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How we think, what we believe, shapes our world. Our thoughts and beliefs are very powerful. Our world shapes what we think and believe. Yet, the world we live in also shapes our beliefs and thoughts about things. The location is important. Jesus is in Caesarea Philippi the capitol of pagan worship,…

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…

Jesus travels as far north as possible and still be in the “Holy” Land of Israel. The area of Caesarea-Philippi, about 40Km north of Lake Galilee. It is far away from the temple and the priests and Pharisees in Jerusalem. It is outside Herod Aggripa’s Tetrarchy of Galilee, is however in his half brother…

Nicene Creed We believe in one God, the Father almighty, maker of heaven and earth, of all things visible and invisible. And in one Lord Jesus Christ, the only Son of God, begotten from the Father before all ages, God from God, Light from Light, true God from true God, begotten, not made; of the same…

It is my habit when preaching through books of the Bible to begin with the background and overview of a book at the beginning, highlighting key themes, verse, and the overall flow of the book, and then circle back around to that at the end of the study to review what we’ve seen. Usually I’m able to do…

27 And Jesus went on with his disciples to the villages of Caesarea Philippi. And on the way he asked his disciples, “Who do people say that I am?” 28 And they told him, “John the Baptist; and others say, Elijah; and others, one of the prophets.” 29 And he asked them, “But who do you say that I am?”…

27 Now Jesus and His disciples went out to the towns of Caesarea Philippi; and on the road He asked His disciples, saying to them, “Who do men say that I am?” 28 So they answered, “John the Baptist; but some say, Elijah; and others, one of the prophets.” 29 He said to them, “But who do you say that I…

There are many gospels out there that could be preached. Ultimately false gospels. We probably don’t have to worry too much about the prosperity gospel. What about the forgiveness only gospel. God wants to forgive your sin and give you eternal live. The forgiveness gospel is a consumer gospel. Not really…

Encounters with Jesus What do you See? Mark 8:22–31 (ESV) 22 And they came to Bethsaida. And some people brought to him a blind man and begged him to touch him. 23 And he took the blind man by the hand and led him out of the village, and when he had spit on his eyes and l aid his hands on him, he asked…

WWJD (What Would Jesus Do)?

Who Is Jesus? That’s the question we’re going to be discussing today and next week. We began this series in the search of truth, what it is, where it must come from, who it must come from, can that one be known, and now we are going to talk about Jesus. When a Christian talks about Jesus we sometimes…

Title : The Compassionate Provision of Christ: Part 3 And they came to Bethsaida. And they brought a blind man to Jesus and implored Him to touch him. Taking the blind man by the hand, He brought him out of the village; and after spitting on his eyes and laying His hands on him, He asked him, “Do you…

1 Then He spoke a parable to them, that men always ought to pray and not lose heart, 2 saying: “There was in a certain city a judge who did not fear God nor regard man. 3 Now there was a widow in that city; and she came to him, saying, ‘Get justice for me from my adversary.’ 4 And he would not for a…

Jesus did what the Law could not do by cleansing the Leper.

Intro We are in the middle of 21 Days of Prayer and Fasting. What does it mean to be a follower of Jesus? If you ask 100 people, you will get a 100 different answers. Why is that? We are living in a culture today where following is based on personal convenience instead of personal conviction. Social…

SoulShift is written by: Steve DeNeff and David Drury I want to begin this morning with a few questions: Should Christians be different? Why should Christians be different? How do Christians become different? Over the next several weeks, we are going to be looking at some of the things that make Christians…

27 Jesus and his disciples went on to the villages around Caesarea Philippi. On the way he asked them, “Who do people say I am?” Background: Traveling around In the last year of Jesus’ ministry - He is headed to the cross here pretty soon So, He asks them this question: • Who do people say that I am?…

From Mountain Top to Valley Low Last week we closed the sermon with a classic Renaissance painting of the transfiguration by Raphael It was an unusual transfiguration painting in the only the upper half of the painting depicted the transfiguration and the lower half depicted what was going on down below…

Children’s Thought If the Blind Put Their Hand in God's You probably have all heard of Helen Keller. She had the double calamity of being both unable to see, she was blind, and unable to hear. Thinking her incapable of learning, she was tolerated like an untrained, but loved animal loose in the family…

Today there is a faulty perspective of Jesus that is extremely dangerous and very seductive. This is exposed by David Platt in his book Radical . In a blog David wrote, We American Christians have a way of taking the Jesus of the Bible and twisting him into a version of Jesus that we are more comfortable…

Evangelist, author and pastor Donald Bridge, tells the story of a liberal preacher visiting an African-American church. As the minister talked about the crossing of the Red Sea, someone shouted, “Praise the Lord. Takin’ all them children through the deep waters. What a mighty miracle!” The minister,…

15 He said to them, “But who do you say that I am?” 16 Simon Peter answered and said, “You are the Christ, the Son of the living God.” 17 Jesus answered and said to him, “Blessed are you, Simon Bar-Jonah, for flesh and blood has not revealed this to you, but My Father who is in heaven. 18 And I also…

Let us pray…Gracious and Loving God, as we come before you this day, our hearts are full of love for you and the life of your Son, our minds are full of the things that we need to do yet today and in this coming week, and our eyes cannot escape all that flashes before them as we scan the TV, computer,…

Let us pray…Gracious and loving God, as we come before you today, we pray for hearts focused on you, for ears trained to your still speaking voice, and eyes to see clearly the path you have laid before us, Amen. The Invitation I know in the last year this does not or has not happened much but think back…

Let us pray…Gracious and loving God, as we move further away from your Son’s birth, help us in this day to remember the glow, the excitement, and the joy that came from celebrating his birth. As we come before you today in this time of reflection, open our hearts, minds, and spirits to your still speaking…