Sermon Series Summaries
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Habakkuk
People don’t avoid preaching Habakkuk because it is obscure or strange. They avoid 
reading and preaching this book because it brings us face to face with some VERY hard truths. The key verse to this book is Habakkuk 2.4, “…the righteous shall live by faith.” In short, this book is about FAITH. It is organized around simple and raw conversations with God that we all have in one way or another—pushing us to a place where we either have to TRUST that God is sovereign or not—that God is in control or he is not—that this is HIS story that HE wrote for His glory, or we’re going to pretend its OURS and try to rewrite for our own glory.
Sacred Assembly
Sacred Assembly is a study of the church. Jesus loved the Church so much he died for it. Sadly, today many are claiming that the bride itself is dead or, at the very least, it has lost the mission that Jesus gave it. This is why our study is so important. Instead of listening to the loudest voices of culture, we’ll seek to understand what Jesus says the church he died for and built is all about. Week one seeks to clarify what is the church and what is not the church. Week two will address why we preach instead of having spiritual conversations. Week three will identify who our Senior Pastor Jesus uses to care for His bride. Finally, week four and five will explain what traditions Jesus charged His Church to practice and why their more than just routines.
Retro-Faith: A study of the book of James
Today, the word “retro” is most often used in a positive sense, referring to quirky or attractive products or trends that are no longer available. Retro-faith seeks to explore faith as James understood it back in the 50s…A.D. The practical outworking of our faith has changed since James wrote his letter—and not all for the better. A spiritualized culture with an ambiguous “faith in God” has bled over into a once distinct faith in Jesus Christ. Christianity is not lived out by Christians and therefore not viewed by Non-Christians as radically life-changing. If we’re honest, Christians rarely think, look, or sound much different than non-Christians in how they live, separated more by their tribal language and cultural traditions than by their lifestyle. In the pursuit of cultural relevance to the world and personal liberty, Christians have abandoned the basics of godly living, actions which confirm true faith, as old fashioned or outdated.
In this study, we intend to re-establish the essential practices of what it means to called a Christian. We will not develop new spiritual disciplines for a more progressive Christian faith, rather, we will look backward and make that which is old new again—a Retro faith.
Songs of Summer: A Study of the book of Psalms
The Songs of Summer take us on a journey through 7-10 Psalms in the book of Psalms--a book of praise. In Psalms, we are commanded to praise, given instruction on how to praise, and shown examples of what praise looks like in the life of David. If we read the book, we see that the beginning of the book is filled with Psalms of lament. As the books move on, we see this lament transformed to praise. By the end of the book, we see psalm after psalm of declaration of who God is and what He has done, and finishes with the instruction to praise God in everything. In the same way, our life moves from the depths of our own depravity, to enlightenment by the Spirit, to response in worship for what God has done to reconcile us to Himself.
Exodus Part 2 & 3: God's Law and Dwelling
The first part of Exodus was a verse by verse study of Exodus 1-15. The 2nd and 3rd parts take larger sections as Moses receives the Law of God and God comes to dwell with his people. Part 2 fast forwards after the giving of the law to Exodus 32 where Israel is at the bottom of the mountain starting their own new cult. After Moses intercession, Part 3 begins as God again makes a covenant with the people, restarts his building plan, and comes to dwell in a house made by His people.
Easter: Roads to Resurrection
The Roads to Resurrection is a study of the nature and character of Jesus, examining why he had to be exactly who he was. How did Jesus fulfill ALL the Old Testament? Why did Jesus have to be fully human? Why did Jesus have to be fully God? Why did Jesus have to be rejected? Why did Jesus have to die? Why did Jesus have to rise from the dead? This five week series will take us up through the Passion Week and Good Friday to the most important day in a Christian's life, Easter--the celebration of the empty tomb! er.
Family Traits: Gospel Truth, Gospel Community Gospel Living
The family traits series is a study of our core convictions. This brief 3-week series will seek to affirm the primary motivations behind all that we do and say. These three convictions express unchanging aspects to our identity as oppossed to the ever-changing methods we use to express them in culture.
Exodus Part 1: A God With a Name
The story of Exodus is much more than a story of national identity. The Hebrew "History of Salvation" is our own story of redemption told over thousands of years ago. In Exodus chapter five verse two, Pharaoh asks, “Who is the Lord, that I should obey his voice and let
Redemption: Saving the world from "church
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Jesus sent us into the world to proclaim the gospel to all of creation. Galatians 5.1 says that it was for freedom that Christ sets us free and yet, we are warned in 1Peter 2.16 not to use our freedom as a means to indulge the flesh. We are called to avoid the extremes of both self-righteous legalism and self-indulgent liberty as we walk the God-glorifying line of self-denial. This series aims to address the nitty-gritty raw issues of life that consistently cause people trouble living in the world yet, without sin. We hope to repair the damage caused by legalism, and call everyone to repent as well reform our understandings of what it means to be a believer in Jesus redeeming the world around us.
The Gospel According to John 
Jesus asked Peter, "Who do the people say that I am? Then, Jesus asked Peter, "Who do YOU say that I am." The gospel according to John gives us a radically unique answer to the question of Who Jesus is. Perhaps you have never met him, or maybe your Jesus is one of the popular counselor Jesus, or boyfriend Jesus, or hippy-flocked-hair Jesus. John, a "Son of Thunder" portrays Jesus in a way that is unexpected, challenging, and refreshing.
Jonah 
Most of the books of prophecy focus on declaring the wrath of God and calling people to repentence. Every prophet lives and proclaims in a unique context, but the message is consistent. The book of Jonah is unique among the minor prophets. Instead of focusing on the prophecy, this book focuses on the prophet. Unlike the prophets who came before him, Jonah is told to arise and go proclaim God's truth to those outside the church. Jonah doesn't argue, he simply walks away, fearlessly running away from where God told him to go. Shamlessly, he refuses to call "those people" to repentence because, well, they are "those people." We are Jonah.
Reforming Sexuality 
We live in a sexualized culture. It makes sense because we are sexual beings--we were designed this way by God. Unfortunately, what God formed as a means to reflect His glory, man has deformed through sin. The culture denies this. They believe that the sexual revolution led to a throwing off the chains of repression, that the church has nothing to offer but slavery. Of course, nothing could be further from the truth.
Galatians
The earliest of N.T. letters, in it Paul argues for the freedom of the gospel over and against religiosity. A young church Paul had planted falls under the persecution of Judaizers who ascribe to the Jesus PLUS program. We still fight this same battle as the freedom of the gospel is attacked by legalists and moralists who make their 'traditions" a pre-requisite for righteousness. Paul rightly argues, we are saved by faith in Jesus' righteousness alone. We bring nothing to the table. We are more wicked than we will ever admit and more loved than we could possibly imagine (notes: the audio is low quality).
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