Podcast: Download (38.2MB)Subscribe: 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 to man from […]
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Podcast: Download (44.1MB)Subscribe: 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 privilege granted you […]
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Podcast: Download (44.8MB)Subscribe: 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 ourselves into a […]
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Grace, The Law & Tithing VI
Grace, The Law & Tithing VI New Covenant Tithing and Alms Giving II.mp3 We’ve spent a lot more time on this topic of Grace, The Law & Tithing than I had originally anticipated but I believe it has been good and useful. In review this week we went a little deeper concerning some topics previously covered. We also addressed some questions which arose from past material. Such as… If the priestly family received a tithe of the tithe in addition to all the meat and bread portions which were allotted to them from the sacrifices – didn’t a lot […]
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Grace, The Law & Tithing V
Podcast: Download (24.2MB)Subscribe: Spotify | RSS Grace, The Law & Tithing V New Covenant Tithing & Alms Giving I.mp3 (This Audio file has been heavily edited due to background noise. Trust me – this is actually better.) We are nearing the end of our series on Grace, the law and tithing. This week we spent a lot of time in review this week and went a little deeper concerning some topics previously covered. The most important point I want to mention here was that even though it was within the sphere of God’s power to simply kept the famine in […]
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