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God’s Plumbline: Christ the Tested Cornerstone

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How is God a God of order? How does God create order out of chaos? What are we to build during God's order in the chaos of judgment? God's Plumbline: Christ the Tested Cornerstone The Church has spent the last few months with Pastor Rob displaying the Gospel through the Old Testament and Revelations. As one studies and reads the Old Testament and Revelations we disco...

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Small Afflictions

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How do we look back at the chaos of the pandemic without the Church on Resurrection Day? A narrative of God's goodness in loneliness. As I reflect on the Easter season this year, and resurrection day, I think about what last year looked like. Here is what I wrote about 11 months ago: What a year folks. In 2 Corinthians 4:18 it says "For this light momentary afflicti...

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Holy Week Monday Cleansing the Temple

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One of the reasons Jesus might have cleansed the temple was because roadblocks had been thrown in the doorway of entering the temple. The mere idea of entering the temple might have become a burden and distraction for many. Moneychangers were in the temple court to help foreigners exchange their money for the acceptable currency. ...

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Holy Week Devotional Plot to Kill Jesus

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Ask any attorney who practices criminal defense and they are likely to express that their highest and most sacred objective is to protect the innocent man from false accusation; and in doing so, establish hope that the truly guilty party might meet justice. In the case of Christ, we see this model flipped completely on its head. Let us examine some of those who played a ro...

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Holy Week Devotional Last Supper

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The Last Supper Mark 14:22-24 When Jesus partook in the last supper, he revealed the monumental significance of his death and resurrection.He spoke specifically of the new covenant of his blood.The Jewish people were familiar with the covenants of God.After the flood, the Lord made a covenant with Noah that the earth would never again be destroyed by water and sealed i...

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Holy Week Guarding The Tomb

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Matthew 27:62-66 David Hume, an essayist from the enlightenment, basically purports that religion or miracles cannot be based on human testimony and empirical evidence. In his essay , "On Miracles," he writes with derision, "Mere reason is insufficient to convince us of its veracity: And whoever is moved by Faith to assent to it, is conscious of a continued miracle in...

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Holy Week Take Refuge in Christ

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Psalm 2: What a difference a week makes. At the beginning of the week, Jesus rode into Jerusalem on a colt. At the beginning of the week, Jesus is welcomed. the people cried out "Hosanna to the Son of David! At the beginning of the week, the Messianic prophecy of the True King is fulfilled. But something happened and the week did not end the way it had started. At the end...

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Holy Week The Resurrection

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Luke 24:1-8 Jesus is LifeThe one by whom the world was created is the one who took on flesh and made his dwelling among men. He did this to die so that we may have life. This is the greatest story of love that has ever been and ever will be. The giver of life has taken death for you. On Sunday the women went to the tomb expecting to see the body of Jesus, yet to their surp...

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Leadership

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Questions: I don't feel like I can lead. How do I make a difference?I don't have any opportunities to be a leader. What do I do How do I improve as a leader?How do I know what a good leader looks like? Intro Story:Have you ever had a day where you feel like everything has fallen apart right beforeyour eyes, and the reason that everything has fallen apart because of your ...

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Holy Week Devotional The Crucifixion

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John 19-17-37 The Crucifixion The Crucifixion is full of meaning, but let us concentrate on Jesus; let us look to Him. We see that our Lord and Savior receives the full cup of God's wrath (Revelation 14:10) and justice poured out for our sins (Luke 22:42). Jesus fulfills the covenant that Abraham made with God (Genesis 15:9-21). God asks Abraham to cut animals in half. ...

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