Crossing the Red Sea
Into the Wilderness | March 30 2008 |
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| Exodus 13 - 14 | |
You can't get much more famous than this! The crossing of the dry lake bed is an amazing illustration of God's power. But, what about the event can you believe? Is the parting of the Red Sea something to take literally? |
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Jesus’ Passover Dinner
Passover | March 23 2008 |
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| Mark 14 | |
How much do we know about the meal that we call the Last Supper? As it turns out, we can actually reconstruct the whole process of the day based upon the first century Passover traditions. |
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Finally! The Original Passover
The Original Passover | March 16 2008 |
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| Exodus 11-12 | |
Just when all seems to be lost - the 10th Plague! The children of Israel are saved though the action of God. And, in so doing, God institutes the Festival of the Passover. |
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Jacob and Both Wives
The Original Passover | February 17 2008 |
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| Genesis 27 - 33 | |
Jacob is not a nice guy. He stole his brother's birth right, runs from problems, and is generally deceitful. But, God choses to bless him anyway and fulfill his promise to Abraham though him. |
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Father Abraham
The Original Passover | February 10 2008 |
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| Genesis 12 - 25 | |
In order to know who the Israelites are, you should spend some time getting to know the original Jew - Abraham. God made a promise to Abraham that his descendants would be more numerous than the stars themselves. |
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People of Action
Titus: From Chaos to Christlike | February 03 2008 |
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| Titus 3:1-15 | |
Titus is charged with building a strong church on the island of Crete. Paul gives every explicit regulations about the kind of leaders that Paul wants representing Jesus and the church. |
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The Visual Bible
Titus: From Chaos to Christlike | January 27 2008 |
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| Titus 2:1-15 | |
Is Paul recognizes that the only Bible some people may read is the lives of the people they know that call themselves Christian. |
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Choosing Leaders
Titus: From Chaos to Christ-like | January 13 2008 |
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| Titus 1:5, 10-16 | |
Paul stops in on the island of Crete on his way to Jerusalem from Roman imprisonment. Turns out, Paul doesn't like Cretans. |
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Paul’s Master Plan
Prison Memoirs | October 14 2007 |
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| Philippians 1:12-30 | |
Paul is working in Rome under 24/7 house arrest in safety from the Jews that want to kill him. Paul understands, though, that living his life in a way worthy of the gospel means that he must hold loosely to all he holds dear - even his own life. |
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Deception and Diversion
Loving our City | July 29 2007 |
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| Nehemiah 6:1 - 19 | |
Well, things are running just a little too smooth for Nehemiah and his adversaries don't like it one bit. Since their military attack doesn't work, maybe they just need to sabotage Nehemiah personally though deception and deception. This is a true test of Nehemiah's intestinal fortitude. |
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Revival in the Land
Loving our City | August 19 2007 |
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| Nehemiah 8:1 - 9:37 | |
At the ribbon cutting ceremony for the new walls and gates, Nehemiah plans a six hour worship service where Ezra reads the newly translated Laws of Moses aloud. When the assembly heard God's Word, they realized that they were dirty rotten sinners and needed to do something about that. |
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Wealth and Worship
Loving Our City | July 08 2007 |
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| Nehemiah 5:1-13 | |
Nehemiah comes to the realization that some of the business practices of the leaders in Jerusalem were not only hurting other Jews, they were also in direct opposition to the Bible. |
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Sword and the Trowel
Loving Our City | July 01 2007 |
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| Nehemiah 3:1-4:23 | |
Nehemiah's project is going so well, that those that stand in opposition to the rebuilding of the wall organize and devise a plan to stop him. Nehemiah has a plan of his own as well! |
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Prayer and Planning
Loving Our City | Nehemiah | June 17 2007 |
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| Nehemiah 1-11b-2:8 | |
Nehemiah goes before his king and asks for a 12-year hiatus from his job, the king's foreign policy towards Jerusalem to change, and the king to fund the rebuilding of Jerusalem. Quite a big ask for a slave, don't you think?! |
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We Really Do Need Each Other
40 Days of Community | April 22 2007 |
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| Romans 12:5 | |
We live in a world that seems to be all about the individual. We tend to relate everything to how it affects us personally. Is this what God intended? I don't think so. What does that mean for the church? Does it exist for the people there? |
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