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Don't Waste Your Life

10/29/2017

When Jesus told his first followers to make disciples of all the nations, he wasn’t defining discipleship as a hand raising decision. Discipleship goes far beyond hand raising. Discipleship involves pouring our lives into others so they too might be equipped to share Christ with others who can then disciple others. It’s the 2 Timothy 2:2 principle. At the heart of our internship program is this desire to equip young men and women to fulfill God’s call upon their lives. Our internship program really has two goals: the first is to help affirm God’s call to vocational ministry upon a person’s life. The second is to give these young men and women hands on experience in the the local church. The ultimate goal is to disciple disciplers. In today’s message, we hear from one of our interns, JP Tegart, who will challenge us to re-examine our love for Jesus from the Old Testament book of Deuteronomy. Please listen prayerfully as this young man demonstrates a Biblical wisdom far beyond his natural years.

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Fasting- Experiencing a Hunger for God

10/22/2017

What comes to mind when you think of fasting? Extreme radical Christianity? Emaciated bodies? Unnecessary hardship irrelevant for today’s church? Hunger pains? Fasting doesn’t get a lot of press these days, and when it does it can come across as extreme and legalistic. There is a ditch on each side of this road we want to stay out of. One extreme says fasting is irrelevant and unnecessary for the Christian in today’s world. Because Jesus didn’t say much about fasting, it need not be a concern for us today. On the other side of the road is a ditch that says fasting is the only way a person can experience the fullness of God’s power. This attitude boast that Jesus plus fasting equals the abundant Christian life. What is needed is a balanced Biblical approach. Fasting doesn’t make us righteous in the eyes of God but neither is it irrelevant in the Christian life. Like the other disciplines of the soul, it has its appointed place. In today's message we look at what the Bible has to say about fasting and it's implications for our lives.

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Grace Works

10/15/2017

Martin Luther is best known as the Father of the Protestant Reformation. He was by no means a perfect man but he was God’s perfect choice to revive the Doctrine of Grace among the religious institutions of 16th Century Europe. As inspiring as Luther's life was, one does not have to read the biographies of the Protestant Reformers to know that God’s grace changes a person. If you have experienced the grace of Jesus Christ then you know that grace works. God’s unconditional love in Jesus Christ, working through our faith, transforms us into a new species of humanity. A new creation that, although no longer depends upon good works to receive God's love, gladly desires good works for His glory. That is an important distinction as we begin looking at our 5th spiritual discipline of the soul - the Discipline of Service.

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Church Government Matters

10/8/2017

In John 10, a passage most frequently and appropriately used to teach the doctrine of the Security of the Believer, we have a statement by Jesus that is really, really, quite profound. Of course all of the things that Jesus said were, in some way, very profound, but notice v.27:

My sheep hear My voice, and I know them, and they follow Me;

Consider what Jesus is saying. Christians can actually hear the voice of God, know His will and follow Him. The statement is not directed to just a few sheep like the paid professionals but to all of His sheep. Every Christian can hear the voice of God, know His will and follow Him. That reality has huge consequences for both individual believers and churches as they seek to better understand God's will for their lives.

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Much Assembly Required

10/1/2017

Churches come in all colors, sizes and personalities; no two churches are exactly alike. But in the midst of our diversity there is an important similarity every healthy church shares: a desire for godliness. Healthy churches want to grow in godliness and in order for that to happen, certain disciplines of the soul must be practiced. Just as healthy bodies benefit from physical exercise, so healthy churches benefit from spiritual exercise. That is Paul’s admonition to Timothy in 1 Timothy 4 and though Paul does not give us an exhaustive list of spiritual disciplines, the New Testament does give us enough clues to show us what disciplines of the soul look like. The disciplines we’ve examined so far include Studying the Bible, Praying and Evangelizing. Today we look at a 4th discipline- the Discipline of Corporate Worship.

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Don't Waste Your Life

Fasting- Experiencing a Hunger for God

Grace Works

Church Government Matters

Much Assembly Required

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