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Steadfast in the storm from 2023-12-03T00:00
Paul gave his life to the spread of the Gospel. I mean that he was not only prepared to die for Jesus, but he was fully prepared to live for Jesus. This was truly without regard to the cost, discom...
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Acts 26 - I Have Questions from 2023-11-26T00:00
What would our world look like if each of us were as faithful to the work of the Gospel as Paul was? I know that everyone encounters God and each has the opportunity to choose to seek and follow hi...
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Spiritual Rest from 2023-11-12T00:00
Lucas Lunsford shows us a scriptual basis for spiritual rest. CCLI Copyright License 11107056 CCLI Streaming License CSPL085064l
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Now, let's finish this thing! from 2023-10-29T00:00
Our lives in Christ Jesus must be based on a firm foundation. Our prayer today is that you would allow God to rebuild your foundation. CCLI Copyright License 11107056 CCLI Streaming License CSPL0...
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Who are you? What shall I do? from 2023-10-15T00:00
What to do. What to do. This is the real question we face in life. Knowing what we know, and understanding the options in front of us, we work to decide what to do. CCLI Copyright License 1110705...
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Only God Can Change a Leopard’s Spots from 2023-10-08T00:00
To remain steadfast in our pursuit of God amidst trouble is the hallmark of real followers. In times of stress and struggle, we should be driven deeper into our faith, not further from it. CCLI Co...
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Relentless Obedience, Unflinching Loyalty from 2023-10-01T00:00
How many of us would do what God directs us to do in the face of uncertain outcomes and certain loss and pain. Paul was a powerful example of maintaining course despite the fact that the road ahead...
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Pick Your Team from 2023-09-24T00:00
We are given the opportunity to choose whom we will follow. As we become aware of the stark differences between following self/the world and following Christ, we no longer have an excuse. Once we...
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Afflictions of the Righteous from 2023-09-17T00:00
Our own Matt Cancio speaks from the Bible, and his heart, on the subject of the Christian response to mental issues. CCLI Copyright License 11107056 CCLI Streaming License CSPL085064l
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Living a Contrary Life from 2023-09-09T14:00
Paul understood that both sincere people and fakes/charlatans alike will use the application of religion to move ahead in life. One with genuine motivation to find God, the other with deceptive/sel...
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Proverbs 32 - Blessed Are the Forgiven from 2023-09-03T00:00
Pastor Lucas Lunsford shows us the importance of a repentant heart and forgiveness. CCLI Copyright License 11107056 CCLI Streaming License CSPL085064l
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FRFR (IYKYN) from 2023-08-27T00:00
So many play at things. Children pretend to be things that they aren’t all the time. This is innocent, even productive play. When adults do this, however, it is another thing entirely. As grown pe...
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Picking the right team from 2023-08-20T16:55:36
When you get the right folks around you, you know it. They are the kind of people you can fully depend on. They have your backs day or night. The actually desire to sacrifice for you and yours. The...
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Is your God big enough to climb Mars Hill? from 2023-08-13T00:00
I have often thought about Academia/Higher Education as the ultimate place to find God. Contrary to what many fear, that they or their children will fall from God if they go to study in college and...
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Testimony, Tenacity, and Tact - Tools of the Kingdom from 2023-08-07T01:39:53
Last week we spoke about our story and how our “testimony” is a powerful tool for sharing the Gospel. I hope you have had the opportunity to share your faith with others. Today, in addition to the ...
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Telling Your Story - Acts 16 from 2023-07-30T00:00
The power of testimony cannot be understated. It is the vehicle by which the power and nature of God is most often revealed. The love of God is shared in the stories of how he has loved us. The fai...
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The Curse of Old Testament Law from 2023-07-23T00:00
Our own missionary Joe Brewster, currently serving in Bogota Collumbia, explains Acts 15 and the dangers of majoring in minor issues. CCLI Copyright License 11107056 CCLI Streaming License CSPL085...
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Wash, Rinse, Repeat - The Kingdom Extends from 2023-07-16T00:00
Why is it difficult to remain strong and true to the faith? This is an age-old challenge. We have to stay attentive to this area as we do all other areas of our health. Physical, emotional, financi...
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Acts 13 - Paul's First Missionary Journey from 2023-07-09T00:00
There is no stopping the power of the Holy Spirit in the lives of those who have been set apart by Him. CCLI Copyright License 11107056 CCLI Streaming License CSPL085064l
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Never Fear from 2023-07-02T00:00
We fear when we are hurt, when we are uncertain, when we are not in control. We doubt when we don’t understand, when something seems amiss, when things don’t go as we hope or expect. We fear and so...
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Convergence from 2023-06-18T00:00
The Word of God is replete with examples of God’s divine intervention into the lives of people. In fact, the entire Bible is thus. We should read these narratives as fully accurate, perfect and ill...
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Doing things the hard way… from 2023-05-28T00:00
Have you ever wondered why we are so prone to do things the hard way? You know, we continue down a path that we know is leading to an unpleasant or even tragic end, and we just won’t heed the warn...
