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The Mars Hill Postmortem

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This is a really well-thought out article by Trevin Wax. The news of Mark Driscoll’s resignation closes a painful chapter in the life of Mars Hill Church in Seattle. This is a time to pray for the Driscoll family, Mars Hill Church, and those who have suffered through various forms of spiritual abuse.… Read more

1 Tim 3: Save Yourself First, then Family, Church, the World

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Stream from mobile phone: Stream from PC: [audio:http://hillcc.org/sermons/SWS031614.MP3] Sermon Outline Text: 1 Tim 3:1-13… Read more

Galatians 6 – What Does It Mean To Be Spiritual? (pt1 of 3)

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What does it mean to be spiritual? If I asked 10 people in this room that question, I bet I would get 10 different answers. To be spiritual is be one with nature. Or to be spiritual is to have deep and intimate fellowship with the divine force of the universe.… Read more

Book of Galatians – Teaching #3: Counterfeit Fruit vs. Real Fruit (pt3 of 3)

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Next, we have faith or faithfulness. The better translation is faith because the word here is “pistis” which literally means faith, belief, trust, confidence, fidelity, a promise. It is similar to the pairing of goodness and kindness in that faith is internal and it leads to faithfulness externally. A prerequisite to faithfulness is faith.… Read more

Book of Galatians – Teaching #3: Counterfeit Fruit vs. Real Fruit (pt2 of 3)

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Next we have joy. Joy is from the word “chara” in the Greek and it shares a root with “charis” or grace. A joyful person is someone who is constantly mindful and aware of the grace of God upon their lives. They delight in God and enjoy their relationship with Him because He alone is the beautiful and worthy.… Read more

Book of Galatians – Teaching #3: Counterfeit Fruit vs. Real Fruit (pt1 of 3)

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We have been studying the book of Galatians over the past few weeks. Today, we are going to wrap up the fruit of the Spirit and cover Gal 6 next week and then it’s onto Ephesians, which is a fantastic book. It will be of interest to many of you who are single that Eph 5 is the famous passage about Biblical marriage.… Read more