not Messiah-ready. That is because they were only a type of the one who was to come. Jesus was the perfect prophet, priest, and king. He fulfilled all of these roles as the fulfillment of the Covenant promises that God had made throughout the Old Testament. | 10/24/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Jesus Is - Jesus Is The Fulfillment I (Part 6) | David was an adulterous murderer. Moses was a coward at one point. Solomon had no self control. Adam brought the whole ship down. Eli couldn't keep control of his sons. Aaron built idols. Balaam talked to donkeys. Elijah played hide and seek. It doesn't take long to see that all of the prophets, priests and kings of the Old Testament were not Messiah-ready. That is because they were only a type of the one who was to come. Jesus was the perfect prophet, priest, and king. He fulfilled all of these roles as the fulfillment of the Covenant promises that God had made throughout the Old Testament. | 10/17/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Jesus Is - Jesus Is Resurrected (Part 5) | Jesus is not dead. He has risen from the grave by his own power. He crushed sin and death. The resurrection proved that Jesus was indeed who he claimed to be. In the resurrection we see the dual nature of Christ very clearly. His body, like any other body, was buried in a tomb and was laid there without life. Jesus was fully dead. But God did not stay in the grave. He brought life back to his body with as much ease as when he created all things. Paul says that we are to be pitied above all others if Jesus did not defeat the grave. There is no Christianity if there is no resurrection. Jesus rose to prove he was God, to rule all heaven and earth, to foreshadow our resurrection, and to cause us to live in the power of the resurrection. | 10/10/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Jesus Is - Jesus Is Crucified (Part 4) | Jesus did not lord his omnipotence over us. As we drove nails into his hands he forgave us. As our sin was placed on his back he paid the ransom. He was made a sin-offering for his enemies and we were his enemies. Without the cross there is no Christianity. Isn't it interesting that the word "crux" comes from crucifixion? The Cross really is the centerpiece of what we believe and who Jesus is. Jesus died to reveal God's justice and absorb His wrath, as the final sacrifice, for our justification, to redeem us from the curse of the law, to remove sin, to bring reconciliation, and to defeat Satan. | 10/3/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Jesus Is - Jesus Is Born of a Virgin (Part 3) | The virgin birth is crucial to the early church confessional statements. It is a centerpiece of the Gospel story. It was foretold by a prophet some 700 years before the incarnation. It's vital to who Jesus is. It was necessary, it is central to the Christian faith, it was expected, and it means God came to earth. | 9/26/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Jesus Is - Jesus Is Man (Part 2) | God did not leave mankind in sin and misery even after they directly disobeyed him in the Garden of Eden. He immediately stepped into history and promised us a Redeemer who would crush Satan's head. In order for this to happen, a man, a second Adam, would have to do what the first Adam was unable to do. No man could keep God's law once sin entered the world. So God became man. Jesus did not cease to be God. He wasn't a man who became god-like. He wasn't an apparition. He was a real man, born of a real woman with a real genealogy. Jesus had two natures, God and man, in one person without any confusion, composition, or conversion. He laid aside some of his divine attributes only to be used at the direction of the Holy Spirit. He took on flesh, experienced all that we experience, and became one of us—only perfect. By becoming man, the Son of God became the perfect atoning sacrifice for our sins. As the God-man, he satisfied divine justice on the cross. Jesus was God dwelling among humans as a human. | 9/19/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Jesus Is - Jesus Is God (Part 1) | There is no other person like Jesus Christ. A man who was God. A man who claimed to be God. A God-man who backed up his claims by defeating death and rising from the grave on his own authority and power. No other man has changed the world like Jesus. He really is the God who became man.This is the extraordinary claim of Christianity. This is the beginning of our journey as we examine the claims of Jesus. The crux of Christianity is the claims and actions of Jesus Christ. The entire church ought to shut its doors if any one of Jesus' claims can be proved false. We worship Jesus as God. We call him God. We trust in him as God. He is the crux of Christianity. | 9/12/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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My Religious Questions - Why Is There Evil and Suffering In The World (Part 10) | The argument goes something like this: if God is all powerful and good and loving, how come he allows people to suffer, evil dictators to rule, tragic