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When evil strikes. Yesterday was a truly sad day in our nations history. The assassination attempt on President Trump, thankfully, failed. However, the cruelty of evil still claimed two lives, one innocent and the other met his just end. Both deaths are a tragedy. Both deaths signify the darkness that…

What are you doing here? Repeated question Out of my comfort zone learning lots of things Information vs. Experience Getting to know people Passion, gentleness, determination, mana Experiences I’ve never had before Tangata whenua side of powhiri sharing in the kitchen, and in the laundry making friends…

Torah Portion: Deuteronomy 29:10-31:30 Haftarah: Isaiah 61:10-63:9 Review Three Weeks Picture of the Three Weeks of Sorrow/ 3 Rebukes 7 Consolations: “Nachamu Nachamu,” the doubled consoling. Comforted but Zion said alone Third consolation: anaya Soarah: Afflicted and Stormed Tossed 67 Before I was afflicted…

Introduction I want to say at the onset, that as we began this series, I spent a few minutes explaining my apprehension to preach regarding the topic of money. I want to make something clear - I wasn’t then, and I’m not now apologizing for speaking on the topic. The Bible has much to say about it, therefore…

Today we are wrapping up this six part study of the Good News called, “Life in 6 Words.” We get these six words by using the word “Gospel” as an acrostic. As a way of review, let’s walk through these six words one final time… G - God created us to be with Him. ( Genesis 1-2 ) O - Our sins separate us…

Torah Portion: Exodus 21:1- 24:18 Haftarah: Isa 66:1-24 Review Two Two Two Two Two Two Two two Hebrew Bitterness Pride Shema 1. 2. 3. Picture of Korah Bold Picture of Tannin the plagues (2) the 9th -a thick, palpable darkness envelops the land; New Moon Picture of Hodesh Full Moon Picture of Moed Picture…

15 “The Lord your God will raise up for you a prophet like me from among you, from your brothers—it is to him you shall listen— 16 You did not choose me, but I chose you and appointed you that you should go and bear fruit and that your fruit should abide, so that whatever you ask the Father in my name,…

This Torah Portion: Gen 32:3 - 36:43 Messengers Introduction In the previous Torah portions we talked about God calling Abraham, Isaac and Jacob to make a covenant with them We also heard how God also uses his daughters: Sarah - Abraham’s wife, Rebekak - Isaac’s wife We have been talking about how the…

Nitzavim Introduction Torah Portion This Torah Portion goes from Deuteronomy 29:10-30:20 In our previous Torah portion we talked about Re’eh (beholding: a blessing, and a curse) We talked about having two choices related to obedience / disobedience = blessing / cursing Obedience to blessing We talked…

Introduction So far in Deuteronomy we have studied the concept of “These are the Words that Moses Spoke” - Deuteronomy in Hebrew (The second giving of the Law - Greek). The Law was given to Moses Still is God’s law He repeated His law and commanded Moses to remind Israel of the Words He had spoken This…

“No!” “You can’t!” “It won’t work!” “There is no way.” “We took a vote.” How do you hear it? Do these words give you a sense of victory, or do they give you a sense of defeat? It may depend on whether you’re the one hearing them or the one saying them. Either way the source of these words can often be…

We’ve been moving through CASKET EMPTY, and I don’t want us to lose sight of why we’re doing that. The whole idea of Casket Empty is to recognize God’s redemptive story throughout the Old Testament. Many have wondered did God create the world and then just leave it to run itself, and what we see throughout…

If we’re honest we’re always somewhere on the scale between belief and unbelief. I’ve shared with you many times the Father’s exclamation from Mark 9 when he brings his son to Jesus and asks him to heal him, “if he can.” Jesus responds: And Jesus said to him, “ ‘If you can’! All things are possible for…

Habakkuk 2:2-4 Chart Hab 1:1-4 Review 2 Questions How Long Why 2 Results Law is ignored Justice is perverted Chart Hab 1:5-11 Review - The Lord has been working - The Lord is sending Babylon - The Lord’s response is terrifying - The Lord is reminding Judah of the covenants Primarily of Deut 28 and the…

The people live in nice comfortable houses but the temple lies in ruins. Their lives are in order but their worship is neglected.

Last week, we were able to truly rejoice in the Superior Cleansing that Jesus provides. For by one sacrifice he has made perfect forever those who are being made holy. let us draw near to God with a sincere heart and with the full assurance that faith brings, having our hearts sprinkled to cleanse us…

Opening Prayer: Heavenly Father, We come before You today with grateful hearts, thanking You for the gift of family and the privilege of coming together to seek Your face. As we gather in Your presence, we ask for Your Holy Spirit to be among us, guiding our thoughts and opening our hearts to the message…

Today we are starting a series that I hope you will find interesting and engaging, but above all my hope and prayer is that this series will be a tool that God will use in your life to reach a lost and dying world. Today we are going to go back to basics and study the Good News. If you don’t feel comfortable…

Why does God summon some people to face His judgement? Amos gives us four reasons why you might soon face the judgement of God for your sin. I. Fat Cows (vv. 1-3) Amos is preaching a sermon of judgment. He is summoning the sinful people of the Northern Kingdom of Israel to judgement. And in this sermon…

Why does God summon some people to face His judgement? Amos gives us four reasons why you might soon face the judgement of God for your sin. I. Fat Cows (vv. 1-3) Amos is preaching a sermon of judgment. He is summoning the sinful people of the Northern Kingdom of Israel to judgement. And in this sermon…

Deuteronomy 29:9-31:30 REVIEW This is our 8th message from Devarim elle-ha deverim = these are the words Picture of Journey Reason why the journeys -opportunities to learn The first generation that came out of Egypt was “thick headed” Devarim is like an executive meeting to evaluate where we have been,…

Missed opportunities Isreal and the failure to enter the promised land. (Bravery and Faith) The Pharisees (Humility) Peter denying Jesus (Faith) Ananias and Sapphira (Honesty) The World (Love) How do we avoid missing our opportunities? Read Deuteronomy 11:8-32 8 “You shall therefore keep the whole commandment…

Continuing our study through the doctrine of Economics in light of Acts 4:32-5:16, with emphasis on the Righteous and Gracious Provision for the Poor.

INTRODUCTION Is temptation a sin? Did Jesus sin when He was tempted? Could He have sinned? These are just a few questions we will address this morning in our study of Mark’s gospel Today we are considering Mark 1:12 -13. Please take you’re Bibles and turn with me to Mark chapter 1 Mark’s account of the…

First things First Here is the History of Israel · Adam and Eve · Noah · Babel · Abraham – Issaac – Jacob – Joseph · Egypt · Moses · Joshua · Promised Land · Judges · Samuel · Saul · David · Solomon · Divided o Jeroboam – 10 northern tribes o Rehoboam – Judah and Benjamin · Exiled – Babylon defeated…