Podcast: Download (107.7MB)Subscribe: Spotify | RSS Sunday 08/30/20 Series: Do we REALLY believe? MESSAGE: Living for Jesus in difficult Times Share this: Living for Jesus in difficult Times Last week we examined some of the things we were called to. In a nutshell they were blessing…meaning the receiving of the blessing of being IN Christ AND the givers of the blessing by honoring those in authority over us as if we were serving the Lord EVEN if we have to suffer for it SO THAT the Gospel of Jesus Christ may not be hindered! The venues Peter used to drive […]
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We were called to this
Podcast: Download (88.9MB)Subscribe: Spotify | RSS Sunday 08/23/20 Series: Do we REALLY believe? MESSAGE: We were called to this Share this: We were called to this We’ve been talking about Do we REALLY believe since the beginning of the year and we have focused quite a bit on our call to suffering, mostly because it is part of the Christian gospel which largely gets very little attention if not overlooked entirely. If we truly believe the gospel, then we will live it and if we live it we WILL suffer. Only if one goes through the suffering as Jesus did […]
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Be Holy…because I am
Podcast: Download (112.4MB)Subscribe: Spotify | RSS Sunday 08/16/20 Series: Do we REALLY believe? MESSAGE: Be Holy…because I am Share this: Follow-up on our times of Thoughts & Questions: Last week we began looking at passages which help illustrate what we have been learning. We began looking at 1 Peter 5:6-11, with intentions of moving to chapter 3 this week, but upon reflection I felt led to just start at the beginning of the letter. This letter was of course penned by Peter to Jewish believers who had fled Jerusalem due to pursecution against Christians. It highlights many aspects of the […]
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The Undivided Heart
Podcast: Download (64.2MB)Subscribe: Spotify | RSS Sunday 08/09/20 Series: Do we REALLY believe? MESSAGE: The Undivided Heart (Part 7 of Thinking through Suffering …a Dialogue) Download – THOUGHTS & QUESTIONS Share this: Thoughts & Questions: Last week we finished with our final “group” question, which was “Describe the difference between a weight and a sin“. We came to the conclusion that weights are hindrances. Things which occupy too many of our thoughts, emotions and focus so as to distract us from the only real thing that matters. Now for a quick review of the last several weeks before we example […]
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Laying aside Weights & Sins…a discussion
Podcast: Download (93.2MB)Subscribe: Spotify | RSS Sunday 08/02/20 Series: Do we REALLY believe? MESSAGE: Laying aside Weights & Sins (Part 6 of Thinking through Suffering …a Dialogue) Download – THOUGHTS & QUESTIONS Share this: Laying aside Weights & Sins: Well we are winding things up on our list of questions we’ve been thinking through. Again the goal was and is to better understand the purpose of this life after salvation. What are God’s goals for you and how do life’s trials, temptations, tests, persecutions and such fit into that plan. Obviously God is not the author much of this, but […]
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