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The Crisis of God from 2023-12-10T17:00:26
The greatest gift of all time presents the greatest crisis of all time: Will you, or will you not, receive him? Many will not, and for them there will only ever be trouble and anguish and dark desp...
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The Sign of God from 2023-12-03T17:00:13
The sign of God at Christmas means that Yahweh himself delivers and saves. It means that he keeps his promises and is true to his word. To the hard-hearted, the coming of Immanuel portends certain ...
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When Life Comes at You Fast from 2023-11-05T17:00:53
Where do you turn when the going gets tough? Turn to Jesus Christ, the one who suffered for you. He has entered into the depths of the human condition, conquered our greatest enemies, and freely sh...
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Into the Darkness from 2023-10-29T16:00:43
Who better to turn to when times are dark than the one who alone has the power to transform darkness into light! Jesus Christ offers what you and I need most: Not information or knowledge of the fu...
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Meeting God in a Cave from 2023-10-22T16:00:52
Speaker: Karl Bowden Series: Choices Scripture: I Samuel 24 and Psalm 57
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For the Glory of God Alone from 2023-10-15T16:00:48
The story of David and Goliath teaches us that having God and his word at the center of your life changes the calculus entirely. What matters is not having instruments of human power by your side, ...
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The Lord’s Anointed from 2023-10-08T16:00:05
At our time of deepest despair, the word of God comes to remind us that God is in control. He has chosen his Anointed One, and his plans and purposes can be trusted. It is up to the people of God t...
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You Had One Job! from 2023-09-24T16:00:12
Yahweh is the kind of God who invites people into his plans and purposes. As Saul is revealed to be a failure as king, hope still remains. God will raise up another, a man after his own heart, from...
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Anything but God from 2023-09-17T16:00:34
Despite Israel’s hardness of heart, God was determined to make a people for himself. He is looking for those who will put away all their substitutes and seek not just his will, but God himsel...
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A Voice in the Silence from 2023-09-10T16:00:28
God’s voice has not gone silent, even amidst our own wicked generation. He still deals patiently with people and speaks powerfully through his word—the word entrusted to his church that has been gi...
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The Trial of One is the Salvation of Many from 2023-09-03T16:00:21
The way God works in the life of the individual reflects the tendency of his ways. He is the same yesterday, today, and forever. No situation is too big for him. No person is too small for him. His...
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A Gracious Invitation from 2023-08-27T16:00:09
All throughout Luke, the crowds are seeking out Jesus, but on the threshold of Jerusalem Jesus declares that the Son of Man has come to seek out us. He wants to come into your house, to make his ho...
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Oasis of Grace from 2023-08-20T16:00:07
On the outskirts of Jericho, the one who couldn’t see at all was the one who saw Jesus best. Like him, as oasis of grace is available to all who look to Jesus in faith and see him for who he ...
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Holy Exasperation from 2023-08-13T16:00:35
The exasperation of Jesus is not the result of our inability, limitation, or need, but our unbelief, particularly when we have already experienced his grace. He has come to reveal himself and work ...
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Healing Power from 2023-08-06T16:00:54
The touch of Jesus has the power to heal what is truly broken, to affirm the existence and value of another, and to grant peace to those made sons and daughters of God by grace. Speaker: Sean Scrib...
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A Remarkable Descent from 2023-07-30T16:00:54
Jesus knows the true content of each person’s heart. He has descended right into the midst of our brokenness and need. He makes himself known in ways that result in our healing and forgivenes...
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True Welcome from 2023-07-23T16:00:07
Everywhere he went, the crowds were drawn to Jesus for a reason. For at least one woman, it was the invitation to come to him just as she was. He offers the same to you. Come to him, have faith, an...
