The Chapel Cleveland's Podcast

Slides: Slide: “Today, the greatest challenge facing American evangelicals is not persecution from the world, but seduction by the world” -CJ Mahaney Slide: What is your Golden Image? Slide: Philippians 2:14-16 Do everything without grumbling or arguing, so that you may become blameless and pure, “children of God without fault in a warped and crooked generation.” Then you will shine among them lik...

Slides: Slide: Remember: God rules. He’s a covenant-keeping God.  Slide: Make no mistake, it all points to the Gospel! The stone is Jesus! Slide: 1 Corinthians 10:4 and all drank the same spiritual drink, for they were drinking from a spiritual rock which followed them; and the rock was Christ. Slide: Isaiah 28:16 Therefore thus says the Lord GOD, "Behold, I am laying in Zion a stone, a tested st...

Slide: God cares about the details. Slide: Philippians 4:6 Be anxious for nothing, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God. 7 And the peace of God, which surpasses all comprehension, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus. Slide: Matthew 6:33 "But seek first His kingdom and His righteousness, and all these things will be...

Peers and Beers (Daniel 1) Theme: God rules. Theme: We are in the world but are not to be of it. We are the dispersed ones. Esther 3:8 Then Haman said to King Ahasuerus, "There is a certain people scattered and dispersed among the peoples in all the provinces of your kingdom; their laws are different from [those] of all [other] people and they do not observe the king's laws, so it is not in the ki...

Slides: Slide 1: Some textual criticisms of the book of Daniel: Differences in dating Authorship Historical accuracy Slide 2: Themes in Daniel: God rules. Slide 3: Jeremiah 25:1 The word that came to Jeremiah concerning all the people of Judah, in the fourth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah, king of Judah (that was the first year of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon), ... 8 "Therefore thus says th...

Slides: Slide: Guidelines for giving: - Prioritize the saints in need - All called to participate to some degree - Giving may be in accordance with prosperity - The best giving is cheerful giving (Not under compulsion) - Giving is a “gift” of grace - Should be handled with care by leaders Slide: Summary of Vv 1-5: The motive for the giving and handling of money is love. Slide: 1 Corinthians 3:1 An...

Slide: “I have often heard this noise; I have sometimes contributed to it. I do not yet seem to have found any evidence that the physical and emotional exhilaration which it produces is necessarily, or often, of any religious relevance. What I, like many other laymen, chiefly desire in church are fewer, better, and shorter hymns; especially fewer.” -CS Lewis Slide: Zeph 3:17 - The Lord your God is...

Slides: Slide: Worship:The act of ascribing Ultimate value to something, in such a way that engages your entire being. -Keller Slide: What is He worth to you? Slide: You can proclaim the worth of Jesus by: doing whatever you do- for His glory Slide: 1 Corinthians 10:31, ‘Whether you eat or drink, or whatever you do, do all to the glory of God.’ Slide: Colossians 3:23, NIV: "Whatever you do, work a...

Slides: Slide: 1 Thessalonians 4:13 But we do not want you to be uninformed, brethren, about those who are asleep, so that you will not grieve as do the rest who have no hope. 14 For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so God will bring with Him those who have fallen asleep in Jesus. 15 For this we say to you by the word of the Lord, that we who are alive and remain until the coming...

Slide 1: Is it really possible for the dead to be raised? Even if it was, what kind of body would we have? Slide 2: Argument 1: the seed analogy. Slide 3: Argument 2: the differences in flesh and glory. Slide 4: Some heavenly hints: Our resurrected bodies will have a different nature, suitable for life in heaven. Our resurrected bodies will probably share some characteristics and yet be unique one...

Slides: Slide 1: Romans 6:3 Or do you not know that all of us who have been baptized into Christ Jesus have been baptized into His death? 4 Therefore we have been buried with Him through baptism into death, so that as Christ was raised from the dead through the glory of the Father, so we too might walk in newness of life. 5 For if we have become united with [Him] in the likeness of His death, cert...

Slides: Slide: Feast of Firstfruits (Leviticus 23) -Was praise of thanksgiving -Was praise of anticipation Slide: The resurrection of Jesus leads us to worship in thanksgiving, and in anticipation of our resurrection, because we will be raised with a body like His. Slide: Romans 6:5 If we have been united together in the likeness of His death, certainly we also shall be in the likeness of His resu...

Slides: Slide: Romans 8:11 If the Spirit of him who raised Jesus from the dead dwells in you, he who raised Christ Jesus from the dead will also give life to your mortal bodies through his Spirit who dwells in you. Slide: Phil 2:5-11 You must have the same attitude that Christ Jesus had. Though he was God, he did not think of equality with God as something to cling to. Instead, he gave up his divi...