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Trust and Obey from 2023-05-21T00:00
In the last half of Acts chapter 8, Philip shows us an example of how faith in Christ, and obedience to the call of Christ should work. CCLI Copyright License 11107056 CCLI Streaming License CSPL0...
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Things are getting dicey... from 2023-05-14T00:00
Those who oppose God will radically oppose those who follow Him. Even today. Make no mistake, the enemies of Christ see us as enemies as well. The war against God will never be successful, but it w...
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Count The Cost from 2023-05-07T00:00
Stephen was a man chosen to serve because he was full of the Spirit and exercised wisdom. He was clear thinking and logical. He was grown and mature. His choice was not careless or impetuous. It se...
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People, Man! from 2023-04-30T00:00
In Acts 6 the faithful band of new believers encounter their first major resistance since the crucifiction of Jesus. And it will cost the life of a disciple named Stephen, while ushering in the co...
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The Absolute Necessity of Repentance and The Consequences of Unbelief from 2023-04-02T05:00
Lucas Lunsford continues our study through The Acts of The Apostles, Chapter 3. CCLI Copyright License 11107056 CCLI Streaming License CSPL085064l
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The Purpose of Pentecost from 2023-03-26T05:00
After the ascension of Christ, we know the disciples were instructed to return to Jerusalem and wait for the gift of the Holy Spirit. They did as they were told. The dedicated themselves to gather...
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Acting Like Followers from 2023-03-19T05:00
When you know, you know. While the intellectual knowing of God through His word is one thing, the knowing God personally is another. Knowing the facts about God, and even knowing theology, that i...
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Setting the Scene for Jesus' Ministry and the Acts of the Apostles from 2023-03-12T06:00
Matt Cancio gives us a historical view of the world as it existed when Jesus began His ministry. CCLI Copyright License 11107056 CCLI Streaming License CSPL085064l
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“Then He opened their minds to understand the Scriptures…" from 2023-03-05T06:00
In preparation for our upcoming study on the book of Acts, I would like to revisit the final chapter of Luke. I would encourage you to make/take notes so that the full picture emerges more clearly...
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You Might Be A Pharisee If ... from 2023-02-26T06:00
Guest preacher Lucas Lunsford brings us God's word from Matthew 23:1-35. CCLI Copyright License 11107056 CCLI Streaming License CSPL085064l
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Caretaker or Undertaker? from 2023-02-19T06:00
Today, I am challenged to consider whether we are living as those who are caretakers of the work of our God, or if we are instead the undertakers, living as if we were in the last days of a dying f...
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Obedience Leads to True Identity and Kingdom Work from 2023-02-12T06:00
Guest speaker Henry Chan shares with us.
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This Joy that I have… from 2023-02-05T06:00
All week long I have been wanting to give you something. I have anticipated this since early in the week when it came into my heart. If I could give my church family something today, it is joy. Th...
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The works of faith from 2023-01-29T06:00
Salvation is instant, and is completed work immediately. As soon as we accept this cure for our imminent death, we are perfectly and utterly restored to Him. Sanctification is not completed as lon...
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Improving Their Position from 2023-01-22T20:20:07
Our most important consideration, far above all else, is being able to recognize our position before a perfect, holy God, as sinners, lost and utterly unable to save ourselves. Our God, in perfect...
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Improving your position - with others. The Motivation from 2023-01-15T06:00
We spoke of this last week - that the most important position that anyone can improve is the one between us and our Creator. This is infinitely more valuable than anything we could accomplish in o...
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Improve Your Position from 2023-01-08T06:00
I sometimes reflect on the traits that make us different than other animals in the universe. The idea of the future, of our position in it and our ability to conceptualize being in a better place ...
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The Best Way from 2023-01-01T06:00
We are people who are limited by time, resources and by talent. We cannot, or should not, waste our finite lives living ineffectively. Because of this, we should desire to live not in just any way...
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Let’s make much of Jesus from 2022-12-18T06:00
What type of savior are you looking for? One who will deliver you from sickness, poverty or provide physical comfort? Are you looking for a political savior or one who will correct society? Jesus...
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God’s Plan in Action: Connecting the Testaments from 2022-12-04T06:00
Last Sunday, our Pastor, Chris, shared a message regarding Mary the mother of Jesus and the Divine Conception that forms the basis for our belief in the virgin birth. During that message, he implo...
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Mis-, Immaculate, or Divine, Conception? from 2022-11-27T06:00
We believe outrageous things as Christians. We need to not only admit this, but double-down in our belief that our God, his actions and his relationship with us are beyond what the world can accept...
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Heaven vs A Dirt Nap from 2022-11-20T06:00
What will heaven be like and who will be there? CCLI Copyright License 11107056 CCLI Streaming License CSPL085064
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In the Image from 2022-11-13T06:00
Many of the things that we as Christians believe, run counter to what the culture propagates as “truth.” It is not because we have recently come up with some counter-narrative to what the world pr...
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The Main Thing from 2022-11-06T18:04:29
To be a Christian means you are exclusive in many ways. It is not a religion that can tolerate other “truths.” It is not a religion that can allow for other “saviors”. It is not a religion that h...