deaths, disease, orphans, and other horrible catastrophes? Couldn't he just stop the evil? How can there be an all powerful God and evil existing in the same universe. It is easy to theologize. Indeed, good theology will be like a healing balm in the midst of intense grief. But we cannot assume to have all of the answers. The bottom line is that God is sovereign and we are not sovereign. Because only one of us is sovereign only one of us will have all of the answers. Since no man is sovereign, no man can answer some of these divine mysteries. We have to look to the Scriptures to see what answers God has given us and then decide whether or not we want to believe and trust those answers. | 9/5/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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My Religious Questions - Does God Really Choose Who He Will Save (Part 9) | So why do we need to understand what election and predestination is? Does it really matter? The simple answer is that the Bible refers to predestination and so it matters. In the English Standard Version of the Bible, the word predestined appears in Romans chapter 8. In both verses 28 and 29, the Apostle Paul talks about how God has predestined us to be conformed to His Son. Paul also talks about predestination in Ephesians chapter 1. In both verses 5 and 11, Paul uses the word predestined to talk about God's choosing of his people to be adopted sons. Since it is discussed by the words of the Bible, we should likewise discuss the topic. This then puts the responsibility on us to understand what it is and how it applies to our lives and theology (our understanding of God). | 8/29/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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My Religious Questions - Are Denominations Biblical (Part 8) | One of the greatest prayers offered to us in the gospels is Jesus' high priestly prayer in John 17. Here, we read that Christ asks that his disciples, and all those who would come to believe in him, would be one! The appeal for Christian unity is a large theme of this great prayer offered to the Father from His Son. Christ goes on to ask that we might be one, even as He and the Father are one—that is, that the church might display the same type of unity that the Son and Father display in the Trinity. We know that the prayers of Jesus Christ are efficacious (producing the desired effect) and that they are powerful! Yet as we look across the landscape of Christianity, we see, at least in its visible form, more division, fragmentation and more separation than at any other time in its history. Some recent statistics claim that the number of distinct Protestant denominations in America alone well over 2,000. This immediately raises a host of questions, including: "If Christ is the only way, why so many denominations?" or "What exactly is the church anyway"? | 8/22/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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My Religious Questions - How Can the Bible Be Trusted (Part 7) | How is it possible to know that the Bible is true and that it has any authority in our lives? What makes the Bible so different or more important than the Quran, ancient Hindi writings, the Jewish Scriptures alone, or the latest book in the Twilight series? In essence, the question that many asked in our Religious Questions survey was why any of us should trust the Bible? I want to set out to demonstrate several things about the Bible. We will take a look at how the Bible came together throughout history. We will look at the claims of the Bible about itself. And finally we will seek to understand what we are called to believe concerning the Scriptures. | 8/15/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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My Religious Questions - Where Did Sin Come From (Part 6) | During the 2008 presidential election, Rick Warren hosted an interview with Barack Obama and John McCain in which he asked, "Does evil exist, and if it does, do we ignore it, do we negotiate with it, do we contain it, or do we defeat it?" This question is more complicated in our current generation where evil is not a common term and its existence is often questioned. The aim of Christians should be to come to a biblical understanding of evil and its origins, in order to decipher the proper ways to respond to it. | 8/8/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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My Religious Questions - How Can I Know I Am Saved (Part 5) | What is going on in churches and in the Christian faith today? What exactly do we believe and why? Can Christians articulate their beliefs and does it really matter? So what if a person prays a prescribed prayer? Anyone can do that! What are the fundamentals of the faith? To be a right-wing Republican? To be a theological conservative? To be a "Reformed Christian"? Does it really matter what we specifically believe if we already have the "basics"? Why bother with the minutia of theology if all we really need is simple faith? Is it true that a person