| Mar 3, 2012 |
Quest Week 5 – Judging Others NO AUDIO |
No Sermon Recording this week due to Technical Dificulties Thoughts for Worship: “Quest Week 5 – Judging Others” Scripture: Matthew 7:1-6 Jesus now teaches a truth that is widely abused in the secular world. He says “Judge not, that you |
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| Feb 25, 2012 |
Quest Week 6 – Teaching about Worry |
Thoughts for Worship: “Quest Week 6 – Teaching About Worry” Scripture: Matthew 6:25-33 Today we encounter Jesus’ great treatise on worry. Anxiety is perhaps the most common sin committed by Christian people. It is an example of “practical atheism”. Jesus |
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| 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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