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Redemption from 2023-07-16T16:00:34
Speaker: Richard Meservey Series: Building Blocks of Life Scripture: I Corinthians 1:30
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Sanctification from 2023-07-09T16:00:05
Speaker: Jeff Wortman Series: Building Blocks of Life Scripture: I Corinthians 1:30
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Righteousness from 2023-07-02T16:00:28
Speaker: Richard Meservey Series: Building Blocks of Life Scripture: I Corinthians 1:30
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The Steadfast Love of God from 2023-06-18T16:00:19
The New Testament does not offer any sort of mechanical, automatic, inevitable perseverance, but there is keeping power in the love and grace of God that is more than sufficient to bring us through...
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Life in the Spirit, Part 2 from 2023-06-11T16:00:14
A life of holiness is one that is empowered by the indwelling presence of God, that crucifies the flesh and its sinful deeds, and assures the mutual belonging of the Father and his children. Speake...
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Life in the Spirit, Part 1 from 2023-06-04T16:00:21
Is the Bible’s expected norm for the Christian experience the “man” of Romans 7 or the life in the Spirit of Romans 8? Good theology and exegesis would say the latter, for if we b...
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The Groans of God from 2023-05-28T16:00:33
God longs for the glorious day of consummation along with creation and the church. He has given us his Son and his Spirit to associate with our sufferings, intercede on our behalf, and help us in o...
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Making Room for Holiness from 2023-05-25T00:00:46
Sermon #5 of the 2023 EMC revival series, “True Christian Daring: Proclaiming Holy Love in the Harbor of Hospitality,” from 2 Kings 8:1-6, Hebrews 3:5-19.
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Progressing in Fullness from 2023-05-24T00:00:46
Sermon #4 of the 2023 EMC revival series, “True Christian Daring: Proclaiming Holy Love in the Harbor of Hospitality,” from Hebrews 12:1-2, Phil. 3:13.
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When the Holy Spirit Re-Spirited Humanity from 2023-05-23T00:00:45
Sermon #3 of the 2023 EMC revival series, “True Christian Daring: Proclaiming Holy Love in the Harbor of Hospitality,” from Ezekiel 37:24-29a, Jeremiah 31:31-34, Hebrews 8:10, 10:15-16.
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The Active Sanctification of Jesus from 2023-05-22T00:00:44
Sermon #2 of the 2023 EMC revival series, “True Christian Daring: Proclaiming Holy Love in the Harbor of Hospitality,” from Hebrews 12:10b (Heb. 5:8, 10:7, 2:14-15).
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Our God is Holy from 2023-05-21T16:00:34
Sermon #1 of the 2023 EMC revival series, “True Christian Daring: Proclaiming Holy Love in the Harbor of Hospitality,” from Exodus 15:11-13, Isaiah 6:1-3, Ezekiel 36:20-23, and Mark 1:24.
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The Narrow Door from 2023-05-14T16:00:43
The narrow road and gate that leads to life demand we renounce all dependance upon anything of this world and cling only to Jesus. He is not merely the gatekeeper; he is the gate itself. He is the ...
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Go Right In from 2023-05-07T16:00:18
Speaker: Karl Bowden Series: The Door to Life Scripture: Hebrews 10:19-22
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The Passover Door from 2023-04-30T16:00:40
The blood of the lamb, sacrificially poured out for another, was the life of Israel. All the blood spilled for generations pointed to the sacrifice of the Lamb of God, whose life is released for al...
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The Scandalous Door from 2023-04-23T16:00:22
The universal problem of sinful man is that he makes himself his own standard of right and wrong, seeks to indulge in and satisfy whatever impulses or cravings he has, and will use others in order ...
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The Ark Door from 2023-04-16T16:00:11
The message of hope in the story of Noah is that even in the fury of God’s wrath through the raging waters of the flood, one can see the depths of his divine mercy and compassion. In the same way, ...
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The Keeping Power of God from 2023-02-19T17:00:12
We are living in hard times, but take heart: Jude’s letter may be marked by the presence of passion, but it is also marked by the absence of panic. God is still at work, in control, and He who is i...
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The True Gospel from 2023-02-12T17:00:05
To turn from the Scriptures is to turn from God himself. Therefore, the place the Bible holds among the hierarchies of authority in your life has very real implications for your eternal destiny. Sa...
