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(2024) Psalms

Psalm 27

July 14, 2024

Our hearts are begging us to seek the face of God. It’s what we were designed to do, and it’s where so much idolatry happens. In our flesh, we try to fill that emptiness and longing with lots of other things. David recognizes that his heart is pointing him to Yahweh, and so the one thing he wants more than anything else is not deliverance from his enemies, perfect health, or long life; he wants to live every single day of his life in the presence of God.

(2024) Psalms

Psalm 22

July 7, 2024

Jesus utters these words from the cross: “My God, my God; Why have you abandoned me?” First of all, is that even possible? Can God the Father actually abandon God the Son? No. Is Jesus asking a question looking for answers? No. He knows exactly what is happening. So if it’s not a question, and it’s not even possible - what is Jesus saying and why is he saying it? What if he is pointing to Psalm 22 from the cross?

(2024) Psalms

Psalm 16

June 30, 2024

For most of us, our home is the place we feel the safest, the most secure. That’s pretty normal and to be expected. But home can be taken away from you by any number of events or circumstances. So where then do you look for security, for rest, for peace, for refuge? David points to only one place, one Person who can provide that for us.

(2024) Psalms

Psalm 14 & 15

June 23, 2024

David observes that it is the fool who lives as if there is no God, and yet he also observes that 100% of us live that way. Yet, there is a group of people God calls "his own," a group he calls "righteous." So the question becomes, who are those people, why has God chosen them, and how do you move from "all have sinned" to "and are justified freely"?

(2024) Psalms

Psalm 9 & 10

June 16, 2024

Sometimes the things we "know" in our heads isn't how we see things actually work out in reality. And sometimes the Truth we read in the Bible isn't what we see (yet) in our reality. Psalm 9 and 10 are perfect Psalms to help us process through this.

(2024) Psalms

Psalm 8

June 9, 2024

“When I observe your heavens, the work of your finger, the moon and the stars you set in place, what is a human being that you remember him?” David asks a great question here, but even David doesn’t know where history is headed. God himself doesn’t just remember humans – he becomes one.

(2024) Acts

Unmasking the Enemy

June 2, 2024

Paul and Barnabas head into Lystra, and when the locals watch a lame man get up and walk in the power of God, they try to make sacrifices to them, thinking they are gods. Paul preaches to them, but before long, hostility arises and Paul is stoned and left for dead.

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The Word Brings Division

May 26, 2024

As Paul finishes up his sermon, the audience responds in two ways – some want to hear more, and ask him to speak again next week. Others, however, start speaking contradictions and insults against him. Some believe, some reject. And yet Paul and Barnabas refuse to let persecution stop the message. Full of joy and the Holy Spirit, they keep pressing forward.

(2024) Acts

Jesus Fulfills God’s Promises

May 19, 2024

As Paul and Barnabas travel to Antioch, they are invited to speak at a synagogue. Paul launches into his first recorded sermon, and proclaims that God’s promises to Abraham and David are fulfilled in Jesus Christ! The blessing to Abraham in Genesis 12 pointed to Jesus, forgiving our sins and justifying us through his death & resurrection.

(2024) Acts

The Word of God Spread

May 12, 2024

The focus now shifts from Peter and James to Barnabas and Saul, with Saul/Paul being the main character from here on out. The gospel continues to spread, made up of these key items – Worship, Obedient Faith, Community, Discipleship, and Readiness for Spiritual Warfare.

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