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Radical Love: The Heart of a True Neighbo Bible Passage: Lk 10:25-37 Recommended Study: In preparation, consider using Logos to explore the historical context of the Samaritan's portrayal versus the Jewish priest and Levite, which could deepen your understanding of the implications of Jesus' choice of…

Neighborly Love On February 19, 1968, Fred Rogers debuted his show Mr. Roger’s Neighborhood. Would you be mind? Could you be mine? Won’t you be my neighbor? For 33 years and nearly 900 episodes, Mr Rogers was the face of what it looked like to be a neighbor. He taught Kids how to have compassion, how…

What are we to do with parables? What are we supposed to notice? What are we supposed to learn? Are the details important? Is the trivial important? Parables generally have one main point. While it is good to understand the historical and cultural context of the parables, we should avoid getting caught…

Jesus VS Paul there are unbelievers that are pushing the difference between Jesus and Paul I have listened to their podcasts there are also Gay theologians/ Pastors who also push this heresy their claim is Paul is preaching a gospel that is contradictory to Jesus Gospel Paul preached by grace through…

The Purpose Fascination - Discovery - Identity - Authenticity One day, Napoleon was speaking of the Divinity of Christ; when General Bertrand said:— “I can not conceive, sire, how a great man like you can believe that the Supreme Being ever exhibited himself to men under a human form, with a body, a…

Today we are continuing Luke Gospel in chapter 10. This is our 13th week in the book of Luke. I hope you have received something from Luke’s Gospel. Maybe you have noticed that Luke is a very thorough guy when writing his Gospel account of Jesus. I have said this many times in this series. Luke records…

Looking For Loopholes W. C. Fields, the old-time comedian who in his professional persona seemed to be in a continual state of inebriation, came to the final illness of his life. He was in the hospital and neither he nor his friends or doctors gave him much hope. One of his friends, who had known him…

We have been talking about love over the last several weeks and today we are continuing on that journey. I mentioned the parable of the Good Samaritan as one of the Jesus’s examples of loving your neighbor, and today we are going to dig into this parable to deepen our understanding of loving our neighbor.…

INTRODUCTION We live In a world filled with hatred and division, yet Jesus calls us to a radical way of living – loving our enemies. Today, we will explore what it means to truly love those who oppose us, looking to the teachings of Jesus and the Scriptures. Four Objectives Understanding the Concept…

What excited you, brings you joy? What does joy mean to you? Who brings you joy in your life? What brings you joy in your life? “Chara” -closely related to gladness and happiness, although joy is more a state of being than an emotion; a result of choice. Consider biblical uses of joy: 2 Consider it all…

Introduction: We live in a world where virtue signaling has become a common thing. Virtue signaling means to attempt to show other people that you are a good person by expressing opinions that are acceptable to them usually accompanied by inaction. We see this on social media oftentimes. We see people…

I. Introduction Update on life I’l be taking the new role of senior pastor at a grace called Grace Bible Church of Cedar Ridge It is in Grass Valley, California, which is about 1 hour north of Sacramento Beautiful area that we’re excited to move to And our family was welcomed well, so we’re super excited…

I. Introduction 1. Prayers 2. Scripture memory 26 Likewise the Spirit helps us in our weakness. For we do not know what to pray for as we ought, but the Spirit himself intercedes for us with groanings too deep for words. Title and start Catch.. Lucien of Antioch (an early Christian believer) said, ‘A…

I. Introduction 1. Prayers 2.Memory verse For in this hope we were saved. Now hope that is seen is not hope. For who hopes for what he sees? Title What are some valuable ministry tasks people do? Chris Mueller writes "Women thought being a godly woman meant they must be a ministry speaker, write books…

*** The verse that changed my life Little children, let us love, not in word or speech, but in truth and action. *** Image: Good Samaritan: The Good Samaritan lived out the truth of that verse A Distance / Up Close Now by chance a priest was going down that road; and when he saw him, he passed by on…

I. Introduction 1. Prayers Bible memory And not only the creation, but we ourselves, who have the firstfruits of the Spirit, groan inwardly as we wait eagerly for adoption as sons, the redemption of our bodies. Title Catch- What do angels get to see that we do not? Angels are amazing They are said to…

In this world we will have pain. I am not talking about just physical pain. I am talking about the mental, emotional and relational pain as a result of living with others. Community is not optional. One of the ways we could effectively prevent this pain is to not be around anyone. Some here would love…

Over the past few months we have taken a look at the parables Jesus used to teach some very significant lessons. There are some parables that we have been familiar with and others not so much. Today’s parable is one of the most famous parables of Christ. I want us to look at the Parable of the Good Samaritan…

Intro I want to begin this morning by playing a sound for you. Did you hear words to the jingle along with the sound? Like a good neighbor, State Farm is there. The insurance company has built itself upon that slogan that being a good neighbor means having fast and fair claim service. Portraying their…

“See, I have set before you today life and good, death and evil. If you obey the commandments of the Lord your God that I command you today, by loving the Lord your God, by walking in his ways, and by keeping his commandments and his statutes and his rules, then you shall live and multiply, and the Lord…

Intro Can we have joy even knowing that we are not in control? We must answer a few more questions before we can answer that one. If we are not in control, then who is? What is the character of that being that is in control? Are they good, are they evil? This will directly impact our ability to find…

The letter to the church in Ephesus | Revelation 2:1-11 14 “You are the light of the world. A city that is set on a hill cannot be hidden. 15 Nor do they light a lamp and put it under a basket, but on a lampstand, and it gives light to all who are in the house. 16 Let your light so shine before men,…

Presented by OrLando Yarborough III Purpose of This Presentation: What it takes for you to put God’s love into action How we counter and supersede the world’s hatred Opening passage: Ecclesiastes 4:9–12 (NKJV); Luke 10:25–37 (NKJV) Our first opening text has a heading in my bible "The Value of a Friend".…

Last week we started a series called bridge builders. We learned that it takes the right blueprints to build a bridge and that bridge be successful. Today we want to look at the next process and that is having the right tools for the project. During the American Revolution, a man in civilian clothes…

Then an expert in the law stood up to test him, saying, “Teacher, what must I do to inherit eternal life?” “What is written in the law?” he asked him. “How do you read it?” He answered, “Love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your strength, and with all your mind,” and…