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Sound the Alarm! from 2023-02-05T17:00:40
The greatest threat to the church today is not persecution of the faith from without, but perversion of the faith within. Only belief in the Christ of the Scriptures and perseverance in the truth o...
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Contending for the Faith from 2023-01-29T17:00:26
We live in an age of disinformation. But there is one place that you can go to for Truth—a place that the world, and even many who call themselves Christians, will tell you cannot be trusted. It is...
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Connecting from 2023-01-08T17:00:29
Connecting has always been an essential component of life for the church of Jesus Christ, and to the author of Hebrews it is a matter of necessity and urgency. We must be very intentional to not gi...
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Christian Contentment from 2023-01-01T17:00:30
Through the fellowship of a local church body, the cultivation of Christian attitudes, and the active presence of Christ, the Apostle Paul had learned the secret of true contentment in all things, ...
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Monotheism with a Difference from 2022-12-25T17:00:26
What sets Christianity apart from all the religions of the world? The answer is Jesus. He is God with us, as us, for us, and he wants to be in us. He has come to make God personally known and to in...
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When Will All This Happen? from 2022-11-20T17:00:55
Jesus is present with his church today, and he is coming to make right every wrong tomorrow. And until that day and hour which nobody knows, he commands us to fix our eyes on the future in such a w...
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Living Holy Lives As We Anticipate the Lord’s Return from 2022-11-13T17:00:04
Karl Bowden shares a message from II Peter 3 on the type of holy life Christians should live in light of the Lord’s return. Speaker: Karl Bowden Series: The End. Scripture: II Peter 3
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A Time is Coming from 2022-11-06T17:00:43
The world today is increasingly hostile to its creator and the truth of his word. But the more the world resists the truth, the more the church must be determined to stand upon it, especially in li...
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For the Glory of God from 2022-10-30T16:00:41
The ultimate purpose for missional living, giving, and going is not the alleviation of human suffering, the fight for real justice in society, or even the rescue of souls from an eternity in Hell. ...
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The Promise of Better Things from 2022-10-23T16:00:45
There is an extremely low probability that being the type of missional person God commands you to be will result in you giving up your life in death. But there is a 100% guarantee that being the mi...
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Completing What is Lacking from 2022-10-16T16:00:27
To complete what is lacking in the afflictions of Jesus means embodying the self-giving love of Christ to the world—to be spent, to give ourselves away, to be broken bread and poured out wine in pe...
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The Love of God in the Soul of Man from 2022-10-09T16:00:58
God is love. It is essential to his nature. From it he created the world, gave himself to redeem it, and makes room in his heart for you. As we think about “missions” or “outreach,” none of it make...
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2022 Missions Conference from 2022-10-02T16:00:45
Missionary to Columbia, Jeannine Brabon, shares a message for the 2022 EMC Missions Conference.
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Raising a Dead Man from 2022-02-27T17:00:53
For people of faith living in this broken world, the whole story of Lazarus teaches that it’s not just the things Jesus does that reveal his heart, but sometimes it’s the things he doesn’t do...
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Healing a Blind Man from 2022-02-20T17:00:41
Despite appearances, God is at work in and through your experiences of suffering. It is possible that the things in your life that cause the worst distress are the very things in which God wants to...
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Walking on Water from 2022-02-13T17:00:10
As you and I find ourselves engulfed in the torrents and swells of life in this broken world, Jesus comes into the midst of it all, walking on top of it all, to make himself known. It takes faith t...
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Feeding 5,000 from 2022-02-06T17:00:37
In every circumstance you find yourself in, Jesus sees, knows, and plans to produce and cultivate faith in you. He is greater than all who have come before him and all who have ever come since. He ...
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Healing a Sick Man from 2022-01-30T17:00:26
Only Jesus can touch and heal the real issues at the heart of every person. He wants you to trust his word, to know he is at work in your life, and that he will use you to bring glory to himself, w...
