| Feb 18, 2012 |
Scandalous Teaching about Money |
Thoughts for Worship: “Scandalous Teaching about Money” Scripture: Matthew 6:19-24 Today we delve into Jesus’ teaching on money, possessions and priorities. Jesus does not condemn wealth and condone poverty. But he does challenge every person to decide what is their |
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| Feb 14, 2012 |
Scandalous Truth about Prayer |
Thoughts for Worship: “Scandalous Truth about Prayer” Matthew 6:5-15 The Lord’s Prayer is repeated in thousands of churches each week. For many it is a ritualistic observance, but the teaching in and around the Lord’s Prayer is a wake-up call |
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| Feb 9, 2012 |
Audience of One |
Thoughts for Worship: Title: “Audience of One” Matthew 6:1-6, 16-18 Jesus moves his teaching from what we are to do (Matthew 5:21-48) to why we do it. He focuses on 3 elements of Jewish piety: alms, prayer and fasting. He |
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| Feb 1, 2012 |
A Scandalous Command to Love |
Thoughts for Worship: A Scandalous Command to Love Scripture: Matthew 5:43-48 The radical demand of being a Christ follower reaches an apex in the command “love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you”. Loving our friends is easy, |
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| Jan 22, 2012 |
Scandalous, Matthew 5:38-42 – Retaliation |
Today and next week we plunge into the heart of Jesus’ ethic for his church. Today we consider Jesus’ demand that we respond in a totally different way from the world when our dignity, possessions and freedom are attacked. These |
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| Jan 15, 2012 |
Scandalous, Mathew 5:33-37 – Oaths |
Jesus’ teaching on oaths and vows may seem irrelevant to us at first glance. The profound truth of His words impact us directly because He is calling us to honesty and integrity in our everyday speech. God cannot lie. His |
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| Jan 8, 2012 |
Scandalous, Matthew 5:31-32 – Divorce |
We return to the Sermon on the Mount and immediately confront Jesus’ teaching on divorce. Divorce is perhaps the leading challenge and sorrow in the Christian church. The focus of our worship today is on the faithfulness, patience and trustworthiness |
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| Jan 1, 2012 |
It’s a Kid Thing |
We go back to the Old Testament to the young king of Judah, Josiah, to discover what it truly means to worship God with our lives. It was Josiah’s rediscovery of the Word that led him to worship God with |
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| Nov 20, 2011 |
Scandalous, Matthew 5:27-30 |
Jesus plainly instructs his new community in the area of sexual ethics. While the focus is on adultery and the dangers of our thought life, his words open up the whole question about the reason sexuality is confined to the |
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| Nov 13, 2011 |
Scandalous, Matthew 5:21-26 |
Jesus begins to describe life in His kingdom. His teaching digs down into the real meaning of the law, which is a matter of the heart and not simply behavior. Much of this teaching is about the community we are |
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