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Pastor Luke, Joel Kobosh and Paul Sanders interact with the text discussing the doctrinal and practical implications of the first four verses of the sixth chapter of Ephesians.   Some Scripture References: Ephesians 6:1-4; Exodus 20:12; 21:15; Colossians 3:21; Deuteronomy 6:1-9; Mark 10:13-16; Psalm 78:1-8

Pastor Luke, Joel Kobosh and Paul Sanders interact with the text discussing the doctrinal and practical implications of the second half of the fifth chapter of Ephesians.   Some Scripture References: Ephesians 5:22-33; Romans 6:3-4; Revelation 19:7-9; Genesis 2:24

Pastor Luke, Joel Kobosh and Paul Sanders interact with the text discussing the doctrinal and practical implications of the first half of the fifth chapter of Ephesians.

Pastor Luke, Joel Kobosh and Paul Sanders interact with the text discussing the doctrinal and practical implications of verses seven to sixteen of the fourth chapter of Ephesians. Some Scripture References: Ephesians 4:7-16; Acts 20:28; 1 Peter 5:1-2; 1 Corinthians 12:4-11; 13; Philippians 3:10

Pastor Luke, Joel Kobosh and Paul Sanders interact with the text discussing the doctrinal and practical implications of the first six verses of the fourth chapter of Ephesians. Some Scripture References: Ephesians 4:1-6; 1 Corinthians 12:12-26; Titus 3:5; Psalm 139:7-12

Pastor Luke, Joel Kobosh and Paul Sanders interact with the text discussing the doctrinal and practical implications of the second half of the third chapter of Ephesians. Some Scripture References: Ephesians 3:14-21; Ephesians 2:18-22; Colossians 2:6-7; 3:10; 1 Peter 5:10-11

Pastor Luke, Joel Kobosh and Paul Sanders interact with the text discussing the doctrinal and practical implications of the first part of the third chapter of Ephesians.   Some Scripture References: Ephesians 3:1-13; 1 Peter 1:10-12; Genesis 12:3; Acts 9:1-7; Romans 9:22-24; Revelation 7:11; Hebrews 4:14-16

Pastor Luke, Joel Kobosh and Paul Sanders interact with the text discussing the doctrinal and practical implications of the first part of the second chapter of Ephesians. Some Scripture References: Ephesians 2:1-10; Psalm 51:5; Ephesians 1:20-22; 1 John 4:4; Romans 5:9

Pastor Luke, Joel Kobosh and Paul Sanders interact with the text discussing the doctrinal and practical implications of the second part of the Apostle Paul’s prayer in the first chapter of Ephesians. Some Scripture References: Ephesians 1: 15-23; 1 Corinthians 2:6-12; Acts 19:19-20; Psalm 8:6; Ephesians 5:23-24; 29-32; Colossians 2:10

Pastor Luke, Joel Kobosh and Paul Sanders,interact with the text discussing the doctrinal and practical implications of Apostle Paul’s prayer in the first chapter of Ephesians.   Some Scripture References: Ephesians 1:3-14; Romans 8:29-30; Exodus 15:13; Hebrews 9:15, 22; 2 Corinthians 1:22; 5:5

Pastor Luke, Joel Kobosh and Paul Sanders, as a prelude to the Ephesians sermon series, interact with the text discussing the doctrinal and practical implications of the greeting in these first two verses. Some Scripture References: Ephesians 1:1-2; Lamentations 3:22-23; 2 Corinthians 12:7-10; 1 John 1:9-2:1

Pastor Luke, Joel Kobosh and Paul Sanders discuss God’s challenge to Israel, “Will man rob God? Yet you are robbing me (Malachi 3:6-12)?” along with personal examples of how we can learn to give regularly and generously to our church.  Some Scripture References: 2 Corinthians 9:6-8; Philippians 4:10-20

Pastor Luke, Joel Kobosh and Paul Sanders discuss God’s response to Israel asking, “Where is the God of justice (Malachi 2:17-3:5)?” and our hope that when faced with present day evil and massacres that God will judge evildoers and the unrighteous and that he will refine our hearts with his righteousness so we can endure and stand before the Lord in the “day of his coming”. Some Scripture Referenc...

Pastor Luke, Joel Kobosh and Paul Sanders discuss the first part of the Refine Our Hearts series on Malachi, how our present covenant relationship with God mirrors God’s covenant relationship with Israel, and how pastors and leaders, in particular, need to guard their hearts against apathy and discontent.  Some Scripture References: Malachi 1:1-2:16; Matthew 5:23-25; 19:5-9; Ephesians 5:22-30

Pastor Luke, Joel Kobosh discuss with Paul Sanders the value of FirstNSB’s Guatemala mission trip during the week of June 23, 2019 and the impact the trip had on their lives, the team members and the people they served.  For rest of the discussion listen to the FirstNSB Guatemala podcast July 1, 2019. Some Scripture References: John 20:19-23; Matthew 28:16-20; Acts 1:1-11

Pastor Luke, Joel Kobosh and Paul Sanders discuss the three sermons, You Can Run But You Can’t Hide, It’s Time To Pray, and How Will You Respond To the Lord, preached on May 16, June 2, and June 9, 2019. The sermon texts were Jonah 1, 2, 3. We discuss what the text reveals about God’s character and Jonah’s response to the Lord and how the true story of Jonah is relevant to our present 21st century...

Pastor Luke, Joel Kobosh and Paul Sanders discuss The Lord Responds sermon preached on May 19, 2019. The sermon text was Joel 2:18-3:21.We discuss how God responds and is able to restore what we have lost. That this is a conditional promise since response and restoration by God only comes when we repent and turn back to him. The call to repentance is timeless, the message of Joel is as relevant to...

Pastor Luke, Joel Kobosh and Paul Sanders discuss the It is Not Too Late sermon preached on May 12, 2019. The sermon text was Joel 2:1-17. We discuss the prophet Joel’s description of the Day of the Lord, judgment and God’s character and what it means to repent, return to God and he relents over disaster. We also discuss the need for us to repent regularly and the difference between false guilt an...

Pastor Luke, Joel Kobosh and Paul Sanders discuss Give, the third G of our FirstNSB 4G strategy (Gather, Group, Give and Go). We discuss what it means to give generously and reap richly as promised by Scripture and how the giving of our time, effort and money not only helps with our current ministries but also with future needs including possibly establishing a multisite ministry. Scripture Refere...

Patrick Yates and Paul Sanders discuss how pain can either destroy or cripple trust, or pain can amplify and accentuate trust with examples from Paul's recent experience with a broken back. Patrick is Paul's supervising counselor.  Some Scripture references: Romans 8:28, 35-39; James 1:2-4; 1 Peter 4:13, 19; 2 Corinthians 12:7-10; Matthew 11:28-30; Philippians 4:4-7; 10-13 Romans 8:28, 3...