Tag: Sermon Series The Gospel And
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Devotional for November 2nd, 2018
By Aisha Darwesh The Word: Proverbs 9:8-10 Rebuke a wise man, and he will love you. Give instruction to a wise man, and he will be still wiser; Teach a just man, and he will increase in learning. The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom, And the knowledge of the Holy One…
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Devotional for November 1st, 2018
By Aisha Darwesh The Word: Psalm 8:3-4 3 When I consider Your heavens, the work of Your fingers, The moon and the stars, which You have ordained, 4 What is man that You are mindful of him, And the son of man that You visit him? Proverbs 25:2 2 It is the glory of God…
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Devotional for October 31st, 2018
By Heather Mattingly The WORD: Hebrews 11:1 “Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.” Jeremiah 29:13 “you will seek Me and find Me when you search for Me with all your heart.” This past week, City Life Church heard from an incredible panel about science and God.…
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Devotional for October 30th, 2018
By Stefan Johnsson Stephen F. Meyer once said, “Science done right, points towards God.” I firmly believe this statement and it resonates with my own life. At a young age, while living in Sweden, my teacher told my parents that I was forced into Christianity and that her goal was to get me out of…
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Devotional for October 27th, 2018
I. The Word 1 Peter 3:13-16 (NIV) Who is going to harm you if you are eager to do good? But even if you should suffer for what is right, you are blessed. “Do not fear their threats; do not be frightened.” But in your hearts revere Christ as Lord. Always be prepared to give…
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Devotional for October 24th, 2018
By Blesson Selvenesan Do you have to check out your brain to be a Christian? I remember seeing a cartoon where people were entering a church with their brains in their hand. They are handing it for safekeeping at the entrance and entering into the church without their brains. Obviously, the cartoonist wants to portray…
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Devotional for October 24th, 2018
By Heather Mattingly The WORD: Genesis 1:1-2 “In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. The earth was without form, and void; and darkness was on the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God was hovering over the face of the waters.” Hebrews 11:1-3 “Now faith is the substance of things…
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Devotional for October 23rd, 2018
By Stefan Johnsson Psalm 8 1 Lord, our Lord, how majestic is your name in all the earth! You have set your glory in the heavens. 2 Through the praise of children and infants you have established a stronghold against your enemies, to silence the foe and the avenger. 3 When I consider your heavens, the work of your fingers, the…
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Devotional for October 22nd, 2018
By Scott Fiddler The Word: 2 Peter 1:16-18 16For we did not follow cleverly devised tales when we made known to you the power and coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, but we were eyewitnesses of His majesty. 17For when He received honor and glory from God the Father, such an utterance as this was made…
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Devotional for October 20th, 2018
By Jason Scherzer The Word Psalm 18:3 I called to the Lord, who is worthy of praise, and I have been saved from my enemies. Psalm 18:16-21 He reached down from on high and took hold of me; he drew me out of deep waters. He rescued me from my powerful enemy, from my…
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Devotional for October 16th, 2018
By Stefan Johnsson 2 Thessalonians 2:1-4 (NIV) The Man of Lawlessness 2 Concerning the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ and our being gathered to him, we ask you, brothers and sisters, 2 not to become easily unsettled or alarmed by the teaching allegedly from us—whether by a prophecy or by word of mouth or…
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Devotional for October 15th, 2018
By Scott Fiddler While we should never compromise our ability to make disciples over politics, Christians are called to be salt and light in the world. And, just as Jesus promised, the kingdom of God has been leaven in the world since Jesus planted the flag of the Kingdom during His earthly ministry. The Kingdom…
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Devotional for October 13th, 2018
By Jason Scherzer The Word: Romans 13:1-5 Let everyone be subject to the governing authorities, for there is no authority except that which God has established. The authorities that exist have been established by God. 2 Consequently, whoever rebels against the authority is rebelling against what God has instituted, and those who do so will bring…
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Devotional for October 12th, 2018
By Aisha Darwesh The Word: Deuteronomy 1:9-18 The Appointment of Leaders 9 At that time I said to you, “You are too heavy a burden for me to carry alone. 10 The Lord your God has increased your numbers so that today you are as numerous as the stars in the sky. 11 May the…
