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Viewing Life Through the Right Lens - Ecclesiastes 8.1-9 Jobey McGinty Navigating difficult relationships is like walking through a minefield: should I step here, or there? Shady bosses, bitter spouses, destructive family members...when do we speak up, and when do we not? And when we do, how do we do it? We wish there was a 1-2-3 step process for every situation, but each relationship and dynamic...

Viewing Life Through the Right Lens - Ecclesiastes 7.25-29 Jobey McGinty We all have areas of life that lure us. The enemy knows how to set a trap, how to bait us into making bad decisions, and he starts often by tricking us into just taking a little bit. We want just a taste, and find ways to justify it. Like the Sirens in Homer's Odyssey, we want to find ways to get as close as we can to hear th...

Viewing Life Through the Right Lens - Ecclesiastes 7.19-24 Eric Price The first step on the path of wisdom is to realize that we are part of the problem, not part of the solution. In our own self-righteousness, we often think that we have already arrived, and that others need to catch up with us. But true wisdom comes from humbly admitting our weakness and submitting ourselves to God. 

Viewing Life Through the Right Lens - Ecclesiastes 7.13-18 Jobey McGinty A common way for us to live life is to try to walk a tight rope walk of not being "too bad," but we also don't want the inconvenience of being "too good."  But is this the way we ought to live? The result is a constant battle of trying to find some mythical middle ground, it we will destroy ourselves, and others, in the...

Viewing Life Through the Right Lens: Ecclesiastes 6.10-7.13 Jobey McGinty It's a tragedy when we aren't satisfied. God has given us so much, yet we always want a little more, or something different. How do we find true satisfaction when life is filled with many injustices, and when we don't quite get what we want or work hard for? What hope do we have when we know that life is short and that there...

Viewing Life Through the Right Lens: Ecclesiastes 5.8-6.9 Jobey McGinty It's a tragedy when we aren't satisfied. God has given us so much, yet we always want a little more, or something different. How do we find true satisfaction when life is filled with many injustices, and when we don't quite get what we want or work hard for? What hope do we have when we know that life is short and that there a...

Viewing Life Through the Right Lens: Ecclesiastes 5.1-7 Jobey McGinty We tend to "put on our best" when we "go to the house of God." We look sharp, use the right language, and put on our biggest smiles. But we ought to "guard our steps," as the Preacher says, not AS we go to the house of God, but BECAUSE we are the house of God; we are the temple of the living God, built on the Cornerstone of Chri...

Viewing Life Through the Right Lens: Ecclesiastes 4.7-16 Jobey McGinty "Two are better than one." "It is not good for man to be alone." Just two of many verses in God's Word that talk about our need for relationships. We are designed to be part of community, having the love and insight of others poured into our own lives. Without it, we are left not functioning how we should, lacking wisdom, and l...

Viewing Life Through the Right Lens: Ecclesiastes 3.16-4.6, 5.8, 9 Jobey McGinty Life isn't fair. From large scale oppression, to small scale injustices at work, school, and in family life, there are many things that just shouldn't be. Though we can rest assured that justice will be served, we ought also remember that we ourselves have committed injustices against others. Thankfully (but often to...

Viewing Life Through the Right Lens - Ecclesiastes 3.1-15 Jobey McGinty There's a time for everything, both good and bad. But time holds us captive, and there is often nothing we can do about the seasons we are in. So how should we respond to seasons of difficulty? And why is it important to respond the right way? 

Viewing Life Through the Right Lens - Ecclesiastes 2.1-26 Jobey McGinty Are you trying to use money, relationships, and your job for purposes they were not made for? We want jobs that fulfill us, relationships to satisfy us, and experiences that mesmerize us. When we pursue these things to gain something, they fail. But when we receive them as gifts, we enjoy a life of thanksgiving and the joy of...

Viewing Life Through the Right Lens - Ecclesiastes 1.1-18 Jobey McGinty ABOUT THIS SERIES: If life sometimes seems empty and meaningless, you aren't alone. One Preacher in the bible even agrees. He surveys his life's great accomplishments and successes, and sees that ultimately, it's all in vain. So what is the point of living? He concludes that in the end, when we live our lives not simply "under...

