Faith

Gospel Culture: Translating our Faith for all of Life The Foundational Question: What is the relationship of God’s Word – revelation to our real life in the world? What is religion? Religio & Religare – to tie/bind Colossians 1:15-23 “He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn over all creation. For everything was created by Him, in heaven and on earth, the visible and the invisible,...

  Building the Kingdom of God                                                                                                  2 Corinthians 4:18 (NIV)  “ So we fix our eyes not on what is seen, but on what is unseen”   2 Kings 6:17 (NIV) “Then the Lord opened the servant’s eyes, and he looked and saw the hills full of horses and chariots of fire all around Elisha.”   2 Corinthians 5:7 (NKJV) “For...

Building the Kingdom of God.   What is God’s Kingdom? Matthew 3:2 (ESV) “Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.” John 18:36 (ESV) “...My kingdom is not of this world...” Acts 1:3 (ESV) “...speaking about the kingdom of God.” Acts 1:6 (ESV) “...Lord will you at this time restore the kingdom to Israel?” Acts 1:7-8 (ESV) "He said to them, “It is not for you to know times or seasons that the Fa...

Helping People Become Wholehearted Followers of Christ                                                                                                  Ephesians 4:11-13 (NIV) “Christ himself gave the apostles, the prophets, the evangelists, the pastors and teachers, to equip his people for works of service, so that the body of Christ may be built up until we all reach unity in the faith and in th...

Built For This – Freedom   Ephesians 1:22-23 (NIV) “God placed all things under his feet and appointed him to be head over everything for [Faith] church, which is his body, the fullness of him who fills everything in every way.” 1 Peter 2:9 (NIV) “[We] are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, God’s special possession, that [we] may declare the praises of him who called [us] out of d...

Built For This – Built to Belong                                                                                                  Romans 10:9 (ESV) “if you confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved.” Ephesians 2:19-22 (ESV) “So then you are no longer strangers and aliens, but you are fellow citizens with the saints and...

Built For This – Four Pillars of Discipleship                                                                                                  1.       Believe - Love of God Matthew 22:36-39 (ESV) “Teacher, which is the great commandment in the Law?” And he said to him, “You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind. This is the great and first...

Jesus is The Lord and Head of The Church   Ephesians 1:17-23 (NIV) “that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the glorious Father, may give you the Spirit[f] of wisdom and revelation, so that you may know him better. I pray that the eyes of your heart may be enlightened in order that you may know the hope to which he has called you, the riches of his glorious inheritance in his holy people, and his i...

The Invitation                                                                                                Matthew 4:1-4 (ESV) “Then Jesus was led up by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil. And after fasting forty days and forty nights, he was hungry. And the tempter came and said to hm ‘if you are the Son of God, command these stones to become loaves of bread.’ But he ans...

An Unlikely King The King of Peace     Isaiah 9:2, 6 (NIV) “The people walking in darkness have seen a great light; on those living in the land of the shadow of death a light has dawned.” ...“For unto us a child is born, to us a son is given, and the government shall be on his shoulders. And he will be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.”   Luke 2:14 (KJV)...

A Life Changing Sermon to an Unlikely Congregation                                                                                                Luke 2:8-18 (NIV) “And there were shepherds living out in the fields nearby, keeping watch over their flocks at night. An angel of the Lord appeared to them, and the glory of the Lord shone around them, and they were terrified. But the angel said to them...

  An Unlikely Choice – The Magi                                                                                                Mathew 2:1 (NIV) “After Jesus was born in Bethlehem in Judea, during the time of King Herod, Magi from the east came to Jerusalem"    Daniel 2:48 (ESV) “the king gave Daniel high honors and many great gifts, and made him ruler over the whole province of Babylon and chief p...

The Church and Israel – End Times Prophecy                                                                                                Why do Christians disagree about the End Times? Has the church fulfilled or fulfilling the plan of God's salvation for the world that was a part of the Abrahamic covenant? Will the church fulfill God’s plan for the future? Has the church fulfilled God’s purpose...

Unlikely Choice – Mary     Luke 1:26-38 (NIV)   In the sixth month of Elizabeth’s pregnancy, God sent the angel Gabriel to Nazareth, a town in Galilee, to a virgin pledged to be married to a man named Joseph, a descendant of David. The virgin’s name was Mary. The angel went to her and said, ‘Greetings, you who are highly favored! The Lord is with you.’ Mary was greatly troubled at his words and wo...

End Times – Why do Christians disagree about End Times?                                                                                                Why do Christians disagree about End Times?   Big picture questions:   1.     What is the relationship of Israel to the Church? Should we believe in Rapture? Are there two comings of Jesus or just one? Will there be a 1000-year millennial earthly Ki...

An Unlikely Choice - Joseph                                                                                                Matthew 1:18-25 (NIV) “This is how the birth of Jesus the Messiah came about: His mother Mary was pledged to be married to Joseph, but before they came together, she was found to be pregnant through the Holy Spirit. Because Joseph her husband was faithful to the law, and yet d...

Unlikely Choice – Unlikely Choices     1 Corinthians 1:26-31 (ESV) For consider your calling, brothers: not many of you were wise according to worldly standards, not many were powerful, not many were of noble birth. But God chose what is foolish in the world to shame the wise; God chose what is weak in the world to shame the strong; God chose what is low and despised in the world, even things that...

End Times – When Will These Things Be                                                                                                Habakkuk 2:14 (ESV) "For the earth will be filled with the knowledge of the glory of the Lord as the waters cover the sea.”   Matthew 24:3 (ESV) “Tell us, when will these things be, and what will be the sign of your coming and of the end of the age?” Question 1:     ...

Christ is King Civil Government Colossians 2:15 (NIV) “having disarmed the powers and authorities, he made a public spectacle of them, triumphing over them by the cross.”   Matthew 28:18-20 (NIV) “ All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. Therefore go and make disciples of all nations , baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, and teaching t...

God’s Design for Raising of Children                                                                                                Ephesians 5:1 (ESV) “be imitators of God, as beloved children.” 1.      The biblical environment of the home is full of grace.    2.      Standards in the home are for the child's future not for the parents temporary convenience.   Colossians 1:2,3:20 (ESV) “Grace to...

Christ is King God’s Design for the Woman in the Family   Genesis 2:18,21-24 (ESV) “The Lord God said, ‘It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him a helper fit for him.’” “So the Lord God caused a deep sleep to fall upon the man, and while he slept took one of his ribs and closed up its place with flesh. And the rib that the Lord God had taken from the man he made into a woman an...

Family   Matthew 28:18-20 (ESV) “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me.   Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you...” Mathew 19:4-6 (ESV) “Have you not read that he who created them from the beginning made them male and female, and said,...

  The New Covenant of God’s Grace                                                                                                Romans 8:1-4 (NIV) “Therefore, there is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus, because through Christ Jesus the law of the Spirit who gives life has set you free from the law of sin and death. For what the law was powerless to do because it was weakened b...

Family                                                                                                Self Church Family Government Genesis 1:27 (ESV) "God created man in his own image, in the image of God he created him; male and female he created them.” Mathew 19:4-6 (ESV) “Have you not read that he who created them from the beginning made them male and female, and said, ‘Therefore a man shall l...