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Christianity - An Exceptional Belief from 2022-10-30T05:00
Have you ever found out that something you believed to be true was, in fact, not true? How did you react when confronted with truth? CCLI Copyright License 11107056 CCLI Streaming License CSPL085064
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The Spirit - What we’ve been looking for all our lives from 2022-10-23T05:00
The trick of living as a Christian is, of course, having a consistent manner by which we solve the problem of living in Him, in His will, for His end. As carnal beings, we are unable to do so on o...
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The 4th Option from 2022-10-09T05:00
At the end of Colossians, Paul shows his genuine love and affection for a number of people he held dear. He also reinforced the lives and behaviors of the genuine Christ followers that he named. ...
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Playing by Different (Better!) Rules from 2022-10-02T05:00
Sometimes the rules of Scripture make us get our backs up a bit. We like to do things our own way, modifying rules and routes to our own desires. The problem is, of course, that this is how we ge...
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Adopted Daughters and Sons from 2022-09-25T05:00
We should all be so excited about adoption that we can hardly stand it! Let’s consider it for a bit. That we would be adopted by God and sustained with all we need so that we can truly thrive in ...
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Living our best lives now from 2022-09-18T05:00
I see so many people pursuing the ideal of “living my best life now” but so many have no idea what this is or what they are missing on by not having this right. Real living is freedom, after all. ...
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Some Things Never Change ... from 2022-09-11T05:00
The Word never changes. The One revealed within its pages is eternal, consistent, fully complete and infinitely discoverable to us, the created ones. We cannot know all there is to know of our uni...
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For what do you “strenuously contend?” from 2022-09-04T05:00
We work and we strain toward many things. The word contend is used in the Bible to depict how we work to live in this world. It is defined more concisely as, “to strive or vie in contest or rival...
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The Traits of a True Christian from 2022-08-28T05:00
The Bible outlines in detail how Christians should behave, and how we should interact with the lost and each other. CCLI Copyright License 11107056 CCLI Streaming License CSPL085064
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I Heard About Your Church from 2022-08-21T05:00
The Colossians are called to not only refine and cleanse their understanding of the person of Jesus, but to put the reality of their salvation to work in the way they interacted with others. The p...
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The End Is The Beginning from 2022-08-14T05:00
Hebrews begins with foundational statements about the person, power and priority of Jesus Christ. The end of the letter affirms the same. The body the letter shows the transition from the old but m...
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Climbing The Right Mountain from 2022-08-07T05:00
Rightly ordered lives are challenging to maintain, but perhaps even more difficult for us to conceive. We often live in such a misaligned world, among such misaligned people, within our own misali...
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No Discipline Seems Pleasant At The Time from 2022-07-31T05:00
Discipline, correction and repentance are part of the lives of believers. We should not mourn this. We should celebrate that we have a Father who loves us enough to guide us, correct us, and to giv...
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Faith - Here's Your Sign from 2022-07-24T05:00
We talked last week about how true faith is literally the engine of our lives. Let’s look a bit further into the lives of those whose lives are given as an example of this type of faithful obedien...
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Faith, the engine of our lives from 2022-07-17T05:00
If Christianity were a crime, would there be enough evidence of it in your life for a conviction? CCLI Copyright License 11107056 CCLI Streaming License CSPL085064
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Choose to Live and Choose to Follow from 2022-06-19T05:00
Our awareness of our position as fully saved people before God should energize us to do the work of our lives. We are now completely relieved of the burden and yoke of sin, and are now truly free ...
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Is it really worth it? from 2022-04-10T05:00
Are the mysteries of God beyond our grasp? They are Should we strain toward understanding the depth of God all of our days? We should Will it cost me to pursue holiness in Christ? It will Is it w...
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Well Represented from 2022-04-03T05:00
Many people have determined that they are able to handle their own salvation. They believe that they are good enough to handle it. They believe that they have the inherent goodness to accomplish ...
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Today, if you hear his voice, do not harden your hearts from 2022-03-20T05:00
The book of Hebrews is meat and potatoes, though. It is a full-course meal, full of nutrition, healthy calories and just the right blend of vitamins and minerals. Like a good meal, it will sustain ...
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What is man? Who is the Son of Man? from 2022-03-06T06:00
The opening sentence in Hebrews 2 reminds us that we have to habitually return to the truths of the Gospel by which we were saved. We are to constantly tune our hearts to God. Like any stringed in...
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Making sense of it all Making sense of it all from 2022-02-27T18:08:58
The early church encountered virtually all of the challenges we face today. Nothing new under the sun, after all. One of the essential questions asked by all Christians from the first century unt...
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Living the simple life from 2022-02-20T06:00
We take as simply for granted, the incredible provision and opportunity we have been afforded. This is especially true as an American believer. We have wealth, opportunity and security. We have ...
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What’s love got to do with it? from 2022-02-13T06:00
The issues of inequity and racism have been a part of many of my waking moments for many years. As I came back to the US from living in the Philippines, this was a surprising reality of the land I ...