Easter 2019, Hope For You and Me Jobey McGinty Most of us growing up had a pretty similar view of God and how to "make Him happy" or "get into heaven."  It usually consisted of doing enough good, being moral enough, or staying above some arbitrary line (the upper 50% of morality, the 10 Commandments, or something like that).  But that would actually be very bad news if we had to earn for...

Fear Not: Palm Sunday - John 12.15 Jobey McGinty Countless times throughout Jesus' ministry (and before His ministry in the Old Testament), God's Word tells us to "fear not." We can starve our fear, specifically, because our King has come to bring peace, and He will come again in glory to establish His Kingdom and make all things new.   What you fear will be your god. If you fear financi...

Wisdom Cries Aloud - Colossians 3:22-24 Eric Price God created us to work, it wasn't a punishment! Too often, however, we work for the wrong reasons and for the wrong boss. We put our hope in things like the lottery, unexpected inheritances or retirement as means of escape. This often results in a joyless workweek that becomes out of step with the other areas of our lives (church, community, praye...

The Fight for Wisdom - 1 Corinthians 16 Jobey McGinty We need more encouragers, and less critics. We ought to aim to be the kind of people who lift others up, refresh others, and speak life into their life, rather than weigh them down and burden them. Those who serve among us ought to be honored for their dedication and sacrifice, and they need us to help spur them on. 

The Fight for Wisdom - 1 Corinthians 16.5-12 Jobey McGinty We ought to be people who are always looking for opportunities to get involved in the lives of others, and invite them to get involved in our lives.  But this takes change: putting down our phones, not seeing opportunities as inconveniences, and modifying how we "look" for opportunities.  

The Fight for Wisdom - 1 Corinthians 15.20-23, 35-58 Jobey McGinty  It's hard to picture a place we've never been to, even if we've seen pictures. But we have no photos of heaven, and so it can be even harder to picture! But the bible gives us many clues to let us know much of what we can expect. We won't be see-through, angelic beings with wings floating in a whitewashed cloud city. Heaven w...

The Fight for Wisdom - 1 Corinthians 16.1-4 Jobey McGinty  Should Christians give 10% of their income to God? 15%? You can almost picture Jesus saying, "you have heard it said, give a tithe of your money to God. But I tell you, give all of it." Our mentality should be to give God 100% of everything we have, from our money, time, hobbies, work, and everything in between.  But how do we ge...

Wisdom Cries Aloud - Ephesians 5 Eric Price What should a wife model her role in her marriage after?  What should a husband aim to embody in his marriage?  In this sermon, we see that Christ gives us an example of what it looks like to be either a wife lovingly and freely submitted in partnership with her husband, as well as a husband who lovingly and freely lays his very life down every...

The Fight For Wisdom - 1 Corinthians 15.12-34 Jobey McGinty If Jesus didn't raise from the grave, both body and soul, Christians should be the people who should be most pitied. Without the resurrection, as humans we can only expect more of the same: death, sickness, poverty, loneliness, sin.  But the resurrection is the first sign of something new, something better, and something filled with...

The Fight for Wisdom - 1 Corinthians 15.1-11 Jobey McGinty After challenging the Corinthians on a number of difficult issues, it seems Paul senses a need to pause from the weighty topics and remind them of their foundations in the Gospel.  In the midst of busy lives, challenging circumstances and our own sin and doubts, we need this same reminder!  The Gospel isn't just our starting poin...

The Fight for Wisdom - 1 Corinthians 14.26-40 Jobey McGinty Are we free to design our lives and interactions with others however we see fit?  Or is there a better way?  God is a God of order, and even models how we should relate with one another, show respect to one another, submit to one another, and serve one another.  How does this apply to our lives, in our families, marriages,...

The Fight for Wisdom - 1 Corinthians 14.6-25 Jobey McGinty What is the gift of tongues, and is it still in action today?  What was the whole purpose of tongues in the first place? These are just a few of the questions we face when it comes to this extraordinary and unusual gift that God gave to the church, and the Corinthians were prone to misuse it.

Jobey McGinty, interviewing Leslie Salazar-Carillo, CEO Pathway Health Clinic In light of the new legislation passed in New York concerning abortion last week, we take time to look at the topic of abortion, specifically, how we who are pro-life respond to a culture that is ever-increasing in its promotion and allowance of shedding the blood of innocent lives. How does the every day Christian - a s...