Emptied

Christmas 2013 – He emptied Himself

Wednesday 12/18/13 Topic: He emptied Himself Series – Christmas 2013: He emptied Himself.mp3   Key Text: For weeks now the Lord has been focusing my heart on the miracle of the Incarnation. Jesus Christ, God become man. Perhaps it is my years of loving the music and rhyme of Michael Card, but I believe the incarnation is something best framed by paradox. The infinite contained in the finite. The creator now created. The Owner, Himself now owned. The Cause, becoming the effect. The Life, becoming dependent upon an outside source for life. There is simply no end to the paradoxical […]

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Review: A Call to Unity

Wednesday 12/11/13 Topic: The Ministry of the Holy Spirit Series – A Call to Unity: Part A: Unity in Doctrine Discussion.mp3 Part B: What about Woman Elders & Teaching in the Church? Part I.mp3     In beginning our series on the ministry of the Holy Spirit, it became immediately apparent that unity is a HUGE part of the Spirit’s ministry to and among believers. A large part of this unity is based upon being of the same mind and judgment regarding doctrine.   “Now I plead with you, brethren, by the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that you […]

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The Ministry of the Holy Spirit III

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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The Ministry of the Holy Spirit II

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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The Fear of the Lord & The Ministry of the Holy Spirit

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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