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Healing a Royal Official’s Son from 2022-01-23T17:00:03
Have you come to Jesus with need, only for your prayer to go unanswered, or for you to feel ignored, perhaps even rebuked? Don’t lose faith! Follow the signs in his word which point straight to his...
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Turning Water into Wine from 2022-01-16T17:00
The sign at Cana reveals that the son of Mary is the Son of God, the one through whom creation came into being and the one who has come that he might bring re-creation. In Christ, God has saved the...
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Hope in the Midst of Suffering Persecution from 2022-01-09T17:00:25
Speaker: Jeff Wortman Scripture: 1 Peter 3:13-18
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The Troublesome Mercy of God from 2022-01-02T17:00:03
Speaker: Aaron Meservey Scripture: Luke 18:9-14
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Unfailing Love is Coming from 2021-12-19T17:00:54
We don’t always know how God is going to bring hope, peace, or joy to our lives, but we know that he will. That’s because he has revealed his heart through his Son. Love has come, and h...
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Unexpected Blessing is Coming from 2021-12-12T17:00:12
In whatever adversity you face in this world, take comfort that Jesus is close and sympathetic, but he is also a powerful defender. He’s by your side, and he’s got your back. Maybe in the midst of ...
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A Kingdom is Coming from 2021-12-05T17:00:58
To a people about to experience the suffering of judgment and exile, the promise of peace is coming in the form of God’s presence and rule, which you and I can experience today in the person of his...
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A Shepherd is Coming from 2021-11-28T17:00:24
Advent is a season for hope. Hope for the oppressed—that God’s kingdom will restore true justice and put an end to the brokenness of the world. But hope also for the oppressor—that God is wor...
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It is (Not) Finished from 2021-11-21T17:00:06
Concerning the sacrifice of Jesus, it is finished. There is nothing left for him to do. We need nothing less or more than him. There is no Jesus + anything for the Christian life. He is our all in ...
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Keep on Keeping On from 2021-11-14T17:00:40
In Christ we have become recipients of great privileges of grace, but with privilege comes responsibility. The church of Jesus Christ, as an outpost of heaven on earth that is marked by the things ...
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Returning to the Path from 2021-11-07T17:00:33
God’s discipline isn’t always punishment. Often times it is simply his loving, Fatherly work in our lives to cause us to desire the better things rather than the immediate things. Speak...
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Following the Path from 2021-10-31T16:00:03
There is a great cloud of witnesses—faithful men and women of old—who testify concerning God’s promises and power and show us the path. They cheer us on and point us to Jesus, the Author and ...
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The World is Behind, Our Home Ahead from 2021-10-24T16:00:02
The Christian life is a journey. But walking with Jesus means leaving the world behind—along with all of its values, promises, and pursuits—and looking ahead to the home we truly belong to. Speaker...
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Almost, but Not Quite from 2021-10-17T16:00:29
The warnings in the book of Hebrews are a call to wake-up and hold fast and never quit. They are a call to remember both where you came from and where you are heading. Above all, they are exhortati...
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Already, but Not Yet from 2021-10-10T16:00:07
How are the people of God to live in the overlapping of ages—where God’s work in saving us and ushering in his kingdom has begun but has not yet been consummated? The answer is by faith. Spea...
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2021 EMC Missions Conference from 2021-10-03T16:00:50
Missionary guest, Bill Allshouse, shares God’s word about divine encounters from the story of Philip in Acts 8.
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Worship’s Aggregation from 2021-09-26T16:00:27
Worship is more than just showing up on Sunday morning and singing a few songs. It involves the totality of the whole person presented unto God as a living sacrifice. This is what we were created t...
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Worship’s Restoration from 2021-09-19T16:00:12
You and I can never come to God for healing and restoration until we acknowledge and accept our need for healing and restoration. The Bible provides the diagnosis of our problem, as well as the pre...
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Worship’s Deterioration from 2021-09-12T16:00:59
You were created to know God and to worship and delight in God. Jesus Christ is the only one who makes God known and only through him can God be worshipped and enjoyed. Everything else is our own s...
