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05/18/2025--Power In Persecution
(Luke 21:12-15)
Learning the power in persecution and suffering when it bears witness to Christ.
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05/18/2025--The Secret of Contentment
(Phil. 4:12-13)
Learning the secret of contentment in both times of plenty and times of need.
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05/11/2025--On Truth And Prophecy
(Luke 21:9-11)
The importance of Prophecy to the authority of Scripture and how its misinterpretation and misapplication can turn the truth into a lie.
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05/04/2025--The Danger of False Christs
(Luke 21:7-9)
Learning the ultimate danger of false christs is their deceptive but false gospel with no power to save.
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05/04/2025--Ecclesiastical Reciprocity
(Phil. 4:10-11)
Learning valuable lessons from the reciprocal relationship between Paul and the church at Philippi.
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04/27/2025--God's Place of Meeting and Mercy
(Luke 21:5-6)
Understanding what the idea of the Temple means to God and why He would abandon it-- both then and now.
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04/20/2025--Witness To The Resurrection
(1Cor. 15:3-8)
Analyzing the radical change that occurs when a redeemed soul becomes a witness to the Resurrection of Christ.
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04/18/2025--The Blindness of Evil
(Luke 23:4-16)
The irony of how the agents of evil blindly drive Jesus to the Cross and their own destruction.
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04/13/2025--Keeping Our Spiritual Compass
(Luke 20:45-21:4)
Rethinking the "widow's mite" in light of Jesus' condemnation of lifeless, tradition-laden, "religiosity".
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04/06/2025--The Lord of All
(Luke 20:41-44)
Celebrating Christ by learning how David's Son can also be his Lord.
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04/06/2025--Discerning The Gray Areas
(Phil. 4:8-9)
Paul teaches behavioral virtues to give discernment when the path is not clear.
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03/30/2025--The Power of Forgiveness
(Mark 2:1-12)
Learning to experience the transformative power of Christ's forgiveness and healing.
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03/23/2025--The Lord of Life
(Luke 20:27-40)
Jesus reveals the reality of life after death, and that He alone is the hinge upon which the door of eternity swings.
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03/16/2025--The Cost of Forgiveness
(Matt. 18:21-35)
Exploring the concept of limitless forgiveness.
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03/09/2025--Caesar's Authority
(Luke 20:20-26)
Probing where "Caesar's" authority comes from and Who delegated it to him.
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03/02/2025--The Preeminent 'Ashlar' of the Kingdom
(Luke 20:16-19)
Exalting the preeminence of the perfectly dressed Stone the builders rejected.
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03/02/2025--The Peace, Power and Providence of God
(Phil. 4:6-7)
Learning that truly trusting God's Providence in prayer leads to a peace that only He can provide.
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02/23/2025--The Lord of the Vineyard
(Luke 20:9-16)
Bearing the true fruit of the Kingdom for the Lord of the vineyard.
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02/16/2025--Usurpers in the Temple
(Luke 20:1-8)
Considering the question of authority: 'Who occupies the temple of your soul? Jesus or a usurper?'
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02/16/2025--Cultivating Joy
(Phil. 4:4-5)
Understanding and cultivating God's supernatural gift of joy.
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02/09/2025--The Lord of the Temple
(Luke 19:45-48)
Jesus confronts the evil of false and hypocritical worship by cleansing the Temple.
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02/02/2025--When Love and Holiness "Kiss"
(Luke 19:39-44)
When perfect love meets perfect holiness in perfect harmony.
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02/02/2025--The Heart of Church Unity
(Phil. 4:2-3)
Finding the solution to one of the church's most pernicious problems-- discord that leads to disunity and division.
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01/26/2025--The Return of the King
(Luke 19:28-38)
Analyzing the incredible depth of Luke's symbolic handling of the Triumphal Entry.
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01/19/2025--Sovereignty, Responsibility and Consequence
(Luke 19:11-15,20-27)
Jesus tells a powerful parable on God's sovereignty, human responsibility, and sin's inevitable consequences.
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01/19/2025--Defending the High Ground
(Phil. 4:1)
Paul's loving encouragement to stand firm in the Lord.
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01/12/2025--Sovereignty, Responsibility and Recompense
(Luke 19:11-19)
Jesus tells a powerful parable on God's sovereignty, Christian responsibility, and the incomprehensible reward for faithfulness.
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01/05/2025--The Divine Appointment
(Luke 19:1-10)
God's sovereignty in election is confirmed in the divine encounter between Zacchaeus and the One who came to seek and save the lost.