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OT is a foreign country Such a different world. NT is relateable. We can see much of ourselves in the people and stories. OT is different. strange. Told in a totally different way. I’ve been reading a book over the last few weeks by a Chinese-American author, and the style is quite different to what…

You Are A New Person As the text for the last regular Sunday of the Lenten season, this will be heard by Christians preparing to join the Palm Sunday crowd in their shouts of welcome and praise, but only to experience a few short days later how shouts of praise are drowned out by cries of “Crucify him!”…

Cosmic Geography Last week we looked at YHWH’s disinheritance of the nations. This was the theological lens through which an ancient Israelite viewed her own nation with respect to all others, and her elohim YHWH, against the gods of the nations. By definition YHWH was superior he was Most High… the…

Introduction This Torah Portion goes from Numbers 25:10-30:1 Let us therefore be diligent to enter that rest, lest anyone fall according to the same example of disobedience. But be doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves. For if anyone is a hearer of the word and not a doer, he…

Subtitle: Perfect Preaching Provokes Punishment Big Idea: Jesus, the Perfect Preacher, Provoked some of his listeners to want to kill him Last week, we began to look at this passage, where Jesus is in the synagogue and reads from Isaiah and tells the people that He is the Servant Isaiah prophesied. This…

Naaman’s Conundrum A decorated warrior In with Aram’s king But he has leprosy Aram *** Map, Aram and Israel Now the Arameans on one of their raids had taken a young girl captive from the land of Israel, and she served Naaman’s wife. She said to her mistress, “If only my lord were with the prophet who…

8 But ye shall receive power, after that the Holy Ghost is come upon you: and ye shall be witnesses unto me both in Jerusalem, and in all Judaea, and in Samaria, and unto the uttermost part of the earth. I. Introduction a. Every person has things that they deal with. b. Every person naturally tries to…

For you are all children of light, children of the day. We are not of the night or of the darkness. So then let us not sleep, as others do, but let us keep awake and be sober. For those who sleep, sleep at night, and those who get drunk, are drunk at night. But since we belong to the day, let us be sober,…

17 So faith comes from hearing, and hearing through the word of Christ. 14 And when Jesus entered Peter’s house, he saw his mother-in-law lying sick with a fever. 15 He touched her hand, and the fever left her, and she rose and began to serve him. 9 He went on from there and entered their synagogue.…

Intro : This morning my message is entitled “A Mother’s Dream.” What is a Mother’s Dream? That her children will be blessed, prosper and will surpass the success that mom has had. Parenting requires a lot of versatility; and it can be downright confusing. But making the decision to be a parent — a good…

Confederate - A person, group, nation, or state united with another or others for a common purpose; ally; associate an associate in a unlawful act or plot; accomplice Hebrews 11:30-40 (LSB) 30 By faith the walls of Jericho fell down after they had been encircled for seven days. 31 By faith Rahab the…

Intro: Things that cannot be separated and be useful example: Shoes Brush and hair Unity is so important to the Church, probably more important than everything except the Gospel itself, which by the way is all about unity, us with Christ and us with each other. But without unity we become as useless…

4 Rejoice in the Lord alway: and again I say, Rejoice. 5 Let your moderation be known unto all men. The Lord is at hand. 6 Be careful for nothing; but in every thing by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God. 7 And the peace of God, which passeth all understanding,…

The mission of the church is to reach into the lives of people; our commitment to growing meaningful relationships frames our actions as followers of Jesus.

Jesus Heals the Leper The Lexham Bible Dictionary (Leprosy) An infectious skin disease Not the characteristic of modern forms of leprosy, since OT descriptions expect the skin disease to appear and resolve relatively quickly. Whereas a modern day leprosy develops more slowly and manifests in ways different…

NOTE: This is a manuscript, and not a transcript of this message. The actual presentation of the message differed from the manuscript through the leading of the Holy Spirit. Therefore, it is possible, and even likely that there is material in this manuscript that was not included in the live presentation…

Thanksgiving is this week, and the one thing that we should be most thankful for this week is God’s mercy towards sinners, because without his mercy we would all be hopelessly and forever lost. Without His mercy, there would be no hope of salvation, because no one has the ability to save us but God alone.…

2 Kings 4 Verses 1-7 Desperate need A horrible outcome if she can’t pay The Law said that if you couldn’t pay your debt you or your children could be taken to pay off the debt until the 7th year and then you would be released. 1 “Now these are the rules that you shall set before them. 2 When you buy…

How do I have powerful prayers? Do you want your prayers to be powerful learn what you need to do (or not do) to have this.

Although I am not much of a fisherman now, throughout my life I have had a number of occasions to go fishing. I recall, as a young boy, the first fish that I ever caught. I recall, going with my father to Green Castle Lake just south of Marshalltown, Iowa, where I grew up. I recall, with my father and…

1 The king of Aram had great admiration for Naaman, the commander of his army, because through him the Lord had given Aram great victories. But though Naaman was a mighty warrior, he suffered from leprosy. 2 At this time Aramean raiders had invaded the land of Israel, and among their captives was a young…

The Message Everyone Else Needs to Hear, But Not Me. The Sower Sows The Word 3 “Listen! Behold, a sower went out to sow. See, Listen, Dwell on. Take it in. Mark 4:20 "Hear the Word." Over 155 times God commands men to hear Him and His Word. Not one time is there a hint that what He says will be hard…

Welcome back to part 15 of our Story Series - this chronological look at the Bible. Up to this point, the Creator God, whose creation chose to rebel and sin in the Garden, has graciously chosen a group of people to represent him. They have proven over and over again that they can’t live up to God’s standard,…

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Genesis 3:14-15 Dec 17, 1927 8 year old S class submarine conducting tests off coast of MA. 2273 Any Hope Of Rescue? Someone has said that if you could convince a man there was no hope, he would curse the day he was born. Hope is an indispensable quality of life. Years ago the S-4 submarine was rammed…