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Knowing the Fullness of Christ from 2021-09-05T16:00:51
The apostle Paul did not believe in the inevitability of perseverance. It is possible to be led astray, even for Christians living out the gospel. But if we study the scriptures with all of our min...
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Discipleship from 2021-08-29T16:00:56
Speaker: Aaron Meservey Series: Better Together Scripture: Hebrews 10:23-25
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Partnership from 2021-08-22T16:00
Jesus calls his people to work out what he has begun and will complete–persevering as co-partners to spread, defend, and confirm the truth of the Gospel. Speaker: Sean Scribner Series: Better...
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Friendship from 2021-08-15T16:00:06
The all-powerful God of the universe desires friendship you. Everyone else in your life might let you down, but there is One who is a true friend who has covenantally bound himself to you, who will...
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Living a Full Life from 2021-07-15T01:00:54
God wants to us life a life full of his Spirit, that we might speak the truth in love, find blessing in the midst of persecution, and finish the race well. Speaker: Nathan Williamson Series: This i...
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Spirit-Led Ministry from 2021-07-14T01:00:58
God wants to use you to do his work at the right place and right time. As you are led by the Spirit, he will guide you to join Christ in his mission to save and heal what is lost and broken. Speake...
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Living with the Spirit from 2021-07-13T01:00:38
What does life in the Spirit look like from day to day? Turn to Acts 2 and witness the simplicity of doing life and ministry together. Speaker: Nathan Williamson Series: This is the Way Scripture: ...
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Receive This from 2021-07-11T16:00:56
God asks nothing of us when we enter into relationship with him but to receive what he offers. This is the foundation of life in Christ. Speaker: Nathan Williamson Series: This is the Way Scripture...
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Unity in Fellowship from 2021-07-04T16:00:38
If the church is at the heart of all God’s plans for human history and the very meaning of the gospel itself, should it not also be central to the lives of those who claim to belong to Jesus Christ...
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Perseverance in Prayer from 2021-06-27T16:00
The expectant belief of the apostles, grounded in the commands and promises of Christ, resulted in prayer that persevered. The expectant people of God pray with persistence, unity, and confidence i...
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Obedience to the Word from 2021-06-20T16:00:45
Jesus told his disciples to go and wait before they go out. Maybe he needed to see obedience in the small things before calling them to the big things. Could the same be true of us? Speaker: Sean S...
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The Person, the Presence, and the Glory of God from 2021-06-13T16:00:52
In Moses, we see one whose desire was for the honor, ways, presence, and glory of God. In Christ, we see all those desires being fulfilled to the greatest degree. Will God’s people desire the...
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Perspective from 2021-06-06T16:00:01
What is the final piece to the Great Commission puzzle, for the church to finally and fully be the church? Yes, the Holy Spirit provides us with a right understanding of Jesus. Yes, the Holy Spirit...
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Understanding from 2021-05-16T16:00:45
The Spirit of God transforms the life of the believer. He comes not just to illuminate our minds to understand that the Scriptures point to Jesus and that he is the hope of the world, but he comes ...
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Mission Completed from 2021-05-09T16:00:26
God is working to unite all things in heaven and on earth under the lordship of his Son, Jesus Christ. Will you be a part of his grand design? Speaker: Jeff Wortman Series: Mission Brief Scripture:...
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Mission Enacted from 2021-04-25T16:00:29
God is calling us to let him reveal his strength in the midst of our weakness, that the message of the Gospel would go out into all the world. Speaker: Aaron Meservey Series: Mission Brief Scriptur...
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Mission Training from 2021-04-18T16:00:28
God has adopted us into his family and into his mission to bring glory to himself through the redemption of the world. We join him in his mission, not just when we tell others about Jesus, but when...
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Mission Accepted from 2021-04-11T16:00:57
Hear God’s call to accept his invitation to become a part of his family, then join him on his mission to share the Good News with others! Speaker: Aaron Meservey Series: Mission Brief Scriptu...