who simply "prays the prayer" and "lives the life" is saved? Saved from what? Saved from hell? A conscious hell? Really? Do Christians truly believe that all people who don't "believe the way we do" are going to suffer eternal and conscious punishment? If we believe that, why are we not out pleading with our friends and relatives to "come to know the Lord"? What are the fundamentals of the Christian faith? | 8/1/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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My Religious Questions - What Is Sexual Immorality (Part 4) | God has given us parameters for sex. We shouldn't be afraid to talk about them. We should embrace them and celebrate them. Our culture, family, teachers and friends all attempt to dictate what we think and act concerning sex. Rather than allowing these people to dictate our view on sex we should turn to the Bible—God is the author of sex and therefore He knows best. We will all have a choice when we discuss biblical sexuality: We can either obey God or we can ignore Him. In this case, I'm going to go with God, and I hope you will too. | 7/25/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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My Religious Questions - Am I Allowed To (Part 3) | Christianity used to be so easy. All you had to do to be a Christian was to hold on to the fundamentals of the faith. Over time more rules were added as the culture shifted and produced new problems that the church needed to address. For many, Christianity became a list of rules rather than the story of redemption found in Scripture. God was no longer pursuing his people; instead, his people were pursuing their own brand of righteousness. In response to what became known as "legalism," many Christians turned to a newfound freedom in Christ, and abandoned the strict rules the church had created. Unfortunately, many of these freedom-infatuated Christians also abused the gospel message. In their so-called freedom, they gave license to take part in many sinful acts. They too had their own faulty version of the Gospel. Where can we draw the line when we are asking questions about what is permissible and what is sinful? What questions should we be asking when we are making seemingly harmless decisions? | 7/18/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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My Religious Questions - How Does God Define Marriage (Part 2) | There is no doubt that God designed marriage. Genesis 2 shows God creating a helper and completer for Adam because it was "not good" for man to be alone. In all of his creation, this was the first thing that God declared was not good. So he created Eve, and the Bible states in Genesis 2:24, "Therefore a man shall leave his father and his mother and hold fast to his wife, and they shall become one flesh." God designed marriage from the beginning, and God does not design anything without purpose. | 7/11/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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My Religious Questions - How Can I Know God's Will (Part 1) | It's probably a safe bet to say that every Christian, at some point in their life, has asked what God's will for them was. Since we look to him as the Creator and master over all things, it makes sense to consider what he would have us do, where he would have us go, and how he would have us live. Recognizing this aspect of God's lordship is not a stretch for most Christians. But there are two big aspects to God's will that become a concern for us. The first concern orbits around how we go about determining God's will for us. Is it by reading the Bible? Praying? Talking to godly friends? Elders? Going to the pastor? Reading extra-biblical material? Looking for certain circumstances to align? The second concern is closely related to the first, and that is what God's will actually is. Basically, how do we truly know that whatever conclusion we've arrived at is indeed his will for us? Is there ever a way to reconcile these things? | 7/4/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Pinto Jesus - Second Chance (Part 6) | In chapter four we see the fullness of a stubborn and hateful man. Jonah seems to be filled with so much bile that he despises his own existence. At one point his responses to God are almost indignant. After a mighty miracle of repentance, seeing grace poured out in a flood over an entire city, this man is bitter. His hatred of the people of Nineveh kept him from enjoying his own God. We are on a mission of reconciliation as Christ's ambassadors. But in order to fulfill this mission, we have to love those who God loves, forgive our enemies, swallow pride, and in humility, consider others better than ourselves. | 6/27/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Pinto Jesus - Where No One Wants To Go (Part 5) | What sometimes gets lost in this story, as we focus on how bad Jonah was, is how evil Nineveh was. They weren't the poor, innocent neighbors who just needed to hear about Jesus. Assyrians hated Israel. They eventually would help undo the