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| Madness on the Throne (Daniel 4) Sunday, September 28th, 2008 What a week! Does anyone in Washington or New York actually know what’s going on? It might all work out in the end for all of us tax payers, but if ever we needed to consider that maybe it is sheer madness to think that we are in control and that there is an expert somewhere who has the answers, this is the time. In the 6th Century BC Nebuchadnezzar believed he had the answers. He had built a powerful economic system and an invincible military machine. He believed he was King of the Mountain. Was he in touch with reality? Are we? |
| Bow or Burn (Daniel 3) Sunday, September 21st, 2008 "Toleration" can mean that you must accept all morals and spiritual viewpoints as equally valid. To actually believe that you are connected with the ultimate God who is there is the height of arrogance and pride. Apply this kind of thinking to the fiery furnace account in Daniel 3. Is it a progressive, contextualized understanding of how things have changed to go ahead and bow before Nebuchadnezzar's god, especially when you consider that the Temple in Jerusalem has just been burned to the ground and Babylon now rules the world? Listen and learn from Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego. |
| The Dream of Destiny (Daniel 2:24-49) Sunday, September 14th, 2008 Fear is a bad decision maker, and the fear that life as we know it will soon end is one of our greatest fears. The “gods” of earth, including the physicists, might be able to get some correct info about what happened soon after the beginning and even reveal the elementary children’s blocks God used to create this present time-space-matter world. What they can’t tell us is how history will end, and more importantly, who will sit on the throne in the last chapter. These are the questions that only God can answer, and He chose to do just that in Nebuchadnezzar’s dream of destiny. |
| Reveal The Dream or Die (Daniel 2:1-24) Sunday, September 7th, 2008 We can be driving along a smooth road in life on a clear sunny day. The blue sky seems to stretch forever when suddenly we have a flat tire, storm clouds gather, and a blue sky turns to rain and then sleet. How do you react when you face life’s threatening storms? In Daniel 2 Nebuchadnezzar explodes in anger against not only Daniel, but all of his wise men and threatens to murder the entire lot. How did this young seventeen year old respond just out of Babylonian grad school? What can we learn about how to handle the situation when someone explodes in rage and threatens us? |
| The Attempted Brainwash (Daniel 1) Sunday, August 31st, 2008 As believers in the 21st Century, Daniel teaches us not to isolate ourselves from the world, or be assimilated by the world, but to bring redemption to our world by living out our faith in the world. This week you will face the “brain washing” pressures that Daniel faced. Pressure to give in to idolatry, to compromise your moral values, to go along with the “system.” Will you dare to be a Daniel? |
| The Return to Paradise: Our Only Hope (Revelation 21:1-22:6) Sunday, August 24th, 2008 "No hope!" Only two words but some of the toughest to hear. Your heart sinks, the tears flow, and then there's nothing but emptiness. Where can we go when we hear "No hope? " This week's Truth Encounter can answer that question. |
| It’s Also About One Another (Hebrews
10:1-25 ) Sunday, August 17th, 2008 Americans are professionals when it comes to going to the movies. We know how to be quiet, to not interact with our neighbor, and to scorn the directors and actors we don't like by not putting down our money for the next show, but on Sunday morning are we supposed to be just an audience? This week's Truth Encounter challenges us to take a hard look at Hebrews 10 to discover that worship is more than enjoying the show. We are to stimulate and encourage each other to value Jesus. Listen to a story from the Antique Road Show that will illustrate how this is done. |
| The
Adulterer Finds Forgiveness (II
Samuel 12) Sunday, August 10th, 2008 Sin makes us sick. The guilt pushes us toward death. If you have ever asked how to get out of this pit, or if you have ever wanted to help others to overcome guilt, this message from 2 Samuel 12 has the answers you need from the Prophet Nathan. |
| Fatal
Steps into Adultery (II
Samuel 12) Sunday, August 3rd, 2008 He was God’s man, yet he became an adulterous murderer. If you have ever wrestled with seduction, you need to learn from the life of King David - how to avoid the fatal steps that lead from a glance- to romance- to the lance. |
| Countering
the Spirit of Power (Daniel
11:38) Sunday, July 27, 2008 Since the first mushroom cloud of World War II, the world has seen an explosion in the technology of death. We hold cruise missiles and mass destruction at the pressure of a fingertip. What happens to a people when they greet each other with “May the Force be with you!”? Learn how to counter this pervasive spirit of power. |
| Countering
the Spirit of Despair (2
Thessalonians 2:4,
I John 4:3) Sunday, July 20, 2008 If there is no God, where is the love, where is the standard of right and wrong, and where is the hope? Materialistic atheism deflates human existence into a sagging sack of dying molecules. The biblical Christ promises to transform human existence into an eternal heavenly existence through the power of His cross and the empty tomb. And we have to decide who we will choose to believe. |
| Countering
the Spirit of Atheism (Daniel
11:36-37) Sunday, July 13, 2008 This week we are beginning a new miniseries entitled, Countering the Spirit of Antichrist, and as time hurtles forward, the predictions mushroom. Who is 666? The Spirit of Antichrist is definitely already here. Every day millions exclude Christ from their daily routine. Millions live for power and prestige. What can we do to counter this spirit of atheism, this spirit of power? |
| Free
at Last (John
4:1-30) Sunday, July 6, 2008 Saving Private Ryan was a reminder to us of the cost of our freedom. The movie, Life is Beautiful, described what was at stake in WWII from a totally different perspective. This July 4th, as we remember and are thankful for those who sacrifice for our freedom, should also be a holiday in which we celebrate a greater deliverance. Dave shares today how Jesus invaded earth to conquer an enemy that enslaves thousands and how He did it. |
| Worship
In Paradise (Part II) (Genesis
1-3) Sunday, June 29, 2008 In popular opinion, men take care of the important family issues--little league sports, the US Open, reading the Sunday paper, mowing the grass, and marinating the hamburgers to be grilled later, while mom takes the kids, not involved in sports, to church. Moses, however, gives different priorities to the men in Ancient Israel. In fact God reveals in the very beginning that husbands and fathers are to take the lead in serving the Lord and obeying His commands. Genesis two reveals the first two words used for worship in the Old Testament. Let’s see if we can discover what they are. |
| Worship
In Paradise (Genesis
1-3) Sunday, June 22, 2008 Worship – How do you even start to get a handle on a word in English that can mean romantic love, a title of respect in a courtroom, a religious service, a music style, different church rituals, and even false religion that honors human sacrifice? Actually, there is no Hebrew, Aramaic, or Greek word that in the Scripture lines up exactly with the usage of our English word “worship.” Therefore, why not begin at the beginning and let God’s revelation in the Scriptures begin to paint its own picture of what it means when it talks to us about the connection between God and man and their response to one another. |
| What
To Do With Arrogant, Rebellious Kids (1
Corinthians 4:14-21) Sunday, June 15, 2008 In the eighties militant feminism seemed to be overrunning fatherhood and conducting a funeral for the role of dad in the lives of kids, but suddenly at the funeral the corpse came to life---Promise Keepers, Wild at Heart, and even Arnold’s comment—“Manly Men.” Dad tutoring his kids in math and science, swinging them in the park and teaching them to swing at the ballpark is hip once again. But while we’re spending all this time with them, how do we react when our heavenly kids act like demons? How do we react when they tell us they don’t buy dad’s old fashioned ideas about right and wrong? Turn to 1 Corinthians 4:14 ff and let’s see what we can learn about fathering from this single man, the Apostle Paul, who shows us what it means to be not only a physical dad but a spiritual father. |
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