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The Voice of Witness (Remember) from 2021-04-04T16:00:23
The facts of the empty tomb alone are not enough to produce faith. Facts need interpretation, and the solid truth of God’s word is the interpretive lens for everything in life. You can have c...
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The Voice of Jesus, Part 2 (Communion) from 2021-03-28T16:00:42
In the Lord’s Supper, we don’t remember the Exodus. We remember Jesus, the one who makes himself known in the breaking of the bread. In his meal, he makes himself fully present and offers him...
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The Voice of Jesus, Part 1 (Following) from 2021-03-21T16:00:22
No matter how distant you are from God. No matter how ordinary or marginal or how much of a nobody you might feel. Jesus takes notice of you and is closer than you might think. He looks into empty,...
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The Voice of Doubters (Identity) from 2021-03-14T16:00:44
Jesus’ commitment to the Father, fidelity to the Scriptures, and certainty of his identity compelled him to preach an unpopular truth fraught with danger. The world is still opposed to the preachin...
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The Voice of Satan (Temptation) from 2021-03-07T17:00:33
Jesus has shown us how to tune out the voice of the devil and tune into the infinite love and power of God. The enemy’s power is real, but it is not ultimate. As people who face temptation, we can ...
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The Voice of God (Baptism) from 2021-02-28T17:00:24
Jesus was baptized among the crowd that he might fully identify with you. Jesus suffered and died on the cross, that by trusting in him and surrendering to him in faith and obedience we might fully...
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The Voice of John (Repentance) from 2021-02-21T17:00:42
The word of God that comes to us in the wilderness of life not only exposes the true reality of our sinful condition, it reveals the amazing truth of God’s saving action on our behalf. And the only...
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A Spirit-filled People from 2021-02-14T17:00:46
The Lord Jesus Christ longs for us to go deeper and deeper into the reality of the Spirit’s presence and power. To drink of him more deeply. To be immersed in him more fully. That we might manifest...
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The Work of the Spirit from 2021-02-07T17:00:26
The Holy Spirit is the one who points to the truth that Christ is in every situation in life, the one who regenerates and transforms and purifies and makes holy, assuring us that we belong to God, ...
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The Person of the Spirit from 2021-01-31T17:00:44
The thing that matters most in the life of the Christian and the life of a church is the Holy Spirit’s living, dynamic presence and reign. Speaker: Sean Scribner Series: God in Us Scripture: ...
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Jesus: Our Great High Priest from 2021-01-17T17:00:54
Jesus is our great high priest. And in him, both priesthood and sacrifice have been brought to fulfillment and finality, forever. In response to all he has done, Christians are called to minister t...
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Jesus: the Locus of God’s Presence from 2021-01-10T17:00:27
All the history and theology of the temple prepared the way for, and pointed beyond itself to, the person of Jesus Christ, in whom the fullness of God was pleased to dwell bodily. By his Spirit, th...
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Jesus: the Fulfillment of the Law from 2021-01-03T17:00:12
The Law Embodied The Law Demonstrated The Law Violated The Law’s Curse The Law Rewritten Speaker: Richard Meservey Series: The Prism Scripture: Matthew 5:17
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The Man Jesus Christ from 2020-12-20T17:00:31
There is no peace on earth, but you can have peace with God. A settlement has been reached. The ransom price has been paid. The one God has provided a mediator, who is Christ Jesus the man. Speaker...
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Promised Long Ago from 2020-12-13T17:00:37
The gospel comes from God. Its substance is the Son. Its attestation is the scriptures, promised long ago. Its scope is all the nations, to bring people to the obedience of faith and for the glory ...
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Made In Every Respect Like Us from 2020-12-06T17:00:19
As you and I face daily pressures to lose hope, grow weak in the knees, and compromise our faith, we can turn to one who was made in every respect like us. Speaker: Sean Scribner Series: Long Expec...
