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Listen along as we continue our series looking at the person and work of the Holy Spirit. Notes//Quotes: Romans 8:12-17 - Jack “How do we receive those benefits which the Father bestowed on his only-begotten Son—not for Christ's own private use, but that he might enrich poor and needy men?” - John Calvin “It is to your advantage that I go away, for if I do not go away, the Helper will not come to...

Listen along as we look at week three of our Holy Spirit series. Luke 4:16-30 - Mike Reading Aren't you, like me, hoping that some person, thing, or event will come along to give you that final feeling of inner well-being you desire? Don't you often hope: 'Maybe this book, idea, course, trip, job, country or relationship fulfill my deepest desire.' But as long as you are waiting for that mysteriou...

Listen along as we continue our series on the Holy Spirit. Notes//Quotes: Genesis 1:1-2 - Faith Reading “The Spirit is not the architect, nor is the framework of the cosmos or of the new creation “in him” as is true of the Word in whom all things hold together (Col 1:17). But he is the builder, carrying with him the plans of the Father and the materials purchased by the Son as he builds the sanctu...

Listen along as we begin our series on the Holy Spirit. Notes//Quotes: Acts 1:6-11 - Josh Reading We believe that this salvation, attested in all Scripture and secured by Jesus Christ, is applied to his people by the Holy Spirit. Sent by the Father and the Son, the Holy Spirit glorifies the Lord Jesus Christ, and, as the other Paraclete, is present with and in believers. He convicts the world of s...

Listen along as we wrap up our final gathering of 2024. Notes//Quotes: 2 Cor 4:7-18 Just as wine cannot keep well in silver or gold vessels, but only in the lowliest of vessels—earthen ones—so words of Torah do not keep well in one who considers himself to be the same as silver or gold vessels, but only in one who considers himself the same as the lowliest of vessels—earthen ones. - Rabbinical Com...

Listen along as we reflect on the paradox of Advent.

Listen along as we wrap up our series in Philippians. Notes//Quotes: Phillipians 4:10-23 - Jack Title: The Good Life “For the Stoics, self-sufficiency meant becoming independent from all external circumstances and from material goods. As Seneca expressed it, “The happy man is content with his present lot, no matter what it is, and is reconciled to his circumstances” Through discipline and inner st...

Listen along as we continue our journey through Philippians. Notes//Quotes: Philippians 4:8-9 - Faith “Who we are and what we do it is fundamentally a function of what we remember” - Joshua Foer  The next two words are more at home in the world of Hellenism than that of the Bible. This first term appears nowhere else in the NT. Nor does it show up on any list of ancient moral virtues. Its usage em...

Listen along as we continue our journey through the book of Philippians. Notes//Quotes: Phillipians 4:4-7 - Kim (Chris F Preaching) Perhaps ‘graciousness’ is the best English equivalent; and, in the context here, it is to be the spirit of willingness to yield under trial which will show itself in a refusal to retaliate when attacked. It may have seemed an impossible ideal to the Philippians, but t...

Listen along as Mike Gaston teaches through Philippians 4:1-3. Notes//Quotes: Phil 4:1-3 - Zyler   Slides Philippians 4   Slide 1   Big Idea:   Our understanding of beautiful theological truth must be accompanied by healthy personal relationships.   An application of powerful theology (v 1)   An intervention for healthy relationships (v 2-3)     Slide 2    JPEG of Selah Suite wall coming by email...

Listen along as we continue our series through Philippians. Notes//Quotes: Phil 3:12-21  Gospel Shaped Goals   “If anyone would come after me, let him deny himself and take up his cross and follow me. 25 For whoever would save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for my sake will find it. 26 For what will it profit a man if he gains the whole world and forfeits his soul? Or what shall...

Listen along as we continue our series through the book of Philippians. Notes//Quotes: Phil 3:1-11 Acts 15:1 The key passage is Genesis 17, and the important point can be simply expressed. The covenant is God’s promise. He goes on oath in certain specific matters. Abram is the recipient of the promise which is first personal: Abram becomes Abraham (verse 5), a vivid promise of regeneration or a ne...

Listen along as we continue our series through the book of Philippians. Notes//Quotes: Philippians 2:19-30 1 Cor 12:21-26 “The Christian community demonstrates the effectiveness of the gospel. We are the living proof that the gospel is not an empty word but a powerful word that takes men and women who are lovers of self and transforms them by grace through the Spirit into people who love God and o...

