Boulder Creek Community Church

Jesus is brought before Pilate... John 1833-19-16

We need to see politics and culture through the lens of faith... not the other way around.

Shame – comes on the heals of guilt. ** Example of Guilt and Shame at work – you blow it… tell a lie! You feel bad about doing something wrong… but deeper than that… you feel ashamed! You did something you despise in others… you thought you were better than that! You thought you were more courageous than that! Opposite of guilt… innocence! Opposite of shame… Glory! (Significance… value… worth) Wro...

2) Phantom Guilt – Like a person who has had a limb amputated. Phantom guilt can persist in a Xian’s life for sometime if not dealt with… where does it come from…? - A hypersensitive/weak conscious… - Unhealthy spiritual upbringing… - Unhealthy upbringing… o Don’t feel what you feel… feel what we tell you to feel! o Don’t show emotion! ** Don’t ever get angry! o Emotions not validated… You shouldn...

Two kinds of guilt: 1) True Guilt – A good thing! Not a good thing when someone never experiences guilt! Psalm 51:4 – 4 Against you, you only, have I sinned and done what is evil in your sight; so you are right in your verdict and justified when you judge. David has a straight edge… it’s God who sets the standard, and its God who determines sin and is 1st offended by our sin. To distinguish true a...

Matthew 4 – 18 One day as Jesus was walking along the shore of the Sea of Galilee, he saw two brothers—Simon, also called Peter, and Andrew—throwing a net into the water, for they fished for a living. 19 Jesus called out to them, “Come, follow me, and I will show you how to fish for people!” (Not a cheesy play on words… but a 1st century idiom… follow me and you will become like me! You will becom...

Emotional Intelligence – EQ vs. IQ… EQ is The capacity to be aware of, control, and express one's emotions, and to handle interpersonal relationships judiciously and empathetically. ‘emotional intelligence is the key to both personal and professional success’ According to the bible we are not only emotional beings, but we are also complex creatures made up of mind, conscience, spirit & emotion...

Be good and mad

Luke 6:40 – 40 A disciple is not above his teacher, but everyone when he is fully trained will be like his teacher. We become like the people we are around the most! Luke 10 – 38 As Jesus and the disciples continued on their way to Jerusalem, they came to a certain village where a woman named Martha welcomed him into her home. 39 Her sister, Mary, sat at the Lord’s feet, listening to what he taugh...

** So… Question: When you get mad. What are you defending? When you understand what it is you’re defending, you have the answer to what it is your heart holds most dear. Which leads us to why it is that our anger… the things that make us angry bring about so much pain, heartache and destruction in our relationships… Our basic problem is NOT anger, but that our anger is disordered. Disordered anger...

"Be angry"! Anger is love in motion… it’s a response to defend someone or something that is threatened! When your child is threatened by someone trying to hurt them or violate them, a normal healthy response is to be angry! Anger is commanded! Ephesians 4:26-27 – 26 “Be angry, and do not sin”: do not let the sun go down on your wrath, 27 nor give place to the devil.” John Chrysostom (pastor in the...

There are different ways of dealing with anger... 1. Some people think they have NO anger... but they are in denial. 2. Some people have BLOW anger and they erupt when triggered 3. But the emotionally intelligent way to deal with anger is to be SLOW to anger. What's the opposite of anger...? It's not NO Anger... (to have a short fuse). But patience. (to have a long fuse). Do you have a short fuse...

Stephen Mealing

III. Pray your tears! The psalms are raw... real... But what’s important to see here that David runs to his connection to God! Friends are vital! Living in community is critical!! But… we must go to God to! Take your tears to your heavenly Father! a. Pray in light of God’s love. The beauty of the Psalms… God’s love remains… Even when you are not theologically correct… Psalm 39:12 "Lord, hear my pr...

Psalm 126 – 5 Those who sow with tears will reap with songs of joy. 6 Those who go out weeping, carrying seed to sow, will return with songs of joy, carrying sheaves with them. ** Don’t waste your sorrows… See your tears as an opportunity for growth. You can’t stuff them… you get no fruit! You can’t just walk outside and dump a pile of seeds! No fruit! Look beneath the surface! What’s going on…? W...

Luke 13:1-9 Jesus dispels two wrong ways to respond to tragedy... Blame ourselves... or blame God. The paradox of the Christian life is that we are more sinful than we can bear, and more loved than we can comprehend. The cross helps us hold these two realities in our hearts at the same time, and they keep us from becoming proud... and they keep us from being crushed and losing heart when tragedy s...

Expect tears in life... Xians have a little mythical belief... If I am a good boy/girl then God will protect me from pain in this life! Book of Job!! Job 16 – 20 My friends scorn me; My eyes pour out tears to God. Not all pain is because you have done something wrong!! Jesus a man of sorrows! And he walked in lived perfectly with the father! Interesting metaphor for salvation… Ezekiel 36:26 – 26 I...

The inner life is often ignored... and we often don't know how to manage our emotions in an intelligent and productive way. Some stuff them... others express them irresponsibly. But there's a 3rd way... a better way... pray them!

Daniel 3:14-30 13 Furious with rage, Nebuchadnezzar summoned Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego. So these men were brought before the king, 14 and Nebuchadnezzar said to them, “Is it true, Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego, that you do not serve my gods or worship the image of gold I have set up? 15 Now when you hear the sound of the horn, flute, zither, lyre, harp, pipe and all kinds of music, if you ar...

In a funk...?

Philippians 4:11-13 - I have learned how to be content with whatever I have. 12 I know how to live on almost nothing or with everything. I have learned the secret of living in every situation, whether it is with a full stomach or empty, with plenty or little. 13 For I can do everything through Christ,[d] who gives me strength.

“Dear friends, do not be surprised at the fiery ordeal that has come on you to test you, as though something strange were happening to you.” ‭‭1 Peter‬ ‭4:12‬ ‭NIV “In all this you greatly rejoice, though now for a little while you may have had to suffer grief in all kinds of trials. These have come so that the proven genuineness of your faith—of greater worth than gold, which perishes even though...