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Truly Special from 2022-01-30T06:00
Let’s be explicit from the outset. There should be no doubt or debate. We are not here to consume resources for a time and then return to dust. We are not here to serve self. We are not here to “...
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To Be Known and (still) Chosen from 2022-01-23T15:00
It is an undeniable truth that much of how we choose to treat others stems from how we perceive our own value and position in this world. Much of the work that needs to be done to improve race rel...
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In pursuit of a better world for Baby I from 2022-01-16T06:00
One of the issues that has become a current hot-button is what we will teach our children about race and its sordid history in our country. A convenient talking point is centered around the academ...
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No Longer To Linger from 2022-01-02T06:00
What does it mean to determine to make a change? Why is this so difficult? For reasons that God only likely fully understands, we are creatures who establish pathways we habitually walk down again ...
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Jesus, one of us, for each of us from 2021-12-19T06:00
Make no mistake, to believe as we say we believe is an outlandish and unreasonable act. To believe in the factual coming of a Messiah, sent by a God, to save humans from our sin requires a foundati...
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Shalom - Peace from 2021-12-05T06:00
Keep your tongue from evil and your lips from telling lies. Turn from evil and do good; seek peace and pursue it. CCLI Copyright License 11107056 CCLI Streaming License CSPL085064
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The Advent of Hope from 2021-11-28T06:00
Materialism, greed, selfishness, a lack of contentment - all are signs of a heart that is aligned with our world. For the most part, we have what we need and far more so in most cases. Contentmen...
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The Thanksgiving of Christ from 2021-11-21T18:01:20
Gratitude is the will of God in Christ Jesus. Jesus was thankful. He gave thanks publicly, and it is certain that he did so privately as well. Why would the Son of God have to give thanks? Afte...
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Giving Thanks As A Spiritual Dicipline from 2021-11-14T06:00
We have been practicing the discipline of gratitude for the past few weeks. Sometimes, we are painfully aware that we have not exercised these muscles. We struggle a little bit to come up with th...
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Raise Your Ebenezer from 2021-11-07T05:00
When we are truly grateful, it means that we are working from a place of honesty and vulnerability. True gratitude is the opposite of self, recognizing something or someone for blessings in our li...
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With Gratitude from 2021-10-31T15:00
We’ve been speaking, for some weeks, about the rules of the game. This has been the consideration of God’s law an its essential nature in our lives if we wish to live to the fullest. Our world has...
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Know the Rule Book from 2021-10-24T05:00
I am never really sure if things are truly getting worse, or if I am just growing in my awareness of the situations mankind are prone to put ourselves into. I am uncertain as to whether or not we ...
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Rules of the Game - Marriage, pt. 2 from 2021-10-10T05:00
Marriage is the voluntary sexual and public social union of one man and one woman, from different families. This union is patterned upon the union of God with his people who are his bride, Christ w...
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Playing by the Rules - Marriage/family from 2021-10-03T05:00
As we have been exploring for a number of weeks, now, our God has established very clear rules to how we are to conduct our human lives. These have been in place since the beginning, unwavering an...
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Break the rules, break the game from 2021-09-26T05:00
When we break the rules, there are consequences. This is a very clear cause and effect relationship. If, then. It is clear that we can apply this to understanding how our God has arranged and or...
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They're Not Even Playing The Same Game! from 2021-09-19T17:09:13
I have often found myself drawn into the discussion, debates and battles around what our society has determined, at least at this moment in time, to call right and good. It is hard to keep up with...
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FC2021 Day 5 from 2021-09-19T14:00
The Well Church & Western Hills Church Evening Cabin Devotional CCLI Copyright license 111070056 CCLI Streaming License CSPL085064
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FC2021 Day 4 from 2021-09-19T14:00
The Well Church & Western Hills Church Evening Cabin Devotional CCLI Copyright license 111070056 CCLI Streaming License CSPL085064
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DBC Night of Praise from 2021-09-12T14:00
Pastor Chris, The Praise Team, and members of The Well Church OKC joined with Dale Baptist Church in a community wide night of praise for the community of Dale Oklahoma. The Praise Team begins sing...
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What game are you playing? from 2021-08-29T05:00
Have you ever had the experience of playing a familiar game, one you have played for many years, and found that once you reference the rules, you find that you have been playing incorrectly, or tha...
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The Pitfalls of a Prideful Life from 2021-08-22T05:00
Dr. Chan teaches of the unexpected effects of a prideful heart. CCLI Copytight License 1107056 CCLI Streaming License CSPL085064
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Rules of the Game - Part One from 2021-08-15T14:00
As followers of God, and as people saved by Christ, we are tasked with living our lives on this earth, in the time, in particular ways, for particular ends. We are not living in a random, unpredic...
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Marching Orders from 2021-08-08T14:00
Those seeking God, post-salvation, would have wanted, and needed the practical guidance and encouragement Paul offers here. He delivers the marching orders to us in a clear way that is always somet...
