Results

God’s Temple Good morning! I hope everyone is excited to be here this morning. Excited within reason, of course. Once there was a Junior High school with about 2000 students having an assembly in their gymnasium. For some reason, the teachers gave each kid a glow stick and turned out the lights. Unsurprisingly,…

Advent Song Introduction Big House by Audio Adrenaline In God’s Family We Remember We Celebrate New Birth We Remind Ourselves of What Really Matters We Give Thanks We Gather Together Psalm 122 (NIV) and 1 Corinthians 3:16-17 (NIV) Body The house of the Lord is no longer a place—it’s a people together.…

Renewal I chose this slide for our sermon this morning because I was thinking about snow. Most of us have had the experience of standing outdoors after a new snowfall. No matter how dingy the streets looked, how sparse the foliage may have been, everything takes on a new freshness and light. Even in…

Bolognese How do you make bolognaise sauce for your spaghetti bolognaise? I suspect that for each of you here that actually do the cooking at home, you would all make it slightly different. Some would be creamy. Some would have some special secret herbs that give it that special flavour. A bet many would…

Introduction Dark Powers Over the Nations: The Septuagint Dark Powers Over the Nations: The Pseudepigrapha Qumran and the “Lot of Belial” The Demon-Haunted Wilderness in Second Temple Texts Conclusion

Jesus Fulfills What The OT Tabernacle/Temple Pointed Towards Jesus Is the Final: Sacrifice “Once and For All” But Christ has appeared as a high priest of the good things that have come. In the greater and more perfect tabernacle not made with hands (that is, not of this creation), he entered the most…

Lineage Anna’s lineage is identified as from the tribe of Asher in Luke 2:36 . 36 And there was a prophetess, Anna, the daughter of Phanuel, of the tribe of Asher. She was advanced in years, having lived with her husband seven years from when she was a virgin, Asher was the 8th son of Jacob, the offspring…

Our text this morning is taken from Luke 2:41-52 : Now his parents went to Jerusalem every year at the Feast of the Passover. And when he was twelve years old, they went up according to custom. And when the feast was ended, as they were returning, the boy Jesus stayed behind in Jerusalem. His parents…

Introduction: When the Lord speaks of a sanctuary in the Old Testament he says the Sanctuary the Most Holy Place. So this is the district you shall measure: twenty-five thousand cubits long and ten thousand wide; in it shall be the sanctuary, the Most Holy Place . It shall be a holy section of the land,…

The Background Foundation matters. Today we journey to a time when a call to action is being issued to the remnant. The Cyrus decree (539 B.C.) had been issued, the remnant about 50,000 Jews returned to Jerusalem to rebuild the temple and the city according to Ezra and the work had started but stalled,…

Introduction Last week we began our journey through Isaiah First chapter set the foundation for us Isaiah is about salvation, it’s about Jesus By looking at the message to Judah we were confronted with reality of our own situation, our own sinfulness We were also lifted to see the mercy of God He is…

Revelation 11:1-2 . 1 Then I was given a measuring rod like a staff, and I was told, “Rise and measure the temple of God and the altar and those who worship there, 2 but do not measure the court outside the temple; leave that out, for it is given over to the nations, and they will trample the holy city…

Who was the primary audience for the prophets? Israel & Judah The Divided Kingdom Historical Context Exodus. 1500BC The Entrance into Canaan. The Judges & Samuel. The Kingdom United (Saul, David, Solomon). 1050 - 920 BC The Kingdom Divided (Rehoboam & Jeroboam). 922 - 901 BC Assyrian Exile of Northern…

James Of the three disciples in jesus’ closest inner circle, James is the least familiar to us. The biblical account is practically devoid of any explicit details about his life and character. He never appears as a stand-alone character in the Gospel accounts, but he is always paired with his younger…

The Beginning of Eternity We talked about Christ, the Spotless Lamb, who alone is worthy to Shepherd God’s people at the End of this world. And the only one who can begin the Apocalypse. We talked about Heaven and Earth made new, interconnected through Christ. We talked about the city of God, New Jerusalem,…

Do you have an attitude of gratitude?

Happy Mother’s day to you!

Pastor Mike reads verse by verse through 1 Kings 8, The Dedication of the Temple

Webster defines time this way: a nonspatial continuum that is measured in terms of events ( priorities ) which succeed one another from past through present to future “I don’t have enough time” “I will get to it when I find time” “I wish I had more time” Quotes on time Time is free, but it’s priceless.…

End of David’s Reign 1 Kings 1-2 Describes the end of David’s reign. David's sons watched his strength slip away, waiting for him to die. Abishag a concubine is brought to David and even she cannot stir him. She is sent to keep him warm, and his sons start to plot against him. After Absalom was killed,…

Haggai Haggai 1 “On the first day of the sixth month of King Darius’ second year, the Lord’s message came through the prophet Haggai to Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and to the high priest Joshua son of Jehozadak: This is what the Lord of Heaven’s Armies has said: “These people have…

The dividing wall we spoke of last week was not just social or cultural, it was actually a wall inside the temple. A barrier to keep gentiles outside of the temple proper. Now though, we are no longer alienated, stranger or those without God. Now we are together, being built into a dwelling place for…

3 “Do two walk together, unless they have agreed to meet? Travel is something we all do. But two strangers would never be travelling together. People would not travel with people they did not know. Two matters would have to be settled first. They would have to “meet”… that is , to know each other. Secondly,…

The Heart of Humility Introduction: In the Gospel of Luke, we come to a profound teaching of our Lord Jesus Christ A parable that contrasts two men, two prayers, and two very different spiritual conditions. Imagine standing at a crossroads, two paths diverging before you, each leading to a destination…

Taking the Bible's Own Context Seriously In this second episode of the series on Bible study, we will discuss what interpreting the Bible “in context” really means — taking the Bible’s own primitive context seriously. Rather than filter the Bible through creeds dating from the 17th and 18th centuries,…