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Devotional for October 10th, 2018
By Heather Mattingly The WORD: Romans 13:1-4 “Let every person be subject to the governing authorities. For there is no authority except from God, and those that exist have been instituted by God. Therefore whoever resists the authorities resists what God has appointed, and those who resist will incur judgement. For rulers are not a…
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Devotional for October 9th, 2018
By Stefan Johnsson Romans 12:2 (NIV) Do not conform to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God’s will is—his good, pleasing and perfect will. Sometimes we live in a box, not of our own making, but what…
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Devotional for October 8th, 2018
By Scott Fiddler The Word: Mark 12:13-17 13 Then they sent some of the Pharisees and Herodians to Him in order to trap Him in a statement. 14 They came and said to Him, “Teacher, we know that You are truthful and defer to no one; for You are not partial to any, but teach the…
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Devotional for October 6th, 2018
The Word Ruth 1:15-16 (NIV) 15 “Look,” said Naomi, “your sister-in-law is going back to her people and her gods. Go back with her.” 16 But Ruth replied, “Don’t urge me to leave you or to turn back from you. Where you go I will go, and where you stay I will stay. Your people…
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Devotional for October 5th, 2018
By Aisha Darwesh The Word: Job 32:8 But there is a spirit in man: and the inspiration of the Almighty giveth them understanding. Additional Reading: Genesis 37; 39-41 Today, as we continue to explore the intricacies of gender, I would like to highlight the unique ability of men, which is to be visionaries in God’s…
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Devotional for October 4th, 2018
By Blesson Selvanesan There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave nor free, there is no male and female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus. Galatians 3:28. In Christ, all have their worth and place. In this verse, Paul says male and female are one in Christ. They are worth the…
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Devotional for October 3rd, 2018
By Heather Mattingly The WORD: Joshua 15: 15-19 “Then [Caleb] went up from there to the inhabitants of Debir (formerly the name of Debir was Kirjath Sepher). And Caleb said, ‘He who attacks Kirjath Sepher and takes it, to him I will give Achsah my daughter as wife.’ So Othniel the son of Kenaz, the…
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Devotional for October 2nd, 2018
By Stefan Johnsson I believe a word that Kacee Pate spoke last Sunday that stayed with me is when she said that women are not told to submit to all people, the Bible only mentions to the husband. As we see in 1 Peter 3:1. Though, as a single man, I feel that speaking on…
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Devotional for October 1st, 2018
“God of heaven stands in stark opposition to our culture’s objectification of women.”
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TGA: Gender
By Jason Scherzer Ephesians 4:7-8 7 But to each one of us grace has been given as Christ apportioned it. 8 This is why it says: “When he ascended on high, he took many captives and gave gifts to his people.” Ephesians 5:21; 5:25-26 21 Submit to one another out of reverence for Christ. 25 Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ loved the church and…
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TGA: Gender
By Aisha Darwesh The Word: 1 Peter 3:1-7 (The Passion Translation) And now let me speak to the wives. Be devoted to your own husbands, so that even if some of them do not obey the Word of God, your kind conduct may win them over without you saying a thing. 2 For when they…
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TGA: Gender
By Blesson Selvanesan So God created man in his own image, in the image of God he created him; male and female he created them. (Genesis 1:27) The scripture is clear that God created male and female in the image of God. Both sexes were created to play a complementary role and not a competing…
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TGA: Gender
By Heather Mattingly The WORD: Genesis 2:7, 15 “And the Lord God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living being……Then the Lord God took the man and put him in the garden of Eden to tend and keep it.” Genesis…
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TGA: Gender
Ephesians 5:25 -Husbands, love your wives, as Christ loved the church and gave himself for up her. 2 Timothy 3:6-7 For among them are those who creep into households and capture weak women, burdened with sins and led astray by various passions, always learning and never able to arrive at a knowledge of the truth.…
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TGA: Gender
By Scott Fiddler Ji asked us to write on gender this week. As the writer who is responsible for Monday’s post, I am like Jose Altuve: I am not expected to hit a home run but just to get on base. Those who follow later and have the advantage of having seen what was written…