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Ready, Set...! from 2021-08-01T14:00
We spent the month of July considering freedom and I have enjoyed this a great deal. We have considered the great cost of freedom that many have fought for in our country. We have faced the fact t...
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Freedom to Follow! from 2021-07-25T14:00
Real freedom is about the ability for the individual to choose. This is what we crave and it is essential to human thriving. It is even more than making right choices. It is the opportunity to do...
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Freedom - A costly, precious gift from 2021-07-18T14:00
We have been considering the idea of freedom this month. We have spoken about the fact that God created us for freedom, and not for bondage. That He has not only created us for freedom, but has gi...
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Traits of the Father from 2021-06-27T14:00
When I was a child, I only knew my earthly father through a very limited set of understandings. I knew he kept me safe and I knew he loved me. As I grew, I grew to know more about him. He was co...
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Good Good Father from 2021-06-20T14:00
God is our good Father. It is difficult for us to understand this fully, to be sure. As with anything, we have only our personal life experience to make sense of things we try to understand. God i...
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FC2021 Day 2 from 2021-06-09T04:17:01
Thr Well Church & Western Hills Church evening cabin devotional
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FC2021 Day 1 from 2021-06-08T05:00
The Well Church & Western Hills Cuurch Evening Cabin Devotional
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Cut To The Heart from 2021-06-06T16:56:35
Words are used to build peace and to cause destruction. They are the primary way we communicate all of our emotions. They convey culture and control government. They bind together and they rip apar...
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The truest example of Wisdom - Accepting Christ from 2021-05-16T05:00
We have been speaking of foolishness and of wisdom for the past month or so. In some cases, we may have been able to see areas where we, personally, are foolish. In this case, we would hopefully ...
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Wisdom - All Laid Out For Us from 2021-05-09T05:00
Solomon asked, expected to receive, and did receive, wisdom. One of the things that occurred was that much of his collected wisdom was recorded in Proverbs. These are truly powerful, concise sayin...
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Being Faithful to God-Given Mission from 2021-05-02T05:00
Dr. Chan encourages us to remain focused on the mission of building the kingdom of God. CCLI Copyright License 11107056 CCLI Streaming License CSPL085064
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Seeking Wisdom - Solomon’s example from 2021-04-25T05:00
How often do we realize that our own sins are not just our own? That our own shortcomings don’t just affect us? That our own poor decisions cause pain, suffering and loss to others? CCLI Copyrig...
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Word to the Wise - Don’t be a fool from 2021-04-18T05:00
The Word seems to be about as full of information and direction about how to identify, deal with and avoid foolishness as about any other subject. It is clearly central to the writings of Solomon....
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The Work of Wisdom from 2021-04-11T05:00
Today, I want to begin teaching on the concepts of wisdom and foolishness as taught by the Word of God. It seems that so much of my life is affected by these two contrasting ideas. This came to m...
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Hope and our Response from 2021-03-28T05:00
Over the course of the past month, we have been studying the book of Ruth and have considered the concept and reality of hope. As a reminder, as Christ followers, we do not use the word hope as ot...
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Hope - Real light for a dark world (pt. 2) from 2021-03-21T05:00
We spent the month of February thinking and studying the ideas of justice, love and unity in relation to the realities of racism and bigotry in our world. We know that the only real answers to thes...
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The Essential Connection from 2021-03-14T06:00
Today guest speaker Rick Baker why our only hope for happiness is to maintain an essential connection with God through the power of the Holy Spirit, a committed relationship with Jesus Christ. CCL...
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Hope - Real light for a dark world from 2021-03-07T06:00
Hope is the path we follow forward. It is the wheel by which we steer along this path. It is the engine that moves us and that propels us. Without hope, we cannot move, and cannot move in the rig...
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God’s Warning and Judgment Toward Injustice from 2021-02-28T06:00
Guest Speaker Dr. Henry Chan delivers a scriptural warning against injustice. CCLI Streaming License CSPL085065
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Justice is Required from 2021-02-21T06:00
From the very outset, let’s establish that racism is injustice. Period. In fact, it is one of the most bluntly clear examples of injustice that exists. CCLI Streaming License CSPL085064
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What the World needs now, is love, sweet love from 2021-02-14T06:00
Last week I suggested that the Christian Community is the ultimate enemy of racism. I believe this to be so. Not because of the institution itself or because of some type of political power it may...
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Christian Community - The ultimate enemy of racism from 2021-02-07T06:00
There is no Scriptural basis for racism. The idea that someone who has been given less skin pigmentation has more value than someone else is simply absurd and it is frankly amazing that any sentien...
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Made In The Image of God - Imago Dei from 2021-01-31T06:00
Pastor Chris begins a series discussing the problems with racism from a Biblical point of view. CCLI Streaming License CSPL085064
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Keeping Promises - Essential Christian Behavior from 2021-01-24T06:00
We have been speaking of promises. We have considered the covenantal pledges of God to Abram and we have looked at the assurance of the love of God to His people. We have also been clear on the c...
