Wednesday 11/18/13 Topic: The Ministry of the Holy Spirit Series – The Fear of the Lord: The Ministry of the Holy Spirit.mp3 Key Text: Matt. 12:20 Amos 3:3 John 15:1-7 John 16:8-11 The ministry of Jesus, became the ministry of the Holy Spirit and subsequently – OUR ministry. This is called the ministry of reconciliation. We began this week with brief review and then started talking about reconciliation. To purchase mankind back from sin and death and restore them to righteousness and life was what Jesus accomplished on the cross. The action of being reconciled is […]
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Wednesday 11/06/13 Topic: The Ministry of the Holy Spirit Series – The Fear of the Lord: The Ministry of the Holy Spirit.mp3 Key Text: John 14 John 15 John 16 John 17:1-5 Jesus passes the baton to the Holy Spirit… This week we read through and commented on John chapters 14-17, where Jesus talks with His disciples as they walk from the upper room where they just took the Seder meal, to the Garden of Gethsemane where Jesus was to be betrayed. It seems clear that the disciples must have known that something was up. Yes, Jesus had […]
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Wednesday 10/30/13 Topic: The Ministry of the Holy Spirit Series – The Fear of the Lord: The Ministry of the Holy Spirit.mp3 Key Text: Rom. 12:1-10 2 Peter 1:16 John 14 The Ministry of the Holy Spirit… We began by looking at Romans 12 because of Paul’s definition of worship by way of explanation in verse 1. Here Paul defines worship as a mode of life – a life-lived passionately honoring God. I therefore offered the definition…”Worship in a believer is a life style which communicates “I adore you Lord”. Paul then He went on to show the […]
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Hearing God’s Voice: 10-27-13.mp3 Key Text: Learning to Listen… Start
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Why do bad things happen to good people?
It’s the age old question… “If God is good and if God is love, why do bad things happen to good people?” I’d like to say…good question! In fact, if I’m honest with myself, MUCH of my past theology was centered around solving this question without me even really being fully aware of it at the time. I believe it’s a normal thought which at some time or another occurs to anyone in today’s world who believes in God or would like to but who are also being honest with themselves concerning life and the world around them. The question […]
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