entire nation. Eventually, the northern ten tribes of Israel, because of the actions of the Assyrians, would never be heard from again. Jonah had good reason to hate Nineveh. At least he had good human reasons to hate Nineveh. When Jonah was finally obedient, he would only offer an eight word sermon. It is almost as if he thought about it five minutes before he began. Even after the great storm, the great waves, the great fish, Jonah still didn't put much effort into his sermon when he saw the great walls of Nineveh. Who knows? Maybe he just whispered it gently and tried to walk away before anyone started asking questions. Jonah was obedient and only did what was required. Jonah 3 demonstrates what happens when God's people are obedient and love their enemies. It's easy to pick apart other people's belief systems and to shove doctrine down their throats. But are we willing to love those who do harm to us? Are we willing to go where others don't want to go? Is our mission an incarnational mission? The Church must be willing to do what no one else will do. Jonah once again demonstrates how great Jesus is. Jonah was obedient—but begrudgingly so. Philippians tells us that Jesus did all that was required and more. He humbled himself to the worst possible death. He went where no one else could go in order to save his enemies. That's right. We were the enemies of God and yet he loves us so much to send Jesus to die in our place. Jesus didn't preach eight word sermons. He healed, he loved, he wept, he taught, he died and he rose again. Jesus was no Pinto. | 6/20/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Pinto Jesus - Swallowed By Salvation (Part 4) | Jonah 1:17 through all of chapter 2 tell us the story about Jonah's spiritual and physical death. So far, the entire book of Jonah has taken us on a downward journey to Hell itself. There has been no little debate about whether or not Jonah was actually in the belly of a fish for three days. It would be hard to remain dogmatic about certain interpretations. The focus of these verses is that Jonah, the disobedient prophet, from the time Yahweh spoke to him up unto this point, continued to spiral downward until the point of death. The message here is that Jonah was a dead man in need of rescue. God, in his patience and love, appoints a great fish to rescue his disobedient servant. Jonah, suffering a horrible ordeal, is transformed. Many teachers have taught that the great fish was God's way of punishing Jonah. We focus on the smell, or the pain and suffering. But the fish is meant to show us salvation through the death of ourselves. When we come to the end of ourselves, there is either darkness or there is light. There is either eternal hell, or there is everlasting salvation. In the belly of the fish, Jonah was confronted with his sin and misery, and he responded with repentance. We have to come to the end of ourselves and rest in the work of Christ alone for salvation. Jonah suffered for his sin, but Jesus suffered for our sin. Jonah was in the belly of a sea beast for a time. Jesus died and was buried in the earth for a time. Jonah repented, but Jesus bestows repentance as a gift to us. | 6/13/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Pinto Jesus - How To Thwart God (Part 3) | In Jonah 1:4-16, we continue to learn a lot about the man Jonah, about ourselves, and about Jesus. We'll get to the Jesus part in just a moment. But first let's talk about us. Just like Jonah, we try to thwart God. We have gone astray. Psalm 51 tells us we were sinful from the time we were conceived. We didn't have a shot at being perfect. For some reason, we continually try to thwart God. Paul explains this best when he talks about our flesh (sin loving part of us) continuing to win some battles in this life (see Romans 7). Even though the Christian has been saved from sin and desires to do what is right, we often still do what we know is wrong. In these sinful episodes, we find ourselves trying to thwart God. For some reason, whether out of ignorance, defiance, or plain stupidity, we think we can outrun, out-maneuver, and out think God. We do this by trying to make God's commandments friendly so that we can be comfortable with our hypocrisy and disobedience. Jonah, like us, was a sinner who needs to be saved. Thankfully, Jesus, the sinless Savior, became sin and rescued us out of our misery. This week, let's take a look at how Jonah tried to thwart God and how God saved him anyway. We cannot thwart God, because he pursues His people in His infinite grace. | 6/6/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Pinto Jesus - Just Like Jonah (Part 2) | Like Jonah, we are prone to disobey, despite the clarity of God's call on our lives. Our rebellion is often based in fear, self-righteousness, a wrong understanding of God's character, or some combination of the three. Whatever the case, we can see in Jonah that God's plans will be accomplished despite our disobedience. God's sovereignty, patience, and desire to save all people will not be swayed by our desire to flee, our resistance to being on mission, or our selfishness in thinking