Slides: Slide: How can you believe in vain? Slide: James 2:19 You believe that God is one. You do well; the demons also believe, and shudder…24 You see that a man is justified by works and not by faith alone. Slide: How can you believe in vain? To believe with no effect on your life, no fruit. To believe in the wrong thing, unsound doctrine. Slide: What is the Gospel? Christ died for our sins Slid...

Slides: Slide 1: God has called us to be His bold witnesses: acting in love and unity, submitting to the authority of His Word, walking in the power of His Spirit. Slide 2: Come together to build each other up. Slide 3: Instructions for public use of tongues: Only 2 or 3 Each in turn One must interpret No interpreter? Keep it between you and God. Slide 4: Instructions for public use of prophecy: O...

Slides: Slide: Deut. 34:1-6 - Then Moses went up from the plains of Moab to Mount Nebo, to the top of Pisgah, which is opposite Jericho. And the LORD showed him all the land, Gilead as far as Dan, all Naphtali, the land of Ephraim and Manasseh, all the land of Judah as far as the western sea, the Negeb, and the Plain, that is, the Valley of Jericho the city of palm trees, as far as Zoar. And the L...

Slides: Slide: On tongues: · Does not speak to men, but to God · No one (except God) understands · Builds himself up Slide: On tongues: · V13 - The tongue speaker should pray that he/she might provide interpretation. Slide: On tongues: · V15 - Tongues may be used in prayer and worship (singing). Slide: The gift of tongues may be used in intercessory prayer. Slide: Ephesians 6:18 With all prayer an...

Slides: Slide: Three primary principles: Chase after love. Burn with zeal for the gifts… Especially desire to prophesy. Slide: On tongues: Does not speak to men, but to God Slide: Acts 2:11 Cretans and Arabs--we hear them in our [own] tongues speaking of the mighty deeds of God." Acts 10:46 For they were hearing them speaking with tongues and exalting God. Slide: On tongues: Does not speak to men,...

Slides: Slide: Are spiritual gifts still in use today? If so, when will they end? Slide: Love never fails, but gifts are only temporary. Slide: Romans 13:8 Owe nothing to anyone except to love one another; for he who loves his neighbor has fulfilled [the] law. 9 For this, "YOU SHALL NOT COMMIT ADULTERY, YOU SHALL NOT MURDER, YOU SHALL NOT STEAL, YOU SHALL NOT COVET," and if there is any other comm...

Slides: Slide 1: 1 Corinthians 11:20-22 Slide 2: Numbers 20:8-12 Slide 3: Don’t miss the motive for the use of the gifts: love. Slide 4: Love is: Patient & Kind– long-suffering/long-tempered & pleasant Romans 2:4 Or do you think lightly of the riches of His kindness and tolerance and patience, not knowing that the kindness of God leads you to repentance? Rejoices with the truth – take part in anot...

Slides: Slide: 1 Corinthians 1:10 Now I exhort you, brethren, by the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that you all agree and that there be no divisions among you, but that you be made complete in the same mind and in the same judgment. Slide: Philippians 1:27 Only conduct yourselves in a manner worthy of the gospel of Christ, so that whether I come and see you or remain absent, I will hear of you th...

Slide 1: Matthew 28:18 Slide 2: “Unity is not a goal to achieve but a fact to be recognized.” David Guzik Slide 3: Philippians 3:20 Slide 4: Critical race theory (CRT), the view that the law and legal institutions are inherently racist and that race itself, instead of being biologically grounded and natural, is a socially constructed concept that is used by white people to further their economic a...

Slides: Slide: “There are many who believe in the gifts and the ministry of the Holy Spirit, but they don’t have a strong emphasis on Biblical teaching, nor do they look to the Word to guide their experiences with the Holy Spirit. There are many who have a strong emphasis on teaching the Word of God, but they don’t share the view that the gifts of the Holy Spirit are available and valid today. In...

Slides: Slide: Luke 11:9 "So I say to you, ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you. 10 "For everyone who asks, receives; and he who seeks, finds; and to him who knocks, it will be opened. 11 "Now suppose one of you fathers is asked by his son for a fish; he will not give him a snake instead of a fish, will he? 12 "Or [if] he is asked for an eg...

Slides: Slide: How do we find unity among such great diversity? Slide: How many spiritual gifts are there? Slide: Rom. 12:6 Since we have gifts that differ according to the grace given to us, [each of us is to exercise them accordingly:] if prophecy, according to the proportion of his faith; 7 if service, in his serving; or he who teaches, in his teaching; 8 or he who exhorts, in his exhortation;...