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The Promises of Jesus from 2021-01-17T06:00
It is hard to get a handle on all that we are and can be in Jesus, but let’s at least spend some time thinking through the meaning of His words in this aspect. He spent a great deal of time speaki...
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Promises, (Terrible,) Promises from 2021-01-10T06:00
The Word is very clear on the consequences of how we live our lives. It speaks of the results of these choices occurring both within our lifetimes and after we have died and receive the judgement ...
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Promises, Promises from 2021-01-03T15:00
Aren’t you glad our God is not us and His promises aren’t as ours? The Word of God is full of promises. In fact, so full that it is difficult to calculate how many there are. Victor Knowles, in ...
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Romans 14 - Peace! from 2020-12-06T06:00
Paul reminds us that there are much bigger issues at stake here. We are to be people of peace, and purpose. Not those who spend our energies in petty conflicts, divisive discussions or quibbling ...
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Romans 13 - BecauseI said So from 2020-11-29T06:00
Let us be known as a distinctive people of love who support and obey those in authority, unless and until it defies our God’s standard, and then we will diligently adhere to the Truth. CCLI Stream...
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Romans 12 - Beautiful Basics from 2020-11-22T06:00
The words of chapter 12 are stunning in their simplicity, profound in their accessibility and encouraging in their consistency with the standards woven throughout the Word. Here are some of the ...
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Mystery - Romans 11 from 2020-11-15T06:00
Mysteries abound. Our entire lives are spent trying to understand complex mysteries. Our hearts yearn for the justification of right over wrong, and for fairness to reign. In a world where we don’t...
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Wild Olive Shoots - Romans 11 from 2020-11-08T06:00
For the Jew and for all others. God still tarries. He still holds open the gates to salvation, even as the course of time hastens to its completion. Every second moves us precisely one second cl...
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How You Should Vote In 2020 from 2020-11-05T23:31:37
And now on to a pressing issue which is at hand. The election of our president in the year of our Lord 2020. Note, I did not say this is the most pressing issue, but it is certainly an important ...
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Romans 10:1-15 - Big Talk, Bad Ideas and Beautiful Feet from 2020-10-25T17:04:47
Why does God remain with us? Why does He persist in His steadfast love? Why does He not simply destroy us, or walk away and leave us to fully destroy ourselves? We deserve nothing less, of cours...
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Romans 9 - Missed The Boat from 2020-10-23T01:56:01
One of the most profoundly painful feelings occurs when you have given sincerely to someone, truly invested in them, and this effort is rejected. You have poured into as a teacher, parent, friend,...
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Romans 8:18-39, The Game Is Rigged from 2020-10-18T05:00
We win. Well, more accurately, the One who has saved us and preserved us for Himself wins and He will restore all who are His to Himself. We overcome. Again, more accurately, the Overcomer will...
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Our Hope in the Spirit! from 2020-10-05T00:58:28
Romans is a tough book. It is rich in foundational theology, steeped in essential doctrine, unflinching in its presentation of the complexities of faith and grace, and it calls us to confront our c...
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Romans 7 - The Struggle is Real from 2020-09-27T05:00
Return to a pet sin. Picking up again what you thought you had laid down for the last time. Slinking back to that nasty mess, right where you left it the last time. Rolling around in the death a...
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Romans 6 - Spot Changing from 2020-09-20T05:00
Voluntary servitude. Intentional slavery - the law of choices and their consequences. Sowing and reaping. Choosing what’s behind door number two. Picking the red pill or the blue pill. The road...
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Comfort In he Conflick from 2020-09-13T05:00
Taking a pause in the study of Paul’s writing to the Romans for this week. In the past days, weeks and months, the truth is that my people have been (and are,) hurting. In some cases it seems tha...
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Romans 5 The Perfect Ratio from 2020-09-06T05:00
The law should make us run, as hard as we can, from the horror of our sin and into the grace and love of Jesus.
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What shall we say about Abraham? from 2020-08-30T05:00
Continuing through chapter 4 of Paul’s letter to the Romans.
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Romans 3 Advantage Jews from 2020-08-23T14:00
A head start, a preview, an advanced copy. First in line. Inside track. Knows somebody. The Jews were, and are still, the chosen people of God. From an obscure nomadic tribe in the vast region ...
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The Bad News Is Worse Than We Think (or act) from 2020-08-16T05:00
Chris continues through Romans 2 with more bad news about the human condition. CCLI Streaming License CSPL085064
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Romans - A Gift Across The Ages from 2020-08-09T05:00
(1) to teach the fundamental doctrine of salvation to fortify believers against their enemies; (2) to explain the unbelief of Israel and vindicate the faithfulness of God in his dealings with Israe...
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How does your garden grow? from 2020-08-02T05:00
Many times we struggle to reconcile the two ideas which are central to both our new identity in Christ, if we are saved, and the ongoing struggles we face with our carnality. Why does my “new crea...
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Decisions, Decisions, Decisions from 2020-07-26T05:00
From what I can tell, life is a constant progression of decisions. We wake up each morning and we can plan on facing any number of decisions. Sometimes we might want to have others just make the d...
