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Luke's Meticulous Record (Luke 1:1-4, 26-2:38)
I. Master weaver (Introduction)
II. Master detective
A. Skillful introduction
B. Cites sources
III. Gospel promised delivered
IV. Embrace your place (Application)Bu
Living Stones (1 Peter 2:1-10)
I. What are you building? (Introduction)
Our Mission:
We are committed to building a community of fully devoted followers of Jesus Christ who love God, love each other and impact a needy world.
Our Vision:
The Objectives: To become a church that exemplifies the life changing reality of Christ in an ever changing world by equipping our members so that they live lifestyles of spiritual integrity which are:
•Biblically accurate
•Personally pure
•Family focused
•Socially responsible
•Evangelistically bold
The Result:
A vibrant growing community of believers who are committed to impacting and influencing their respective communities and the world abroad for Christ.
II. Stones to remember
III. Looking to the Master Architect
A. Looking ahead
IV. Rock bottom reality (Application)Bur
A. Beginning
B. Birth
I. Crossing the Rubicon (Introduction)
II. What is normal
"Beloved, do not be surprised at the fiery trial when it comes upon you to test you, as though something strange were happening to you." 1 Peter 4:12
III. Expanding our understanding of blessing
A. Reality of persecution
"Blessed are you when others revile you and persecute you and utter all kinds of evil against you falsely on My account. Rejoice and be glad, for your reward is great in heaven, for so they persecuted the prophets who were before you." Matthew 5:11-12
But even if you should suffer for righteousness' sake, you will be blessed .Have no fear of them, nor be troubled, 1 Peter 3:14
"Blessed is the man who remains steadfast under trial, for when he has stood the test, he will receive the crown of life, which God has promised to those who love Him." James 1:12
B. Better gain
C. Pressing deeper
"He was despised and rejected by men; a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief;
and as one from whom men hide their faces He was despised, and we esteemed Him not. Surely He has borne our griefs and carried our sorrows; yet we esteemed Him stricken,
smitten by God, and afflicted. But He was pierced for our transgressions;
He was crushed for our iniquities; upon Him was the chastisement that brought us peace,
and with His wounds we are healed." Isaiah 53:3-5
IV. Prepared (Application)
I. Living in a sexually blurred world (Introduction)
II. Architects of confusion (Historical Perspective)
III. Truth and tough questions
A. The Bible hardly mentions homosexuality
B. The church is supposed to be a place for broken people
C. It's not fair
D. The God I love is a God of love
"The God we worship is indeed a God of love. Which does not, according to any verse in the Bible, make sexual sin acceptable. But it does, by a witness of a thousand verses all over the Bible, make every one of our sexual sins changeable, redeemable and wondrously forgivable" Kevin DeYoung
IV. Responding with grace and truth (Application)
Science and the Creator
I. In the beginning (Introduction)
II. The fall from truth in the name of science
III. Science in defense of the truth
Responding to Academic Oppression
(Colossians 2:6-15)
I. Tides of challenge (Introduction)
"For though we walk in the flesh, we are not waging war according to the flesh. For the weapons of our warfare are not of the flesh but have divine power to destroy strongholds. We destroy arguments and every lofty opinion raised against the knowledge of God, and take every thought captive to obey Christ." 2 Corinthians 10:3-5
II. Shifting tides (Historical Perspective)
A. Impactful decisions
B. Early days
C. Messengers of change
III. Navigating change (Colossians 2:6-15)
A. Loyalty to Christ
B. Captive to deceitful spirits
C. Sufficiency in Christ
IV. The gospel settles it! (Application)