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But When the Right Time Came from 2020-11-29T17:00:19
God prepared the whole world for the coming of His Son at just the right time. The arrival of Jesus was by divine appointment–on the global stage, at the center of human history. But the prom...
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A God Who Keeps His Promises from 2020-11-22T17:00:03
As people who await the new heavens and earth, we stand on the promises of God, using every opportunity to cultivate intimacy with Him, and join him in his mission to seek and save the lost. Speake...
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A God Who Makes Covenants from 2020-11-15T17:00:51
God is a covenant-making God, who binds himself freely even while knowing the cost. He is the covenant maker, and he is the covenant keeper. He can be trusted to keep all of his promises. Speaker: ...
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How Bad Are Things Really? from 2020-11-08T17:00:32
Humanity’s condition is bleak. Our prognosis is grim. We are dead, enslaved, and condemned. But thanks be to God who has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in Christ! Speaker: Sean Scri...
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What’s Wrong With the World? from 2020-11-01T17:00:17
What’s wrong with the world? I am. You are. But what is the hope of the world. He is. Hear his invitation. Own and repent of your failures. Put your hope in his promises. Trust in his gracious prov...
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The Purpose of Life from 2020-10-25T16:00:20
In Christ, God is bringing heaven and earth back together, repairing what was ruptured in the Fall. The Christian life is a living expression of that: A microcosm on the individual level of all God...
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The Image of God from 2020-10-18T16:00:32
Mankind was created to know God, to love God, and to resemble God unlike anything else in all of creation. Though sin has entered the equation, God loved us so much that he gave his only begotten S...
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The Why of Creation from 2020-10-11T16:00:59
God could have created nothing at all and he still would have been God, complete, and happy. But God’s triune goodness is such that it delights in being shared. That is the why of creation. That is...
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2020 Missions Conference from 2020-10-04T16:00:06
Sunday morning message for the 2020 EMC missions conference, Hearts for the Harvest, with guest speaker, R.L. Icard.
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The Holy God from 2020-09-27T16:00:49
Moses encountered the otherness, majesty, and purity of God revealed. The purpose of the Holy One then is the same today: to rescue and restore that which has been lost. Speaker: Sean Scribner Seri...
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The Triune God from 2020-09-20T16:00:20
The one God who is three persons is generously inviting you and me to share in his life and love. Speaker: Aaron Meservey Series: God Made Known Scripture: II Corinthians 13:14
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The Knowable God from 2020-09-13T16:00:36
God wants to be known. God can be known. God is making himself known right now. At every moment in life, God the Holy Spirit is pointing to God the Son in a saving way, all to the glory of God the ...
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The One True God from 2020-09-06T16:00:52
We were created to know, enjoy, and glorify the one true God. Life makes no ultimate sense until he is the one true desire of our hearts, and desiring him begins with knowing him as he really is. S...
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Prayer in All Things from 2020-08-30T16:00:49
We live in a time of great hardship and collective waywardness–a time where there is much to be thankful for, but also much to be concerned about–when trials and temptations abound and ...
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Patient Endurance from 2020-08-23T16:00:19
When God wrote the script from before all time, he had a goal in mind for it all: To create for himself a people that look like his Son. So take courage. Strengthen your hearts. May no complaining ...
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Grace for the Humble from 2020-08-16T16:00:27
When our attitudes and actions reveal an adulterous unfaithfulness to God that risks placing us outside the scope of his grace, we must humble ourselves and come back into the joy and security of i...
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How to be Perfect from 2020-08-09T16:00:50
James lays out our strategy to being perfect…by controlling our tongue! This goes far beyond not saying bad words or not engaging in certain activities, but flows from a heart that loves what...
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Faith and Works from 2020-08-02T16:07:35
If you really believe in Christ, you will really obey him. And that obedience will always result in good works, which are nothing more or less than your response to all he has done for you. Speaker...
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Preferential Treatment from 2020-07-26T16:00:09
Pure and genuine religion in the sight of God means refusing to follow the corruption of this world and its pattern of fawning deference to some and callous indifference to others. Speaker: Sean Sc...