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Just Believe from 2020-07-19T17:12:31
What an incredible tragedy. What an overwhelming thing, to realize that most people are not saved from their sins and even many who say that they follow the One, true God, are not likely to actual...
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Life Is Pretty Hard Right Now from 2020-07-12T14:00
With the pandemic and everything else going on in the world right now, many are suffering. It has never been more important for us as Christians to take care of ourselves, each other, and those aro...
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A Good Place For Sheep from 2020-06-28T05:00
The chaos and struggle of life is not of God’s making. The sin and systems which exist that harm or keep people in bondage are from man and man’s sin. We have been allowed to continue in life, oft...
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To Seek and Correct from 2020-06-14T05:00
Many people in our world today are in pursuit of Justice. So, how do we define justice, and why? Hint: without a foundation in Christ there can be no true justice. CCLI streaming license CSPL085064
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Proof Of Life from 2020-06-07T05:00
Favoritism! Good or bad? CCLI streaming license CSPL085064
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Coach ‘em up from 2020-03-08T06:00
The book of 1Timothy contains clear teaching on how women and men of God are to conduct themselves in a world where many confusing messages are being promoted. Much like our own world, in fact. ...
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1 Timothy 6 from 2020-02-23T18:06:08
Chris takes us through some simple guidelines explaining how to take care of others.
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Let's Make Disciples from 2020-02-16T06:00
Guest speaker Ever Borunda encourages us to get back to our original mission; to make disciples.
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Beware and Be Aware from 2020-02-09T06:00
In the continuation of Paul’s direct instruction to Timothy, the apostle appears to address the inevitable pressure of heresy and false teaching that were present in his day and, naturally, in ours...
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Staffing up for the Work from 2020-02-02T06:00
Today’s teaching is fundamentally a master class in hiring or appointing folks to positions of leadership in a church. In fact, it is often used to guide just this process.
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Tackle the tough issues, Christian! from 2020-01-26T06:00
Timothy, a strong, capable young leader, sent by God through Paul to lead the church in Ephesus. He is tasked with addressing those who would perpetrate false teachings in the church.
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Living Before the Face of God from 2020-01-19T06:00
How different would our everyday behavior be if we conducted our lives as if God is always watching. Well…He is.
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Fit For The Cross from 2020-01-12T06:00
Who we really are is clearly seen in how we live, not simply by what we say. Our actions are the natural behaviors of our most sincerely held beliefs and core values. Many people say that they wa...
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Imago Dei - In the image of God from 2020-01-05T06:00
We have to understand the fullness of our condition. While we are all created in the image of God, and He designs us to live in harmony with Him and with others, as creatures given free will, we ha...
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The Birth of Jesus from 2019-12-22T06:00
Today we will learn the basic facts of the birth of Jesus. We will read the account of his birth, his lineage, the location and events surrounding his birth as well as those who bore witness to hi...
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Absalom’s Hair-Raising End from 2019-12-15T06:00
Last week, we saw Absalom’s conspiracy emerge and the kingdom in turmoil. David has taken his household, and many who are loyal to him, and they have fled into the wilderness. Absalom has taken ye...
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David's Just Due from 2019-12-08T06:00
Last week we looked at the beginnings of prophecy come true in the life of David. Nathan had foretold him of the disaster to come that would arise from within his own family. The dark, wrenching ...
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The Immeasurable Cost of Our Sin - David’s Just Due from 2019-12-01T06:00
Lust is such a powerful force, but only when it is allowed to take root. It has to be stopped before it grows unbearably strong. It grows when the heart of man turn inward, instead of toward his ...
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David’s Ground Zero and Sin’s Fallout from 2019-11-17T06:00
We have been studying the life of David, a man chosen by God, and a man who, the Bible says, was “after God’s own heart.” We have seen how he lived in his youth and in his young adult life. We ha...
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David’s Golden Age… from 2019-11-10T06:00
Put as simply as us sheep need to hear it - God’s way is the only way. Any time we alter the approach and guidelines He gives us, it goes badly. Even in what we might incorrectly determine to be ...
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On The Run from 2019-10-13T07:00
As we look into the story of David’s life in chapters 19-20 we see that a time of tumult and uncertainty begin for the giant slayer. He seems to have been exactly where he should have been. Anoin...
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David's Dream Job from 2019-10-06T07:00
Have you ever felt the irony of believing you are in the middle of God’s will, but were facing more opposition than ever before? How do we know when something is man’s idea versus God’s idea? So m...
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David and Goliath from 2019-09-29T05:00
As a reminder, at the end of Saul’s reign, the prophet Samuel had identified, because of God’s selection, the next king of Israel. David, a son of Jesse and a shepherd, was anointed as the future ...
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The Death of a King from 2019-09-22T14:00
Many of us fail to consider our final days, however. How is it that we believe we will finish this race? How will we end this physical life and move into our eternal life? What will our final secon...
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Hero or Zero from 2019-09-15T14:00
If we were entrusted with an artifact or item of great worth, we would feel, quite literally, its value. We could know its potential cost, its power or its meaning. If the person who owned it, gave...
