Jesus goes straight to awkward. This is the Gospel, maybe you've never really heard it. It will kick your feet out from under you. You should listen. Do you have sense enough to come in out of the rain?
Did Jesus come to bring peace? Why does He say He wants to burn down the world? Do Christians have a license to be jerks?
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Do you think the disciples were surprised that Jesus threatened them with a beating? Are you awake and listening? Are you doing what you’re supposed to be doing with the things God has put you in charge of? The resources you’re managing for Him? Are you awake? Are you listening? You have been set free and invited to stay in the Lord’s house. You are promised to be blessed when the Lord returns and finds you awake. He will reward your faithful service by serving you. He will seat you at His table, in a place of honor, and you will feast on rich food and the best wine in the house of the Lord forever.
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"Don't be anxious about your life" is Jesus giving comfort—not some impossible standard of human perfection. In this teaching, we can all find powerful ways to trust God more so we can worry less.
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Your worth isn’t about how much money you have—or don’t have. Your worth is completely dependent on how valuable you are to God. VW Vans and awesome black metal buildings. Trust in Jesus, that He highly values you, that with Him all things are possible (even for you) and be rich toward God.
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Faith doesn't live in perfection, faith lives in repentance. Return to Jesus, confess you're with Him, and He'll send angels to protect you. What do you know about angels?
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When was the last time you heard a sermon on sin and Hell? Have you EVER heard a sermon on sin and Hell? Christians do not need to be ashamed of the doctrine of Hell.
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The one where Pastor Frank talks about the weird rules he had for his kids when they were growing up. God doesn’t want you making up a bunch of rules on top of His. The Commandments were made for man, not man for the Commandments.
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Does God promise to give us signs? Jesus is the light. But you won't see unless your eyes are open.
It will become all one thing, or all the other. There are no neutral bystanders when it comes to Jesus. We’re on dangerous ground when we stand outside the church and say what Jesus does in here is evil. Saying the work of Jesus when His people gather is the work of the devil. It is really close to committing the unforgivable sin. You are either in the kingdom of heaven or you’re not. You have Christ in you or you don’t. You are in the house of God or you are not. Also, a solid explanation of what baptism means.
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People can be weird about prayer. In this message I try to explore some of the weirder things about Christian prayer. Overcoming doubt.
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If you ever feel like you should pray more. If you wonder what to pray—what God expects. If you ever have trouble forgiving someone.
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I pray this message will be for you a vision of Jesus, Almighty God. We can’t serve Jesus until we’ve been served by Jesus. Not until we get a glimpse of who He really is. Abide in His Word and His love—the good portion that no one can take away.
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You've heard the story before, probably not like this. Go and do likewise.
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We only become who God wants us to be when we do what He tells us—when we go where He tells us to go, when we do what He tells us to do.
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Jesus set His face toward offering His life to give grace to all of us. We must do the same: set your face toward grace.
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Who's the greatest? Probably the last person you would think of.
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Jesus comes back from a prayer retreat and all hell breaks loose. Demon stories and encouragement to put God on the spot. Let these words sink into your ears.
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About eight days after Jesus asked who the disciples thought He was. They got the answer right but now it’s being verified by Moses, Elijah, the Law and the Prophets—and God the Father Himself. The Transfiguration.
It’s always a hard climb to the mountaintops. Pain before glory. It’s a hard climb back down, too. We have to remember the brightness of the mountaintops to give us hope through all those valleys and dark places.
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Jesus says follow Him instead of your heart. Look to Him instead of inside yourself. You don’t “do you,” you deny you. You crucify you. Everyone who follows Jesus has to deny themselves, take up their cross, lay down their life—kill it. Lose it. It’s the only way they’ll be able to save their life. What the heck does all that mean? This is what it means to follow Jesus. To be Christian you have to crucify yourself. All those passions and desires have to die. Your sin has to die. Your sins aren’t going to drag you to hell anymore because Jesus forgives you and died for them but if you keep doing them, you’re going to drag hell into your life now.
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