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Easter Sunday – Resurrection Faith: Just As He Said (Matt 28:1-10)

Main text: Matt 28:1-10

Happy Easter! He is risen. Did you know that every Sunday is a resurrection Sunday? When we gather for Sunday worship each and every week, we are gathering to celebrate His resurrection. Worship has to be the dominant flavor of our Sunday gathering.…

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Five Tips for Church Planters Part Two – Personal

As part of the NAMB Send LA team, check out my blog post.

1) Be salty.

Evangelism is not something you can preach about once a year. Evangelism should never be relegated to a particular committee or team. It has to be central.…

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Matthew 19-20 – Union with Christ (pt2 of 3)

So the million dollar question is, what’s the big deal about marriage? Why not settle for sappy, syrupy emotion if in the end there is no marriage in heaven? What’s the big deal if marriages end because all marriages will end in heaven?…

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Matthew 19-20 – Union with Christ (pt1 of 3)

Read Matthew 19:1-12.

Happy belated Valentine’s Day! If you are married, I hope you had a chance to express your love to your spouse. And if you are single, I hope you were not too lonely thinking about your singlehood. God loves you.…

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Three-Part Series on Vision 2013 – Love God (pt2 of 3)

This conversation is different. First off, this particular teacher of the law has been sitting in the background and listening to Jesus debate with other teachers of the law. And unlike the rest of his peers, this teacher of the law actually thinks Jesus has good answers.…

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Vision for the Church: Fellowship (pt4 of 4)

Elements of a Biblical Culture
What is biblical culture? What are the non-negotiables? I’ve identified several elements of a biblical culture: 1) truth, 2) love and 3) unity.

First, truth.
Without truth, there is no true fellowship. Christianity begins with the truth that we are sinners.…

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1 Cor 8-14: Love Builds Up (pt1 of 3)

Many students are away on spring break so I guess for those who are still here, your parents don’t love you because they’d rather you not visit? Well, we are family so we are happy that a bunch are still with us.…

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2012 Vision – The Life of Jesus and the Good Samaritan (pt3 of 4)

So that completes our bird’s eye view of the life of Jesus. Now with that as the context, I think we are ready to tackle the parable of the Good Samaritan. Let’s read the text. Luke 10:25-37.

Tying in the bird eye’s view of Jesus’ life, I want to end with 4 brief observations.…

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2012 Vision – The Great Commandment, the Great Commission, and the Good Samaritan (pt3 of 3)

I hope you are beginning to see the thread running throughout Scripture and the pointers to Jesus and the things he emphasized. Now let’s study the context for the Great Commandment and the Great Commission a bit because I think there is a lot we can learn by doing so.…

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2012 Vision – The Great Commandment, the Great Commission, and the Good Samaritan (pt2 of 3)

Only Jesus was perfectly balanced always, at all times. He certainly loved God with all of his heart, soul, mind and strength. When he had a busy day ahead of him, Jesus woke up early in the morning before the rest of the disciples were up and he went to a solitary place to pray and have fellowship with His heavenly Father.…

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