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Peanut Butter and Jelly Sandwich
By Ji Yun I have never heard anyone who said, “I love peanut butter sandwich.” Maybe you are one of those few folks who prefer eating peanut butter alone, without adding anything. The majority of those who have fully experienced the perfect mix of peanut butter and jelly sandwich (the one you see above is…
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Devotional for September 22nd, 2018
I. The Word: Ephesians 3:7-12 7 I became a servant of this gospel by the gift of God’s grace given me through the working of his power. 8 Although I am less than the least of all the Lord’s people, this grace was given me: to preach to the Gentiles the boundless riches of Christ, 9…
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Devotional for September 21st, 2018
The Word: Mark 7:24-30 A Gentile Shows Her Faith 24 From there He arose and went to the region of Tyre and Sidon. And He entered a house and wanted no one to know it, but He could not be hidden. 25 For a woman whose young daughter had an unclean spirit heard about Him,…
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Devotional for September 19th, 2018
So God created man in his own image, in the image of God he created him; male and female he created them. Genesis 1: 27. The purpose of creating humans is to replicate the image of God. Humans were created by God in His own image, God’s own reflection! Do we really see God’s image…
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Devotional for September 19th, 2018
The WORD: Acts 17:26 “And He made from one man every nation of mankind to live on all the face of the earth….” Galatians 3:28 “There is neither Jew nor Gentile, neither slave nor free, nor is there male and female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus.” Revelation 7:9 “After this I looked,…
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Devotional for September 18th, 2018
Luke 9:51-56 (NIV) Samaritan Opposition 51 As the time approached for him to be taken up to heaven, Jesus resolutely set out for Jerusalem. 52 And he sent messengers on ahead, who went into a Samaritan village to get things ready for him; 53 but the people there did not welcome him, because he was…
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Devotional for September 17th, 2018
The Word: I John 4:20 If someone says, “I love God,” and hates his brother, he is a liar; for the one who does not love his brother whom he has seen, cannot love God whom he has not seen. By Scott Fiddler When God created man, He created him in the image of God.…
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TGA: Race
I. The Word: Jonah 3:4-10 On the day Jonah entered the city, he shouted to the crowds: “Forty days from now Nineveh will be destroyed!” The people of Nineveh believed God’s message, and from the greatest to the least, they declared a fast and put on burlap to show their sorrow. When the king of Nineveh…
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Devotional for September 14th, 2018
I. The Word: 19 Even though I am a free man with no master, I have become a slave to all people to bring many to Christ. 20 When I was with the Jews, I lived like a Jew to bring the Jews to Christ. When I was with those who follow the Jewish law,…
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TGA: Race
By Dr. Blesson Selvenesan I grew up in India and my experience is totally different from my American brothers and sisters. I was naïve and did not understand the intricacies of racism. My parents taught me to be resilient, tough yet kind. I have read and heard about the racism and how it affected my…
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TGA: Race
By Heather Mattingly “By this all will know that you are My disciples, if you have love for one another.” (John 13:35) “By this we know love, because He laid down His life for us. And we also ought to lay down our lives for the brethren.” (1 John 3:16) Webster’s definition of racism is…
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TGA: Race
By Stefan Johnsson There is no superior race. As Peter expresses in Acts 10 when speaking to Cornelius, the Roman centurion, “God does not show favoritism”. This we have to remember. Jesus came to die for all people, no matter the race, color of skin, or background. Jesus fulfilled the old covenant and created a…
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TGA: Race
By Scott Fiddler In 1988, I was in law school, and Pat Robertson ran for President. My church, made up mostly of college students and young professionals, were avid supporters and young and idealistic enough to imagine the possibility of a true Evangelical, baptized-in-the-Holy Spirit, President in the Oval Office. Robertson’s campaign encouraged us to…
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TGA: Race
“Let Us make man in Our image, according to Our likeness.” Genesis 1:26 “He also predestined to be conformed to the image of His Son, that He might be the firstborn among many brethren.” Romans 8:29 “and have put on the new man who is renewed in knowledge according to the image of Him who…
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