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Choose Your Own Adventure from 2019-09-08T05:00
As we move along the paths of our own lives, we encounter countless opportunities to move in a particular direction, almost always at the cost of another. Some are excited when these opportunities...
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James - Gritty Christianity from 2019-09-01T05:00
James has an unmistakable emphasis on vital Christianity. He is clearly a practitioner of his faith. He speaks in specifics as to how the Christian life is to be lived. He does not press deeply i...
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Trust The System from 2019-08-25T05:00
Sometimes, it seems like it takes a lot to sort through what the Word is saying to us. It may seem dense, complex or that it takes a lot of overall knowledge to be able to rightly divide its messa...
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Watch Yo Mouth from 2019-08-18T05:00
I have found that material that is dense and difficult to understand contains the most footnotes or annotations. James does not have much by way of extra explanation. It is straightforward and it...
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Setting Sail II from 2019-07-28T05:00
We have a beginning an an end. We were born for here and now. We are not accidental or random. We are put together specifically with our individual gifts and talents. What we know from Scripture...
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Mean People - Scoffers, Mockers and Bullies from 2019-06-23T05:00
All of Psalm 119 is the writer rejoicing in the the security and power of God’s laws and precepts. In all of the turbulence of his life, he clings to the anchor of the law and rejoices in its guid...
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Truth - Our God Is The Source Of All Truth from 2019-06-16T05:00
Why is it so essential that we know and follow truth?After all, if what we believe is not true, but seems to be working out okay for us, what would it really matter?
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Tuesday Night Games from 2019-06-05T05:00
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Tuesday Night from 2019-06-05T05:00
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Monday Night from 2019-06-04T03:53:34
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Life As We Know It from 2019-05-26T17:02:48
Life. How we define, preserve, protect and value life is often, in my opinion, directly related to how well we have understood God and His Word to us. On the other hand, this subject as with all o...
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The Return(s) of Christ from 2019-05-05T17:09:06
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The Transformed Church - Simply Enough from 2019-04-14T05:00
The Church is to: Bring glory to God, through the salvation of the lost and the maturation of the followers of Christ. So that, in due time, we will be fully restored to our God, our sin erased, t...
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Never Drop Your Guard from 2019-03-31T17:05:43
Last week, we looked at the first of seven churches described in the book of Revelation. Each of these churches was located in the area of modern-day Turkey. Consider, for a moment, how this land...
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Attention Required from 2019-03-24T05:00
I sometimes wonder about the fate of churches I have known over the years. Growing up, I have been a part of, or acquainted with a number of local gathering of believers. I can recall several chu...
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In It Together from 2019-03-17T05:00
I was recently reading an article by Adam Davidson entitled, “Church as we know it is over. Here’s what’s next.” The title had me pretty quickly. (And, since it’s on the internet, it must be tru...
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Acts 6 The Transformed First Century from 2019-03-10T05:00
Acts 6 The Transformed First Century
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Transforming the Body from 2019-02-24T18:12:08
The health of the Church is critical. It is how we are able to be the human, physical, tangible expression of the love and beauty of our Savior. It is where we are able to do the work of Jesus. ...
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Why are we here? from 2019-02-17T18:01:53
This is one of the questions we have all asked on many occasions during our lives, most likely. In fact, many of us have this question pop into our minds nearly every day. We ask it at the most in...
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Characteristics of a Transformed Church from 2019-02-10T18:12:42
What are the identifying traits of a local body of Christians which would clearly indicate that they are a collectively healthy, high-functioning body of believers?
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Transformed Collectively from 2019-02-03T19:01:50
Christians, if truly transformed, should be known as a people who are collectively different than others. What does this mean? How is it that those who follow the man from Nazareth are to be in o...
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Transformed - Living Life Through the Spirit from 2019-01-27T18:59:55
We have been speaking about what it means to be transformed. It is clear, from the Word, that when we have been redeemed by our God through the Son, that we are no longer the same person. Living ...
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Transformed In Deed! (pun intended…) from 2019-01-20T18:55:51
The transformation of the redeemed is not the result of any actions of the one who has been saved. This is not the natural change into beauty of a creature always destined to be a certain way, and ...
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Our Work Ahead from 2019-01-13T18:59:10
These days, I often speak of City transformation with my friends. There are many who have become convinced that our God desires to see OKC be a city of Salt and Light, a place of health, healing a...
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What Is So Magnificent About Mary's Song? from 2018-12-16T18:54:38
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Love your Enemies and thus declare the greatness of the Lord! from 2018-11-26T07:00
Through our obedience, we declare our commitment and allegiance to God. There are few ways where we can show this more clearly than through the way we address and treat our enemies.
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Thoughts on Thanks from 2018-11-18T19:00:17
To give thanks is love. It is worship. It is the proper position we should maintain before our God. This makes sense of course. Why then is it sometimes so hard to do? We do need to be reminded...
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Love Your Enemies - Pray For Those Who Curse You from 2018-11-11T19:01:26
This week we explore one of the most difficult demands of Christ, to love your enemies.
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