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What is the worst pain you’ve ever felt? Take a moment and think about that. What is the worst pain I have ever endured? It’s not pleasant to think about is it? Dr. Paul Brand wrote an entire book on pain calling it, “the gift nobody wants.” We often think of pain as physical pain but we know it can…

Wrestling with God’s Justice and Human Suffering Session 8: Highlights from Job 8–10 – Wrestling with God’s Justice and Human Suffering Date: Wednesday Night, December 4, 2024 Introduction to the Session 8: In this session, we will focus on highlights from Job 8 , Job 9 , and Job 10 , examining key themes…

Abraham: Following God's Promise

The Limits of Human Wisdom and the Search for Hope Session 9: Highlights from Job 11–14 – The Limits of Human Wisdom and the Search for Hope Date: Wednesday Night, December 9, 2024 Introduction: In this session, we will explore highlights from Job 11–14 . These chapters present Zophar’s speech, the harshest…

Torah Portion: Genesis 1:1-6:8 Haftarah: Isa 42:5-43:10 Brit Chadashah: John 1:1-17 Review Torah Portion: Genesis 1:1-6:8 Haftarah: Isa 42:5-43:10 Brit Chadashah: John 1:1-17 Introduction Torah Portion: Genesis 1:1-6:8 Haftarah: Isa 42:5-43:10 Brit Chadashah: John 1:1-17 Gibson Which Jesus? Combative…

Bildad has his own reasons why Job is suffering. Job responds to Bildad.

Torah Portion : Exodus 33:12-34:26 Haftarah: Ezekiel 37:1-14 Road Map Review Shemini mikvah Tzaraat lashon hara The Great Day - HaGadol Picture of Torah Readings Introduction 12 Then Moses said to the Lord , “See, You say to me, ‘Bring up this people.’ But You have not let me know whom You will send…

A. Rapport for the time Deflection—and desire to see ourselves as the hero of our own story... This means that Israel’s problem was not fundamentally their corrupt and inept leaders (God dealt with them decisively), nor was it the Philistine threat (they could not prevail against God’s heavy hand). If…

Job’s Appeal to God – The Struggle for Understanding Date: Wednesday Night, November 13, 2024 Main Text: Job 7:1–21 (KJV) Introduction to Job Chapter 7: In Job 7 , Job shifts his focus from his friends to God. It is a raw, emotional chapter filled with questions and appeals. Job speaks directly to God,…

Hebrews 2:5-13 As we go through the book of Hebrews, step by step, we come to an incredible section of Scripture. It reveals God’s eternal plan for the world and for us. It is incredibly humbling to think of what God has planned for us. To think that we, who struggle every day to obey the Father, in…

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…

Come now, you who say, “Today or tomorrow we will go into such and such a town and spend a year there and trade and make a profit”— yet you do not know what tomorrow will bring. What is your life? For you are a mist that appears for a little time and then vanishes. Instead you ought to say, “If the Lord…

We are in week 6 of Life’s Healing choices. So far we have looked at 5 choices we can make with God’s help to move towards victory in our lives. 1st choice: Reality Choice where we realize that we are not God and admit that we are powerless to control our tendency to to the wrong thing and my life is…

God is Spirit One of the things that I hope to accomplish with this sermon series is that we get a bigger and grander view of who God is. Theologian A.W. Tozer wrote, “The weightiest word in any language is its word for God.” He also wrote “What we think when we think about God is the most important…

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,…

I Timothy 2:1-8 Good morning church! Open your Bibles with me please to 1 Timothy chapter 2 for a message entitled One God and one Mediator. Let’s pray: Father, we ask this morning that you would be our teacher, that by the same Spirit that these Scriptures were inspired, you would illuminate our understanding,…

Exodus 27:20-30:10 Review In our last Torah Portions We have talked about different topics The Torah is the manual how to serve God- gives a sense of direction, like a compass W/o direction you do not know where you are going or what you are doing. the yes, I do The unanimous and unhesitating response…

Exodus 13:17-14:31 Introduction In our last Torah Portion we talked about the Plagues So the Lord said to Moses: “See, I have made you as God to Pharaoh, and Aaron your brother shall be your prophet. You shall speak all that I command you. And Aaron your brother shall tell Pharaoh to send the children…

Ezekiel 15:2

Realm Distinction We’ve been tracking the story of Yahweh and his portion, Abraham’s descendents. Yahweh chose to disinherit the nations at Babel. He chose to appear to Abraham in visible, human form to initiate a covenant relationship. He chose to reiterate that covenant with Isaac and Jacob, whom he…

Introduction Back in September, I sat down and began to set out a preaching schedule and themes for the next few months. I knew we were going to do Jonah and I looked at the dates for Advent. Advent, a time to reflect on the beginning of Emmanuel, God dwelling with us, and I noticed that there would…

3 Reasons to Pray for the salvation of all men. I. One God 5 For there is one God, and one mediator also between God and men, the man Christ Jesus, A. The Only God This might not seem like a reason, but if there are multiple gods then why pray? If all gods are equally valid, the muslim god will save…

Learn to suffer well

As Americans, we prefer a God who is small a God we can manage, predict and control. We want a God that feels safe to us. One that we can fully understand and explain. One that doesn’t embarrass, confuse, contradict us or make us made. We want what C.S. Lewis called a “tamed lion”. The God of the Bible…

One of the ways that we can live wisely in a foolish world is to learn to take care of our health. Since we only have one body to serve the Lord with, it is important that we take care of it to honor Him all the days of our lives. Paul pleads with believers; 1 I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the…