Judging Concerning the Brethren Understanding I Cor. 5:5.mp3 Key Text: I Cor. 5:5 Church Discipline: Two weeks ago we went through I Cor. 1-5 and I left one verse largely unexplored until now but first we need to revisit two passages which also deal with discipline but differ in some ways from our situation addressed in I Cor. 5:5…
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Reflections of Hope Pt. 1
Podcast: Download (25.0MB)Subscribe: Google Podcasts | Spotify | RSS Act I: The Forerunner John the Messenger.mp3 Key Text: Luke 1:1-25 Prophecies predicting the birth and ministry of John the baptizer. Prepare the way – Isa. 40:3-5 / Luke 3:3-6 Forerunner – Mal. 3:1 / Luke 7:24-27 Spirit of Elijah – Mal. 4:5,6 / Matt. 11:13-14 Signs in the heavens… Gen. 1:14 The first reason God gave for the stars in the Heavens was for signs and then for seasons. While man, in there traditional wisdom have placed the importance of the stars and planets more on marking seasons than communicating […]
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Podcast: Download (38.2MB)Subscribe: Google Podcasts | Spotify | RSS Freed to Love XVII (Living Love through Church Discipline).mp3 Stir it up! – PDF Key Texts: I Cor 1-5 Overview: Church discipline is something no church wants to deal with, but it is necessary for the safety of the flock and for the eventual reconciliation of the one in sin. In chapters 1-4 of 1 Corinthians, Paul lays a foundation for the entire letter and the confrontation of sin in the Corinthian church in particular. In these chapters Paul addresses: The gospel is NOT in word but in POWER. God does not appeal […]
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Podcast: Download (44.1MB)Subscribe: Google Podcasts | Spotify | RSS Freed to Love XVI.mp3 Stir it up! – PDF Key Texts: Phil. 1:29,30; Phil. 2:1-11; Jn. 8:29; II Cor. 5:9 Overview: This week we spent some time exploring “letting this mind be in you which was also in Christ Jesus.” ~ Phil. 2:5 The key points we traversed were: Christ considered it a privilege to suffer for the Father – It is expected therefore of the Christian, to have the same mind. Paul, inspired by the Holy Spirit tells us that such has been “granted” to us. “For you have had the […]
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Podcast: Download (44.8MB)Subscribe: Google Podcasts | Spotify | RSS Freed to Love XV.mp3 Key Texts: Phil. 1 & 2 Overview: Paul gives us a view of what sufferings looks like by divulging to the church of Philippi his current situation for the sake of the Gospel. He claimed that even the Roman world was convinced that his chains were in Christ. This is a pivotal lesson in our series on Freed to Love. Many of the things Paul addresses do not fit well into our modern “Christ is in it for me” Christianity. It calls us out of […]
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