that God's blessings are somehow reserved only for us. | 5/30/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Pinto Jesus - Cast of Characters (Part 1) | The main message of Jonah is often missed because of much debate around whether or not the story is historical or a fable. We have already devoted much time to discussing the nature of Jonah. Let's look into the message. Jonah reveals much to us about God's character. We learn through this amazing story that God is a universal God, He desires to bless us rather than blow us sky high, and that He is patient with us even though we are selfish and imperfect. Before we begin to take a look at ourselves, we should begin with who God is and how He loves His people. As we begin to understand this overarching message, the rest of Jonah will make more sense to us. Ask yourself what you believe about God's character. Compare your understanding of God's nature and character with what the book of Jonah reveals. | 5/23/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Becoming Traders - Unleashed Church (Part 6) | The Gospel of Luke has often been likened to a manual on true discipleship. Luke 9-19 explores the journey to Jerusalem that Jesus took with His disciples. Jesus knew He was heading to the cross. It would be a burden of unspeakable pain and misery. And yet, Jesus was to fulfill the will of the Father. On the road, Jesus teaches His disciples what it means to be a disciple of the Savior. Luke records several instances when people express initial interest in Jesus, but, upon learning about what it takes to follow Him, decide to head back to their homes or their ordinary lives. In this passage we find that Jesus wants His disciples to leave possessions for experience. Jesus wants a trader to "live dangerously" so they can see God work in and through them. | 5/16/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Becoming Traders - Becoming Valuable (Part 4) | There are many churches popping up all over Middletown. One question we will have to ask ourselves is whether or not we are valuable to the community. What makes a church valuable? Our value is in how much of Jesus people see when they see us. Are we leading people to the Savior? Our motto says that we want people to "come as they are." When people come, they will want to know if we really mean what we say. Are we willing to demonstrate to people that we practice what we preach? Will we come as we are? Our value will be measured by how transparent we are. Because when we are transparent, open, and honest about what we have been saved from, people will see Jesus rather than us. | 5/2/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Becoming Traders - Grow To Go (Part 3) | Luke records for us in Acts 2 that the church met together with four main purposes. They devoted themselves to apostolic teaching, fellowship, eating together, and prayer. What was the result? It went beyond just being a close-knit group of believers or even having felt needs met. It was much more! These first community groups rocked their community. No church member went without having his/her needs met. The church was glad and sincere; it was worshipful—and it influenced the community. People were added daily to the number. The book of Acts is all about the growth of the church and the resulting "going" of the church. Through the growth of Community Groups, our church will learn to "go" into the community. This is where we understand our motto best, "Come as you are. Go as Jesus says." | 4/25/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Becoming Traders - Saved To Something (Part 2) | The resurrection screams out that God cares about this world and His people. We know that God wants to save His people from sin, but we also must realize that God is saving us TO something. We have to live in the reality and power of the resurrection. Many Christians only focus on avoiding sin but miss the whole picture of how God is moving. Our God desires us to trade our old life for resurrection life. He desires to use us to affect the world. The best way we can affect the world is to be "agents of reconciliation". | 4/18/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Becoming Traders - Beyond Comfort (Part 1) | Peter's audience were suffering for the cause of their mission. This isn't the case for most American churches. When we do suffer, many Christians view the trial as a punishment or inconvenience. Yet Peter tells us to neither be surprised nor hurt by suffering, but rather joyful. The early church members were no strangers to suffering, and neither should our local congregation be strangers. They were told that their suffering was a cause for rejoicing because they were actually sharing in the suffering of Jesus. Are we willing to be involved with the mission of the church, to find our calling, answer the call, and get beyond our own comfort? A trader is someone who is willing to get beyond comfort and into the fray. A trader is willing to trade comfort for trial. | 4/11/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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