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Listen Up! from 2020-07-19T16:00:22
By immersing ourselves in the perfect law of God, we place ourselves in the center of the environment in which we were designed to flourish. Speaker: Sean Scribner Series: Work(s) in Progress Scrip...
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The Fountain of Living Water from 2020-07-12T16:00:28
True life and security are found only in the true and living God—the fountain of living water. Speaker: Richard Meservey Scripture: Jeremiah 2:4-13
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The Mooring of Faith from 2020-07-05T16:00:15
God uses the troubles and hardships of life to perfect our hearts. Burning away the dross. Strengthening and purifying our faith like gold. Remaking us from the inside out with the stuff that does ...
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The Palisade of His Presence from 2020-06-28T16:00:12
The God who feeds his people and stills the storms and walks on water and steps into our troubles still watches over and offers himself to you today. Note: We apologize for the poor audio quality. ...
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The Port of His Peace from 2020-06-21T16:00:39
The sleeping man in the back of the boat is the only one capable of calming our storms and bringing peace to our lives. Speaker: Sean Scribner Series: Safe Harbors Scripture: Mark 4:35-41
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The Haven of Salvation from 2020-06-14T16:00:10
The people of God remember the great things the Lord has done, look to Jesus for help in every time of trouble, and praise him before one another and throughout all the world in both word and deed....
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Wisdom from Above from 2020-06-07T16:00:02
The wisdom that comes from intimacy with God makes us to be peacemakers who bring healing to the brokenness of the world. Speaker: Sean Scribner Scripture: James 3:13-18
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The Joy of the Holy Spirit from 2020-05-31T16:00:54
The joy of the Holy Spirit is in being sent, to do the Father’s will, according to the Father’s ways. Speaker: Sean Scribner Scripture: Luke 10:21-24
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How the Gospel Transforms Community from 2020-05-24T16:00:30
We are not meant to live an exaggerated form of Christian individualism – a “Jesus-and-me” mentality. God did not call us into salvation in isolation but in community. Romans 12:3-18 shows us that ...
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Life in the Spirit from 2020-05-17T16:00:08
The Gospel of grace does not leave us under the power of sin but ushers God’s people into a life in the Spirit, marked by power and victory over sin. We are then encouraged to pursue holiness...
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On Thin Ice from 2020-05-03T18:00:31
We often believe that while we may be forgiven by grace through faith, we enter the Kingdom on thin ice. When we behave well, we think God must like us, but when we blow it, we feel God must dislik...
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Having an Advantage but Not Better Off from 2020-04-26T18:00:10
God has a solution to the problem of sin.
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Not Quite Good Enough from 2020-04-19T18:00:07
As people, we are seriously flawed. In many ways we reject truth, do evil, and worship wrongly. While this is bad news, it also reassures us that if God will save, it won’t be on the basis of...
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Living Hope from 2020-04-12T18:00:57
Because of Christ, who rose victoriously from the grave, Christians have a living hope that is more real, true, and glorious than anything the world has to offer. No matter how difficult this life ...
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The Celebration of the Cross from 2020-04-05T18:00:46
If you have given your life to Jesus, he has freed you from all sin. Make every effort, therefore, by the inner working of his Spirit’s power, to remove the “yeast” from your heart, tha...
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The Certainty of the Cross from 2020-03-29T18:00:04
God is holy love, who poured out his love on us through the pouring out of his wrath upon himself. Because of the cross, we can be certain that when the day of judgement comes and all that is oppos...
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The Scandal of the Cross from 2020-03-22T17:00:41
You and I as sinners are co-conspirators with the persons responsible for handing Jesus over to die. Though our sin sent him to the cross, it was also his love that took him to the cross. We must s...
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The Necessity of the Cross from 2020-03-15T17:00:15
The cross demands we hold fast to the biblical revelation of the living God who is disgusted and angered by evil, but it convinces us that his merciful search for a way to forgive, cleanse, and acc...
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