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When Gilead, Eastern Israel, became desparate, they sought help from the bandit Jephthah to lead them in the battle against their enemies. In return, he would be their ruler. But does great skill in battle make for a great leader? Join us as we discover the tragic consequences of promoting bad character.

Introduction: “Only Human” — there’s a popular song our now by the title “I’m Only Human After All". In the song he says, "I'm only human after all Don't put your blame on me.” So he uses the excuse that he’s “only human” as a means not having responsibility. But this raises as huge question, "What does…

We understand the work of redemption (Jesus’ Death & resurrection) are redemptive. But even the PLAN (the lineage) of redemption is redemptive! As Israel awaited the Messiah, it would be important to recognize the validity of his lineage I. The Choice of Exclusion II. God’s Choice of Inclusion relate…

Theme: Jesus dignifies the disabled. Purpose: To serve the hurting and disabled with dignity. Gospel: Jesus restores sight. Mission: Serving in Christ's name is serving with dignity.

Introduction (Show picture of Voyager I’s “Pale Blue Dot”) Voyager I was launched in 1977 as a space probe for interstellar exploration. When it was on the edges of our solar system and approximately four billion miles from earth, astrophysicist Carl Sagan asked them to have Voyager take one final look…

Intro Davide. Il capitolo 18 presenta un Davide sotto una luce diversa, oserei dire divina: Un Davide vittorioso: 4 volte viene menzionato il successo di Davide; Un Davide benedetto: 3 volte si dice che YHWH e’ con lui; Un Davide amato: 6 volte si dice che Davide viene amato. Micah, Jonathan, Israele,…

Bereshit/ Genesis 37:1-40:23 , Amos 2:6-3:8 , Matthew 1:18-25 Torah Portion Bereshit/ Genesis 37:1-40:23 3Now Israel loved Joseph more than all his other sons because he was the son of his old age... Interestingly Joseph was not the only child born in Israel’s old age, Issachar and Zebulun too were…

Introduction Focus Passage 1 Let as many bondservants as are under the yoke count their own masters worthy of all honor, so that the name of God and His doctrine may not be blasphemed. 2 And those who have believing masters, let them not despise them because they are brethren, but rather serve them because…

Soup, Soap, Salvation 8 At the meeting I said to them, “We are doing all we can to redeem our Jewish relatives who have had to sell themselves to pagan foreigners, but you are selling them back into slavery again. How often must we redeem them?” And they had nothing to say in their defense. 10 Then he…

Introduction 26 Then God said, “Let us make man in our image, after our likeness. And let them have dominion over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the heavens and over the livestock and over all the earth and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth.” 27 So God created man in his own…

Introduction Good morning Sojourn Chattanooga. It is an honor to be here with you all this morning. Thank you to pastor Isaiah, the leadership team, and all church members for giving me the opportunity to preach God’s word here today. Just as Paul wrote to the Roman church, my hope is that this morning…

Introduction- Conversation In The Dark by John Legend (Greater Love Album in 2020) [Verse 1] Talk, let's have conversations in the dark World is sleeping, I'm awake with you, with you Watch, movies that we've both already seen I ain't even looking at the screen It's true, I got my eyes on you [Pre-Chorus]…

Start Entice: Together this morning we have come together in worship. One people. One Church. One body. In unity of purpose and doctrine we have lifted the name of Jesus and encouraged one another. Can you imagine, that for some, worship has become a bone of contention? Engage: The Worship Wars began…

INTRO For the past couple of weeks we’ve been primarily looking at the role and responsibilities of an elder. Tonight we will look at instructions about roles and instructions for godly living for each age group in the church. This shift in change reveals to us the Bibles interest in the lives of not…

Introduction In my hand I hold a $100 bill. Today at the end of the service I’m going to give this $100 bill away to someone here. Someone here today is going to leave with 100 MORE DOLLARS than what you showed up with. So it will be important to pay attention and listen to the message today. This piece…

PRAY & INTRO: Have you ever had someone come up to you and thank you for something you didn’t know you had done? Or thank you for something that definitely felt like no big deal and just the right thing to do, the appropriate kindness to demonstrate? And have you ever had somebody express how influential…

There are vulnerable people in our community and we need to ensure they don't fall through the cracks

This is the second semester of the equipU Principles which is discussing in particular principles "as you work". This is teaching is based on the second chapter of Timothy Keller's book Every Good Endeavor which discusses the dignity that is found in work.

The human body points to the incredible complexity of each person. The overwhelming evidence points to an Intelligent Creator intricately designing people along with the rest of Creation. Denial of that idea flies not only in the face of what modern science discovers, but in the everyday experience you and I have that goes far beyond mere chemical, hormonal, and survival responses. We love, care, and relate to others in a way that demonstrates their value and uniquensess.

Does the Bible support slavery? Why doesn't God just outright condemn slavery? In other words, is God the problem or the solution?

The Roots of Faith and Restoring Dignity and Worth

A mother can be a positive influence when she allows God to use her.

Virtus of a godly woman! How a woman should life her life pleasing to God.

Introduction This is a basic philosophic existential question. What is man? What is man in the totality of things? Depending on your focus you could answer that question differently. Following the theory put forth by Darwin man is essentially insignificant. If you focus only on the natural world or “everything…