Listen along as we continue our journey through Philippians. Notes//Quotes: Philippians 2:12-18 - Kim Working It Out “The doctrine of justification concerns God’s gracious judicial verdict in advance of the day of judgment, pronouncing guilty sinners, who turn in self-despairing trust to Jesus Christ, forgiven, acquitted of all charges and declared morally upright in God’s sight.” - Philip Eveson...

Listen along as we continue our time in the letter of Philippians. Notes//Quotes: Philippians 2:1-11 When salvation has taken place in the life of someone under the sovereign hand of God, they are set free from the penalty of sin and its power. In a body without the Spirit, sin is an unshakable king under whose dominion no man can flee. The entire body, with its members, affections, and mind all w...

Listen along as we continue through Philippians. Notes//Quotes: Philippians 1:19-30 An important clue is that Paul’s words, "this will turn out for my salvation," are an exact quotation of Job 13:16 in the Greek Bible. Here Paul’s unmarked quotation evokes clear analogies between the apostle’s present situation and the former plight of Job. In Job 13, Job defends himself against the accusatory arr...

Listen along as we continue our journey through the book of Philippians. Notes//Quotes: Philippians 1:12-18 - Kim   The Sweet Sovereignty of God   “Rather than detail the hardships he faced, Paul took a divine perspective.” — Richard Malick   “Paul has a definition of life that enables him to face anything. In this passage he is teaching that its not the circumstances of your life, its not whether...

Listen along as we continue our series through Philippians. Notes//Quotes: Philippians 1:3-11 - Karen Every other ethical system calls us to the costly effort of becoming what we are not. But in the full salvation already bequeathed to us in Christ, the new nature is already ours, waiting for expression, poised for growth, until its potential is triggered by our obedience to the word of God - Alec...

Listen along as we begin our time in the book of Philippians. Notes//Quotes: Linda - Philippians 1:1-2   “How is leadership to be exercised? What is the relationship between leaders and led? The one word with provides the answer: ‘… the saints’, writes Paul, ‘… with the bishops and deacons.’ The strong natural leader chooses the easy path of being out front, taking it for granted that all will fol...

Listen in as we wrap up our series through the book of Hebrews. Notes//Quotes: Hebrews 13:20-25 “The author wants believers to live out God’s will in light of the work of Christ.” - George Guthrie Here is the sea, great and wide,
 which teems with creatures innumerable,
 living things both small and great. There go the ships,
 and Leviathan, which you formed to play in it. These all look to you,
...

Listen along as we near the close of the book of Hebrews. Notes//Quotes: Hebrews 13:1-19 In friendship, we think we have chosen our peers. In reality a few years' difference in the dates of our births, a few more miles between certain houses, the choice of one university instead of another...the accident of a topic being raised or not raised at a first meeting--any of these chances might have kept...

Listen along as we continue our journey through the book of Hebrews. Notes//Quotes: “Although the author of Hebrews never mentions Sinai by name, he clearly has that mountain in view in his poetic comments in these verses. He draws his depiction of the desert wanderers’ encounter of God at Mount Sinai from the books of Exodus and Deuteronomy (e.g., Ex. 19:16–22; 20:18–21; Deut. 4:11–12; 5:23–27)....

Listen along as we continue our series through Hebrews. Notes//Quotes: Hebrews 12:1-17 “It is not so much they who look at us as we who look to them—for encouragement.” - FF Bruce “In this all-out match against sin, others have suffered far worse than you, to say nothing of what Jesus went through—all that bloodshed! So don’t feel sorry for yourselves. Or have you forgotten how good parents treat...

Listen along as we continue our series through the book of Hebrews. Notes//Quotes: Hebrews 11:32-40 -Faith reading    Roll Call Part 4   Slides Roll Call Part 4   Slide 1   Big Idea Whether we clearly win or appear to lose, we’re all called to a life of faith.   1) The obvious winners   2) The apparent losers   3) The surprising inclusion     Slide 2   “Notably, most of the individuals mentioned f...

Listen along as we continue our journey through the hall of faith. Notes//Quotes: “Faith is not something passive, not something private, not an esoteric interest kept in a corner, brought down, as it were, to be put on display every so often, but actual biblical faith, a decisive decision, and a sustained attitude. Beginning as a man or a woman gives up all dependence upon himself or herself in o...